New Star Fox Game Announced With Gameplay, What Do You Think?

Nintendo has surprise-dropped a new trailer for a Nintendo Switch 2 game called Star Fox, a remake of the classic N64 game Star Fox 64 with completely overhauled visuals. The game features the same stage layouts but with major graphic upgrades, including more animallike character designs, more fur textures, and hair, making them look somewhat feral. The familiar banter between characters returns, with Fox McCloud leading the mercenary squad, Falco Lombardi as the ace pilot and rival, Slippy Toad as the engineer, and Peppy Hare as the strategic mastermind. The team pilots the Rwing, a high-performance aerospace fighter equipped with lasers, charged shots, and bombs. It can also perform defensive maneuvers like barrel rolls and somersaults. Depending on the mission, players can also pilot the Landmaster ground assault vehicle and the Blue Marine submersible. The campaign takes players to diverse planets within the Lilacat system to restore peace, including the vibrant Corneria, the frozen Facina, the scorching Solar, and the polluted Zoness. Players will navigate asteroid fields and nebulae, engage in free-flying dogfights in all-range mode, and face massive boss battles. The route through the system can change based on completed objectives and enemies shot down, encouraging multiple playthroughs to discover hidden paths. New cutscenes and mission briefings have been added, providing more insight into the characters and the Star Fox universe. The game offers easy, normal, and expert difficulty settings, with easy mode providing a longer shield gauge and powered-up lasers for novice pilots. Challenge mode allows players to replay cleared stages with new objectives not found in the campaign, available on normal or expert difficulty. Battle mode supports 4v4 dogfights between Team Star Fox and Team Star Wolf across three stages with unique rules, such as capturing zones on Corneria, collecting energy crystals on Facina, or retrieving cargo in Sector Y. Players can create private online matches or match with random players. The game also supports local co-op for up to four players using Game Share or online via Game Chat. Intuitive aiming and steering are possible by holding a Joy-Con 2 controller like a mouse. Co-op mode allows one player to pilot and another to gun by sharing a Joy-Con 2. Star Fox launches on June 25th for Nintendo Switch 2 and supports the re-released N64 controller.