Why Windjammers is secretly a Fighting Game

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2022
  • Check out Windjammers 2 on Steam or Xbox Games Pass, it's also available on Switch! I really enjoyed this game, a frisbee combat game with strong fighting game elements?? Hope you like the hype matches!
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  • @FrankLeeYoung
    @FrankLeeYoung 2 года назад +190

    If WIndjammers is secretly a fighting game, then Lethal League Blaze is something to try out!

    • @CrownofRa
      @CrownofRa 2 года назад +15

      Less than a minute in and LLB is first game I thought of when he said it's fighting game adjacent.

    • @ericjames4754
      @ericjames4754 2 года назад +5

      Came here to say exactly this

    • @Eidolon11
      @Eidolon11 2 года назад +9

      YES. Completely underrated game and has a wild system to it.

    • @SRN_RL
      @SRN_RL 2 года назад +4

      This game honestly gives off big Lethal League energy.

    • @drstclair
      @drstclair 2 года назад +1

      This is next on my list of purchases after loving Windjammers

  • @wavesofbabies
    @wavesofbabies 2 года назад +120

    Windjammers is a fighting game.
    Neo Turf Masters is a fighting game.
    Catherine is a fighting game.
    Puyo Puyo is a fighting game.
    Money Idol Exchanger is a fighting game.
    Tetris Battle Gaiden is a fighting game.
    Lethal League is a fighting game.
    Mahjong Soul is a fighting game.
    Twinkle Star Sprites is a fighting game.
    Mario Party 4's minigame Booksquirm is a fighting game.
    I will not be fielding questions.

    • @khal.el.
      @khal.el. 2 года назад +10

      I deadass be fighting for my life in Booksquirm.

    • @DisgruntledBee
      @DisgruntledBee 2 года назад +11

      Any game becomes a fighting game if you BM enough.

    • @crimbly5414
      @crimbly5414 2 года назад +5

      These games are FGC and I cannot be convinced otherwise

    • @Mauserek
      @Mauserek 2 года назад +3

      Windjammers kinda reminds me of Lethal League.

    • @randaljr.8581
      @randaljr.8581 2 года назад

      add pokemon puzzle league lol.

  • @HateSonneillon
    @HateSonneillon 2 года назад +22

    I like that "fighting game adjacent" this needs to be a genre.

  • @orlanzo2621
    @orlanzo2621 2 года назад +11

    I grew up playing the original all the time at a local grocery store back in the 90's along with Samurai Shodown and KOF '94. So many good memories of that one. I brought this one the other day and it's a GREAT sequel to the original. It's just as fun and has more techniques. I'm really liking it.

  • @theWIIISEguy
    @theWIIISEguy 2 года назад +2

    Here on the east coast. Especially at old 8wayRun events. Windjammers would find its way to tournaments. College tourney? Windjammers. Convention tourney? Windjammers. Tournament at the gymnasium in a church? Windjammers.
    Glad to see you spreading the word. It's a great staple in gaming history imo.

  • @untitled8734
    @untitled8734 2 года назад +7

    Thank you so much for giving our community this exposure! WindJammers 2 is fun with an easy to learn, hard to master type of experience for players. Please try it!

  • @gerharddamm5933
    @gerharddamm5933 2 года назад +11

    The first windjammers was such a hidden gem. Glad it got it’s due in modern times.

    • @Rwtheking
      @Rwtheking 2 года назад

      Thank god for Dotemu. They first gave us back streets of rage and now they gave us windjammers

  • @megafluffydraws
    @megafluffydraws 2 года назад +4

    Pretty amazed by the fact that WindJammers got a sequel!

  • @RasenRendanX
    @RasenRendanX 2 года назад +5

    Im really happy to see someone cover this game. I watched Max Dood play the original 3 or so years ago and i was hooked
    you would LOVE Lethal Legue Blaze!

  • @r1konTheAutomator
    @r1konTheAutomator 2 года назад +2

    Back in the days of Stargate in Houston, we'd run side tourneys for this game. It's totally a fighting game.

  • @Shady_Fungus
    @Shady_Fungus 2 года назад

    That first set on the 13min mark was crazy. What a comeback and what a win.

  • @emwbjr
    @emwbjr 2 года назад +1

    This is the most intense game with a disc (Frisbee) that I've ever seen.

