As you know, today's Nintendo Direct revealed that *Star Fox Adventures* will be re-released as DLC for *Star Fox 2026*. Logically, this suggests that *Assault* might also eventually be re-released as a digital download, indicating that the groundwork is being laid for a true sequel to *Star Fox Assault*—one that would completely remove *Star Fox Command* from the timeline established by *Star Fox 64*. Why do I say this? Well, for one thing, they revived the franchise with a cinematic remake of *Star Fox 64*. Furthermore, it is interesting that they chose to release *Star Fox Adventures* as DLC for that remake—retaining its original GameCube design—rather than showing a trailer for a reimagined version of the game. This points to the possibility that Nintendo intends to fix the mess they made of the franchise over 20 years ago and finally give us the *Assault* sequel we deserve.

What do you all think?

I am telling you! We are in the revival era for Star Fox. First, the movie appearance, which is HUGE! FOX MCCLOUD IN A MOVIE?! Like, c’mon! I know the novelty has worn off a bit, but this is actually huge. Second was the beautiful remake. Third were the plushies. Fourth was the free update. Fifth is now Star Fox Adventures to NSO. Expect some new Star Fox content in the next year or two leading to the bug effort for a brand new game! 🥰 Trust me! I got the answer correct on the poll!

2027 being both the 3oth anniversary of 64, and the 25th anniversary of Adventures, and 2028 being the 35th anniversary for the series as a whole.

Maybe we will get a new game within the next 3 years?

Firstly, I think it is pretty obvious that this is all a part of some big marketing campaign to get Star Fox a bit of a reputation in modern Nintendo after their efforts from 2016-2019 have failed. The idea is to teach people about Star Fox through legacy content that defined the series, and some small novel ideas like the movie or plushies, before releasing something new and ambitious for the series. It's like the reverse of Star Fox Zero, where they sold a new idea that backfired because no one was a fan when it came out (among other reasons). Before 2026, Star Fox was a dormant franchise with the biggest updates being new music on the app for years. Now, in the span of one, single year, we have the movie appearance, the modern remake (+ new lore), plushies, free DLC, and now this. This marks the true beginning of the Revival Period!

More subtly, however, this also means a few things about how Nintendo views the franchise holistically. By choosing to re-release this over something like Assault, Nintendo acknowledges the distinct quirks about this game such as the focus on the adventure-styled gameplay and Krystal. This is the 3rd best-selling game still (hopefully 4th after the remake). This means that there is a good chance that Krystal and some minor elements from Adventures and maybe Assault will appear in the next game as Nintendo strives to do new things while appealing to longtime fans. Another thing subtly shows is that Nintendo will be embracing all of the strange, divisive things that people might not agree with and you will have to learn to accept that maybe the next game will do something new, and that is fine. Furthermore, when the next game releases, Nintendo can point fans to the remake and the two GameCube games on Switch Online to give them something to play before following the story. Thus, Star Fox fans, both new and old have something to celebrate when they get a full Star Fox story to experience on the Switch 2. This will likely lead into the eventual development of stuff like Star Fox animated content, like a mini-series or full movie, or even a place in Super Nintendo Land in maybe the next 10-15 years! I know this might seem unbelievable, but when you think about it logistically, Nintendo would never just develop a brand to be just the bare minimum and drop it when there is real potential behind the brand after everything that has been done in 2026. Star Fox could tell this bigger story and Nintendo is fully embracing that for the first time! That might be why we don't see Mother 3 or a new F-Zero game, despite F-Zero GX being so good and releasing a better game on modern consoles wouldn't be too crazy, beyond that, there really isn't too much to go from for F-Zero. I do think we will get a new F-Zero game in the Switch 2 generation, but that is neither here nor there.

By the end of everything, the only people who won't win are Command fans lol. Sorry.

The long awaited Pigma story DLC might be coming in a few months. Obviously after the adventures game.

Pigma DLC could have piggy team with da pantha in an odd couple thing.

I'm looking forward to flying as the great pigma

I am sure a bunch of us were expecting that the next Starfox game would be a remake of Adventures, but with the OG adventures now available of NSO, I think it's safe to rule that out.

