From 64 to Zero - Star Fox Franchise Report
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- When can we expect future Star Fox games to arrive on Nintendo platforms, if at all, and how did we get to this point in the first place? Lets dive straight into how Fox McCloud went from hero on the SNES to zero on the Wii U.
Sources:
- Sales figures for titles ( www.neogaf.com/forum/showthrea... and www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=... )
- Starglider was inspired by Star Wars ( www.eurogamer.net/articles/201... )
- Argonaunt made two prototypes ( www.blamethecontrolpad.com/arg... )
- NESGlider was the foundation of Star Fox SNES ( www.blamethecontrolpad.com/arg... )
- The 3 Game Partnership ( www.eurogamer.net/articles/201... )
- Miyamoto suggested animals ( iwataasks.nintendo.com/intervi... )
- Star Fox 2's new features ( iwataasks.nintendo.com/intervi... )
- Miyamoto stating why they did not release SF2 ( iwataasks.nintendo.com/intervi... )
- Argonaut was not getting along with Nintendo ( www.eurogamer.net/articles/201... )
- The Rumble Pak ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_Pak )
- Miyamoto seeing Dinosaur Planet ( www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/0... )
- Nintendo suggested Rare uses SF ( www.nintendolife.com/news/2012... )
- Nintendo strikes deal with Namco ( www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/0... )
- Q Games was interested in working on SF ( www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/0... )
- Cuthbert was challenged to make a DS prototype ( www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/0... )
- Reception of Command ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fo... )
- Miyamoto's thoughts on SF Sales ( www.nintendoworldreport.com/ne... )
- Star Fox Wii ( time.com/2850146/shigeru-miyam... )
- Why Star Fox for 3DS? ( iwataasks.nintendo.com/intervi... )
- 3DS's troubled price cut ( kotaku.com/5825495/nintendo-3d... )
- Wii U's struggles ( www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stoc... )
- Iwata announces Gamepad centric game development ( www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/even... )
- Miyamoto wanted to finish Zero ASAP ( www.usatoday.com/story/tech/g... )
- Searched for a third party dev to make Zero ( www.wired.com/2014/06/nintend... )
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I always thought Star Fox: Assault was such an underrated game. I played it so much. Probably still my favorite in the franchise. The multiplayer was ridiculously fun.
You and me both. I always played it with my 3 younger brothers when we had nothing better to, plus I had single-handedly [nearly] unlocked everything in the game (I was missing one weapon in the entire game and a bonus game which I am still trying to unlock once my mother sends me the GameCube and figures out where she put my copy of SF: Assault. I'm hoping it didn't get lost when she moved).
SilverAxe13
Yeah I agree I loved Assault but I also feel Adventures was underrated I loved that too
Assault was my favorite for sure, 4 player split screen? Like come on
Assault is a fun one but sadly not long enough but that's fine, and about the multiplayer, it look fun but i never tried it
It was pretty sub-par. The in foot missions were pretty bad. Fox moves way too fast and the whole game just felt too arcadey for a home console. I have no idea why there was not a Star Fox game for the Wii though... wtf....
Well done. I believe Nintendo's main problem with starfox is the same problem that sega is having with sonic: They just can't stick to one style of play that people want and try to shove gimmicks down our throats instead of just giving us a decent game overall without gimmicky controls, confusing gameplay choices and unable to move the series forward without having to rehash the older games.
I agree. I believe Zero had a lot of potential to be a fantastic game for the wii u, yet as I mentioned, all that potential was bogged down thanks to the horrid motion controls and yet another rehash of 64's story.
totally agree with you! why can't they just stick to original format?? Why the Fuck do they have to force the gimmicky gameplay on us??
True. Japanese game makers are very hard headed - they should have paid Argonaut more and let them drive their ideas. Same with Sonic, Sega had someone who had the formula to make Sonic a winner but the Execs refused to listen to him. It may be a cultural issue. Japanese game makers don't want to cater to the American market, they seem to expect the American market to do as they are told, and that style doesn't work very well outside of Japan.
If it ain't broke, break it
I really do love the Star Fox series and wish it was more successful.
