New Star Fox Game Announced With Gameplay, What Do You Think?

0:00 Oh, hey.

0:00 It's Brian from IGN.

0:01 And Nintendo Just Surprise dropped a brand new trailer for a Nintendo

0:05 Switch 2 game we had no idea was coming called Star Fox.

0:08 Based on the classic N64 game Star Fox 64,

0:11 but now with completely overhauled visuals.

0:13 Let's take a look at the trailer and then barrel roll to the other

0:15 side of the video so we can unpack it all and talk about it.

0:18 Check it out.

0:46 Atmospheric entry complete.

0:47 Extend the wings.

1:02 G diffuser systems check.

1:04 Sound off.

1:04 Team slippy here.

1:07 So far so good.

1:10 This is Pepe.

1:11 All systems go.

1:13 Falco here.

1:14 G diff diffuser seems fine.

1:16 Let's go already.

1:18 Enemy targets up ahead.

1:20 Let's rock and roll.

1:29 What you're seeing is footage of the game in action.

1:32 While stage layouts have been kept the same,

1:34 the visuals have received a major upgrade.

1:39 Slippy, stay in formation.

1:41 Banter between characters is also back.

1:44 Now you've done it, Slippy.

1:45 Bogey on your tail.

1:48 Cover me while I fine-tune my sensors.

1:52 Oh, you got him.

1:53 Thanks, Fox.

1:55 We need your help, Star Fox.

1:58 Hey there, General.

1:59 You seem a little on edge, but as it happens, my team's

2:03 This is Fox Mloud, leader of the Star Fox mercenary squad.

2:07 Prep the Rwings.

2:08 We've got a job to do, Star Fox.

2:10 We're going to take the system back from Andros, one planet at a time.

2:15 Falco Lombardi is their ace pilot and Fox's rival.

2:19 Sounds perfect.

2:20 There's no way Andros would expect us to launch an assault there.

2:24 You up for another challenge, Fox?

2:28 Scans are showing unidentified energy emanating

2:31 from within is the team's engineer extraordinaire.

2:37 Incredible.

2:37 Do you realize how rare it is to experience a stable warp channel?

2:41 Did you see the distortions?

2:43 That base is the gateway to the wider system.

2:46 Fox and Peppy Hair is their strategic mastermind and veteran pilot.

2:50 Dance into enemy space.

2:52 Just this.

2:53 Hit them quick and hit them hard.

2:56 The fate of the Lilacat system rests squarely on their shoulders.

3:04 The Rwing is a high-performance aerospace fighter piloted by Fox and his crew.

3:11 It's equipped with a laser.

3:15 It can also fire charged shots or launch bombs that cover a wide area.

3:24 The Rwing can break, boost,

3:31 do a barrel roll to repel enemy fire, and even somersault.

3:41 Besides the Rwing, an agile ground assault

3:43 vehicle called the Landmaster and a modified

3:51 exploratory submersible called the Blue Marine can

3:54 also be piloted depending on the mission.

4:00 Impressive work, Star.

4:01 The campaign will take you to diverse planets as you seek

4:04 out the enemy's stronghold to restore peace in the Lilacat system.

4:10 Corneria is a planet teeming with life and the beating heart of the system.

4:19 Facina is a frozen planet with most of its surface covered in ice and snow.

4:24 Hit your own target, Fox.

4:28 Solar is the lilac systems scorching hot second star.

4:36 And Zoness is a deserted,

4:38 polluted ocean planet that was stripped of all its natural resources.

4:42 Pull your jets, cat.

4:46 There's also an asteroid field to navigate.

4:49 Persistent laser tech.

4:51 And the inside of a nebula.

4:54 From planet surfaces to outer space,

4:57 a variety of stages await with freeflying dog fights in all range mode.

5:06 Don't let anything through

5:09 that flash.

5:09 And massive boss battles.

5:11 You can look forward to intense aerial combat.

5:15 We did it.

5:16 All units, disengage.

5:21 Depending on the objectives you complete, the number of enemies shot down,

5:25 and other factors, the route you take through the system may change.

5:32 Replay stages with a different approach to find

5:34 ways through that are off the beaten path.

5:38 You'd better be right about this, Falco.

5:41 I say we trust Falco's instincts.

5:43 You worry about your own.

5:45 Plenty of new cutscenes have also been added.

5:48 These include never-before-seen mission briefings between stages,

5:52 allowing you to learn more about the characters and the Star Fox universe.

5:57 Fall in team, how are we doing?

6:00 You can choose between easy, normal, and expert difficulty settings.

6:05 When playing on easy difficulty,

6:07 your shield gauge will be longer and your lasers will remain powered up,

6:12 making it ideal for novice pilots.

6:17 In challenge mode, you can replay stages you've already cleared.

6:23 Complete a variety of objectives that bring new challenges

6:26 to each mission that you won't find in the campaign.

