Aspyr has revealed its latest collaboration with Lucasfilm Games: a remaster of the PlayStation action title, Star Wars: Episode I: Jedi Power Battles, launching 23rd January 2025.
Released in 2000 with a Dreamcast and GBA launch following soon after, Jedi Power Battles is kind of a cross between platformer and beat 'em up, having you make your way through a variety of stages filled to the brim with classic Star Wars villains.
This new release comes with 13 newly unlocked characters, every level unlocked from the beginning, training modes, two-player couch co-op, and modernised controls. Oh, and you can also make your characters head really, really big.
We'll be honest, this isn't the first game we had in mind for a remaster when we think of the vast selection of Star Wars titles over the years (Rogue Squadron II, hello?!), but we're certain Jedi Power Battles will have its fair share of fans regardless.
Let's check out the key features and a few choice screenshots:
- Jump into Side-Scrolling Arcade Action in the Star Wars Galaxy: Play as Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Adi Gallia, and Qui-Gon Jinn and face off against classic foes in iconic locations from STAR WARS: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
- All Secret Characters Unlocked & More to Discover: Play with all secret characters and levels from the original game unlocked from the start, including Darth Maul, Captain Panaka, Queen Amidala and more. There’s also 13 new playable characters to unlock after your first playthrough, like the Rifle Droid, Tusken Raider, Ishi Tib, and Weequay!
- Play with a Friend in Classic Couch Co-op: Battle side-by-side with a companion in two-player couch co-op for the entire 10-level campaign and bonus mini-games.
- New Features & Modes for Modern Platforms: Use classic or modern controls, toggle your lightsaber colors, enter classic cheat codes like Big Head Mode, dive into the VS and training modes from later releases of the game, and discover more surprises in this 25th-anniversary celebration of STAR WARS Episode I: Jedi Power Battles.
So, what do you make of this one? Will you be adding Jedi Power Battles to your Switch collection? Let us know your thoughts with a comment.
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Still no Rogue Squadron...
Not I. I just want Dark Forces 2. And the Rogue games. Oh, and Shadows of the Empire.
Which means this Jabba, now in HD, I can't wait!
Could they do the movie tie-in games for ep1-3, Shadows of the Empire and the Rogue Squadron and Battle for Naboo games already.
Switch 2 confirmed, gonna need lots of power for this bad boy. I hope Ben Quadinaros is playable.
Sorry that was me that asked for this
@EVIL-C 100% agreed. Really most any of them
As weird as it is that they went for this next the more Star Wars games on Switch (and eventually its successor if it has backward compatibility as it should), even less famous ones, the better!
When will they just remastered Star Wars Arcade or the Super NES Super Star Wars Trilogy? I want those two the most.
If they keep porting Star Wars games I will buy the Xbox exclusive Star Wars: Obi-Wan.
@RudyC3 It's like they lifted him straight out of the A New Hope Special Edition.
Rogue Squadron fans continuing to starve.
I was obsessed with this game as a kid. Completed in dozens of times. Can’t wait to get this on Switch.
This game needs a lot of work to be enjoyable in the modern gaming world (in my opinion). I don’t think we ever got through that forest level where you jump on mushrooms because the controls were so bad. Or maybe we did but that level was so bad it’s all I remember 🤦♂️
I was a little kid and it was Star Wars, so I saw no flaws I loved it. Used to play it with my dad, I’m excited for this one!
This was a very good game back in the day! It's not Rogue Squadron, but I bet many people will be surprised by this one.
Loved this on Dreamcast and not even into Star Wars. Just an awesome 2 player game.
This games was awesome on PS1. Of the companion games that came out with and after Episode I, this was the best (I know the bar is low, but, we had nothing else back then!). I'll get it eventually, but, I do remember this game being particularly difficult. How much would I love if they'd give us Shadows of the Empire.
definitely want rogue squadron games to be remastered but i dont want aspyr nowhere near it cause of how bad they handle the other remaster ones.
I want the Rogue Squadron as well. I also want the Super Star Wars games.
It's nice for those that enjoyed, but the choice is a bit puzzling to be honest. A remaster of the N64 amd Gamecube rogue squadrons would be awesome though. I'd especially love remaster of Rogue squadron 2 on the cube. Ive still got my European launch day copy and my launch day cube. I've had to replace the lid on it but it still runs games even after 22 years of use!! I still play MK double dash and conflict desert storm 2 with my mates at least once a week for a lads night.
Isn't this the game with Plo Kloon in it and his ridiculous pallet-swapped force lighting which Wookiepedia was then forced to try and make into an actual thing in canon? If that's not a reason to pre-order now I don't know what is.
Most of the somewhat decent - good Star Wars games have been remade/remastered for modern platforms to varying degrees of success. Few good ones are left, and a lot of trash games too
@pspooky Me too! I guess we were the only ones. Oh well…🤷♂️
Wish they would have done Masters of Teräs Käsi instead.