Personally Assault is my favourite and I didn't mind the on foot parts and loved multiplayer. I also enjoyed Zero as well, but I do think the controls are flawed. Coming back to it after awhile feels a bit awkward and it takes a bit to get used to the controls once more.
Does video lamenting lack of Metroid games --> two new Metroids announced.
Does video mentioning we'd 'never get a chance' to play Starfox 2 officially --> Starfox 2 added to SNES mini
Please do an F-Zero video next.
Was just thinking the same thing. Freelance Nintendo apparently has some kind of magic powers.
I flipping love this channel. It doesn't go for exaggerated personalities or childish insults or some other gimmick. It's just a quality video by quality people.
Commander_Ninja true
Commander_Ninja Agreed. Informative and charming enough. This is a great channel!
They need to push the story forward imo, then make sure the gameplay is as crisp as the originals
They should do a comeback of Assault's versus mode and add coop.
You forgot the most popular game that Fox McCloud is the main character of!
....Super Smash Brothers Melee
At this point Fox and Captain Falcon are Smash characters first and foremost
HiYaHhH
As a Star Fox fan I think a lot of the problems relating to newer released games sales is due to misconception of what the actual fan base is. It is a theory and not sure if it can be fully proven due to how difficult it would be to prove. It isn't meant to insult anyone.
A lot of the people who were original fans of Star Fox on Snes and N64 have left the series. Lack of extra feature/accessory type thing, general loss of interest, constantly changing gameplay styles and finally the ageing of the original gameplay style being contributing factors. A lot of the current and more devoted series fans were actually introduced via Star Fox Adventures and stuck around after Assault.
Now I know a lot will see that as being impossible but this is where the misconception part comes in.
Over the years a number of very vocal remaining original fans of the series put forth their view N64 game play style as being the law for a Star Fox game to be a Star Fox game. To put it simply. This meant they could hate and reject the rest of the series but still call themselves Star Fox fans. As this has happened over a number of years people take this as being the norm for a Star Fox fan. Because that is considered normal for Star Fox fan when it came to making the series popular again Nintendo looked towards those fans. Which basically means they appealed towards only a small portion of the current series fans.
There is also the Krystal fan factor as well. That can be a much more sensitive topic. Even more so because of Nintendo's actions towards the series so I won't go into it.
Angel Fox this is a very good comment. If anything tho where's the love for kid icarus?
Angel Fox
I absolutely agree, I was introduced to Starfox with adventures. I knew about the other games and with the story interactions between characters of adventures I assumed Starfox was more story driven as a whole but the rest of the series isn't very story heavy.
I enjoyed the single player adventure aspect and combat as well as delving into the world of Sauria and all this weird archaic krazoa spirit stuff we never see again save for a minor map cameo in assault. I've been waiting for Nintendo to return and try the adventure formula again as I found Krystal's dinosaur planet background and motivations interesting as well as the villains like general scales despite his climax going flaccid and jumping straight to andross.
It's like the game just remembered oh wait, we have to finish this off like an OG Starfox game time 4 a space battle with andross !
wtf but I just played 64 today
I just want another arcade-style on-rails shooter without any gimmicks man. It fucking hurts that the only time Star Fox is relevant is Smash Brothers Melee memes.
For its time, having Star Fox 64 and using a joystick with a trigger to fire was super engrossing. Now-a-days Star Fox just doesn’t have the same feeling of being completely engrossing and I think Nintendo keep trying to do that to new players, when they should just focus on making a good game instead of a game to test our new hardware
This is pretty true, I played Adventures first and went back to play 64 maybe a couple months later. I like both maybe a mash like Assault. Much like Sonic no matter how much he tries to do his fans will harm more than help him unless he is in pixel form.
Star Fox Assault was a great game and I would love to see a sequel to that and perhaps a remake of Zero with no control gimmicks if possible.
Assault is actually really quite good, it's a shame the game gets so overlooked.
I think a good direction for the game would be to let you fly around the Lylat system in an open world. It doesn't necessarily have to be huge but I'd like to fly between planets and fight off Andross' army on each. Maybe you get alerts when there are attacks and you get money for helping which you can use to upgrade your Arwing.
