Considering the bad taste Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike left in our collective mouths almost 15 years ago, we've always hungered for a proper reboot that harks back to the X-Wing flying, Death Star Trench running magic of the Nintendo 64 original.
Well, there isn't a reboot in the works (not that we know about anyway) but there certainly could have been if this pitch from North American studio Double Damage had fared a little better with EA. The Rebel Galaxy developer wanted to create a flight simulator that captured the feel of the original X-Wing games on PC (a direct precursor to Rogue Squadron), with all the modern improvements you'd expect from an era where sci-fi dogfighting games are firmly back in vogue.
The five-minute long video sadly wasn't enough to convince EA to back the concept, which is a travesty considering it was from a developer that had made a game called Rebel Galaxy! Still, at least we can still sit and watch the Millennium Falcon in a dogfight with Slave-1 and sigh mournfully at what could have been.
Would you love to see Rogue Squadron make a return to Nintendo hardware? Or we stuck with Criterion's Starfighter Assault mode in Star Wars Battlefront 2? Let us know in the usual way...
[source kotaku.com]
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Butternut squash?
YES PLEASE
@jman0987654321 I keep seeing Butternut Squash all over YouTube. What the hell is it referencing to? Or is it another random YouTube thing.
Of course they shot it down.....(sorry) there's no loot boxes to be seen anywhere!
@FragRed
It is a reference to the YouTube channel arlo, he made a video in which he made a fake audition for the game grumps.
EA doesn’t deserve the Star Wars license. Already signed the petition to have it revoked. I’m sorry, but battlefront is not a good representation of what a proper star wars game should be.
Despite loving the RS trilogy, can't say I'd be fully onboard with a new one. EA's handling of the SW license and Disney's new Star Wars universe has really put a bad taste in my mouth regarding SW as a whole.
I would love a TIE Fighter sim, flying around in a Defender or Interceptor shooting down rebel scum. Not from EA though.
I was pondering posting this one a couple of days ago over here at NL, but wasn't sure if it was site appropriate. But now that Dom did... THIS IS THE STAR WARS GAME I WAS LOOKING FOR! take notice EA. It would not take much more polish to turn this one into the next Rogue Squadron" game we all want over here!
Would be better on the Wii U with the gamepad showing the most obtuse view possible which you're required to look at during the most crucial in-game moments.
No loot boxes? No go.
@iammikegaines You are aware that such petitions, especially online petitions, mean nothing.
The only Starwars game I've ever truly love was Shadows of the Empire. I'm sure it's remembered badly, but I loved it with my shiny new N64.
@iammikegaines But it sells in the millions. That's all that matters to companies like EA. The nearest we would likely have gotten to a decent Star Wars game was cancelled and studio shut down. And Disney will license it, likely, to whomever hands out the biggest amount of cash and is a multiplatform developer/publisher.
It would take a miracle, but they need to resurrect this game: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Rogue_Leaders:_Rogue_Squadron_Wii
Man. Every other medium (movies, TV, comic books, etc) of Star Wars has been firing on all cylinders since the Disney acquisition, and the vast majority of that has been high-quality content made by passionate people, but EA just doesn't seem to care much that they have the privilege to make Star Wars games. 2 mediocre shooters and a mobile game in... has it been 6 years now? I really hope Disney gives the Star Wars license to a publisher more worthy of the franchise.
EA didn't want THIS? THIS is exactly the game that we've been wanting since... FOREVER! Disney, please put an end to the sad joke that's EA's Star Wars licensing so we can get some real Star Wars games.
For the first time, EA decides not to do something that will get them money.
Rogue Squadron III isn’t as terrible as you make it. It had more on foot sections that were annoying, but even with that it wasn’t a bad game by any means. The flying levels were great, and we got to play in a Jedi Starfighter.
X-Wing was sweet. I'd welcome a new game that aimed to be like it. Honestly, Battlefront 2 has obvious problems and backlash and all that, but the space battles are really fun and impressive. They are the die fast and try again variety of multiplayer but, really quite fun.
I am a massive fan of the original Star Wars EU. The current state of affairs has me weeping though. Rogue Squadron I and II are some of my all time favourite titles.
While I realize this is a nit-pick, Rogue Squadron is not a direct continuation of the X-Wing line. They were made by different development companies (Totally Games for X-Wing/Tie Fighter/XvT/Alliance and Factor 5 for Shadows/Rogue Squadron/ RS II/ RS III), and had complete different engines and feel and style choices.
It would be more accurate, and a lot less fair, to say that Rebel Assault was the predecessor to the Rogue Squadron series, as unfair as that may be of a comparison.
Well since EA has made some shady situations recently with Battlefront 2, I predict Disney is getting involved with pulling the publishing deal sooner. So Rogue Squadron in its entirety Mau be a thing.
@davey1983 I know it probably means nothing and I realize that but at least it’s something. I mean, what else can we do? Not buy their games? Well that’s easy for me seeing as the only thing they’ve ported to switch is FIFA and though I realize a lot of people like the FIFA franchise, I am one of the few that could care less for it. And even if they ported battlefront, it’s still not a proper Star Wars representation.
