Nintendo's new Star Fox game is actually the fifth Star Fox 64 remake

Star Fox (2026) is going where many have gone before On Wednesday, Nintendo announced the next Star Fox game with approximately, oh, five minutes of lead time. Star Fox (2026) will be released June 25 for Nintendo Switch 2, and is based on Star Fox 64, Fox McCloud's 1997 showing on Nintendo 64. It is but one of many remakes (or reimaginations, or recreations, or re-whatevers) of Star Fox 64. By my count, on technicalities at least, this is the fifth time we're getting a version of this game — not counting its addition to the Nintendo Classics library. The original Star Fox kicked off the series in 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. On-rails shooter. Ground-breaking graphics for its era. Sparked a new franchise about a space pilot fox and his various animal friends. All things considered, a pretty successful game! Star Fox 2, a follow-up to the original Star Fox, was reportedly mostly finished before Nintendo canned it, largely due to advanced graphical capabilities from competitors like the then-new PlayStation 1. Instead, Nintendo opted to reboot the original with better graphics for the N64. Star Fox 64 was the definitive version of the game, and is still widely co