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A veteran Nintendo programmer thinks thatStar Foxwill eventually return after its nearly seven-year-long absence. The originalStar Foxwas released for the Super NES back in 1993 and impressed players with its revolutionary-for-the-time polygonal graphics and gripping space-shooter gameplay, becoming one ofNintendo’s most beloved and genre-defining first-party titles. Several sequels were produced with varying levels of success, andStar Foxcharacters like Fox McCloud and Wolf O’Donnell have appeared as fighters in theSuper Smash Bros. series.
Unfortunately for fans of Fox and his rag-tag crew of anthropomorphic space heroes, theStar Foxseries has faded into the background since 2016’sStar Fox Zerofor the Wii U, with the only new release being the long-in-limboStar Fox 2as part of the Super NES Classic Edition bundle. There wererumors of a newStar Foxgamebeing for the Nintendo Switch by Retro Studios ofMetroid Primefame, but this was later revealed to be nothing more than speculation and fan dreams.
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Despite these setbacks and false starts, one notable member of the originalStar Foxdevelopment team thinks that the series will eventually take flight once again.Star Foxprogrammer Dylan Cuthbert recently sat down for an interview with VGC to discuss his time working on the franchise, during which he predicted that Nintendo would produce a new game in the future. “Oh, I’m sure [it’ll return],” Cuthbert stated. “I mean, they keep trying, don’t they? They keep trying, not quite achieving the original.”
Cuthbert went on to describe howpreviousStar Foxgamesfailed to recapture the magic of the 1993 classic, which he says is a mix of the UK Amiga-style 3D gameplay of titles likeCarrier Commandor theStar Warsarcade game and Nintendo’s usual family-friendly charm. Cuthbert concludes that while he thinks the later sequels likeStar Fox Adventureswere fine in their own way, they each lacked a critical component to the successful formula of the first game that he still looks back on fondly to this day.
Dylan Cuthbert isn’t the only person hoping to seeStar Foxmake a long-overdue comeback, as fans still pay tribute to the series by recreating Fox McCloud’s signature Arwing inStarfieldor even creating indie titles in the spirit of the blistering space-shooter franchise. While there isn’t any indication of Nintendo making a newStar Foxgame as of this writing, Cuthbert thinks that players will see the series return eventually - either on the Switch or Nintendo’s often-rumored next gaming console.
