N64 Game Star Wars Episode I: Racer Slated To Arrive on May 12 For Nintendo Switch & PlayStation 4

Last month, developer Aspyr emerged during the Nintendo-host Indie World presentation to reveal that Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy will be arriving that day to Nintendo Switch. Alongside with the same-day release of the PlayStation 4 version as well, the team also disclosed that the nostalgic N64 title Star Wars Episode I: Racer will be arriving sometime in the coming future too.

The 1999 title shipped alongside the titular movie The Phantom Menace, and offered respected versions for Nintendo-then latest system alongside PC. The game went on to receive several other ports for Mac, Dreamcast, and even Game Boy Color following the initial release of the game right before the turn of the millennium.

Now in a surprising announcement this week, it was revealed that the game will officially be arriving in the second week of May.

“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. Those are very important to us. We really believe in reuniting fans with something they cherished, or connecting a new audience with something they may have missed,” Aspyr Producer James Vicari shares on the reasoning for a modern port.

Vicari then goes on to elaborate on the controls’ reconfiguration for modern gamepads: sharing that the newer version will implement more responsive inputs and comfortable responsiveness when playing. When circling around the Switch version in particular, Vicari does confirm that fans will be able to play Racer with a single Joy-Con as easily as using both simultaneously.

What system do you plan on picking up Episode I: Racer on?

Star Wars Episode I: Racer will be available for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on May 12, 2020.

Source: Lucasfilm