The flying disc comeback stays sharp and nervy. Angles, lobs and smashes build instant tension, and local two-player still causes shouting on the couch. Clean, fast and perfectly tuned for short but intense matches.
Your verdict
Category
Sports2 players7+
Co-op
Description
Athletes hurl a disc at blistering speed across a zoned court, smashing and feinting to score. Published by Dotemu, released worldwide in 2022. Lobs, curve throws and special slams, ten distinctive fighters, arcade run and tense duels locally or online.
Windjammers 2 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Extending an arcade classic twenty-eight years on was a gamble, and the flawless readability of the zoned court wins it: lobs, curved shots, smashes and feints chain into duels where reads matter as much as reflexes. The new hand-drawn animation is gorgeous and fluid. Solo boils down to a thin arcade mode, but as an immediate, deep versus it honors its forebear with real freshness.
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,5 GB📅20/01/2022
Published by Dotemu
Windjammers 2 (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity
Slamming the disc back harder and harder, reading your opponent's angle, landing the impossible shot: it all moves fast and the rivalry sets in within two rallies. The rematch is instant, the pace exhilarating, and you stack up rounds swearing you'll stop after the next. The learning curve is steep and can put you off early on, but once the timing clicks it's a furiously addictive duel you'll keep pulling back out.
Is Windjammers 2 still worth playing in 2026?
Windjammers 2 pulls off the tough feat of extending an arcade classic twenty-eight years on. This supercharged frisbee on a zoned court stays perfectly readable: lobs, curved shots, smashes and feints chain into snappy duels where reading matters as much as reflexes. The new hand-drawn animation is gorgeous and fluid, the roster well characterised. The solo content amounts to a slightly thin arcade mode. But as an immediate, deep and demanding versus game, local or online, it honours its ancestor with a strikingly fresh feel that still delights today.
