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https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2026/260806e.pdf

"Looking at Nintendo Switch 2 software, titles such as Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, released in May, and Star Fox, released in June, performed steadily, and Pokémon Pokopia, released in the previous fiscal year (see note), also sold well, with the result that Nintendo Switch 2 software sales totaled 9.46 million units."

Remember that Star Fox was only on the market five days before the cut-off for the financial report that just came out. It not hitting one million in those five days, though not ideal, is not the end of the world.

Looks like Amazon is no longer price-matching physical Star Fox pre-orders to the digital version. At the time of writing though, Walmart still is.

If you have been putting off pre-ordering Star Fox, but still want the cheaper physical version, may want to get on Walmart soon.

EDIT: At the time of writing, Walmart (US) is out of stock with the physical version. Uncertain if they will retain the price-match once they restock. Will edit this post once they do.

EDIT 2: As of now, Walmart (US) has restocked and is still price-matching! Thank you u/SunburntPalkia!

Amazon is no longer price-matching pre-orders of the physical version to the digital version. At the time of writing though, Walmart still is.

If you have been putting off pre-ordering, but still want the cheaper physical version, may want to get on Walmart soon.

UPDATE: As of now, Walmart (US) has SOLD OUT of physical copies. Uncertain if they will be price-matching once they restock, but I will update this post once they do.

In VGC's gameplay video (timestamp), we can see all 25 Character Avatar slots (6 rows of 4, plus one more at the bottom) and all 18 AR Accessory slots (4 rows of 4, plus two more at the bottom) between both screens in view.

Between this video and the Nintendo Japan website, we know Character Avatars and 8 AR Accessories. Any guesses as to the remaining Character Avatars and AR Accessories, or have you seen any others confirmed in other preview videos?

For the Character Avatars, looking at Star Fox 64 3D, we hit 23/25 unique character portraits without Spyborg (No portrait in the new game). Star Fox Zero's Cornerian Soldier and Direct-i bump us to 25/25, though I highly doubt we will be seeing Direct-i. As for the AR Accessories, well, there are a ton of hats for sure.

If you live near the Nintendo New York or San Francisco stores, may want to check it out.

https://x.com/NintendoStoreUS/status/2060390712638574831

Granted, we do not know how many physical copies Amazon ordered, but selling above Amazon US’s expectations does bode well for the game’s future.

And I thought Andross looked like a sleep paralysis demon. Aparoid Pigma would be insane.

Half Stinkpost Sunday, half Theorymon Thursday.

Like pre-nerf Parental Bond, where the second hit deals 50%, but only applies to slicing moves.

Been thinking a lot about the second rumored Star Fox game and decided to start compiling information. Note this is not about the game leaked by NateTheHate for this Summer. This is a very long post, so buckle up.

On 03/22, six days before Nate's podcast episode on 03/27, a YouTube comment from "Malo932" corroborated everything Nate claimed and more. Malo932 claimed "a classic Starfox to hype people for the adventure one" was this year. (See Image 1)

On 03/26, the day before Nate's podcast episode, Malo932 wrote another comment reiterating that "A classic Starfox is coming in june, the adventure one is still coming but not in 2026." which I caught wind of and asked for additional information on 03/28. Malo932 replied, claiming that "the Starfox adventure game is a new one, i don't know the title of the game and i will not spoil the characters". (See Image 2)

I can confirm these comments were not edited after the fact, as in my own testing, there is an (edited) note next to the timestamp on edited comments, which neither of Malo932's had. (See Image 3)

Also on 03/28, Italian YouTuber "Poro Michele" uploaded a video discussing private messages he was sent via Instagram talking about the game. He used the phrase "a week ago from today" in the video, which would be 03/21, lining up with the censored screenshot having "sab" above the message (Italian shorthand for "Sat" as in Saturday). (See Image 4)

In the video, Poro Michele states (machine-translated) "an adventurous Star Fox, still in development, but currently on ice." and "from the way the leaker presents it, it seems more like something in an early stage that might arrive later on. One of those projects that may only be in pre-production and, depending on various factors—first and foremost the success of this relaunch—could be shelved even before the game is officially revealed, or might have already been shelved."

Poro Michele does state that this is not the first Instagram message from this account, though. On an unknown day before 09/17/2025, this person made a few claims surrounding a September 2025 Nintendo Direct and a Super Mario Galaxy 2 Remake that were completely wrong. (See Image 5)

And on top of all of this, disgraced "leaker" SamusHunter2 was hinting around New Year's 2025 that there was a new Star Fox game in the works akin to Star Fox Adventures. I even posted about it on New Year's Day 2025. SamusHunter2 spoke about is as if it would drop in 2025 though, which was off if true. SamusHunter2 is highly disgraced for a reason, but given the oddity of the claim and how close it is to Malo932's, I wanted to include it in this information dump. (See Image 6)

I believe the individual who messaged Poro Michele is Malo932 based on a few things:

1. The information reported lines up with Malo932's YouTube comments
2. In the video screenshot, he messaged on Friday 03/27 ("Ven" as in "Fri" or Friday) that (machine-translated) "I beat Nate to it (and I even have a little extra), and you didn’t pay me any attention at all, Infamous Poro."
3. The name associated with the YouTube account is "Michele" spelled the same as the YouTuber "Poro Michele" (See Image 7)

This false information paired with potentially contradictory statements (Directly claiming that the adventure game is "still coming" versus how Poro Michele inferred that the game was "on ice") does give me pause. However, Nate has a very strong track record, and corroborating everything Nate claimed before he said it is still absolutely noteworthy.

So our timeline goes as follows:

• Before 09/17/2025: Poro Michele receives a private message on Instagram anonymous account that seems to be Malo932 containing false Nintendo information.
• 03/21: That same anonymous Instagram account messages again containing information that lines up with Nate's claims, plus more, including information about the second adventure game.
• 03/22: First YouTube comment from Malo932.
• 03/25: Nate records the podcast episode.
• 03/26: Second YouTube comment from Malo932, AND Fox is announced to be in the Super Mario Galaxy movie. (Unknown which was first)
• 03/27: Nate's podcast episode drops.
• 03/28: Malo932's comments are found and reported on Reddit. Some people (Including myself) ask additional questions, and Malo932 responds to some. Poro Michele also uploads his video detailing the private messages from 03/21.

IF Malo932's leaks are real, my guess is that the adventure game is in pre-production, with a greenlight on full production dependent on the sales numbers of the upcoming classic game this Summer. If the game successfully rides the wave of hype from Fox's movie appearance and sees great sales numbers, production will be greenlit. If the game falls short of Nintendo's hopes, they may pull the plug before they invest further time and resources.

Unfortunately, we will not be getting anything else out of Malo932, who had replied to one of my other comments stating: "No more comments from me after i was put on reddit. I never wanted attention". Malo932 also deleted the initial YouTube comments on the Nintendo Forecast videos. (See Image 8)

When I asked Nate if he knew anything about this second adventure game, he simply said "I have nothing to share." which does not directly confirm/deconfirm anything. (See Image 9)

So, from everything I can gather summed up:

• Malo932 and the account that messaged Poro Michele are likely the same person.
• Malo932 likely got a hold of the same information source as NateTheHate. It is too much of a coincidence otherwise.
• That said, we do not know Malo932's sources. The adventure game could have come from the same source, a different source, or something made up.
• IF the game is real, it may be in early development, with the continuation potentially reliant on the Summer Star Fox game's sales. And the game may have been in the works since late 2024, assuming SamusHunter2 actually had good information.

Of course, no leaks are "real" until Nintendo proves them to be. Just presenting a lot of information because I like Star Fox. Draw your own conclusions.