Star Fox Zero Marks An Explosive Return To Form On Wii U

Please tell me the gyro is optional :/
And considering battery life and how easily the charger breaks, hopefully Gamepad is optional, too.

wow the visuals were so incredible bad. the enviroments had no details at all. how can you make a trailer for E3 with such a bad looking game??
now i know why the first footage shown last year was all blurry.

Omg omg omg omg

Looks dumb.

£20 eshop game

This is literally all Nintendo has left. Everything else is embarrassing. If Splatoon wasn't so wonderful I'd be fully convinced its time to say goodbye to this company.

wow it looks bad. hopefully this is footage from 2011/2012.

After all that waiting all Starfox fans get is a remake of the original. I somehow feel very disappointed. I probably won't pick this up if more than $15-$20 in the shop.

I am so happy to finally see a new Star Fox game.

The moment I saw the airwing walking, I thought "YES! They finally used that from Starfox 2"

So glad they used that idea, aswell as the mini dungeons you have to do in walking mode.

Leave it up to the " fans " to complain about graphics when we're getting/ a new Star Fox game

This looks great.

@Boxmonkey troll alert.

can't wait for more star f4x.

This is apparently a 're-imagining' of Starfox 64. What's wrong with coming up with a new story or making a sequel?

Watching the Treehouse guys play this and it looks so slow and dull... And the graphics look awful... Oh dear...

Dirty secret. I've never ever played a starfox game(yet he's a favorite in smash). I will be getting this one. People are calling the graphics crap and such but I don't care. The gameplay will prove whether or not it's crap. I'm curious about the series.

Never played the first one or 64 but this looks like the best game they showed this year - and it wasn't even a new announcement...

looks amazing (despite ppl thinking the graphics look horrible) and this will be a day one purchase, of course! But I'm saying it now, the gyro crap better be optional, or I will reconsider buying this until they change that.

Looks like a 3ds game, sadly this was a highlight

This Direct was horrendous. What were they thinking?

If anyone doubted whether Nintendo was completely giving up on the Wii U, this Direct should've pretty clearly shown them just that. Even this game, which I expected to wow me, looks incredibly bland.

Tried to see it on my smartphone, and ugh... too much lag. Couldn't see the details of everything because it was at it's LOWEST resolution just trying to maintain the feed...

That looked really awesome. Probably my most hyped Wii U game of this year.

I was stoked to see this. This game looks so fun to play. I'm glad they are bringing unused assets from Star Fox 2. And the two screen controls look interesting.

The only good game showed today, really. All others seems just "okay, I might wait until someone reviews it".

That was a big fail.

This is co-developed with Platinum Games... so I think it could be really good.

@holygeez03 after this disaster of a show, the only thing that even mildly redeems it is that info.

Seems like good use of the gamepad

Looks like exactly what it is; a game chucked together in about a year. So disappointed. It's not even close to being half the Star Fox game I was hoping for. The original game literally blew people away, in so many different ways; from it's cutting edge 3D graphics to it's almost Star War level epicness for a shooter at that time. This just left me cold. Nothing about it was particularly impressive or exciting. It looked like basically the N64 game re-skinned and with some of the meh stuff from Star Fox 2 added in. So disappointing. I wanted something that would have people cheering with child-like giddiness. I don't think most people would even look twice at this.

This was perhaps the worst E3 by Nintendo that I can remember.. If this is the standard they've set for themselves I'd rather they quit the industry all together.

Looks very... "retro".

It seems like a fine game, but good grief it looks too familiar and basic. I think it will be a good game as it is, but it will suffer immensely from too high expectations.

This was the best thing shown by Nintendo at e3, I think it looks great, but then I love starfox! Pretty lame that this is about it for upcoming titles though, I expected much, much more!!

@6ch6ris6 Would you prefer the opposite? Best Looking Trailer EVER and then discover that the above footage is the real game?

I can't find any graphical faults here......seriously, the fact that MK8 and 3D WORLD showed up make it sound like you got so used to those visuals and if you honestly ask me, they aren't super great but just great and Star Fox is in that same level....great.

Eh...looks IDK could be fun gameplay wise, not sold on that too and my god by todays standard the graphics look terrible, I'm not gonna sugarcoat. This E3 was embarassing for Nintendo.

Looks like a cross between Star Fox and Star Wars... Fox Wars? Jokes aside, very interested in it, but visuals need to improve. Like, A LOT.