@FragRed no argument there. It’s sad isn’t it?
I just want an HD release of Rougue Leaders - the unreleased yet completed Wii Game. Also give us Game Cube VC with RS 2&3.
I loved RS3, and that you could unlock the 3 original Atari Arcade games. Reminds me of Maldon
@Luna_110
Sounds like Star Fox Assault.
One of my favorites, that game. ^u^
I remember that EA said they wanted to do with Star Wars the same that Rocksteady did with Batman.......................................................................................................................................
One day, we will get Rogue Leaders and the world will be right again.
I know it's just a rough demo but I'm not seeing anything particularly fresh or exciting about it. I enjoyed the Rogue Squadron games, but they did become repetitive after awhile. I wish they'd given more info about how they would approach missions and what new ideas they'd have introduced. Endless dogfights get old.
Ea is a dogcrap company that needs to shutdown.
Sounds a lot better than the crap that is the Battlefront reboot.
I would truly love a new Rogue Squadron! One of my favorite games ever!
I absolutely loved all 3 Rogue Squadron games. I want all 3 either released on Virtual Console, or in a dream, HD remastered on the Switch.
But EA manages to ruin EVERYTHING and I despise them almost as much as I despise Disney and the new SW movies. So I have little hope.
If EA had been involved we would have gotten Rogue Squadron 4: Attack of the DLC. You'd only have X-wings and all other ships would be loot crate paid unlockables. Half the missions would be day 1 DLC and EA would act like fans are being unreasonable with being upset about that.
If EA could put effort into it and make a good quality game product why not. I really am tired of all these haters of EA don't get me wrong they deserve to be criticized for questionable things they did but, I just think that it whole gaming community are bunch of winners as well as immature kids.
I also love Shadows Of The Empire! I replayed it with friends a couple years ago on N64. What a great game!
Other great Star Wars games were Rogue Squadron, Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Episode I Racer.
@Lukeim64
"The only Starwars game I've ever truly love was Shadows of the Empire. I'm sure it's remembered badly, but I loved it with my shiny new N64."
@LaytonPuzzle27 Putting EA and good quality game product in the same sentence was your first mistake.
@Nintendoforlife I just only want to make a positive comment not to be pro EA and your telling can't anything nice about this article at.
Please Lucasfilm and Disney, take the Star Wars license from EA. This is exactly the kind of Star Wars game I want and not getting from EA.
@Heavyarms55 EA truly is the Disney of video games. They ruin everything they acquire, and they seem like they need to acquire everything.
@Luna_110 I also thought RS 3 was a great entry in the series. Luke on Hoth was the exception of the on foot sections. A highlight of the game. RS 2 2 player co-op was a nice bonus. A remaster with all the levels of RS 2 and 3 should be released.
Wow looks fantastic want want want !!!
@JayJ Oh yeah, the Marvel movies are doing terribly under Disney, right?
Most developers would be stoked if they could make a game that looked anywhere near as polished as this.
Well the little fact, we got no other EA games unless it's FIFA or another sports game.
shouldn't we worry about getting a Star Wars game on the Switch to begin with?!
@impurekind yeah it looks finished. like ready to be released. stunning
Umm, that looked great!
Umm, that looked great!
Umm, that looked great!
For me space combat games were at their perfection with StarLancer (on PC) and the X-Wing games...
What I dislike is the play style for these games is hamstrung by dual analogue controls, really only a flight stick or proper joystick can replicate the physical feel you need to move about.
Additionally these modern space combat games, Rogue Squadron included, biases you towards a 2 dimensional plane (pun?) taking away any of the joy of zipping about in any axis.
I was hoping the motion plus was going to give us a few games with all the axis you need for proper, yet accessible flight controls.. I vaguely remember a few games going that way...
Give me yaw, pitch and roll on a single hand please.
@Nintendoforlife Don't dare threaten me! Your comment is nothing more but showing how low the gaming community has become.
@Heavyarms55 Either you shut up about EA or don't say anything at all.
The X-wing games were great!! The only possitive I can take from this is that EA might have somthing similar up their sleeve.
@JayJ How do you figure that? The Disney era Star Wars movies have been great (along with "Rebels" and most of the various new novels and comics), the Marvel Cinematic Universe constantly comes out with excellent new movies and TV shows, and Pixar hasn't missed a beat (save for "Cars 2" and "Finding Dory") since being acquired by Disney.
Well, no wonder they turned it down. It should never take more than 2 hits to destroy one of those unshielded TIE Interceptors!
But yeah, seriously, that's the only problem I have with this pitch. Why is EA pretty much just sitting on one of the most lucrative video game licenses known to man?
Heck, they could just release that finshed Rogue Squadron Trilogy Wii game and probably still make a bundle despite it being for an outdated SD system. One of the best parts of that game is that it includes a bonus mode with the MotionPlus lightsaber combat that we've always wanted!
@BulbasaurusRex I find that a bit subjective at best, but then again so were my comments.
@Nintendoforlife I know you listing you to my comments you coward why would you post hateful and threatening message to me? I done nothing to you and I don't take kindly to threats like yours!
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