Anyway, loved the video and the effort you put into it!
That would be amazing.
Anthony Tesija Kinda like No Man's Sky, but infinitely better
yeah...then it would feel like a Mass Effect knock-off
We now got Starlink starfox edition, who is exactly what you are saying :)
A Reboot of Starfox 2 is what we need with Miyu and Fay being brought back.
TBH I'm not too surprised Nintendo has been struggling to get the StartFox franchise back to a good state. People have gotten used to 3D gaming and on rails shooters are kinda a dated game type.
RollingRiver there is a happy ending, Starfox 2 was released resetting the timeline.
I think Kid Icarus Uprising is a good modern on rail shooter, sure it has the land gameplay but the on rail flying parts are great!
Haruhi Suzumiya Don't think that confirms anything, mate.
But honestly, I do hope Fay and Miyu actually join the team.
RollingRiver If they would stick with controls that are familiar and refined, and continue the story after assault (command was good but way to many endings to have a sequel) then Nintendo would have a good franchise to hold on to.
So I have 1/410,000 for StarFox Zero?!?! Dang that is going to a collector game
Sad to see starfox suffering the same fate as m.. F zero. Was about to say Metroid but NOPE! (Metroid prime 4!!)
:D
I don't really see how Nintendo could ever go wrong with another prime game. Metroid is one of those few gems in gaming that have consistent and strong mainline games. Main line because federation force is garbage.
Bioluminescent Pajamas what about other m
Well Metroid got two games last game cycle. One was great while the other was sub-par
Why Starfox is failing, in 2002 Adventures sold to a crowd that was all hype on 1993 and 1997 Starfox. they wanted something familiar with what they grew on. Now You've made Starfox 0 aiming for the Audience that just doesn't really care for games as much anymore. the Best choice is to Remake assault and Adventures. the Current Generation of Nintendo fans Starfox wise grew up on Assault/Adventures. Think Hard and keep trying.
To quote Peppy Slippy and Falco “NOOOOOOOO”
This can’t be the end of “Star Fox”! I love the franchise!
Who the flip hated Assault? It was by far the best in the series! All I’ve ever wanted from star Fox is on the ground shooter and air! Play as falco or slippy with there own unique ships and a ton of missions
0:29 That roast from Falco, though.
You know, Star Fox Assault gameplay wasn't too bad, maybe if they made some improvements and along with adding a more balanced Arwing Walker.
The next star fox could do great, Starlink showed that they got potential still.
It's probably time to update the series with some modern shooter elements in the next game.
Adventures and Assault are my favorites
Hopefully the Star Fox team's inclusion the upcoming "Starlink: Battle for Atlas" game by UbiSoft will rekindle some interest in the franchise. I for one can't wait to try it out.
Star Fox 2 is on the way with the SNES mini. This might their best opportunity to redeem the Star Fox name and grab the attention of long time fans...
Seeing the sales figures for Assault made me sad, because I only played a demo of Assault in a Toys R Us and I thought it was going to be the return to form for the franchise.
You seem to have a Midas' touch with these franchise reports: first Metroid gets not one but two new games announced shortly after your Metroid status report and then it is announced that Starfox 2 is getting released for the first time ever merely about a week after your Starfox status report!
Please tell that you are planning a Golden Sun status report...?
And as always, a great quality video you've made. I'm always looking forward to new content from you.
Tuure S. Thank you! It's actually rather funny how that keeps happening right? So many people have been asking for an F-Zero franchise report so I think that's what I'll take a look at that for my next report video. However, I really do love Golden Sun so I'm sure I'd get there eventually.
It's such a shame how much Star Fox has suffered over the last twenty years due to its mismanagement. Star Fox 2 should never have been canceled, mutating Dinosaur Planet into something it was fundamentally incompatible with was a shit-head move, Assault felt half-assed and incomplete, Command took bad controls and mixed them with all the least fun aspects of Star Fox 2, and Zero (which I have not played, so I'm going by things I've heard elsewhere here) spent half of its time shoving motion controls in your face while spending the other half of its time reminding you that 64 exists.
