these obstacles cause varying effects on the trajectory of the balls; some deflect them so they start rolling diagonally (the players themselves can only roll them parallel to the sides of the table), whereas others simply have the ball bounce straight back. 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. 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. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were announced in November. The Nintendo Switch version was released on June 27, 2019 in North America and Europe. See also Pikiinya! References External links 1985 video games Arcade video games ASCII Corporation games Fictional penguins Game Boy games FM-7 games NEC PC-8801 games Nintendo Entertainment System games Magical Company games MSX games Sharp X1 games Sharp MZ games UPL Co., Ltd games Hamster Corporation franchises Video games developed in Japan Nintendo Switch games PlayStation 4 games Xbox One games Video games about birds Multiplayer and single-player video games Pax Softnica games