I recommend: Star Fox (2026) - Review

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[00:11] video to learn more. Okay, Star Fox,

[00:14] they remade it again. Can you believe

[00:16] it? Yeah, you can. Remakes are all

[00:17] getting these days and this is the next

[00:19] one. So, buckle up and keep limbs clear.

[00:21] I think a really interesting starting

[00:23] point for this review is to explore that

[00:24] question more earnestly. Why the hell do

[00:26] they keep remastering or remaking this

[00:28] game since this is literally the fifth

[00:30] time they've done it depending on how

[00:32] you categorize each retelling of the

[00:33] original Lilat Saga? Well, the truth is

[00:35] Star Fox 64 was an instant stone cold

[00:38] classic that sat on the absolute cutting

[00:40] edge of game design, presentation, and

[00:42] technology. Hell, this was the game that

[00:43] came bundled with the Rumble Pack. The

[00:45] next time you're enjoying the haptics in

[00:47] your fancy PS5 Dual Sense Pro, remember

[00:49] the debt we all owe to Fox Mloud and his

[00:51] squad. Star Fox 64 was a near flawless

[00:53] arcade game at a time when it was novel

[00:55] and interesting and desirable to have

[00:57] arcade experiences playable in our

[00:59] living rooms. Its pick up and play

[01:00] gameplay made it immediately accessible,

[01:02] but its intricate level design and tight

[01:04] difficulty tuning created a vast skill

[01:05] ceiling that rewarded those willing to

[01:07] invest proper time into it. Its

[01:09] run-based branching path structure made

[01:10] the game even more enticing to play and

[01:12] replay, following your nose on each run

[01:14] or focusing on specific objectives and

[01:16] pathways to really push yourself. It

[01:18] also had a surprising amount of gameplay

[01:19] depth and diversity across its mission

[01:21] design and its range of vehicles such

[01:23] that no two missions ever felt the same.

[01:25] All these years later and recreated with

[01:26] such obvious love and care for the

[01:28] source material, all of these elements

[01:29] hold up brilliantly. If you know what

[01:31] this game is and you remember playing it

[01:33] and enjoying it back in the day, you're

[01:34] almost certainly going to love this

[01:36] because developer Villain Studios has

[01:37] done a wonderful job in bringing it to a

[01:39] modern presentation standard, complete

[01:41] with some new game modes that are sure

[01:42] to appeal to longtime series fans.

[01:44] Alongside that though, sits another more

[01:46] interesting question. How much appeal

[01:48] might Star Fox hold for the person who

[01:50] has never played it before? Has its

[01:52] structure and its gameplay aged in such

[01:54] a way that it feels contemporary even

[01:55] today? Or does it feel like a retro

[01:57] novelty that reminds us how different

[01:59] modern games are today? Well, it's going

[02:00] to sound like a bit of a copout, but I

[02:02] honestly think it's kind of both. I do

[02:03] think there are elements of Star Fox

[02:05] that feel fresh even in 2026. Like its

[02:07] inviting premise, like its brilliant,

[02:09] snappy controls, like its clever mission

[02:11] design, like its branching pathways and

[02:12] objectives based gameplay. All of this

[02:14] sings as loudly as it did 30 years ago,

[02:16] and it feels particularly at home on a

[02:18] handheld device, which encourages pick

[02:20] up and play experiences. And the

[02:21] inclusion of couch co-op makes it really

[02:23] easy to play alongside kids. But there's

[02:25] no mistaking that this was a game that

[02:26] was made 30 years ago. You can feel it

[02:28] in the short mission duration with some

[02:30] of them being as short as around 3

[02:32] minutes long. You can feel that in the

[02:33] linear level structure where it feels

[02:35] like the agile Rwings are aching to

[02:36] stretch their wings more than the narrow

[02:38] levels allow for. You can feel it in the

[02:40] lack of progression or upgrade economy,

[02:42] which is a feature that most modern

[02:43] games have. And please, for the love of

[02:45] God, do not clip this and make it sound

[02:47] like I think this stuff should be in the

[02:48] game because that's not what I'm saying.

[02:50] I'm just saying that games back then

[02:52] were built very differently to the way

[02:54] they're built today. The arcade game

[02:56] doesn't really exist anymore, at least

[02:58] not like it used to. And playing through

[03:00] Star Fox reminds you of that because it

[03:01] doesn't feel like anything you've played

[03:03] recently. That's going to mean that Star

[03:04] Fox is going to hit really hard with

[03:06] some and it's going to be a total

[03:08] moonball miss for others. And honestly,

[03:09] both reactions are perfectly justified,

[03:11] and I'm going to be really interested to

[03:12] see where the balance on that lies.