If Nintendo wants to make another Star Fox game, then they need to stop, sit down, and rethink everything. And that's... difficult. I don't know what the series needs. How should a Star Fox game play? The assumption seems to be that it is a rail-shooter at its core, but Star Fox 2 has effectively no on-rail sections to speak of and it's a fan favorite. How should the balance between story and gameplay be? Should there be more focus on plot, complex character development, and world-building? Who is the series FOR? Nintendo seems to have been marketing it toward kids and teens, but the popularity of stuff like "A Fox in Space" suggests the fan-base is older than that.
Star Fox is in crisis, and it's essentially on life-support now if not straight-up dead. It needs major retooling if it's ever going to be relevant again.
It's because starfox's legacy has now become very dated and unimpressive to modern gamers.
Starfox is still popular to fans and non fans with the series being one of the most fan creations created (mostly by furries)
Nintendo, Platnium games also im gonna bring out Koei Tecmo (for zelda) is that these two third party companies and nintendo are just too stuck in the past and like to reboot the stories again or reference the past alot.
This is why I still defend and say that Starfox Assault is the best entry in the series because it continues the story, I actually liked the long missions though I admit they are very clunky and not aged well. It's still a game that tried to do something new and to me it suits my fancy.
Starfox adventures imo is a charming game but i wouldn't care if it didn't exist because ever since i was a kid I did love this game but when I already knew in magazines that this game and by fan articles that this is built from Dinosaur Planet with starfox branding slapped on just to sell copies felt very disrespectful to everyone at RARE and from what I heard from another source is that alot of RARE employees who worked on this game hated turning this into a starfox game because these guys wanted to create more original games and not just keep on clinging onto Nintendo brand names all the time.
To this day I still like the starfox franchise I've played and owned all of these games except command I sold that after a few playthroughs because it's crap (I'm sorry boys but that game pissed me off) I still have fun with the snes games, the n64 entry, those wierd entries on the gamecube and I had some enjoyment with Zero.
If zero was advertised as casual friendly with normal controls like the previous games, also don't reboot the whole story again and if it wasn't on the WiiU then Zero would've sold better.
I still think that Nintendo should port everysingle WiiU game to the Switch since the WiiU is a sunken ship.
Rare couldn't have made a better game due to their time constraints
This was great! Would love to see something similar for the Paper Mario series.
Paper Mario would actually make for a pretty good video... However, I was thinking that F-Zero would be the next franchise I take a look at.
And then Paper Mario?
i really liked assault. i think most starfox games after that have been fun and enjoyable. i haven't played command but it looks fun with all the multiple open endings. starfox 64 3ds was a great throwback and starfox zero is very fun to play althought it takes some time to get used to the controls. but after that it's a blast.
The main problem i think it's that the series has become so stale, the story has pretty much stayed the same since 64. I really liked assault for that part bcus it progressed some characters further. Then there's almost no promotion for starfox at all, at least from what i know which is not much. It seems to me like starfox games just happen then fade away and there's no incentive to build a fanbase again that wants those games. That mini series that was made for starfox zero was amazing and i think nintendo should have continued it to promote the series again. those are my thoughts on why it's so obscoure currently... sad bcus i rly like star fox :(
WOW Zero sold less than Command? THAT is impressive lol. I've always been a big fan of this franchise but it's not purely the space shooter aspect that I like - it's the characters and universe too. I've enjoyed every entry from 64 to Command (yes, even Command and Adventures) but I didn't even give Zero a chance. But honestly the reason I didn't give Zero a chance wasn't because of the controls or reviews, it was because they were rehashing the fucking Lylat Wars yet AGAIN. As soon as the reveal trailer made it clear it was yet another reimagining of 64 (and by extension the SNES original) all my hype for Zero deflated instantly.
I love this series and want more new stories set within it. The Star Fox content in Starlink was enough to push me from passive background interest in the game to pre-ordering it just because it's actually a new adventure for Fox and his team. I only hope that if this franchise gets another shot at its own game they push forward from a story standpoint.
Ah I was just rechecking through your stuff today, Ramy. Glad to see you back and with the highly-anticipated Star Fox video too! Great moves, keep it up.
Thank you! Glad I didn't disappoint!.
