Aspyr Media has confirmed that Star Wars Episode 1: Racer will be heading to Switch and PS4 on May 12, 2020. Retailing for $14.99, this remaster of the N64 classic looks to be the ultimate version of a childhood favorite. A new interview over on the official Star Wars website gives us some insight into how Aspyr approached certain aspects of the game.
Producer James Vicari is particularly jazzed, stating, “Good games should never be forgotten and great games deserve to be revisited as much as possible. I think Racer, like Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast before it, has two crucial qualities: it’s a great game and it has emotional resonance.”
The biggest improvement that this new port will bring is a more modern control scheme. The original launched during a period where 3D controls weren’t necessarily figured out. After years of codification, it only makes sense that Episode 1: Racer would see control tweaking. As Vicari puts it, “We’ve done a lot of work to make sure that the game feels comfortable in all configurations, including playing with each individual Joy-Con.”
Nothing will ever compare to the arcade version of Racer, but a modern re-release is pretty awesome. Say what you will about the prequel trilogy (it’s pretty bad), the release of Racer was absolutely worth suffering through multiple duds of films.
Source: StarWars.com
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