For the last few years, Hasbro has announced a big Nerf product in the summer and released it in the fall. Last year it was the Stampede, the greatest Nerf assault rifle ever made. The year before that it was the Raider, a pump-action rifle with a freaking 35-dart drum magazine. The year before that was the Vulcan, a tripod-mounted belt-fed Nerf machine gun. This year, Nerf is going even further. Instead of announcing a big new gun, Hasbro is launching an entire new line of Nerf guns, using a different type of ammo and distinctly sci-fi naming scheme.

This is the Nerf Vortex series, four different Nerf guns launching September 10 that could change Nerf even further past the current magazine-fed, motorized, accessory-laden madness it is. Instead of darts or balls, the Nerf Vortex guns use “XLR-discs,” a circular ammunition that could mean a much-needed boost in range for the weapons. These aren’t flimsy foam discs like the kind you can get with disc launchers at dollar stores; they seem to be inch- or half-inch-thick torii with at least as much mass as a Nerf dart.

Hasbro is going all-out with this new projectile system, with four guns spanning the current range of Nerf N-Strike dart guns in build and scope. The Proton is a single-shot pistol. The Vigilon is a five-shot pistol similar to the Maverick (but with a magazine instead of a cylinder). The Praxis is a pump-action rifle like the Recon, Longstrike, or Raider. Finally, the Nitron is the Vortex equivalent to the Stampede: a battery-powered, 20-shot disc-launching rifle with an electronic scope (presumably a red dot in a plastic tube, but still a nice touch), sadly without any bipod, tripod, blast shield, or drum magazine (though N-Strike Accessory Rails built on the guns will still let Nerf fighters use their old sights, lights, and if the front foregrip on the Nitron is detatchable, bipos and tripods). It’s a motorized assault rifle, and that’s what matters. That’s pretty much the full gamut of Nerf guns.

The Vortex guns will be priced like regular Nerf guns: the Proton will retail for $10, the Vigilon for $16, the Praxis for $25, and the Nitron for $40. Considering the Nitron is a battery powered rifle with a 20-round magazine and costs $10 less than the Stampede, the lack of a bipod or blast shield seems like a good trade-off. Of course, these days you can pick up a Vulcan for $40 too, and let’s face it: the ammo belt makes it so much more badass (and heavier and more unwieldy for anything but a mounted position).

This is the first video of the Nerf Vortex guns. Underneath the obnoxious Cloverfield-y shaky-game and static cuts, it seems to be Hasbro employees playing with a Nerf Vortex Praxis and launching a disc really, really far. It does look kind of rad, if you can ignore the horrible and blatant viral marketing editing that screams “Hey kids, we’re mysterious! Like us on Facebook!”

Don’t worry, dart fans. According to a Hasbro representative, the Vortex line will not be replacing the N-Strike series, and will stand as just an addition to the Nerf line. If you’re worried about not being able to find any Raiders, Barricades, or, god forbid, Mavericks (still the finest foam sidearm ever made), don’t worry. Not only are they still available everywhere, but Hasbro will be releasing yet another series of recolored guns August 1. These new “Gear Up” versions of the three guns are bright orange and black, and come with black-striped orange darts.

Interestingly enough, this isn’t the first Vortex product line either offered by Nerf or in the form of toy projectile weapons. Hasbro still sells Nerf Vortex footballs, and Koosh used to sell Vortex guns that fired rubber rings instead of darts or discs. The rings would fly really, really far, but the slightest wind could blow them to the ends of the earth. The new guns look cool, but maybe Vortex wasn’t the best name. Incidentally, a Koosh Vortex ring at point blank range stings like a bitch. I swear I still have a welt from ’98.