Nintendo & Miyamoto just needs to stop forcing "innovation" and "fun" into Star Fox and just allow it be a good video game with a better story telling than SF64.
Yea I don't understand how that is so hard to understand by Miyamoto. I don't want new gimmicks, just a polished sequel with new story and tight game play.
meh i still think the gameplay should come first in a videogame if the story is great but the gameplay is horrible then i will not buy it,but i do agree that innovation is a slow process and just leaving the franchise dead is not a good solution
SNES Mini was announced and it includes the unreleased Star Fox 2.
StarFox Adventures was originally Dinosaur Planet that had nothing to do with the StarFox series.
It was meant to be RARE's attempt for a Zelda Ocarina of Time game but with their own RARE personality.
Sadly Miyamoto got involved saying that the main character Sabre looked like Fox McCloud.
They ripped most of the story out of the game except for Krystal's version of events that were about as close to the original Dinosaur Planet that remained in the game.
While I loved Krystal's redesign in the GameCube version from the N64 original design.
However as long as you understand it was never meant to be a StarFox game, you can still enjoy StarFox Adventures being as it was the last ever RARE game for a Nintendo console as Microsoft brought RARE during the final few months of the Game's Development.
These franchise report videos are excellent! You deserve more subs for your work
I love the StarFox series so much to the extent that it is my favourite Nintendo franchise and universe! I was born in October of 1996 so I was introduced to Fox and the gang in Smash Bros Melee, which then lead me to get: Adventures, Assault then later Command etc. It wasn't until StarFox 64 3D until I was actually introduced to the considered build and "gameplay law" of StarFox.
What I want personally, is a game that focuses on all the gameplay styles, similar to Assault! This way will (hopefully) please all of the fan base because they will be addressing each favourite style. I like Fox as an elite mercenary working ground based missions, it's cool! It adds more to the character making him more of this elite individual he is. I'd be a upset if they were to isolate him to just the cockpit but don't get me wrong!! I enjoy the Arwing space shooter gameplay too.
If they were to put the same budget, time and effort into the next StarFox game similar to that of LoZ: Breath of the Wild, I really think they could have something special!
That guy created starfox adventures... the guys a ledgend... true legend
Star Fox Zero was amazing for me, but the controls were to much complicated for casual gamers (and even many hardcore gamers), and that is far from what Nintendo usually tries to accomplish. Really hope that we see a new Star Fox on the switch . . .
Keep up the great work! Quality work and deserves much more attention!
It's such a bummer that Zero didn't sell as well as the other games in the series. it may not have been thier most enjoyable game to play, but it certainly wasn't the worst. The motion controls in Zero seemed more daunting than they really were. It really didn't take long to have a firm grasp of the controls. It's just a shame.
Great job on this informative video.
Honestly with all that happen, I wouldn’t be surprised if star fox was permanently retired after zero
Wow. I thought youd have a series of these videos but seeing how you barely have any videos im very surprised how high quality these videos are. Keep Up the good work.
If they stopped attaching this series to gimmicks, only then will the series move forward.
So to sort of counter you a little...
-Adventures isn't a spinoff title, it's actually part of the mainline series. This is because the Japanese copies of the game included a comic in the case that had a plot that took place a few years after the events of 64, then leads to the start of Adventures. Why this comic was never included in US and EU copies is a mystery, but you can easily find it to read. Regardless it's part of the mainline titles. A spinoff would be like Guard or some dating sim featuring Krystal, Katt, and the other girls.
-The on foot combat was actually in 64, the thing is virtually every player didnt know this as the requirement for getting it was ridiculous (both needing to unlock Expert which required getting all medals, then getting a medal on Venom in Expert)
--The on foot was strictly for multiplayer, but my guess is even if say someone did get it, nobody really used it as they neither used the landmaster (maps were more tailor made for the arwing)
-Zero isnt a reboot no matter how hard some may try to say, it's a remake of 64. It's gotten to the point where the reboot term has become a near buzzword
Now that you mentioned about Adventures I have to add I've heard a few label Command as the odd one out instead of Adventures. The tone and style of the game is very different to the rest of the series. Certain things that occur throughout rest of the series isn't in Command. But a lot of how you define the series can really change what is more Star Fox like or not. Official labels remain unchanged no matter what our views on it are. Like the official label for Star Fox Zero is a reimagining of the N64 game. Only a few call it that because it really don't describe what it is.
