Sometimes remakes arrive that, well, not many people have asked for. We suspect Penguin Wars falls into that category, or Penguin-kun Wars as it's known in Japan. It was a 1985 release for Arcades, MSX and the Famicom in Nintendo's homeland, and plays out rather like a game of peculiar table hockey.
Take a look at the 8-bit original below.
The basic goal is to get all of your balls to the other side, or have the least on your side when time runs out; you can stun opponents, while there are multiple modes and variables. It's not just penguins, either, as others include a cow, rabbit, bat and rat, with each animal having strengths and weaknesses.
Famitsu magazine has confirmed that a remake will come to Switch in Japan this Autumn / Fall. There'll be new modes to support additional players (up to 4), remixed music, with local and online multiplayer options in addition to a story mode.
We're intrigued, in any case, just because it looks so peculiar; it might be time to setup that Japanese eShop account.
[source siliconera.com, via blog.esuteru.com]
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That's... Interesting. Switch can always use more good games. Not sure if this qualifies though.
Tried it on Famicom, it was quite fun indeed.
It also came out in Europe on GameBoy in the early 90s. I remember playing it in the 4th grade back in the days.
If it comes to NA Eshop I'd buy it
Day 1 buy for me if released in NA. I have the original on NES and my brothers and I spent lots of time and have gone memories of this game.
thats really ugly
Oh man they had this in a hotel we stayed in when I was a kid. This and some girl trying to escape a fire on a series of escalators. Loved it. No doubt it'll be €40 though so I guess I'll just have to watch other people play it and save my money for ice pops... just like back in the day!
Reading the article title, I pictured a game like Advance Wars where the units are controlled by/based on penguins and other Arctic/Antarctic animals. Turns out I was off the mark.
MY EARS!!! MY EARS!!! MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE...MAKE...it...stop-
@MegaTen Seems like the game was by ASCII, who isn't a dead company. They just changed their name to Enterbrain many years ago.
I think their US division Agetec died after the PS2 era?
The Switch will once again be pushed to the pin of its collar.
Yes!! I loved the GameBoy version! This will be a day 1 purchase!
@Lumine big mistake, great game
this looks it should have been one of those bonus extended mario party minigames ages ago that i waste 10+ hours on
Do we all realize that's the 8-bit original in the video? This game is a blast, it'll be insane with the addition of multiplayer. If this is a Switch exclusive, I will buy a Switch the day this releases. I've been waiting 20 years for this game to be updated, it's cool if some of you hate fun, but don't comment just to piss on other people's parades.
I had this on the old Gameboy! I loved this game. Hope it comes out for the NA eShop.
I saw the article title, and couldn't believe they were really talking about that old game. I remember having fun with that ages ago. It should be a lot of fun playing that online.
The original looks a bit simplistic, but you can never have too many penguins.
I have the Famicom cartridge, and the game is meh overall. The idea is fun, but the gameplay is not the most balanced thing ever. Maybe the remake could iron out the problems of the original, because with a few tweaks and some additions, it could even be fun.
Ugh, the audio is just...I can't watch this. lol
One of my favorite gameboy games. Rarely got to play two player though. Remember beating it with every character. Definitely will buy on release.
If it was a few bucks and either on NA or I could use my NA eshop credit, I'd potentially get it. Could be good quick local multi
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
I bet the switch won't have the turtle or the monkey like the PS and the Xbox versions.
@jcurls It's his opinion, how is that a mistake? I hate when this happens.
I've just seen some piccies of the remake...I AM SOLD! Looks so much fun ^^
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