The graphics are fine... to everyone complaining that it looks like N64 graphics, your memory of those graphics is betraying you... Star Fox, Mario Kart, etc. don't need ridiculous graphics... as long as the game is fun.

I heard some people were complaining about the graphics and so I rewatched the trailer. I'm not sure where some of these complaints are coming from. Sure, the grass texture looked a little shoddy, but the water looked wonderful, and kudos for Nintendo managing to make the dark depths of space look vibrant. Everything, particularly the ships and space stations, just seem to pop out and draw my eyes to them.

As for the gameplay itself, it looks fast and smooth, and most importantly, a ton of fun. I may be short of cash right now, but hopefully I'll have enough funds spare to grab up this game when it comes out in the holidays.

I knew this was going to be a retcon. Predictable Miyamoto.

Anyways, was excited but Gyro controls kill this for me. Sorry.

Man, Star Fox 2 was gonna be awesome! I knew that it featured multiplayer and Star Wolf and all that, but I had no idea that it had the vehicle transformations too.

The graphics isn't the concern here, guys/gals. The game still looks good. I just want the gameplay to be smooth and innovative. It looks to be headed in that direction. So far, it looks like Nintendo has the best 1st party line up for the fall 2015. Very good indeed.

It looked ok, but I didn't notice anything truly spectacular.

I don't think that the graphics looked bad. Besides, gameplay is what matters.

Still terrible voice acting.

@Toadthefox its not a remake.

@technotreegrass what? are you actually saying nintendo did a good job with this trailer? the game looks awful. there is absolutely no denying it. it doesnt matter if other companies make there games look way better in trailers than the games actually look like when they are released.
fact is: this game looks weak

I think the game looks great. One of the few I liked from the show. Can't wait to play it as not much else on WiiU has interested me.

The comments here are bizarre, I read people complain, but give no true reason why,
Graphics can't be an answer, a proper answer.
I was a bit confused by it not being a sequel or remake answer. Unless it's simply unrelated

After just watching the second Treehouse showing of Star Fox Zero I have to say it even looks pretty good graphically. It's not super detailed, but it has evocative scenery and it plays at 60fps on two screens. The game play looks fun and changes up quite a bit, so I'm very much looking forward to it.

SO fired up for this!! I love Star Fox 64! Reminds me of summer so much; countless hours spent in Aquas and Macbeth. Was really hoping for a price cut on Wii U but I'm going out to get myself my second Wii U as soon as I can! Finally get myself Metroid Prime Trilogy off the eshop too

The game looks worse that Rogue Leader on the GCN.
If you gave RL HD textures it would be a much better looking game.

This game broke the Digital Event the second they showed footage of it.

I'm really excited to play this. Day 1 buy for me.

i hope they allow the player to use the old school star fox controls, if not i won't be bothering myself with this game

PS2 era graphics and gimmicky controls...... well that make Nintendo lots of money in the Wii era so I can't blame them for trying but I doubt its gonna work here

Side note, I cherish the option to not have to use gyro controls on the 3DS; by the gods I hope that they retain this choice... If not, well... Consider my face slapped with a dead fish.

I love the support from everyone. If Nintendo had gone all "star fox adventures" and did something different, we would hate them for it. So they play it safe and deliver what "fans" want, an old school n64 awesomeness star fox. And we cringe and complain it looks like the n64 one. Well, I love it. It looks awesome and I can't wait to play it. I would replay star fox 64 today over almost any other flying action games. It looks like a Nintendo game. And it can't come out soon enough. Graphics are for new age gamers who are so superficial they forgot that last years call of duty existed once the new one comes out. Go back to playing minecraft and thinking your cool.

What concerns me the most is that other than the exchange with pigma every bit of dialogue I've seen has been taken directly from sf64.it just seems a bit odd like that guy who kept saying this is just n64 code with some wii assets is actually completely right.

As for the little robot coming from the Gyrocopter: Doesn't that slow down the pace of the game? It does remind me a bit of certain parts from the (awesome) Wonderful 101 though. No wonder, also a Platinum game.

By the way: I think Starfox Zero may be some kind of prequel. Hence the zero in the title.

looks mediocre

@Donutman What?
"Graphics are for new age gamers who are so superficial they forgot that last years call of duty existed once the new one comes out. Go back to playing minecraft and thinking your cool."

First, that statement makes zero sense, since Minecraft is exactly the kind of game Nintendo should be making, and it's also far from anything even remotely superficially appealing. Second, your notion that "new age gamers", what ever that may be, are just superficial CoD kiddies, is offensive, even more so because it's also appallingly childish at the same time.