Zero isn't a remake, it's a reboot. If it were a remake, it wouldn't play so differently and the plot would be exactly the same.
If it's a reboot, than why do they mention Sauria in that cartoon, as well as officialize star fox 2 or add in Adventures in the booklet?
If they would release Zero for the Switch I'll buy it
Amazing!
Keep doing this great work!
I think one of the main problems in the starfox series is that it has too many remakes and not enough new stories, besides the controls I think zero suffered from being a remake of star fox 64 and that story has been done to death.
Great videos! Subbed and look forward to catching up on your other videos.
Keep up the work man! I know you will gain the subscriber count if you continue to put out quality content like this.
Ty! Thank's for watching the videos!
Man, I don't care what they say, Star Fox is the best games I ever played, no matter which one it is
Yos !!
Nintendo should realize that the larger Star fox fan base comes from the Star Fox Assault title. I enjoyed it & even till this day I try to replay it. It's a mix of the original Star Fox gameplay & the more modern boots on ground fights. I'd really love to see Star Fox get bigger.
Star Fox zero is a beautiful hidden gem, fucking love it
Subscribed. Entertaining watch, great vid!
Awesome video! I really hope Nintendo will make another Star Fox game in the future, it's always been one of my favourite Nintendo games. I liked Zero, even with it's controls, but I would be the first to admit that they were not the right thing to do. You shouldn't have to get used to controls, or feel uncomfortable playing in any way, it should always feel natural right from the moment you pick up the controller, which Zero failed to do. I would bet that if they re-released Zero again for the Switch, and ditched the Wii U's control scheme, it would probably end up being one of the best selling games in the franchise. Here's hoping Star Fox will make a triumphant return.
Nintendo: What do fans want from the star fox series?
Fans: Basically star fox 64 with updated grafics, and a new story. No new gimmicks. No open world missions. Just fly, shoot, discover new paths.
Nintendo: Ok, let's do all of that...Except let's also add a bunch of extra "content" to make the gsme better. And changed how to control the game. And change the fun. And ruin it.
Aaaaaaaaand Star Fox 2 is now getting released.
Great video, I'd love to see one for the F-Zero series.
Great work on this video, you earned yourself a sub! Anyway, this makes me sad. I'm hoping if/when Nintendo decides to launch a new Star Fox game that it sells way better than the other games. I really think if they port Star Fox Zero to the Switch with normal controls and online multiplayer, that they would have a solid entry on their hands to hold us over until they decide to do another true sequel. Star Fox and F-Zero truly need amazing comebacks!
Oh and another note: I heard a rumor that a Star Fox anime is in the works. If done well, that would be AWESOME!!! The launch trailer for Zero was fantastic, and if they can pull that off and make Star Fox popular again with this medium, who knows it may spark a second coming for the series! =)
@@roguesquadron521 I wouldn't hold my breath for a port of Zero, after how bad it sold and how panned it was. I'd expect a new game but your right, Star Fox and F Zero should get more recognition.
so crazy star fox adventures was my life back in the day
thanks for the sourcing very professional
Best Chanel ever! Keep it up :)
Star fox 2 coming in the snes classic september good luck getting one i barely got my hands on the NES classic hoping to luck out again
While the titanic drop in sales for the series after 64 was mostly justified, Command was an amazing game that should have sold way more considering the DS was the highest selling system of all time. Only real issue imo is that the story went a lot of ridiculous places, mostly with Krystal, but the idea of 9 different endings and branching story was executed really well.
Sometimes Miyamoto needs to understand that some people need something more other than "fun"
Top Quality videos! sometimes we as fans don't put attention to the sales figures and that sould change.
