The "Ultimate" Sports Fighting Game? - Windjammers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Windjammers is a fast-paced, competitive multiplayer game initially developed by Data East with origins tracing back to the 90's arcade era and a community that persists to this day.
Featuring two players facing off on a court, the goal is to accumulate points by sending the discus into the opponent's goal zone by any means necessary. From basic throws to flashy special moves, the game is simple to pick up for newcomers while also rewarding for veterans thanks to its high skill ceiling.
Despite its age, Windjammers has a dedicated competitive community that has kept the spirit of the game alive. With major milestones having been hit from being a part of EVO to having a sequel on the way in the form of Windjammers 2, this is the story of the world of Windjammers esports.
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Corrections from the Author:
-Xavier woods is an 8 time tag champion 2 for RAW (which was referenced) and 6 for Smack Down
- Windjammers also capped their bracket at AnimEVO 2019 making it two years in a row, not 1.
-Austin Creed hosted his impromptu tournament at EVO 2017 not 18
I don't entirely understand the significance of professional wrestling titles. It has nothing to do with their skills, does it? It's just how the scripts were written, no?
@@davidf2244 its like that... the pools of people supports a lot a guy; so that guy would win; if the underdog did a good job and hes close to the popularity to the title champion, who knows who would win
@@davidf2244 its not a HIGH SKILL place comparing to heavy weight but its a acting skills + popularity contest; it all depends on your personality
Just saw this comment so I apologize for my previous correction response.
@@davidf2244 Being the champion is like being a big name hollywood actor in a lead role, compared to other wrestlers that play more minor roles. They are going to get a lot of screen time and be a big deal so they need to be good at what they do. In that sense, yes it is based on skill.
I hope all the folks at Akshon know that a lot of their viewers really appreciate them branching out with their content. I enjoy learning about other esports scenes and the videos are always so well edited. I can't wait till this channel gets the appreciation it deserves! :)
Thank you so much! We really appreciate the support that we've received from the community and love reading the comments from everyone.
If it was that simple but if views don’t come it hurts their channel so limits channels branching
This really became a series now
I love it
Oh, it's not just any French wall the US had/has to overcome. It's a French wall covered in barbed wire, salt, lemon juice, asbestos, and brown recluse spiders. (Also just sayin', the Windjammers community is willing to welcome any and all of you if you want in! We love sharing the joy of this game!)
Is there a discord to get started? Im a melee player and this game and community looks like a piece of heaven
Holy shit this has the vibe of my dream of having a fighting game that is actually a basketball game. I hope the sequel will be amazing. This is crazy to see something like this actually exist.
Holy shit! I saw this crazy anime-like sports game in an arcade ONCE when I was a kid like 25 years ago, and never found what it was later. I searched for sports games, asked around, I thought I'd never find it again... Finally I know what game it was! Thank you for this!
Played it once at a fighting game tourney. Crazy fun
Egg
It looks fun
Have you heard of Windjammers before this video?
Akshon Esports not at all, but I’m definitely going to play it now
Nope
Akshon Esports, no but it looks cool!
never, but i like it 😂 great vid
It's a bit of a boomer game.
How do you make such professional content in such little time?
Five words. They work their asses off
Must have pretty tough asses
Austin Creed is so cool. He’s so cool he’s in brawlhalla.
Also, while watching this video I kept thinking, “Windjammers? I’ve definitely heard that name before, but I don’t think it’s from the game.” I just remembered once I went to a cafe called Windjammer lol.
It was also the name of a gen 1 Transformer.
@@ilznidiotic wasn't that windcharger or something
@@illford Oh, shit. You're right.
Also a coaster that ironically got shut down during high winds
And Windjammer Surf Racers
First a baseball fighting game (Lethal League) and now a disc throwing fighter? Fighting games are crazy
But it be fucking great
But both is fucking good tho
Can't wait for a Pickleball Fighter
Windjammers is old as heck. I used to play it in 2001... In an emulator.
The game´s from 1994.
I hope we get a Pokken video, or atleast about the Pokémon VGC competitive
Or Pokemon Showdown.
Well whaddya know
Fuck yeah Pokken
That 2018 EVO set was epic. More hype than a lot of the matches that night.
Okay, I didn't even know that this game had an esport dominated by my own country, let alone a competitive scene overall . That's really something I should look out for.
Thanks for making this. As a melee, rivals and PM player, this game looks sick and potentially a breath of fresh air for me :)
Lethal League: "Hey, I've seen this one before!"
A fun fact about the EVO 2018 windjammers tournament was that Franke put a bounty on whomever knocked Xavier Woods out of the tournament, and the first one to play him was... me. This was before I knew anything about the game, and had only played first played it the night before. At evo 2019 I made it to 33rd though.