[03:14] Separate from that fundamental question

[03:16] about the game's enduring appeal,

[03:17] there's also going to be commentary

[03:18] about how much this remake does or

[03:20] doesn't change versus the original.

[03:22] Purists will appreciate that the core

[03:23] gameplay and most of the level design

[03:24] remains untouched, but they may bristle

[03:26] at new cutscenes that offer a radically

[03:28] different tone for the crew, not to

[03:29] mention those controversial character

[03:31] models. Personally, I would have liked

[03:32] to have seen Villain push the level

[03:33] design further since I think the narrow

[03:35] levels do feel a bit long in the tooth

[03:37] at this point, and I would have loved to

[03:39] have seen some wider arteries, more

[03:40] optional pathways, and some more

[03:42] demanding flight sequences that rewarded

[03:43] precision flying. I'll put it this way.

[03:45] I do recommend this, but not to

[03:47] everyone. And ultimately, I found myself

[03:49] wishing that Nintendo gave Villain a

[03:51] little more latitude to expand this

[03:52] offering because 30 years on, it does

[03:54] feel like some aspects of this package

[03:56] could have been refreshed without

[03:57] upsetting the delicate balance that made

[03:59] the original so wonderful and so loved.

[04:02] >> Nice job, team. Status check. So many

[04:06] targets up here, you're missing out.

[04:14] >> Starbucks completed the objective.

[04:17] For those of you who are unfamiliar with

[04:18] Star Fox, let's cover the basics because

[04:20] I think that understanding what this is

[04:22] may quickly filter out some people who

[04:24] are like, "No thanks, that's not for

[04:25] me." Star Fox is primarily an on rails

[04:28] arcade shooter that's mainly spent

[04:30] flying an Rwing, but there are some

[04:31] levels involving a cute little tank and

[04:33] a sprry little submarine. Most of the

[04:35] levels you play through are strictly

[04:36] linear in that they guide you on a very

[04:38] specific path, though some levels do

[04:39] have branching pathways that open up

[04:41] depending on which objectives you hit.

[04:43] There are also some all range mode

[04:44] missions where you fly the Rwing in a

[04:46] limited 360° space, either in dog fights

[04:49] with an enemy squad or with specific

[04:51] objectives in mind, like taking down a

[04:52] satellite array or defending your

[04:54] capital ship from oncoming missiles.

[04:56] >> 5 seconds for impact.

[05:00] >> Beautiful shot, Bob. I'm impressed.

[05:03] >> Each mission runs for about 3 to 6

[05:04] minutes, and a full run of the game is

[05:07] seven missions. So, you can knock over a

[05:09] run in anywhere from an hour to an hour

[05:10] and a half depending on how good you are

[05:12] and which paths you take. And that's an

[05:14] important point because while a run

[05:15] consists of seven missions, there are

[05:18] actually 16ish missions in the game. And

[05:20] each run you'll choose a path based on

[05:22] your performance in a given mission. Hit

[05:24] specific objectives and you'll unlock a

[05:26] certain path. Fail to achieve those

[05:28] objectives or make different choices and

[05:29] you'll unlock a different path. This

[05:31] naturally lends itself to a lot of

[05:32] replay-ability since each run is like a

[05:34] playlist that you can remix on the fly.

[05:36] Over and above finishing a run is

[05:38] finishing it well, maximizing high

[05:39] scores, keeping all of your crew mates

[05:41] safe, earning medals, and later on

[05:43] completing challenges in the dedicated

[05:44] challenge mode which offers you even

[05:46] more intense objectives per mission.

[05:47] Finally, sitting alongside all of that

[05:49] is the option for co-op play during the

[05:51] campaign where one person controls the

[05:52] ship and the other acts as the gunner,

[05:54] as well as a dedicated multiplayer mode

[05:56] that is surprisingly cool. It's 4v4

[05:58] versus either bots or other players

[06:00] using either online or game share. It's

[06:02] PvE VP where you have to accomplish

[06:04] specific objectives like capturing

[06:06] points, collecting things laying around,

[06:07] as well as a capture the flag mode that

[06:09] I thought was a real highlight.

