Star Fox 64, a game I loved in my childhood, is returning but I have mixed feelings

"Getting to grips with 3D movement in Super Mario 64 with that weird three-pronged controller is one of my most visceral childhood memories; the long, long wait for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was the background noise to a huge chunk of my youth. But back in the 1990s (in the UK at least), it felt as if nobody had an N64. When everybody had a PlayStation instead, I felt I was the only kid in my whole city who cared more about Banjo-Kazooie than Crash Bandicoot."

"It's a 1997 space-flight shooter starring Fox McCloud and his squad of animal pilots laser-blasting across different planets in nimble crafts called Arwings. I played this game to absolute death in 1998, when I got it for my birthday alongside the fabled Rumble Pak, which made your controller vibrate and shudder whenever something cool was happening on screen (fun fact: Lylat Wars was the first console game to feature controller rumble)."

"Then, last week, Nintendo announced a Switch 2 remake. The Star Fox series has been dormant for a good decade, but there have been rumours a new game was in the works for a while now. The moment Fox McCloud appeared for an otherwise inexplicable cameo in the newly released Mario Galaxy movie, I knew that Nintendo must be planning to announce something. I did not for one second expect that game to be a straight-up rework of Lylat Wars, though. It's a strange choice."

"The Star Fox series has an interesting history. The first game began as a technological experiment to see if it was possible to generate polygonal 3D graphics on a Snes Nintendo flew a group of young British coders to Japan to help develop it (in itself a fascinating story that's"

Star Fox 64 is a 1997 space-flight shooter featuring Fox McCloud and animal pilots flying Arwings through different planets. The game was played heavily in 1998 after receiving it for a birthday, along with the Rumble Pak that vibrated the controller during action. The Star Fox series had a history starting as a technological experiment for polygonal 3D graphics, and it later became known for its arcade-like flight gameplay. After a long period of dormancy, Nintendo announced a Switch 2 remake. The appearance of Fox McCloud in a Mario Galaxy movie cameo suggested Nintendo was preparing an announcement, though a direct rework of Star Fox 64 was unexpected.

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