  • @avayevvnon914
    @avayevvnon914 2 года назад

    Table hockey with super powers except its a frisbee that can't touch the ground? I'm sold

  • @ragnaroc16
    @ragnaroc16 2 года назад +6

    This game is a blast! I love it, and glad jmcrofts is covering it. I am trying to get better myself, if they had lobbies, this game would be GOAT.

  • @xiyalocan8535
    @xiyalocan8535 2 года назад +3

    When I started watching I didn't expect to get hype, but that was a cheek clencher!

  • @kxngsquarters5802
    @kxngsquarters5802 2 года назад

    Snk made a underrated classic and I’m glad it’s back

  • @happyboombastic6368
    @happyboombastic6368 2 года назад +2

    The game looks so hype I'm so glad I got the limited run collectors edition

  • @Renoistic
    @Renoistic 2 года назад +3

    I've only played this online on PS5 for about an hour but it's really fun! I just wish Sony weren't so restrictive about cross-play.

  • @aldorangel7686
    @aldorangel7686 2 года назад +1

    For real the last guy was godlike

  • @CrimzonWolf777
    @CrimzonWolf777 2 года назад +5

    It's a fighting sports game #changemymind

  • @Zman7981
    @Zman7981 2 года назад +1

    I'll be competing in this game at Frosty Faustings XIV this weekend!

  • @jilaelennio6944
    @jilaelennio6944 2 года назад

    jmcrofts: "The Kickback is getting me dude."
    *looks at ping*
    THE DEVIL IS A LIE!

  • @JAllencorp
    @JAllencorp 2 года назад +2

    Windjammers in the arcade was dope. I was hard to find after a while tho. Gotta get on the Xbox and play

  • @leobardofelix12
    @leobardofelix12 2 года назад

    I always played Windjammers at our local bowling alley like every week. Nobody has even ever heard of it but it is a place in my childhood. The same machine had metal slug and a fighting game also. It was like a six in one.

  • @MisanthropicPrime
    @MisanthropicPrime 2 года назад

    Windjammers was a stable at Drunken Fight Nights back in college.

  • @Dom-ln6fu
    @Dom-ln6fu 2 года назад

    your ability to play any game on an arcade stick never ceases to amaze me

  • @hylanderOP
    @hylanderOP 2 года назад

    This is almost like a fighting game with 3 hit combos and everything is a mix-up.

  • @beastmode4668
    @beastmode4668 2 года назад

    Finished watching this video, dropped a 👍, and then immediately went in to download this game off of Game Pass.
    Thanks for the great content my dude!

  • @jpVari
    @jpVari 2 года назад

    when I first heard about windjammers I watched several tourneys from years past and was really amazed. I'm hoping to pick up 2 at some point and be able to learn everything but just to have a new version to watch is very exciting! wooo.

  • @chichocooks
    @chichocooks 2 года назад +2

    Holy shit that final play of the first game was hype. Love this game and will be definitely grabbing. Been waiting for years since I used to love play wj 1 at the office lol.

  • @greysonshartzer4362
    @greysonshartzer4362 2 года назад +1

    Windjammer is lit super hyped to play windjammers 2

  • @IliyanBEAR
    @IliyanBEAR 2 года назад

    I played the original a lot. Got Windjammers 2 on STEAM on release date!! And yes... it's a fighting game (more or less). I hope they do a lot of Windjammers 2 tournaments as they did the original. ChaseTatsujin is a very good tournament player from Windjammers 1!

  • @PotatoGun9000
    @PotatoGun9000 2 года назад +2

    This game is fucking HYPE.

  • @Viviantoga
    @Viviantoga 2 года назад +1

    Now detail how Mario Tennis Aces is a fighting game, based entirely around parries.

    • @dacobu1
      @dacobu1 2 года назад

      Damn! This hit like bricks! 😂

  • @iceloveanime
    @iceloveanime 2 года назад +1

    I would definitely watch if they made an anime out of this game. A good sports anime is always hype.

  • @dli199214
    @dli199214 2 года назад

    thanks for introducing me to the game! add to wishlist...

  • @KuroShiiiro
    @KuroShiiiro 2 года назад

    this looks so fire bro, ima actually cop if the community is lit

  • @MrPaul-kj5bm
    @MrPaul-kj5bm 2 года назад +1

    Insane play

  • @NIMPAK1
    @NIMPAK1 2 года назад

    Now you officially need to play Super Dodge Ball for Neo Geo.

