Penguin Wars
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| Release | Arcade MSX
Mobile
iOS : April 8, 2009PlayStation 4
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Penguin Wars (ぺんぎんくんWARS, Pengin-kun WARS) is an
Gameplay
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The player participates in a sport called "Dojiball" (ドジボール, dojibōru), a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of "
. In all versions of the game, the player plays against all the other animals. In each game, the participating animals find each other on opposite sides of a square table with five balls on each side. The object of the game is to roll those balls over the table. As soon as all ten balls are on one player's side, that player loses the game. Each game also has a time limit of 60 seconds; if that is reached, the player with the fewest balls on their side wins.If a player is hit by one of the balls, they are knocked unconscious for a certain amount of time. Thus, it could also be said that part of the object of the game is to hit the opponent, as otherwise it would not be possible to get all ten balls to the other side (the opponent can just roll them back before all of them have arrived).
The different animals have different strengths and weaknesses which are a trade-off with each other. For example, the rat is the one that can move left and right the fastest, but in return he can roll the balls only very slowly. The cow, on the other hand, is a very slow walker, but in return she regains consciousness more quickly.
After thirty seconds of playing, a
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Penguin Wars on their August 1, 1985 issue as being the fourteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[1]
Legacy
A remake of Penguin Wars was announced for the Nintendo Switch on July 25, 2017. The game was released in Japan on September 21, 2017.[2] The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were announced in November.[3] The Nintendo Switch version was released on June 27, 2019 in North America and Europe.
See also
References
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 265. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 August 1985. p. 25.
- ^ "懐かしのアケゲー『ぺんぎんくんWARS』がまさかのリメイク！！ニンテンドースイッチで2017年秋配信". Esuteru. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "Penguin Wars coming west for Switch, PS4, and Xbox One in early 2018". Gematsu. 8 November 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.