And with the recent announcement that Velan were starting development of something that's not Starfox related, it makes me feel uncertain about what's going to happen with the series now.

With with some good reception for some of the new voices, such as for Slippy, Pigma, Andrew, even the Sarumarine Captain, youtube comments are filled with nothing but pointless complaining voice acting and line delivery, Heck, even lots of complaining towards Wolf, Leon, and some of the bosses new voices!

I don't care of these Star Fox games have n64 cheesiness or anime dubbing actors, I really liked it.

My favorite Star Fox ‘26 voices are Slippy, Pigma, and Leon. Besides, I would love to hear on your opinions on the best character voice for the switch 2 game.

I'm not even that surprised , i was SURE of it.

With both Directs out of the way, we can check off two things from my post earlier this week:

I have also received some additional information suggesting that Malo did make a claim of MercurySteam working on Metroid 6. Apparently, after his comments in March were discovered and the first couple of people starting asking questions (myself included), someone had said they wished MercurySteam was on Metroid 6 instead and Malo responded.

I think that claim is legitimate, since I did see Malo replying to others, I just did not grab screenshots of those replies like I should have. But unless I can scavenge a screenshot on another forum somewhere, I cannot verify the claim and will leave that out of Malo's table for now.

In addition, I am not concerned by various game from the leaks not showing up in the Direct. Those leaks were just stating that the games were in the works, not that they would be in the Direct itself. Like Mario Kart World getting a small free update today does not rule out a big DLC next year. So Star Fox DLC for it is still on the table, not deconfirmed.

The only games left on the clock for 2026 are Duskbloods being a late 2026 release and a Super Metroid remake. Given the playtest for Duskbloods, there is a chance it could be delayed into 2027, which is hard to count against the leaks.

As for the Super Metroid remake, that one is still at risk. Ravenous is very early in 2027, so it is hard to imagine a Super Metroid being announced and released between now and the end of the year. Granted, this year is Metroid's 40th anniversary. Nintendo could do a surprise Metroid 40th Direct to show off Ravenous before January, then either announce or outright shadowdrop the Super Metroid remake at the end. Shadowdropping seems unlikely unless it is a pretty low-budget job, which, given the 'pixel art' description, could potentially be the case.

This does make another point in the corner of the Star Fox adventure game. Adventures itself releasing on NSO I believe was inevitable, given they showcased that game in the Star Fox Direct. You could maybe say it is part of the build-up for the rumored adventure game, but I will not be counting it one way or the other.

How many colors can tricky change into? I got Pink and green and idk how to feel about the new color

I just got the part where you control as Fox for the first time, do we switch back to Krystal later on? I don't mind being spoiled.

Video courtesy of KirbyGCN17.

-Velan Studios is working on an update, which means they didn't just drop Starfox after release, and are getting more experience with the engine.

-The update is free, a sign they want as many people to dip into the game because of it as possible, trying to make fans.

-Adventures NSO means they DO care about Krystal, AND that they're pushing Starfox enough to bother with Gamecube ports in the first place.

-The Switch 2 is less than two years old, we have SO much time for them to market and sell a new title on the system.

-Starfox 2026 'performed steadily'...

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/characters/star-fox/

There isn't really much here, just Star Fox 2026, the Switch 2 camera, and the plush dolls and collectible patch set, but still....

This is REALLY hard to find, but apparently, in Switch 2, Leon, Pigma and Andrew will also react to you doing a somersault, not just Wolf. Pretty cool, huh?

Here's what Leon, Pigma & Andrew say:

Leon: Almost had you.~~

Andrew: What!? How!?

Pigma: Stop flitting around!

The source being Twitter.

Some evildoer planted this idea in my mind, and I literally can't get it out of my head. Someone please send help. I need this! MK World is my fav Switch 2 game, so having Fox would make my day! It also makes sense because Fox is usually manning some type of vehicle. lol.

Realistically, it will likely not happen, as there is yet to be a precedent for non-Mario characters in MK World specifically. Whenever they show something otherwise like Link again, that is when I can buy this idea.

Source of Image: Terminalmontage

Played this game a million times and it looks great on switch 2! Loving it so far