[06:11] >> Star Fox completed the objective.

[06:17] >> So, that's an overview of what this

[06:19] package is, but let me put it to you

[06:20] another way. In the modern era, we

[06:21] typically play through a single player

[06:23] game for multiple hours, expecting to

[06:25] experience new content throughout that

[06:26] play time, and we typically stop playing

[06:28] the game either when we finish it or

[06:29] when we get bored of it. Even the single

[06:31] player games that we are expected to

[06:33] replay, like rogue likes for example,

[06:35] even they slowly meter out new content,

[06:37] typically in the form of upgrades or

[06:38] endgame challenges, people criticize

[06:40] Resident Evil games for their short 8 to

[06:42] 10 hour run times, and the response is

[06:43] often they're meant to be replayed. But

[06:45] even then, there's still a critical mass

[06:47] of people who are happy to play through

[06:48] a Resident Evil game just once, and

[06:50] they'll feel like they got their feel

[06:51] because 8 to 10 hours was enough for

[06:53] them. Saravox is a totally different

[06:55] value proposition, a more throwback

[06:58] retro proposition that says, "Hey, we

[07:00] got about 3 hours of content here if you

[07:02] string all the missions together, but

[07:03] the appeal is replayability and mastery.

[07:06] You don't pick up Star Fox expecting a

[07:08] 15-hour campaign. You pick it up

[07:10] expecting a 1.5hour campaign that you

[07:13] play again and again, getting better at

[07:15] it each time, discovering new secrets

[07:17] and efficiencies that help you chase

[07:18] higher scores and more medals. Now,

[07:20] immediately some people are going to

[07:21] hear that and say, "Lol, what?" And I

[07:23] get it. Expectations about the structure

[07:25] and content offerings of games have

[07:26] changed considerably in the last 30

[07:28] years. And where back then Star Fox 64

[07:30] was the sort of game you'd immediately

[07:31] and enthusiastically recommend to

[07:33] anyone, in 2026 is a decidedly more

[07:35] niche offering. But separate from the

[07:38] enduring appeal of this formula and the

[07:40] quality of this remake, there is

[07:42] something else that modern Star Fox has

[07:44] in its corner. And it's the hardware

[07:45] that this is being played on. Sure, we

[07:47] can play lengthy 80our RPGs on the small

[07:49] Switch screen, but I'd argue that the

[07:51] portability of the Switch is best

[07:52] leveraged by shorter, more immediate

[07:54] experiences that could be played while

[07:56] on the train ride to work or during a

[07:57] lunch break or whatever. The mobile

[07:59] market is built on game sessions that

[08:01] last 2 to 5 minutes. Now, just imagine

[08:04] the best mobile game you've ever played

[08:06] without any of the in-game spending

[08:07] [ __ ] That's kind of what Star Fox

[08:10] is. To hell with Candy Crush, this is

[08:11] the [ __ ] you should be playing on the

[08:13] toilet. Okay? And believe me, I mean

[08:14] that in the most complimentary way

[08:16] possible.

[08:23] >> I teach you kids some respect.

[08:27] Obviously, there's more to Star Fox's

[08:28] appeal than just its brevity. Its core

[08:30] gameplay really is pretty timeless.

[08:32] something that becomes immediately

[08:33] apparent to you once you pick up the

[08:34] controller and start flying. The Rwing

[08:36] is the foundation. It's the thing that

[08:37] you're piloting the most, and it handles

[08:39] the same as you remember if you played

[08:40] it back in the day. The simple move set

[08:42] of boosting, breaking, banking, and

[08:44] barrel rolling is all there. Incredibly

[08:46] responsive, really snappy, just super

[08:48] fun to glide around with. To see Star

[08:50] Fox is to want to grab the controller

[08:51] and play it. That was true 30 years ago,

[08:53] and it's still true today. It's a simple

[08:55] gameplay formula, but one that works

[08:56] well because of really smart mission

[08:58] design and difficulty tuning. Most of

[09:00] the time, you're just flying in a

[09:01] straight line, dodging various obstacles

[09:02] while trying to shoot down as many

[09:04] enemies as possible. But that's not as

[09:05] easy as it sounds given the very

[09:07] specific placement of these objects and

[09:09] enemies and how hostile some of these

[09:10] levels can be, particularly on the

[09:12] harder pathways. What doesn't jump out

[09:13] at you immediately just by watching this

[09:15] gameplay is how clever the underlying

[09:17] mission design here is. It may all look

[09:19] like you're just flying in a straight

[09:20] line and shooting stuff, but nestled

[09:22] into each mission are a number of big

[09:23] and small objectives that affect things

[09:25] like your squad's health, the medals

[09:26] you'll unlock, and the pathways you're

[09:28] able to open up. For example, one

[09:29] mission sees you trying to stealthily

[09:31] infiltrate an enemy stronghold, and in

[09:33] order to do that, you need to take out

[09:34] every single radar sensor along the way.

