Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Energy Battles is getting a re-release on consoles and PC subsequent 12 months, courtesy of Aspyr.
The 2000 recreation, which was initially launched on the PS1 earlier than coming to Dreamcast later that 12 months, is coming to PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, Swap, PS5 and Steam on January 23, 2025 at a worth of $19.99 / £15.99.
The unique recreation featured 5 playable characters with as much as 4 unlockable ones (relying on format), however the brand new re-release guarantees “13 newly unlocked playable characters” which Aspyr says are “past the unique line-up”, together with the Rifle Droid, Workers Tusken Raider, Ishi Tib and Weequay.
All secret characters and ranges can be unlocked from the start, and the sofa co-op mode from the unique recreation returns too.
Gameplay enhancements embrace enhancements to the character fashions and environments, in addition to “smoother jumps, higher stability and new foremost menu artwork”.
The Versus and Coaching modes from the Dreamcast model of the sport can be added too, in addition to a brand new lightsaber color toggle.
The unique recreation gave some characters the mistaken color of lightsaber, and the brand new toggle will let gamers repair this could they need. For instance, Mace Windu’s lightsaber within the recreation is blue, however gamers can now change it again to its movie-accurate purple.
Jedi Energy Battles is the most recent in a sequence of older Star Wars video games being re-released by Aspyr. Earlier releases included Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Star Wars: Knights of the Previous Republic, Star Wars Republic Commando and Star Wars: The Drive Unleased.
