Talking Point: Star Fox Zero Is 10 Years Old - Have You Actually Played It?

It maybe not the game in regards to the talking point.... but I would love a remaster/remake of Star Fox Adventures!

„Nah, let the past die“ - brutal

Yes, I have played it. It was okay, but not a game I'd want to revisit with those controls. The controls just seemed unnecessarily confusing.

Never played it myself, but saw a lot of gameplay of it. I think the game doesn't seem that bad overall, it's a cool idea that was maybe not executed all too well. I might be in the minority on this but i also feel like starfox games tend to get stale fairly quick. They're fun shoot em ups but I personally enjoyed adventures and assault way more than any of the games in the franchise (okay except for maybe sf64). I'd like to see more of that in starfox while still having ship combat be a focal point.

It wasn't great.
Rather have the resources and manpower spent on new entries.

I don't have a Wii U so no.

I had a lot of fun with Star Fox Zero, but the controls definitely held it back. If you ported Star Fox Zero over and put traditional controls in I think you’d have a game a lot of people would enjoy. That said, I loved Star Fox Guard and that did take advantage of the Wii U Gamepad, that one might not translate as well but was a ton of fun.

It's a poor remake of the N64 game. Let it die. Something much better can be done with the Star Fox franchise.

I still have it, but barely played it back then. It was not pleasant.

It was very poor

I played it for a little while apparently, which puts it at under an hour according to the eshop app.

I played it, didn't like it. If Star Fox comes to Switch 2, I hope it's not this game.

Having played ye olde Starfox since the original's release, enjoying the heck out of that, then Starfox 64, I must say I did not enjoy this one. The control scheme irked me, and it moved too slowly for me. Slap a regular control scheme on it, crank up the speed, slap it on the Switch and I'll give it another go, aye.

Yes, I played it and I liked it a lot.

No, I would not want a Switch port. The controls/gamepad are what made it fun and interesting. Plus, I feel like it’d take so much effort to make it work without the gamepad, they’d be better off just making a new game instead.

Never got the game back in the Wii U era, but what I really want is for Nintendo to just focus on new stuff. Give us new games, not remasters for a change. I want original, new content.

Zero isn’t a bad game, but I’d honestly sooner play Guard again. At least that didn’t have a confusing control scheme.

Haven't played it and given how it was received I'm not interested in a remaster either. I enjoyed the Star Fox 64 3ds game back in the day, but hope the rumoured Switch 2 game will be a big step-up for the franchise.

I loved it, but the controls do take time to adjust as it’s not your usual setup, but… it does work when you understand what they were going for.

In general though, Zero is a fantastically authentic Starfox game that is often looked back on as the “worst” - but usually this stems from people that never played it because of hearsay, OR because they think it’s yet another remake of ‘64 which… it kinda isn’t really except in premise, otherwise the gameplay and levels are entirely different and unique to Zero.

Personally, I think that it really deserves a second lease of life with a regular control scheme (and for those that missed the game from not owning a WiiU).

That said… new title also please Nintendo!

Zero was just bad unfortunately. But Star Fox Guard was lovely and would be fun to see that return somehow.

An article made for me, yes I played it and it was fun but frustrating. This is once that I would like to see revisited, but moving forward i would enjoy to see a story outside of the lylat system. This story seems way too close to the n64 game.

Yep and still in my Wii U collection when i used to buy physical (as with Switch 2 i became full digital)

While the game was fun (imo), i hope there will be a remaster that fixes the controls flaws.

(Kinda off topic, have anyone tell you staff that blue when you guys use it for Wii U, Sonic and Sega stuff fits this website a lot better? Personally i love it!)

The sad thing is that the way the aiming was explained in the animated prequel they made, involving a head-mounted sight, would have been awesome. It is actually the antithesis of what the actual control scheme is like and more like the HMDs that modern fighter pilots are equipped with today.

If they fixed the controls, I’d 100% like to see it ported to the Switch/Switch 2.

But I’d also like them to try something new with Star Fox. Not necessarily new like a platforming adventure, but new like a full on rails Star Fox game that isn’t just the story from Star Fox 1 and 64 again.

Good game. The motion controls weren't bad, just unnecessary. The game's real issue was being yet another remake in a series that's about 50% remakes.

I personally would prefer a completely new one.

Controversial opinion: this is like the second best SF game in the series after 64 and it's control scheme isn't even that bad. Better than Assault's clunky tank controls, that's for sure. Would love to see it get a new lease on life.

Never finished it but did play for a handful of hours. I’d definitely play it on switch 2

Played it and i think i would have enjoyed it if the controls were not a mess

It would be one of the harder games to divorce from the Gamepad, but it would be doable. After putting up the Wii U when the Switch 2 came out, I wouldn't mind a port, but I would like to see a new game entirely.

To be fair I wouldn't mind seeing a Switch port of the missing Wii U games, like Yoshi or the Zeldas.

Still own it and will pick it up every once in a while to remind myself to be more careful with my purchases. You really are fighting the controls in this one. A bit funnier with 2 players but then I remember the frame rate dipping. I'll go through Starfox 64 once or twice a year.

I have an unopened Wii U physical version. I have a few unopened Wii U games. Switch concept, born from the Wii U, was THE game changer for me in terms of actually playing games I bought lol

Played it once, and traded it in, which is something I rarely do. Just really disliked the controls and the fact it was another remake of the first game.

Maybe once, but that's it. I wouldn't mind a remaster, but I'd much rather have a new Star Fox and that's far more likely anyway.

Zero is actually my favourite Star Fox game for exactly the reason most people hated it, I absolutely loved the controls, it took a little bit to figure out but once you get it it actually feels like how I imagined flying an Arwing would feel like.

I suppose it makes it a bit more of a simulator in that regard which I suppose a lot of fans didn't want but I enjoyed it greatly and it, along with the two HD Zelda's and ZombiU (As that game is pretty mediocre without the gamepad features) are the reason I keep the Wii U around.

I played the demo at Hyper Japan at the time, I recall posing here I thought the controls were not intuitive at all, which upset some fans in the comments! Never played it properly as never had a Wii U.

Yes I have played it, no I wouldn't want a port, the controls aren't great and it would need reworking to not require the second screen. Just make a new game

I got this game at launch and gave up after the Gyrowing section

Tried two years ago because I wanted to give another and really wanted to like it. I actually beat it but I finished Andross I’m pretty sure I ended up hating it more. Nintendo’s made worse game but it’s easily one of their most disappointing games for me.

Legit I’m really not interested in seeing it come back, it’s too derivative of Star Fox 64 for me to go back to it when I could just play that instead. It was already disappointing when they announced it would be a retelling of 64 after they just remade the same game on 3DS. Even if they fixed all the problems with the controls all your left with is a weaker retread of 64. If they rerelease it alongside a brand new game, fine, but otherwise I won’t bother

It's now seen though the eyes of nostalgia so it's MANY faults fall by the wayside to some people.