I would say that technically it's not a fighting game, but it has so many similarities to them that it _does_ belong in the fgc.
What similarities do you see?
@@GONZA10X
The things that were described in the video starting at 1:17.
@@OGEdger I asked "what similarities do you see," not what you saw in the video. This is if like someone asked " what do you think about this drink?" All you can say to that is :" read a third of the menu."
@@GONZA10X
So you _didn't_ watch that part of the video? They explain the mechanics of the game pretty well. And with a little bit of thinking, the similarities to fighting games is quite clear.
@@OGEdger The Highlighted time only talks about the game being a mix of pong and fighting games. There is no mention of the similarities it has to fighting games.
In my local retro-con(Retro Zaragoza in Spain, cancelled this year due to you know what) they usually do a local Windjammers tournament since the first edition, in fact, they also usually bring a Windjammers arcade machine and I do have played it with a couple of friends and we always end up stuck playing a couple of games between us. Also, I did hear about the PS4/PS Vita version when it launched but I didn't tried the game until the first edition of this local retro-con.
I found the original at an arcade with a friend once, instantly addicted it was so fun
wow? I just finished playing lethal league before discovering this, I'm ready for this game.
Same competitive feeling, right? And can you believe this game is from 1994?
@@volcanickjoe08 the design just looks so modern
You could hear frankie yelling at big e tournaments throughout the venue with his megaphone getting people to sign up lol
Oh yeah windjammers is definitely a fighting game. I saw it on upupdowndown years ago and without knowing a thing about it could see its competitive potential
I wish you'd take a look at the 1995 DOS game called Descent. It has an active multiplayer community, has combat that sort of plays like a fighting game (it's hard to describe), and has a couple of players that have reached an incredibly high level of skill in it. Otherwise, thanks for these interesting videos. I've never heard of Windjammers before but it looks pretty neat, sorta like Lethal League.
Anyone else notice that the pink-haired guy in the thumbnail looks like a Miami vice DrDisrespect?
(Also great video)
Can't unsee this now.
My friend just told me about this game at his local arcade bar. It sounded awesome so I look it up on YT, and of course, lo and behold, Akshon has covered it.
This video got my competitive fire boiling. It may be time to be one of those "out of the wood work types"
I was introduced by the Switch port. Now I own a real neo geo AES and play Windjammers on that. So good but yeah, I'm late to the party. Can't beat normal mode but it's so good
I'm definitely going to check it out!
Wow...Windjammers looks so cool! I gotta check out the community more often.
"$200 for the first place, $100 for the third place and nothing for the second. Because the second place shouldn't get anything, they're the first losers."
I bought an arcade cabinet recently and randomly started playing Windjammers. My friends would come over and we would play, not really knowing the rules (or playing very well). I really enjoyed the game, though, and was really happy to see Windjammers 2 in the works. I am definitely going to pick it up and try my hand at some online play.
Not sure what wait is longer. The wait for Windjammers 2 or KH3.
holy shit. i played the fuck out of the original game as a kid on my brother's modded Xbox and had no idea they released a new version! so happy this game is back
Great work, nice cuttings and transitions
Well done bro
I'm so glad this game became available on switch as I was randomly remembering it and wondering what it was called 🤣🤣🤣 perfect timing. They had it at a movie theater we used to go to when I was a kid
Windjammers also got rereleased on the Wii VC, although only in Japan, but that still allowed hacked users to easily play it.
I love the game, but I think it's a bit too simple and I hope the sequel can provide more complex strategies.
Here after watching Windjammers 2 on Twitch the game looks sick
9:52
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well
*culture
@@coughingfrog thx
Can't tell you how hard I dream of this somehow happening for VIDEOBALL. It would mean the world to me.
old sport games are amazing. i still wish there were wininng eleven 4 competititve scene. classic sports games are amazing at balance+skill+fun
Mechanics somewhere between this and mario tennis aces might be the sickest game ever if it also opens up 2v2 or 3v3
Played this game once on a PS4 demo unit at Gamestop, it was really fun, I thought the premise was so sick
Great video. If you are looking for another under look e-sport, you can look into Smite. The community have been going strong for 7 years now, and not many people are talking about it
This vid is the first time I'm hearing about this game, I'm pumped to play it!
here I am, patiently waiting for windjammers 2
This channel used to cover mainly Overwatch.
Now they are going a lot of videos related to the FGC.
Does this mean... Is Overwatch really a fighting game?
If you're a Doomfist, Genji, or Reinhardt main then OW could feel like a fighting game sometimes.
I think someone is trying to!
@@Akshonesports I've bad dreams of an Overwatch fighting game. They always show characters doing CQC in shorts and stuff.
