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Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast is coming to Nintendo Switch

Nintendo announced an impressive number of surprises during today’s Nintendo Direct event, but one of the most unexpected was a Nintendo Switch re-release of Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast. Or at least the single-player portion of the game.

The game will be released on Sept. 24, and there’s not much else to add outside of the fact that this is one of the best Star Wars action games ever created, and it’s certainly not a title you’d expect to randomly get a new life on Switch.

Jedi Outcast lets you play with a variety of guns from the Star Wars canon, but the real star of the show is the lightsaber combat and force powers, which give an impressive feeling of power and versatility for a game originally released in 2002. It’s a shame none of the multiplayer modes will be included in this version of the game, but even the single-player campaign is worth revisiting if you haven’t played in a while, or want to experience for th

AnotherGamer1702d ago

This one was a great surprise, didn't see it coming!

Sgt_Slaughter1702d ago

Jedi Academy is coming in 2020 too, and both will have gyro.

mkis0071702d ago (Edited 1702d ago )

Well thats a buy... ill buy this series over and over. Curious why xbox was left out is it bc already?

ZeekQuattro1702d ago

The first one is. I bought it on there about a year ago. They never added the sequel though.

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NecrumOddBoy2256d ago

I really want a mix of Jedi Knight II and KOTOR. I think Jedi Knight 2 outcast is probably one of the best Star Wars games ever made and it's gameplay and story is just brilliant. Kotor added something we've never seen in a role playing game and I think a healthy Fusion a good game playing and a solid role-playing story would just explode.