Star Fox Fans Can't Believe Nintendo is Remaking the Same Game Yet Again

Nintendo fans person been weighing successful with their reactions to yesterday's astonishment Switch 2 Star Fox uncover — and galore can't judge the aforesaid crippled is getting yet different version.

While built from the crushed up for Switch 2, the caller Star Fox is simply a remake of Star Fox 64 (which itself was a reboot of the archetypal Star Fox for the SNES).

Of course, Star Fox 64 besides got a revamped merchandise connected Nintendo 3DS backmost successful 2011, titled Star Fox 64 3D. And past determination was Star Fox Zero for the Wii U, a further reimagining of the aforesaid experience.

While fans are blessed to spot Star Fox back, the information this is yet different do-over for the franchise has go thing of a meme online. Plenty of fans person besides commented connected the game's creation style, which appears little cartoon-like than Fox McCloud's caller quality successful The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

The archetypal franchise successful past to summation 4 remakes of the aforesaid story. pic.twitter.com/nMUvL1wcGj

— 🌼🎃Samhain🎃🌼 (@SamHain31st) May 7, 2026

IT'S CALLED STAR FOX 64 BECAUSE THE PLAN IS TO REMAKE IT 64 TIMES! DOHOHOHOHO pic.twitter.com/epAoGzh124

— RaiBread (@RaiBread776) May 7, 2026

So a caller Star Fox crippled is announced and... welp I'm gonna adhd it successful lol#StarFox #Nintendo #NintendoDirect #VideoGame pic.twitter.com/jKLMU6QyMj

— Official-PSASD (@OFC_PSASD) May 6, 2026

This is the 4th clip we've released Star Fox 64, and we've go exceedingly businesslike astatine it pic.twitter.com/Mo70uP6I9Q

— jackierích o'luddshaw (@jack_luddy) May 6, 2026

Why is Nintendo remaking Star Fox 64 erstwhile more? It whitethorn beryllium that the institution feels similar this crippled is simply a beardown introduction constituent into the franchise for newcomers — possibly immoderate of those who saw Fox popular up successful theaters — up of much absorbing (and all-new) adventures ahead. Getting the Star Fox pack backmost connected surface via a remake would besides apt beryllium a much straightforward measurement for Nintendo's improvement teams, earlier they propulsion connected with the franchise to make thing fresh.

While yesterday's Direct arrived with conscionable a fewer minutes' warning, the impending accomplishment of a caller Star Fox task was 1 of the cardinal titles mentioned successful a recent, large leak of upcoming Nintendo projects — which besides spoiled the beingness of a Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake owed this Christmas, and mentioned an all-new 3D Mario crippled owed successful 2027. Both of these projects present consciousness similar definite bets.

An Ocarina of Time remake and a Starfox 64 Remake released successful the aforesaid year?
I’ve seen this communicative before. pic.twitter.com/fNlF1UHVeM

— Tony Coffey (@The__Goomba) May 6, 2026

Can't fto you bash that, Star Fox. https://t.co/ZNCyc9Qa7s pic.twitter.com/BOFjM89AVD

— Risa | Kuni 🍀😈 VTuber (@ImakuniVT) May 7, 2026

Earlier today, Nintendo confirmed its pricing exemplary for the caller Star Fox game, which volition motorboat exclusively for Switch 2 connected June 25 astatine the comparatively inexpensive terms of $49.99 via the Nintendo eShop. Physical copies volition meantime outgo $59.99, owed to Nintendo's caller argumentation of pricing carnal and integer Switch 2 games separately.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social