6:31 Defend the allied fleet.

6:32 Don't let any of them pass them.

6:38 Break through.

6:39 We'll find out who's coordinating this attack.

6:43 Take on these challenges on either normal or expert difficulty.

6:50 Battle mode puts you in four versus four dog fights.

6:54 Players are split between team Star Fox and Team Star Wolf,

6:58 then compete to earn the most points by clearing missions and taking down foes.

7:04 You can select from three stages, each with its own rule set.

7:12 Take out opponents and seize control

7:14 of the zone around the satellite towers on Corneria.

7:22 Star Fox completed the objective.

7:27 Collect as many energy crystals as you can while dodging meteorites on Facina.

7:38 Or retrieve cargo from space pirates and take it to your base in sector Y.

7:46 Star Fox completed the objective.

7:49 You can create private matches with your friends online

7:53 or match up with random players from around the world,

7:56 making for a variety of ways to join team battles.

8:00 Plus, if one person has the game,

8:03 up to four players can take to the skies locally

8:05 with Game Share or online using GameS Share via Game Chat.

8:18 By holding your Joy-Con 2 controller like a mouse,

8:21 you can seamlessly swap to mouse

8:23 controlled targeting for intuitive aiming and steering.

8:26 Flippy, stay in form.

8:30 Now you've done it, Slippy.

8:32 Bogey on your tail.

8:34 By sharing one of the Joy-Con 2 controllers with a second player,

8:38 you can split pilot and gunner duties in co-op.

8:42 We're entering Corderia City now.

8:46 Andra sure has trashed the place.

8:56 I'll target the lights on the left.

8:58 You guys go right.

9:02 It's a trap.

9:03 Take them down.

9:04 Don't crawl back under your body.

9:07 A swarm of lowly flies.

9:11 Get ready, team.

9:12 We're approaching Venom airspace.

9:23 What did you think?

9:24 As you just saw, Fox and Company have a more animallike design in this game.

9:33 Reborn exclusively for the Nintendo Switch 2 system.

9:36 Star Fox launches June 25th.

9:40 So, what did you think?

9:41 That was a huge surprise that I absolutely was not expecting to see today.

9:44 But yeah, we're getting a brand new remake

9:45 of the classic 1997 rail shooter Star Fox 64,

9:49 not to be confused with the 2011 3DS remake of Star Fox 64.

9:52 So, uh, let's get into it.

9:54 For starters, the new visuals are fantastic.

9:57 Even if we know this is a remake and the stage layouts are largely the same,

10:01 the visuals are completely overhauled.

10:02 The graphics look amazing.

10:04 The character models are especially interesting because some of them almost

10:07 look like Nintendo is aiming for photo realism in some ways,

10:11 or at least as photorealistic as you could make a game

10:13 about talking animals who fly out of space to shoot each other.

10:16 Uh, Fox himself kind of looks like if you took Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr.

10:20 Fox and gave him like MCU armor, which I love.

10:23 Uh Nintendo described them as more animallike.

10:26 Not sure how to feel about that because real animals don't do any of this stuff,

10:30 but uh I think it means more fur textures, more hair, uh just more weird.

10:36 They they just look kind of feral and I I kind of appreciate that.

10:39 Uh the levels themselves though look so cool, as does the combat.

10:44 This is ultimately not a brand new Star Fox game.

10:46 It's a remake of Star Fox 64.

10:48 If you've never played that before,

10:49 uh it was basically very arcade-based, right?

10:52 You had to beat the game as fast as possible,

10:54 getting as high scores as pos as many high scores as possible.

10:56 Uh racking up points, taking branching paths, getting combos, all that stuff.

11:00 It is a game designed around going through the game multiple times.

11:04 You want multiple playthroughs to unlock things and do all the other fun stuff.

11:07 And so, I have a feeling Nintendo's going to hide a bunch of Easter eggs here,

11:11 new bells and whistles.

11:12 We've also got new cutscenes that will show off some of the story

11:16 beats behind these characters that we never got to see before.

11:19 I think the coolest thing here though,

11:20 the biggest surprise is that there are these brand new Star Star Fox

11:24 avatars that track your face animations if you have a USB camera plugged in.

11:28 Uh, and you can use them across

11:30 other online features and they just look horrifying.

11:33 Uh, I love it.

11:34 Uh, either way, this game is out June 25th for Nintendo Switch 2.

11:38 It also supports the recently released or re-released

11:42 N64 controller that works on Switch and Switch 2.

11:44 So, uh, if you got one of those, you're ready to go with some classic

11:47 N64 gameplay on a game that does not look like an N64 game at all.

11:52 I'm excited for it.

11:53 It'll be here very soon.

11:54 So, what do you think of this surprise Star Fox announcement?

11:57 Press Z or R twice in the comments and let me know.

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