This video and channel is quality. Great work. My first Star Fox game was Assault (9.5/10 very fun) and my last was Command (6/10 meh).
i love me some star fox :)
I don't care what you all say, StarFox Adventures will be amazing in my heart. I still own the game and play it everyday ♡
Great video! Would love a franchise report on Zelda
Great! Keep it up!
maybe Miyamoto isn't aware of Fox's popularity in Smash Brothers LOL
Please do F-Zero Franchise Report..
I'm surprised no one is talking about Starfield: Battle for Atlas. I actually thought that was actually a pretty fun Star Fox game. The idea of an All Range Mode that you can freely move from planet to planet, along with an upgrade system that allowed you to make your ship more powerful as you progressed, was something that I always wanted in the Star Fox franchise. It was something unexpected coming from a developer company like Ubisoft.
Also, you've done a brilliant job with your videos so far, you put lots of effort into these and it clearly shows, they flow and look better than most. Most importantly however, what you say is wonderful because you never regress to an emotional fanboy type bias that McClouds the validity of what you're saying.
Great work, and persist with the content!!!
Thank you!
Imo, Assault still has the best art style and music in the franchise.
Would love for them to learn their lesson and just make a Command style fighter-focused game
I love the Star Fox franchise so much, I loved all the games....except Star Fox Zero obviously, Star Fox 64 is still my favorite N64 game and I miss the Star Fox games so much
I love the on foot gameplay. I want more.
even though Zero may have been rushed...it was actually still good...
Thanks, great video!
..hey, do you guys see Star Fox Zero going to the Switch?
With those sales, and it's reputation. Nope
Star Fox Assault is best
Kid Icarus: Uprising feels like spiritual successor to Assault and Adventure doesn't it?
JUST MAKE A RAIL SHOOTER. No weird transitions into different perspectives, no ventures into different genres like Adventures, JUST MAKE A RAIL SHOOTER!
I wish Starfox spent more time with the Playstyle of Starfox adventures. exploring the world of Sauria was a blast
What'd you make the Star Fox dialogue animations in? After Effects?
Yup!
Star fox assault doesn’t get the credit it deserves have you played the multiplayer
F-Zero next?
No Star Fox 64 remake will ever compete with flight action games like Ace Combat.
It doesn’t do anything but offer fans a taste of nostalgia from a fan base that gets smaller every year. Adventures 2 anybody?
Honestly, the Star fox games have been very unlucky lately, the gamecube didn't sell well at all so the two Star fox games for that console would sell less by default, the ds one isn't that good and is in a hand held console and even though the ds sold well a Star fox game in a hand held console is not optimal, the 3ds one sold better probably because, a) is a decent game and b) it's called Star fox 64 3d (emphasis on the "64") and for Zero i think the main reasons for its failure the really poor sales of the wii u and obligatory motion controls (i still love Zero tho).
Heresy
There's been a lot of videos analyzing Star Fox's overall validity as a series lately because of Zero, and it's unfortunate cause I kinda feel like Miyamoto here. I really like this series and kind of wish it were more popular than it is, some of the interpretations from fans like the Fox in Space short or that old, surprisingly good Nintendo Power comic of it from way back that was a little grittier all kinda make me love what this series' universe could be.
...but at the same time a lot of said videos like this have sort of really laid out how turbulent this series has been since even it's earliest years. Another video kind of put it best, the series is marred with installments that were ruined by gameplay features that had no business being there other than to sell a function. Command could have been one of the gems of the series if it weren't for the intrusive Stylus controls forced on players during flight sim parts. Zero was sort of screwed unfortunately, because they released it on the Wii-U right during it's death (which makes Reggie's "huh? how'd it fail *shrug* " comment almost infuriating. lol), but it wasn't helped critically by the intrusive touchscreen pad functions forced on players.
Some games like Assault, which I kind of unironically love but at the end of the day...was just victimized by some really bizarre decisions in design and linearity (really though, Assault should have and could have been the best.), and Star Fox Adventures being another game forced to be a Star Fox game...are more just critical flops due to in-game issues, and the series is unfortunately always going to be niche I think, but overall I think a big problem is Nintendo has to stop treating the series like a platform to show off or test hardware functions even at the cost of an individual games' gameplay coherancy.