  • @rmglover3191
    @rmglover3191 2 года назад +1

    Now I'm *watching* someone *play* an analog...to a real life (like) activity... what have i become?
    Really enjoyed that. Second player totally thrashed you, BUT - your defense began improving.
    Good stuff

  • @wise_thaat
    @wise_thaat 2 года назад

    Hey man, grabbed this game today because of this vid, love it 🤙💕

  • @TheMajonson
    @TheMajonson 2 года назад +1

    This game is definitely hype!

  • @d3v1lsummoner
    @d3v1lsummoner 2 года назад +1

    I'm not going to be buying it since no one I know will play with me, but this game looks good. It's kinda the same problem I had with Lethal League, but the quality here is real.

  • @porkchopsuitcase9906
    @porkchopsuitcase9906 2 года назад

    Just downloaded this on my lunch break after watching this video. Buddy and I played it for 30 mins and damn that felt like the shortest lunch break. No idea how to play, but what a hype game!!

  • @kylegonzales903
    @kylegonzales903 2 года назад

    I remember playing this at a arcade game this was soooooo dope

  • @maegnificant
    @maegnificant 2 года назад

    yes I hoped you'd play this!

  • @LunaMinuna
    @LunaMinuna 2 года назад

    Wind Jammers would have never been here without its community.

  • @standinby
    @standinby 2 года назад

    On top of other delays, the game was delayed for a year more to put in rollback netcode. Respect.

  • @thiago4santos
    @thiago4santos 2 года назад

    This game is really good. If you try you get hooked.

  • @dfueller
    @dfueller 2 года назад

    Downloaded this game just because i saw your video, hope you play again and maybe we can play a couple of matches!!!

  • @JSRLPadre
    @JSRLPadre 2 года назад

    I remember the original Wind Jammers and Baseball Stars 2 on Neo Geo weirdly attracting alot of the same crowd as the FGC in arcades back in the day......... Same with the Super Dodgeball series, actually.

  • @GonzoDonzo
    @GonzoDonzo 2 года назад

    Loved windjammers as a kid

  • @sonof7yoshis
    @sonof7yoshis 2 года назад

    This game is soooo much more fun to play than to watch I promise. I hope people try it especially with their friends it gets hype

  • @mikeward9032
    @mikeward9032 2 года назад

    I saw this on super couch fighters years ago. Such a cool game

  • @fabricioaragao855
    @fabricioaragao855 2 года назад

    The person that you play was from HERE, BRAZIL!!
    Say "É nós for brazil"

  • @fuchila2point0
    @fuchila2point0 2 года назад

    Love it!

  • @michaelcharlton5972
    @michaelcharlton5972 2 года назад

    I loved this game back in the day. I would play the CPU, but there wasn't a competitive scene at my university.

  • @420jahlion
    @420jahlion 2 года назад

    this is like that dodge ball game back in the day

  • @DJChris2003
    @DJChris2003 2 года назад

    The creator of Shot One should take some notes of this

  • @anthonybalista7421
    @anthonybalista7421 2 года назад

    Windjammers was the shit. Played it back on whatever the hell that old online emu we had back in like what…2003 or so? I’m terrible at it now but it makes me want to get gold again.

  • @P4ndaH3ro
    @P4ndaH3ro 2 года назад

    windjammers is SO FUN!

  • @jonsprivatelife
    @jonsprivatelife 2 года назад +1

    Is pong a fighting game? Way way back in the day, they had a game called mortal pongbat. It was pong but you could shoot lasers. Pretty fun

  • @Vriben
    @Vriben 2 года назад

    this game is amazing

  • @yahlibar6832
    @yahlibar6832 2 года назад +1

    Waited so long for this one, did not dissappoint

  • @smashboy64
    @smashboy64 Год назад

    so basically this is tennis with a Frisbee lol

  • @metalzzzx
    @metalzzzx 2 года назад +1

    Let's promote this shit!

  • @spman2099
    @spman2099 2 года назад

    Damn, JM can't give it the buy recommendation at twenty bucks? Poor Windjammers 2, that game is sick.

  • @TrentTerror
    @TrentTerror 2 года назад +1

    My old pizza place in astoria LA vita Mia had windjammers

  • @IlIlIlIIIIllllllllllllll
    @IlIlIlIIIIllllllllllllll 2 года назад

    Windjammer is sick

  • @janematthews9087
    @janematthews9087 2 года назад +2

    Didn't watch the video WHAT DO YOU MEAN SECRETLY?!
    We straight had side games for this in evo a few years back(before covid). It was this and Catherine money matches in on the Animevo suite all night long.
    We KNOW WJ is FG AF.