I got this game after seeing this video, it is a ton of fun and has an awesome soundtrack
Me too
YOUR VIDEOS ARE REALLY GOOD
Probably gonna start playing this game
I just saw that Windjammers 2 will be out on PC, until then I try out the game on fightcade!
I first discovered this game during the emulation days. I remember it was a solid title but I never got the opportunity to play it with others.
I was definitely in the Windjammer tourney at EVO in 2019. So it was definitely there after the 2018 premiere...which I participated in as well. EDIT: Just noticed the pinned comment correcting this.
It's a good game. Definitely easy to pick up and hard to master. If you like head games and thinking ahead of your opponent on top of frenetic, fast pace gameplay I encourage you to play it.
Man's really said big pot to 1st, small pot to 3rd and NOTHING for second because you're the first loser. That's so insanely hilarious and I respect that, rofl.
Well if you're doing a video on this you gotta do Super Dodgeball next. That game is fuckin wild.
France succeeds at something for the first time in a long time, battle frisbee
Windjammers is so sick, cant wait for windjammers 2
So this is where disc jam came from
I'm so happy I've learned about this today!
This whole story of how Windjammers became mainstream again and the battle between the French and Americans sounds like a legend straight out of a history book, I love it!
Personally played the game only once at a con once and I really liked it, defenitely thinking about picking up the sequel!
France always seems to be the hub for a bunch of retro gaming communities for some reason
Sounds like a sick game IRL
100 for 3rd and nothing for 2nd is a hilarious idea
"nothing for second place, cause they are just the first loser."
i love this man now.
10:28 Fuck that, that's just bad manners, what a great idea to keep interest in a 20+ years niche game
more fighting game content ugh this shits so good
Does the FGC like Sport games? Cause Mega(Rock) Man Soccer can join the FGC with its parallel origin story. Hell the Scoring systems is the same, and characters can pass the ball differently.
The ultimate sports fighting game, for me, will always be the Kunio-kun series by Koei Techmo.
Kunio Kun series is now under Arc systems. So hype, but yes, Kunio Kun series is so sick
Great video
This looks so unique and fresh
It's kinda baffling that the company responsible for the remake of a 90's obsure game is more willing to sustain its player base than nintendo
You guys need to make a video about Guilty Gear one day 👀
Windjammers 2 is on Game pass. I'm enjoying it.
Top down lethal league?
Why am I just now learning about this?
I just love original competitive games.
nostagiaaaaaa. i played this game all day when i was like 10
Me, when I was 18. I had it on emulator on 2001
Wait isint armada the first french player to go to the us and win a tournement
What about LOGJAMMERS, it was a nes homebrew i played at a convention a few years back.
this game is tight
windjammers is the SHIT dude, thanks for giving it a spotlight!
What a great video!merci!
Glad you liked it!
Any chance of having a video like this for puzzle fighters (or I guess just competitive puzzle games in general) like Catherine, Pokemon puzzle league, or the various versions of Tetris?
Hey! In case you haven't seen it yet we actually covered the Tetris scene in an earlier video.
@@Akshonesports I might have seen it and forgot about it. I just used Tetris as an example, but I really do enjoy watching competitive Catherine, and playing it together with friends. It's a wild ride
sequel is out now!!
Yo! This next game out yet? Bout to jump on board when things are fresh!
i love this game
I love this game!
this game would have been epic on the 3Ds. Sad it didnt get on there.
Switch???
@@Ramsey276one im talkin the 3D effect. You know, the gimmick. I love that gimmick so much.
@@Yipper64 okay I get it
It doesn't work for me, eye thing you know?
I played it because of this video and it's amazingly fun
Reminds me a lot of Lethal League/Blaze. Probably will check it out
Insert coin!
Wait theres a scene and a sequel?? I loved playing this game on emulators as a kid, thought It was waaaay more obscure
Ah hell yeah dotemu made sor4 which is fucking awesome, they have my support
Epic
Wind Jammers certainly belongs in the FGC.
People seem to be divided about whether to classify Windjammers a fighting game or not but most people seem to be happy to welcome this game into the FGC.
@@Akshonesports It might not fit the typical fighting game definition but when you here using button combinations to defeat an opponent in a 1v1, I personally think "fighting game".
I got into winjammers at genesis 5 after franke sisto ran around the venue screaming about the side event
Like lethal league blaze , i can't consider windjammers as a fighting games but more like an partying/opposition game such as nidhogg ..
Is it worth buying this game or wait till the 2nd one comes out
Reminds me of lethal league
Haha I already had this rom but had never played it before so I loaded it up and it's actually a really good game
Me: Cries in Lethal leauge blaze ):