Unfortunately now, we have a series that is so turbulent and pulled in so many directions that I don't think anyone has ever really felt like the series had a chance to find it's "default" stride. Zelda is at its default, an adventure rpg. Mario for all its spinoffs, has its default as a platformer. You'd think Star Fox's "default" would be "flight simulator", but given how spotty the series has been that's actually debatable now.
Playing a bit of the previously cancelled, and only recently officially released Star Fox 2, and seeing just how much individual parts of it were cannibalized by later games, it kind of sums it up for me. SF2 is a really strong game because all was the sum of all those parts, that sum being a strong space shooter and it kind of makes me wonder what could have been if the series had gone more in this direction of sticking to a stronger bottom line more often.
Starfox is one of those franchises I desperately want to see resurge. Start the story off from 64 and really expand the lore! Starlink Battle for Atlas would be a fantastic way to go with this franchise. In addition, I bet a Star Fox cartoon would really drum up some appeal to the younger audience.
What I think has held the series up is how Nintendo has ran Star Fox almost like a tech demo, emphasising the new hardware more than anything. I think 64 did so well because A) it was coming off of the original which sold well and B) it only had the Rumble Pack to play with, meaning more time was put into the core and basics of the gameplay. I may be completely wrong, but it makes sense to me.
Dammit slippy!! You're fired!!
but StarFox Assault and Adventures were both financially successful making back more money that their budget, and more specifically breaking the one million sales landmark, even 643D was profitable.
I do hope when Nintendo does make a new Star Fox game they can recenter their focus and make the game great because of it. With Metroid Samus Returns being released they have shown that they can bring a series back to its former glory even if it's been over a decade since the last noteworthy title. I think all they really need to do is give the game a more intuitive control scheme with gameplay and mechanics that would better fit a fast past arcade style game. They could also make taking alternate routes more interesting by giving the player a different final boss and ending depending on their route similar to Contra Hard Corps. With that they could maybe even through in a few joke secret endings like the black hole level from the first game.
The two best designs of fox are dead center of the thumbnail.
The biggest problem is that they treat the series as a testing ground for new gimmicks. If they kept the controls smooth and simple and released the games on relevant systems sales would most likely be higher and grow in popularity.
Great video!!! I think Nintendo should start looking a bit more to the west. Like they did with Zelda. Starlink is a good example, I'm very excited to try that game using Fox McCloud...they should do something similar but just with the Starfox crew. I'd add some on foot and land sections/missions like how the exploration worked in Mass Effect 1 (but withput the empty and boring stuff of course).
Hmm...I'd love a Mass Effect-style Star Fox game if they ever consider having story play a bigger role. Imagine exploring inside the Great Fox or visiting Corneria/Katina/other populated planets, interacting with the crew and building stronger relationships with them, recruiting new team members (bring back Krystal, Nintendo!), upgrading your gear/skills/tech/etc. Of course keep the same style of Arwing gameplay that we love but go the Assault route and include some Landmaster/on foot missions, just with better controls. If space epic is what they're going for, that would be a phenomenal route to take in my opinion (though the drama doesn't have to be as over the top/ridiculous as it was in Command. Ugh...).
I think what they should try to do is bring everything that was good in all of the older games and put them together for the next one. From SNES there could be more creative level themes like the alternate dimension level. From 2 there could be the multiple character selection thing and slippy could use the walker (more on that in a bit). From 64 you could have the different paths and alternate exits and the simple controls. From Adventures Krystal and Dino planet could come back and have ground missions with smaller puzzles. Assault could have the team use guns, character interactions, multiplayer (with online) level design, and story. Most of the good stuff from command and Zero was already mentioned. The game should also be bigger and have plenty of content.
"Yeah, I've always wanted Fox McCloud to be a bit more popular than he is. But I think one more would be Pikmin. So I think these two, I'll need to put some more energy into."
Even if it takes you years upon years to do it? (Because in the latter's case, if Arzest of all developers, has to take over for your slow ass in the meantime...) Pro tip: Try also making them for systems that don't sell like shit.
I still think that they should get the best features from adventures and assault and put it into one game with a new story that hopefully makes command not cannon.
first-person mode was actually introduced in Lylat Wars (or SF64). You could unlock it for multiplayer mode.