Star Fox Character Designer Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Special Artwork

30 years of defending the Lylat System... GOOD LUCK

A complete rip off of FUR Squadron.

@Uncle_Franklin 🤣 brilliant

Star Fox Wii U is the best in the series yet! Who's with me? Anyone? Someone?

@Vexx234 I did manage to have a lot of fun with it, playing with my son. It's very flawed, probably a victim of the transition to Switch, development cut short, but ended up as a kind of experimental control-a-vehicle-in-every-way-possible simulator.

If only we got a sequel to Star Fox Adventures. Yeah, I know it wasn't originally supposed to be a SF game, but I still liked it a lot.

Star Fox 64 3D on the 3DS still holds up. Playing that in 3D is mesmerizing!

Also, for anyone who needs a Star Fox fix and uses the NA eShop, "Starlink: Battle For Atlas" is currently only $12 (that's 80% off!). It's an Ubisoft game, but the Switch version features exclusive Star Fox characters and missions. The game's actually pretty fun. It's kinda like Star Fox crossed with No Man's Sky.

@Vexx234 let’s go!

@CazSonOfCaz 100% agree! Just imagine if Nintendo were able to farm out the IP to a suitable developer to make this more of an official title.
Like Starfox 64 crossed with No Mans Sky..... planet hopping, dog fights, ship upgrades/crafting - it could be so so good
Starlink would be a great blueprint for a future SF title to riff off

@CJD87 I often think they should do this type of game. I also think they could do a Metroid / Starfox cross over.

There's a few things that are bcoming increasingly frustrating with the Switch era.

1. Why are we missing so many old IP on Switch? Nintendo have at least managed to get the older games onto NSO, but still nothing new from Star Fox or Donkey Kong is frustrating.

2. I've been playing my 3DS a lot recently, primarily due to picking up a load of games on the eShop before it closes. It's a real shame that we're clearly missing out on games right now - this 3 year window - compared to the previous Nintendo console cycles across seperate home and handheld systems.

Anyone that hoped to see more games as a result of handheld/home console development teams merging has had a rude awakening! I never expected a huge rise in productivity, but I did expect a bit more than we're seeing.

Not sure how Nintendo can justify not releasing Star Fox Zero onto Switch in a 30th anniversary year.

Where some choose to release anniversary editions or a new game we get artwork. Star Fox deserves a revival.

such a strange series
first game was more or less a tech-demo full of potential and good ideas
second game was cancelled and published 25 years later
third game is the pinnacle, basically taking the first and making a full game out of it
then.... the big nothing. a reskinned zelda clone, a mixed-bag action game on gamecube, a decent experimental shooter on DS and a big mess on Wii-U

only people who care about starfox are nintendo supporters aged 30/40.

surprised how out of those games fox became such an iconic character

@nocdaes Nintendo, and the Switch itself, are a fascinating example of how a company/product can almost be "too successful" IMO. For as long as the Switch continues to sell as rapidly as it does, and the installed base increased Y-o-Y, it almost seems like Nintendo realise they don't need to 'try' as hard to provide new games.... and can simply rely on remasters/ports of legendary titles.

MK8 is an amazing example of a game that still (!) tops the physical charts.... after 5-6 years? For as long as this is the case, I suppose there is no reason to develop sequel/s.

I agree though that there are so many dormant IPs with unlimited potential. If Nintendo applied a BOTW-approach to Starfox, and used the Ubisoft Starlink formula, I am certain they could make an amazing game.

Don't get me wrong, I'm pumped for TotK and love what Nintendo do as a company.... but my best gaming experiences in recent months have mostly been indie or other platforms (2022 for me was the year of Elden Ring of course, plus I loved the new Monkey Island, Hades, and also Inscryption)

I wonder if perhaps they are holding back titles and/or IP revivals for Switch 2 or whatever the next hardware is? TotK will be quality, but there is precious little else (1st party at least) for Switch in 2023.
(nb. I'm not a hater, just want to see more of what 'Nintendo do best'... and Starfox 64 will forever be my best N64 game of all time ha)

Great artwork, I dig the hanko and brush strokes. Star Fox should get a full game already, instead of those 3 hours mini adventures.

Reminds me of that time I played star fox 2 and played those new characters, lynx and poodle as a wingman. My wingman got shot down and I only saw static screen on my cockpit. I thought she would be back for another mission but when I booted it, the static was still there, and I realized that my wingman is gone. Trauma.exe. I've been playing as poodle ever since to ensure nothing happens to her.

@fabiop I'd theorise a lot like Captain Falcon Smash Bros did a lot of heavy lifting for Fox's popularity.

Now if Nintendo could do a similar style total remake/remaster of the original game on Switch!!!! Yes please. Another Shadow Drop for the 30th Anniversary. ha ha.
Seriously though. Starfox Remastered with hi-definition textures, models, landscapes, music rework, but keep the playability at a smooth 60fps.... come on. I'd be all over that.

Star Fox 64 is a classic. Too bad the franchise never again reached the same heights.

@CJD87 For your information. There have been revivals since 2021, just not the series you’d think about. Smaller stuff, like advanced wars, famicom detective club, 2d Metroid, Pikmin. Just none of them being Star Fox, F Zero, Wave Race, or kid Icarus. And 2022 had no ports or remasters whatsoever which was actually a common complaint. No Metroid Prime remastered, no Wind Waker or Twilight Princess.