Restore Order When Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Strikes Back On Switch This Month

Probably my favorite announcement besides Xenoblade HD and more Smash fighters! I was so surprised when I saw this!

Never thought I'd see this again, yet another on my huge list of Switch games

Strange choice TBH, give more love to KoToR 1/2

I'm a Star Wars fan but I've never played this. It's going on my list of Switch games to play.

My fav announcement of the evening!!

I have never played this.... is it considered a good game to most? I hope this opens the doors to many Star Wars games down the line

Not aged well for me, unlike the first Dark Forces game,

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These have been some great announcements!

Probably the best Star Wars game,along with Republic Commando!

Awesome announcement. I hope as with Doom they bring along more of the series like Dark Forces 1/2.

This was an extremely pleasant surprise! I never imagined Disney would let these games get re-released. They are part of the old Star Wars Expanded Universe. The one Disney abandoned and threw in the trash, the one I love 100x more than the new content!

This opens the door to a whole bunch of classic Star Wars games I'd love to see! Gimmie KOTOR 1+2, give us the Rogue Squadron games! Heck yes!

I’ve always wanted to try out this game. Now I can. Awesome news.

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one...

What timeline is this? I hope Disney doesn't stop here, keep these classic Star Wars games coming!

Pit Droids next, pls!!!!!!!

@Dayton311 Probably my favorite non rogue squadron Star Wars game. Starts out as a standard FPS with Star Wars weapons and then changes drastically ...

@Muddy_4_Ever hello there

Ok. So i'm pretty sure that Ninty has conspired to ensure that i double (or triple) dip on games that i love.

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Needs the oldshool Online pvp!

@oji Fine if you like rpg's, but this was the definitive lightsaber experience in the early noughties. One of the best Star Wars action games...

@DarthNocturnal The odds are looking good after this announcement!

Episode 1 Pod racer next please

@Miles_Edgeworth This is where the fun begins!

They gotta get the entire Kyle Katarn saga on the Switch! I always had a personal affinity for Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, even having an original copy of the game on the PC.

I'd also love to see Shadows of the Empire, the Rogue Squadron games, the Super Star Wars games, and so many more come to the Switch.

@hadrian We need Dark Forces on Switch!

I still remember trying to run the original Jedi Knight in Voodoo software render mode, because I didn’t have a graphics card capable of true 3D at the time. I remember a lot of dithering on the textures in order to get it to an acceptable frame rate. Still, it was fun even in low graphics mode.

However Dark Forces is still the superior game.

I'd have much preferred a Rogue Squadron collection, complete with the Wii game that was never released. Anyway, Jedi Knight 2 will do as it's one game I never played.

Such a welcome surprise, glad to see Star Wars games on a Nintendo home console again, the N64 and GameCube eras put out some of the best SW games ever, many of which were exclusives, day 1 buy for me, here’s hoping to a physical release🤞🏻

Very out of left field announcement. Can't wait!

Would love to see Republic Commando, KOTOR I+II, Rogue Squadron.... and dare I say it, Battlefront II Classic?

I didn't see an EA logo attached to this, given I thought they had exclusive publishing rights to this franchise for games. That makes me incredibly happy. Might get it.

@DarthNocturnal yes for Rogue Squadron!!!! Fav Star Wars games for sure!

The fact that it said SPECIFICALLY the Single Player content is coming really bums me out. Not everyone loves the multiplayer I know, but it's always a blast with your friends. At the very least, local Multiplayer would be great but Ideally Online too since the original game has online.

Just please PLEASE don't carve apart Jedi Academy!! I need that intact and on the go!

very good to have on the original xbox, greater to have on the switch.

I'm really excited about playing this, not long to wait either. It's considered one of the finest Star Wars games ever made and with the addition of motion controls we'll finally have the light sabre game we all dreamed of since the Wii arrived.

Am I right in saying 'Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy' is a sequel to 'Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast'. I did find it strange that Jedi Knight 2 was releasing before Jedi Knight 1 but from what I can tell, that's the correct order. How does that work?

@Azikira According to Polygon, the multiplayer mode is coming early 2020, courtesy of Aspyr Media.

I screamed with joy when they showed this game. The best Star Wars game based on Jedis, or probably it was surpassed by Jedi Academy, so happy that one is coming as well!

But will it included the multiplayer? I wanna force push people off the platforms in Nar Shadda streets again. Im sure I spelled that wrong.

@OorWullie

Dark Forces was first.

Dark Forces 2 : Jedi Knight

Both of these were 1st person games.

Then the amazing Raven Software came in and gave us Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy afterwards. Both in the third person.

@geox30 Republic Commando is such an underrated game, I’d kill for a remaster!

I'd like to know what this will be priced at. I already have Jedi Outcast on the Xbox One X (along with Jedi Academy, Battlefront II, Republic Commando, KOTOR, KOTOR 2) and I think they were $9.99 (although most were free). If its priced the same on the Switch then I'll get it for the portability.

I'd really like to see Rogue Squadron, Shadows of the Empire and Galactic Battlegrounds on the Switch.

Love this game. Hopefully plays better than the Steam version. Never played Academy so I’ll pick that up at some point too.

@Dayton311 loved this game, it’s great!

A Star Wars title on Switch gives me hope for Rogue Squadron, and Super Star Wars Trilogy on NSO

Personally I'm looking forward to Dark Forces IV: Jedi Knight III: Jedi Outcast II: Jedi Academy.

I liked the first two Dark Forces games a lot better. Jedi Outcast had super broken AI, and the forced auto-aiming doesn't let you lead your targets. But I suppose both points are moot once you get the light-sabre.

@OorWullie They should've called the game Dark Forces IV: Jedi Knight III: Jedi Outcast II: Jedi Academy.

I remember this as the first game I played where you made choices.

And I would spend hours playing Multiplayer.

Found memories of this, at the right price, I'll have a bit of this.

nice we finally have a Star Wars game on Switch but the graphics needed a upgrade just looks like early PS2 graphics

I have listed this game as my impossible pipe dream switch game back when the switch launched.

I am a huge fan of this game, though the multiplayer will definitely be missed. Even allowing us to play custom multiplayer maps with existing bots would be nice, especially if options only included in the gamecube version (such as no lightsabers) were included.

In a perfect world, this would have full compatibility with custom maps, mods, and characters made on PC (for which Jedi Outcast's map and modeling software were released at launch, and later source code was released by developers a few years back). The PC version continues to be one of the easiest 3D games to build on from scratch, and mods/maps are still being made for it.

That all said, day 1 purchase. The base game is an excellent stealth shooter that turns into a 3D action game halfway through and somehow still feels consistent. And maybe if it sells well enough, Disney will greenlight a new game in the series.

I already have "Jedi Outcast" on PC, but I may be up for some "Jedi Academy" on Switch.

@OorWullie if I remember rightly it was a sequel to Dark Forces with Kyle Katarn. Fantastic game and cannot wait to replay it.

This game came out way ahead of it's time. Great game.

I wonder if this will include multiplayer. This game and the sequel are super fun with friends, but the tweet saying "the full singleplayer experience" makes me worried they won't include it.

@OorWullie This gives me hope. Thank you.

@Miles_Edgeworth

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