Star Fox Zero Is Being Co-Developed By Platinum

Bloody knew it! That's great, but those N64 graphics....yikes!

They should have kept the puppet art style...

I really didn't think the graphics were that bad? What was it I missed?

On topic I'm excited about Platinum helping with this. They do great jobs with action titles.

I just remembered something. Didn’t Nintendo say that they will only be focusing on 2015-Early 2016 games at this Digital Event? Maybe that’s why it wasn’t even good. Paper Mario Wii U would be mid to late 2016, Metroid would be late 2016, Zelda would be late 2016. All the games we really want will fall after the 2015-Early 2016 time frame…

They [the graphics] aren't bad, per se, they are just very, very, very plain and simple. While I'm all for frame rate>effects, etc., this still seems extremely simple for a WiiU revision of StarFox 64 but with a one-year or so dev cycle, we were never going to get a massive focus on the art side of things.

That said, maybe it runs in 1080p...

@Captain_Gonru oh, God, no, I remember them! Tho nostalgia does tend to do a bit of anti aliasing and texture upres in my mind haha

No way no how PG is working on the graphics though. Impossible.

For everybody in the live stream comment feed trying to defend the graphics. Some even saying "go play COD", let me offer you what real graphics on Wii U can look like. go download the Bayonetta 2 demo, or go watch the scene in W101 where your big spaceship is chasing down some huge mecha-ghidorah wanabe thru a city. Those are Wii U graphics. I'm not even sure if these graphics are as good as SW:RLRS2 on Gamecube.

I watched the Treehouse after the Direct waiting for dual Gmaepad split screen to justify the ugly but it never came. Hoepfully later, b/c there is no other excuse.

Super Nintendo version looks better (and has better music).

Oh well - at least we got FF7 this e3.

Pity no metroid games announced.
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@rjejr as I said above, they have one-year or so to do the game--you aren't going to get a focus on visuals with a dev cycle that painfully short due to a whole host of issues from tech to booking time for assets to be made.

It sucks, but it's that or you don't see the game until the end of 2016...

knew it was being co developed by platinum

Platinum surely isn't working on the graphics, because they look VERY weak!

No matter. Platinum is an awesome developer.

GAMEPLAY > GRAPHICS

@ECM - "It sucks, but it's that or you don't see the game until the end of 2016..."

Well when are we seeing the game? Serious question.

When is the game releasing? Can't remember if Nintendo mentioned in the Direct. They may still have time to clean up the graphics, add more details to them etc.

Well, at least it is an assurance we will get a great Star Fox, but it may have some crazy difficulty... And I'm all for it! Bring the non stop action!

The game looked lifeless...Huge area and maybe 4 enemies. Thought the battles were going to be a bit more hectic.

I thought the treehouse presentation of Start Fox 0 after the big digital even looked a lot better. I was disappointed until I watched the treehouse play thru. I'm excited for this game.

@rjejr The game is releasing Holiday 2015. The trailer said so at the end.

I personally liked how the game looked, though I may give the trailer a second look later, just to see what everyone is complaining about.

sniff sniff Platinum games is co developing this? tries to wipe tears That's pretty sweet.

@FragRed Holiday 2015. So November 20th most likely. Super Mario 3D World went from very generic looking to really polished in a short time frame, so it's possible the same will happen for SF0.

Oh, awesome to know Platinum Games is involved!

@IxnayontheCK

I think it looks like a very pretty game and a very fun one

It looks cheap at the moment, with a lack of depth and detail. N64 version looks more solid :/

Even if the graphics could be better, a new Star Fox looks very promising and even has gameplay mechanics from Starfox 2.

@Souldin - Holiday 2015

Thanks. I probably remeember that, decided "Holiday 2015" for Ntinedo is meaningless, and forgot it. It does make me feel better though that they gave it a time frame. I think SSB U was holiday and it came out in Nov so that's promising.

Are people really saying this "looks good"? I know it's better than the N64, but com eon, "looks good"?

This looks good. I know PS4 is more powerful than Wii U, but Wii U is much more capable than what's in SFZ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXU5k4U8x20

@rjejr
After seeing both segments on Treehouse, I think it does look good.
It has its own style and in HD not streamed it works well enough. Plus, the game plays 60fps on both screens with little restriction on viewpoint. Only partially on rails. I was expecting more, but the good part is that the confrontations with bosses are going to be fun because they are being done by Platinum.

The other thing that helps is that I'm a fan of the first couple Star Fox games and this evokes good feelings. It feels like those games but looks much, much better. So, I'm happy enough.

@aaronsullivan -Yeah, graphics are passable on the eShop vid. Not good, not impressive, not making me take notice, but not making say "whu?" either.

Graphics are so weak, Starfox Assault almost looks better!

The Wonderful 101 & Bayonetta 1 & 2 are some of my All time Favorite Wii U Games , Miyamoto & Platinum = Awesome 👾😎

Game looks bad? Game looks good.

Oh, you mean graphics? No, not really, unless you're a spoiled little c***.

IT'S NOT DONE YET. They're still developing this game. The graphics aren't final. Stop fussing over it and learn a thing or two about what goes into making a game. (Besides, you're playing on two screens running at 60 FPS, so the detail can't be grandiose like Skyrim. Whatever polish that'll be applied to the game will be there when the rest of the game is finished later this year.)