[09:36] Failed to do that, and a certain

[09:38] completion path is closed off to you,

[09:39] forcing you toward a different mission

[09:41] route and potentially a different game

[09:42] ending.

[09:43] >> Guess we'll have to take them all out.

[09:47] >> Another smaller example happens in the

[09:49] very first mission where Falco tries to

[09:50] test my flying skills by asking me to

[09:52] fly between a number of archers. Miss

[09:54] one of these and the mission proceeds as

[09:55] normal. But nail all of them and Falco

[09:57] invites you down a secret path that you

[09:59] can't access without his invitation.

[10:01] >> I've got eyes on a high value target.

[10:02] Follow me.

[10:05] >> You'd better be right about this, Falco.

[10:08] I say we trust Falco's instincts.

[10:10] >> After you finish the game the first

[10:11] time, a challenge mode opens up that

[10:13] offers even more objectives to complete

[10:14] during missions. Nintendo have asked us

[10:16] not to share those objectives, but they

[10:17] aren't too surprising. They're really

[10:19] just about pushing committed players

[10:20] further, giving them an even higher

[10:22] skill ceiling to pursue. There are

[10:23] plenty of more ways that Nintendo keeps

[10:25] this formula interesting across the 16

[10:27] missions. One of them is the all range

[10:28] mode where the Rwing can fly in any

[10:30] direction in a limited open space. These

[10:32] missions are often highlights since they

[10:34] see you dog fighting with the Emperor's

[10:36] Chosen. And these dog fights can be

[10:37] really tough because the enemy AI is

[10:39] really good at this video game and once

[10:41] they get on your ass, it can be really

[10:42] hard to shake them.

[10:43] >> This can't be happening.

[10:46] Not so tough now, are you?

[10:50] >> Teamwork. Got to love it.

[10:52] >> Experiencing the Rwing like this with

[10:54] its wings at full stretch with so much

[10:56] more room to move around, it did awaken

[10:58] in me a longing for more of this. And

[11:00] this is sort of my biggest

[11:01] disappointment with the remake. See, I

[11:03] kind of feel like the Rwing is too quick

[11:04] and too maneuverable for how narrow

[11:06] these main linear levels are. I hit the

[11:09] screen edge too often, and I feel as

[11:10] though I don't have enough choice with

[11:12] regards to my flight path. I want to

[11:13] really put the Rwing through its paces,

[11:15] but the levels just aren't big enough to

[11:17] let me do that. I'm sure this is going

[11:18] to be a controversial opinion with

[11:20] Purus, but if I was remaking Star Fox, I

[11:22] would have looked to have addressed

[11:23] this. I would have kept the same

[11:24] missions, the same objectives, the same

[11:26] scenario design and beats, but I would

[11:28] have given people a little or a lot more

[11:30] space on either side of that central

[11:31] artery such that the original experience

[11:33] is still protected, but each level also

[11:36] offered more. More secrets, more

[11:37] challenges, more interesting flight

[11:39] parts, more space for the Rwing to

[11:40] operate in. I get why that might

[11:42] endanger the careful balancing of this

[11:44] game, but I think it's a risk worth

[11:45] taking because it feels as though the

[11:47] Rwing has more to give and a remake

[11:49] would have been the perfect opportunity

[11:50] to let it give it.

[11:52] >> Something's wrong with my cheetah

[11:53] diffuser.

[11:55] Fox, use your boosters to catch up.

[11:58] >> Similly, I do think a few of the

[12:00] missions could have done with some

[12:01] updating. Most of the missions have aged

[12:03] beautifully since their layouts and

[12:04] objectives still feel really engaging at

[12:06] every moment. Some of them though, like

[12:07] the all-range Area 6 mission, is just

[12:10] really boring since it's sort of just

[12:11] flying in a circle, hitting static

[12:13] targets, and that's about it. I

[12:15] appreciate the fact that Villain are

[12:16] going for a faithful remake, but there

[12:18] is such a thing as being a little too

[12:20] faithful, I think.