Aside from that, there is absolutely nothing wrong with pointing out, that the visuals for this game are sub par for what will be one of Nintendo's big holiday AAA releases, most likely clocking in at $60. Furthermore, the lack of online is also a concern, since it affects the actual value some players will get out of their investment. This has no bearing on the quality of the gameplay, but has everything to do with what the game is worth in the end.
Personally, I don't like the visuals, since what I liked about the N64 version was the gameplay, not really the blocky, low resolution picture, but it's not that bad, that I wouldn't play it (that takes ALOT more), and if it's running at 60fps, that is something worth considering.

What I feel is inacceptable is the aforementioned lack of online multiplayer. I loved the multiplayer in Starfox 64, and it hurt that Starfox 3D lacked online, not having it in this one, feels wrong on so many levels I cannot begin to describe. It's just a severe case of lacking a basic feature, that would make me enjoy the game way more and way longer than without.

So, if Nintendo insists on not giving the game the production values and the feature list that can be reasonably expected of it, that's fine, but they have to adjust their price expectations by the same margin, as comsumers had to adjust their expectations. If not, they should be willing to adjust their sales expectations accordinly instead.

I mean what the hell is this?, are we supposed to just accept anything now, just because Nintendo could be bothered to finally give in to demand they themselves created, to make a game for us to buy? Not to mention, that they turned this into a swan-song kind of game for the WiiU, which I think, many people will feel is a bit premature (not me though, but still ..), but they did it anyways.

This kind of anything-goes-cos-it's-Nintendo mentality is really not beneficial to anyone. Nintendo does many things right, but boy, the also screw up plenty. Giving people grief just because they point those failures out, is where one has to draw the line, between passion and fanboism.

Looks cool, I'd like to get it.

If the gameplay is good and it has some nice multiplayer elements like online play or co-op, then I'm all good.

Graphics do NOT make a game.

I think the gameplay is utterly fantastic and I will have fun playing this game.

I... do hope they polish the graphics. It isn't needed, but it could use more finesse. My biggest gripe is the music. It really... sucks. It's the stereotypical superhero kind of sound... bright and brilliant. No thank you. I'll take my gritty/unique space N64 lovely music.

I am very intrigued though. It will be a fun game. Star Fox fans have wanted something grand for a while, though... and while the gameplay will be amazing, I do hope the story, graphics, and music matches it.

I didn't think the graphics looked horrible. And the gameplay looked fine. Gyro controls don't have to be bad (Splatoon for example). I'll provably get it.

Well that was... underwhelming, to say the least. Not the epic return of Starfox I was hoping for.

Well the trolls are out in full force on Nintendo sites trying to convince us this game is weak so therefore it looks badass and they"re definitely pissed about it. Love the on ground gameplay and the tank looks dope. You can really tell platinum is involved and that's a good thing. Graphics look great to me so each his own. Anybody else notice most of the bad comments have come from people I've never seen on this site before?

The gyro controls sound fun, but please tell me the second stick is only for advanced maneuvers like u-turns. One of the major points behind motion controls is that there's no need for a cluncky twin stick control scheme.

Man, this game is getting so many mixed responses, it's making my head hurt.

@Souldin Finally. Someone with some actual common sense.

Wow, so many people complaining about graphics, you would think this is an IGN reviewer application thread.

The graphics are fine. Me and my two friends who were watching the digital event even agreed on that it looked pretty damn awesome. Perhaps our appreciation for games is more genuine than others, if graphics are your main critique. There is a far more troubling aspect - the seemingly obligatory gyro / gamepad controls.

@Yorumi Killed it how? Announcing a remake that isn't exclusive to their system and probably won't even be out for 3 years? Showing a Kickstarter that they have absolutely nothing to do with? Showing a game that looks like a PS3 game that had probably been canceled 6 times over because it looked boring? No Man's Sky? Uncharted 4? Or the other litany of games we've seen before?

If Square Enix didn't let them show FF7, they'd have instantly been downgraded to a "ok" status.

I'm excited for the game and can't to play it, but blown away? No, can't say that I was.

That being said, when they should SM3DW for the first time people weren't blown away and look how that turned out. It's too early for the doom n gloom.

Am i watching a different video than everyone else? These graphics look great to me

Most people here should be ashamed of themselves.

Oh and this looks class