  • @SeasemeStreetz
    @SeasemeStreetz 2 года назад

    Ever played Lethal League Blaze? It's a fighting/sports game too

  • @HYLOBRO
    @HYLOBRO 2 года назад

    lethal league blaze AND windjammers 2 is on game pass for PC, I know I sound like a shill but game pass for pc is actually hella sick and a good deal.

  • @blive720
    @blive720 2 года назад

    I like the game brought for the switch it's definitely hard but fun.

  • @zhaoyun255
    @zhaoyun255 2 года назад

    Check out Magical Drops 3. That game is BRUTAL when it comes to puzzle fighters. You can literally die in like 2 seconds.

  • @taylorbee4010
    @taylorbee4010 2 года назад

    The original windjammers is extremely hype and runs on a toaster

  • @Oscargoo
    @Oscargoo 2 года назад

    Always nice to see a Raposa player getting humbled

  • @DanielLenrd
    @DanielLenrd 2 года назад

    S.Miller mains rise up

  • @FatStarZzzz
    @FatStarZzzz 2 года назад +2

    "secretly"??????????????
    Here in France it's a fighting game for decades^^
    oui mon ami ... No le secret^^
    Stay safe n cool
    From Paris with some Tatsumaaaaaak

  • @milesward1095
    @milesward1095 2 года назад

    WINDJAMMERS

  • @wilsonfredrick2812
    @wilsonfredrick2812 2 года назад +2

    I would love to see you do a video on def jam fight for ny and its "interesting" competitive scene with the huge amount of banned characters, maps and other junk the game has.

  • @agni2051
    @agni2051 2 года назад

    You should 100% try Lethal League Blaze

  • @Jermel456
    @Jermel456 2 года назад +1

    Does JM even own a regular controller, or is his home just filled with fight sticks?

  • @PatTheNinjaPenguin
    @PatTheNinjaPenguin 2 года назад

    If you like this game, you should check out Super Dodgeball for the NES!!

  • @malcolmbranch10
    @malcolmbranch10 2 года назад

    please do a piece on Streets of Rage 4!!!

  • @MaskDeSmith
    @MaskDeSmith 2 года назад

    Does anyone know the average player count on Playstation? I've seen that PC/Xbox is usually anywhere between 350 and 550.

  • @LolaliciousSmiley
    @LolaliciousSmiley 2 года назад

    Ever try The Rumble Fish 2?

  • @anthonygonzales347
    @anthonygonzales347 2 года назад

    If you like this game check out a game just like this called disk jam

  • @OnSchoolyard
    @OnSchoolyard 2 года назад

    Played it last night…I hate it….but I know I’m gonna grind it so I can understand it.

  • @zkc8
    @zkc8 2 года назад

    It's Pong DX

  • @Sakaki98
    @Sakaki98 2 года назад

    I knew it was an old school fighting game the minute I found out the devs made the tutorial just fucking hide like half of its mechanics from you and wonder why player retention amongst newcomers is so low.

  • @overweightactor
    @overweightactor 2 года назад

    So, people will complain about all the zoners in Injustice 2, but play this happily? Okay.

  • @hans920
    @hans920 2 года назад

    I see it as pong 2022

  • @dimex3362
    @dimex3362 2 года назад

    Super tennis is a fighting game

  • @brlvper4
    @brlvper4 Год назад

    It’s secretly pong

  • @cloudluigigreenblue9349
    @cloudluigigreenblue9349 2 года назад

    Leathal League Blaze is another title that I recommend from the “Kind of a fighting game” genre. You’ll love it and there have been tournaments of the game too.
    Also 11:15 ..What. A. Clutch. of a game!

  • @zacm1488
    @zacm1488 2 года назад

    I'm dying lol. Give this man dbfz2 or something.

  • @2ibienesraices768
    @2ibienesraices768 2 года назад

    Line caller has 2 racks

  • @HighDeafRadio
    @HighDeafRadio 2 года назад

    Rocket League literally plays like a fighting game too.

  • @TravisTheMaximus
    @TravisTheMaximus 2 года назад

    Is it on switch?

  • @threatz1802
    @threatz1802 2 года назад

    This is mad I still play the original of this game on mame iv been dying 4 the sequel 2 come out