[12:23] >> I've got you covered, Fox.

[12:27] >> These complaints aside, Star Fox is

[12:29] defined by the cleverness and diversity

[12:30] of its mission design rather than any

[12:32] shortcomings we might nitpick at. The

[12:34] tank and submarine missions are

[12:35] particular highlights. Remixing the

[12:36] experience in clever ways. The Defense

[12:38] of the Great Fox is another highlight.

[12:40] That mission where you need to shoot

[12:40] down the missiles before they hit your

[12:42] capital ship. Incredibly tense. Very

[12:44] cool. You know what it reminds me of?

[12:45] Ace Combat. That is a game where you

[12:47] look at it and you think, "Oh, you're

[12:48] just dog fighting the whole time,

[12:49] right?" No, you were definitely not. You

[12:51] were doing a whole bunch of different

[12:52] stuff from strafing runs to precision

[12:54] flying to escorts and so much more. That

[12:56] mission design ingenuity combined with

[12:58] precise difficulty tuning combined with

[13:00] the demanding objectives and challenges

[13:01] combined with the branching mission

[13:03] structure means that even though

[13:04] missions and runs are short, they're

[13:06] incredibly dense and diverse and they do

[13:09] keep you coming back so long as you're

[13:10] the type of player that's after that

[13:12] focused old school challenge.

[13:14] >> Report in everybody.

[13:16] >> That bomb could have been bad news. Nice

[13:18] work, Fox. When

[13:20] >> you next take flight, you take the hoax

[13:23] the entire system with you. While

[13:25] Villain obviously had pretty strict

[13:26] marching orders for keeping the core

[13:28] gameplay and mission design intact, they

[13:30] were clearly given a lot more freedom to

[13:31] refresh other aspects of this

[13:33] experience, namely visuals, music,

[13:35] voiceover, and storytelling. Visually,

[13:37] man, you can see for yourself this is

[13:38] just a really lovely looking video game,

[13:40] though some levels do a better job of

[13:42] showing it off than others. Sure, you

[13:43] can be out the lava level or the

[13:44] asteroid field and be a little

[13:45] unimpressed, but the real story of the

[13:47] visuals are the more detailed levels

[13:49] sporting more terrain, buildings, and

[13:50] spaceships. They look great, made all

[13:52] the better by some responsive lighting

[13:54] and particle effects that add a lot of

[13:55] pop and sizzle to the action. Nintendo

[13:57] has also commissioned the recording of

[13:58] all new music for the game. Gone is a

[14:00] digitized soundtrack of yesterday year

[14:02] replaced with a fully orchestral

[14:03] soundtrack that honestly sounds

[14:05] incredible. I absolutely love it.

[14:11] >> Nice little block you've got here,

[14:13] Lombbertie.

[14:15] >> You built a good crew, Fox.

[14:16] >> Something I'm less in love with are

[14:18] these new character designs. And look, I

[14:20] don't want to make a big deal of it

[14:20] because it's all personal preference,

[14:22] but for me, these characters look a

[14:24] little too serious compared to the more

[14:25] stylized art direction of the past or

[14:27] even more recent Nintendo games. And

[14:29] yes, I know these designs are based on

[14:31] the original 1993 designs. I get that.

[14:33] But I don't know how important that is.

[14:35] I think a really good point of reference

[14:36] to ground the discussion is to look at

[14:37] the Fox Mloud design from the Mario

[14:39] movie and compare that to the fox of

[14:41] this remake. Personally, I think the

[14:42] movie kind of nailed it. I want to give

[14:44] Glenn Pal's Fox Mloud a hug, whereas I'm

[14:47] kind of scared of this other fox. And

[14:49] why does Falco look so prickly? What's

[14:51] really interesting though is that this

[14:52] more serious visual design was clearly a

[14:54] deliberate choice to mirror the more

[14:55] serious characterization and

[14:57] storytelling going on. Arguably the

[14:59] biggest change that Star Fox serves up

[15:00] other than the visuals and music is the

[15:02] fact that Fox Mloud is no longer an

[15:04] enthusiastic dogooder who just happens

[15:05] to be a mercenary. He's now a very

[15:07] shrewd bottomline focused gun for hire

[15:10] who seems to have very little interest

[15:11] in anything other than his paycheck.

[15:13] >> As promised, my crew is worth what

[15:15] you're paying us, General.

