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At E3 2014, during the Nintendo Digital Event, a new ''Star Fox'' game was teased to be in development for the Nintendo [[Wii U]]. The teaser showed Miyamoto testing an early build of a ''Star Fox''-esque simulation and incorporating the Wii U GamePad's gyro controls. At the same time, two smaller projects were announced that would eventually interplay with this new ''Star Fox'' title: ''Project Guard'' and ''Project Giant Robot''. One year later at E3 2015, ''{{s|lylatwiki|Star Fox Zero}}'', a reboot of the franchise using ''Star Fox 64'' as a framework, was announced for the Wii U and co-developed by Nintendo and {{s|wikipedia|PlatinumGames}}. ''Star Fox Zero'' officially introduces a Walker mode for the Arwing, a mechanic originally designed for the canceled ''Star Fox 2'', as well as a new hovercraft called the {{s|lylatwiki|Gyrowing}} that deploys a tethered robot named Direct-i to collect items and complete various objectives. The voice cast from the Nintendo 3DS remake reprise their roles with newly-recorded dialogue, and the story was marginally retouched so that certain characters show slightly more depth. | At E3 2014, during the Nintendo Digital Event, a new ''Star Fox'' game was teased to be in development for the Nintendo [[Wii U]]. The teaser showed Miyamoto testing an early build of a ''Star Fox''-esque simulation and incorporating the Wii U GamePad's gyro controls. At the same time, two smaller projects were announced that would eventually interplay with this new ''Star Fox'' title: ''Project Guard'' and ''Project Giant Robot''. One year later at E3 2015, ''{{s|lylatwiki|Star Fox Zero}}'', a reboot of the franchise using ''Star Fox 64'' as a framework, was announced for the Wii U and co-developed by Nintendo and {{s|wikipedia|PlatinumGames}}. ''Star Fox Zero'' officially introduces a Walker mode for the Arwing, a mechanic originally designed for the canceled ''Star Fox 2'', as well as a new hovercraft called the {{s|lylatwiki|Gyrowing}} that deploys a tethered robot named Direct-i to collect items and complete various objectives. The voice cast from the Nintendo 3DS remake reprise their roles with newly-recorded dialogue, and the story was marginally retouched so that certain characters show slightly more depth. | ||
The title heavily incorporates the Wii U’s GamePad for movement, aiming, and shooting, which drew criticism from outlets for making the controls clunky and unintuitive to learn. This, compounded with the fact that many key plot points and setpieces were lifted from ''Star Fox 64'', even discouraged some critics from finishing the game and assigning a final score. As a result, ''Star Fox Zero'' went on to become the single worst-selling entry in the franchise. The resulting uncertainty for the fate of the ''Star Fox'' series lingered long after the game's release, with only guest appearances in Ubisoft's ''Starlink: Battle for Atlas'' for [[Nintendo Switch]] serving as anything completely new for the ''Star Fox'' IP. In the meantime, ''Project Guard'' was eventually rebranded in March 2016 as ''Star Fox Guard''. This was a tower-defense game that followed Slippy and his uncle Grippy Toad as they defended a small mining facility from pestering robots. The game is structured as a camera-based tower defense game and even includes the ability to design one's own levels using the Wii U GamePad and share them. The game was released alongside ''Star Fox Zero'', with ''Project Giant Robot'' being quietly canceled. | The title heavily incorporates the Wii U’s GamePad for movement, aiming, and shooting, which drew criticism from outlets for making the controls clunky and unintuitive to learn. This, compounded with the fact that many key plot points and setpieces were lifted from ''Star Fox 64'', even discouraged some critics from finishing the game and assigning a final score. As a result, ''Star Fox Zero'' went on to become the single worst-selling entry in the franchise, not helped by the fact that it was released towards the end of the ill-fated Wii U's lifespan. The resulting uncertainty for the fate of the ''Star Fox'' series lingered long after the game's release, with only guest appearances in Ubisoft's ''Starlink: Battle for Atlas'' for [[Nintendo Switch]] serving as anything completely new for the ''Star Fox'' IP. In the meantime, ''Project Guard'' was eventually rebranded in March 2016 as ''Star Fox Guard''. This was a tower-defense game that followed Slippy and his uncle Grippy Toad as they defended a small mining facility from pestering robots. The game is structured as a camera-based tower defense game and even includes the ability to design one's own levels using the Wii U GamePad and share them. The game was released alongside ''Star Fox Zero'', with ''Project Giant Robot'' being quietly canceled. | ||
During the development of ''Star Fox Command'', Q-Games programmer Dylan Cuthbert experienced a finished version of ''Star Fox 2'' to use as inspiration. However, the prospect of an official release for the cancelled title was not probable, according to him. To the surprise of many, ''Star Fox 2'' would see its first ever official release in September 2017 as one of the 21 games included on the SNES Classic microconsole, alongside the first ever reissuing of the original ''Star Fox'' due to both titles incorporating the Super FX Chip. The original ''Star Fox'' received its second-ever official rerelease in September 2019 as one of the first 20 games included in the SNES games service for subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online, with the second-ever official release of ''Star Fox 2'' to follow in December of the same year. | During the development of ''Star Fox Command'', Q-Games programmer Dylan Cuthbert experienced a finished version of ''Star Fox 2'' to use as inspiration. However, the prospect of an official release for the cancelled title was not probable, according to him. To the surprise of many, ''Star Fox 2'' would see its first ever official release in September 2017 as one of the 21 games included on the SNES Classic microconsole, alongside the first ever reissuing of the original ''Star Fox'' due to both titles incorporating the Super FX Chip. The original ''Star Fox'' received its second-ever official rerelease in September 2019 as one of the first 20 games included in the SNES games service for subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online, with the second-ever official release of ''Star Fox 2'' to follow in December of the same year. | ||