I remember this game being decent back in the day, but that was before we had games like LEGO Star Wars.
The Playstation version had terrible controls though, they fixed them in the Dreamcast port.
@AG_Awesome Yup, I couldn't finish that stage either. DC version was much more forgiving.
I'm just throwing this out there because it's probably my favorite game of all time, but does anyone think X-Wing could be remastered and brought to console? Are there too many keyboard controls for it to translate? I know it's on Steam, but a console version would be awesome.
It was me. I confess. I have been begging for this for years. I play it almost every year but want it on switch.
No, it's not great.
Judging by the trailer, it looks like it's the graphically impressive Dreamcast version.
@RudyC3 actually that's not from Jedi Power Battles. It's from The Phantom Menace game. ... I know. THere are two and one is called Jedi Power Battles and they are pretty different. And I need BOTH>
It doesn't look good in footage but I want to play it, lol. It has that beginning of DS era vibe. Even though it's a GBA/Dreamcast era game. I've only ever heard of this game whilst flicking through mags or scrolling through video game articles. Interesting but I'll need a review
I have the Dreamcast version just because I don't have many Dreamcast games... 😭
This was on my list to buy for PS1. I'm happy to skip the PS1 version and get the Switch version though.
@Yosti Especially because Obi-Wan isn't backward compatible like all the other Xbox Star Wars games.
Dark Forces 2 must be the top priority!! Not interested in this, but happy for those who are into it.
Ah I had a feeling this one would get remastered. I had this day one for PS1 and it was such a mix of fun and straight up trolled frustration. I'm wondering how this remaster will play because if I remember correctly the game (at least on PS1) was janky as hell.
Whether solo or coop the gameplay was either fun arcade beat up style or annoying. The camera would sometimes be a nightmare. Some angles would completely block any visibility of enemies and they'd start shooting at you way before you could see them. That camera also would set you up to just fall off a platform.
Speaking of falling off an unseen platform there was also the random platform jumping areas. Those could be BRUTAL (especially in coop). The camera made it next to impossible at times to correctly judge where you had to jump. It was rather common to burn through all your lives at a jumping section. Game over.
Also, there was plenty of bugs. The most common I'd run into was where you would get stuck in a platform corner you'd jump to. Meaning if you landed too close to the edge of a platform, you'd get stuck for a few seconds at your waist and would just die.
In those days you put up with those things because there was still plenty of fun to be had especially if you really dug Star Wars. This game came out during the beginning Prequel Era hype of the early 2000's so it got many of us pumped up to play. It was a common game a gang of us would play coop because it felt dope to deflect blaster bolts and combo an enemy to pieces. You just had to put up with all that janky stuff however again it was a different time of gaming. If it reviews well, I may pick up but it's also very possible once I encounter a jump section and burn through all the lives again, I'll dump it.
This...but not Shadows of the Empire?
They’ll really remaster everything EXCEPT for the super Star Wars games man💀💀😔😔
@EVIL-C 100% this.
I miss George Lucas Star Wars. He may have needed screenplay writers to help with the micro aspects, but his macro storytelling was iconic and irreplaceable.
I really thought SHADOWS would be next. Come on NIGHTDIVE!!!!
Hopefully this means they'll eventually get around to Revenge of the Sith Remaster!
I'm excited, I played the heck outta that game. Would like the Rogue Squadron games, the Phantom Menace game and Star Wars Demolition. Played the heck out of Demolition on the Dreamcast.
@PinballBuzzbro The first one actually was, but only on PS4 and Vita.
@Lizuka yea, i want something like the m2 and ratalaika collections but with all 3 super star wars games, including stuff like cheat toggles and save states etc
One day, Jedi Starfighter...one day, I'll see you again.
@EVIL-C I got this recently on GC for the nostalgia and it hasn't aged as well as I remember. It could definitely do with an update (remaster // remake). I remember at the time the graphics looked almost like the film, oh how time changes things
@TheBoilerman Huh? Nightdive remastered Dark Forces not to long ago.
@vio Thus, the "2".
@TheBoilerman Oh sorry, I didn't notice the 2.
I'm trying to remember if I had this one.
It sounds like it's familiar, but I can't be certain I owned it.
Either way, I'll be buying this physically!
@Edu23XWiiU
This is better than Racer?
I highly doubt it!
The PS Episode 1 games was also fun! Grabbing a Light Repeating Blaster or mounting a Heavy Repeating Blaster were fun!
Going around Mos Espa and slaughtering all the citizens was great!
"Stop pushing me!"
Had me rolling with laughter!
We want the excellence of Rogue Squadron, and instead they give us this crap.
@Spider-Kev I had Racer for the N64, wasn't really that good. And, that Episode I game for PS, wa too terrible to play, sorry hehehe. At least on this one, it focused well on Jedi aspect of EI, one of the few good things the movie has.
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