[15:16] >> But Fox isn't even the worst of it.

[15:18] Before, Falco was a bit of a

[15:19] wisecracker. But here, he's a straightup

[15:22] [ __ ]

[15:22] >> I've seen that thing in the hanger.

[15:24] What's it made out of? Scrap metal and

[15:27] chewing gum.

[15:28] >> It makes for an entirely different

[15:29] storytelling tone. One that I'm kind of

[15:31] not on board with, to be honest. Like, I

[15:33] don't like this Fox Mloud. I think he

[15:36] kind of sucks. And I definitely don't

[15:38] like this Falco. I'm not sure what the

[15:40] goal was here except to maybe make this

[15:42] appeal to a more mature audience. But if

[15:44] that was the goal, then I think Nintendo

[15:45] and Villain missed the mark here.

[15:47] Thankfully, a lot of the other changes

[15:48] to cutscenes and storytelling are really

[15:50] nice and really additive. Where before

[15:51] the game only had radio chatter between

[15:53] missions, now it's got these beautifully

[15:54] detailed, fully animated cutscenes that

[15:56] allow the characters to shine a lot

[15:58] more. Especially General Pepper, who

[16:00] gets a lot more dialogue, these cut

[16:01] scenes not only provide exposition, they

[16:03] also respond to the branching path

[16:04] structure of the game. As different

[16:05] cutscenes roll based on which missions

[16:07] are available to you next, and they do

[16:08] an excellent job of framing why these

[16:10] missions matter and why you might want

[16:11] to choose one over the other. It makes

[16:13] your decisions feel better understood

[16:15] and more weighty. It sounds risky, but

[16:18] ignoring that creature sounds riskier.

[16:21] >> We'll be pushing the limits like never

[16:23] before, but the Rwings are up to the

[16:25] challenge, Fox. I know they are.

[16:27] >> This new angle on characters and this

[16:28] expanded storytelling secretly makes me

[16:30] hope that Nintendo have plans for Star

[16:32] Fox that go beyond this remake. Fox and

[16:34] Falco being dicks in this game might

[16:36] make for a great character arc in an

[16:38] upcoming trilogy. Right. It'sium, sure,

[16:40] but the Hopium flows because 30 years

[16:42] on, Star Fox still holds up while still

[16:45] also being full of potential.

[16:54] >> Decent shooting, Fox, let's call it a

[16:56] tie.

[16:59] >> I think that's actually my biggest

[17:00] takeaway from this latest remake. The

[17:02] very core of the Star Fox experience has

[17:04] long, long legs. 30 years later, it's

[17:06] fun to fly an R-wing, to barrel roll, to

[17:09] get a bogey off your teammate's tail, to

[17:10] thread the needle through some narrow

[17:12] gap and accomplish some tricky

[17:13] objective. All of that stuff is here and

[17:15] it all works. But it does feel a little

[17:17] trapped in a game that in the modern era

[17:19] could be more. You could expand these

[17:21] levels to give the Arwing a little more

[17:23] room to breathe. You could refresh some

[17:25] of this mission design. You could add

[17:26] some entirely new missions that feel

[17:27] like they were designed with those

[17:29] classic sensibilities while also showing

[17:30] off some modern flourishes. Had you done

[17:32] that, I think Star Fox might have found

[17:34] some new broader currency in 2026,

[17:36] whereas I think this package is going to

[17:38] be quite niche. It's a really nice

[17:40] package. Absolutely one I'd immediately

[17:42] recommend to longtime fans or people

[17:44] with kids who are looking for a really

[17:45] accessible co-op game. But I do suspect

[17:47] that modern audiences may not be won

[17:49] over by its charms in quite the same way

[17:51] we were 30 years ago. I also think that

[17:53] Villain remaining so committed to the

[17:55] source material is a bit of a missed

[17:56] opportunity since this remake might have

[17:58] been the chance for them to experiment

[17:59] with some new ideas and technologies

[18:01] that could then be redeployed in a

[18:03] follow-up because I really really want

[18:05] there to be a follow-up. The series is

[18:07] too cool and has too much potential for

[18:08] Nintendo to just keep remastering and

[18:10] remaking the same game over and over

[18:12] again. We need a proper Star Fox sequel.

[18:15] But for now, 30 years on, there is still

[18:17] a tremendous amount of fun to be had

[18:18] with Star Fox. I recommend it. Oh, and

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