Ragatha wasn’t around when YouTube came out, so when Jax assumes that Pomin is a YouTuber and that she posts on YouTube, don’t you think Ragatha would be interested in Pomni enough to ask her about it? 🤨
I know it literally doesn’t matter, but just a random thought ig.
If you scroll down on the Nintendo Store listing for this game, you can see this promo image hidden on the website. It is gorgeous and I can't believe they were hiding this from us!
Star Fox – Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive - Nintendo Official Site
The first year of the Switch 2 was novel and exciting with games like Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Kirby AirRiders, the GameCube games, and various 3rd party reveals all in such a short time span. For every single game I didn't personally care for like Hyrule Warriors, or DragXDrift, there was always at least 1 other game coming out that got me hyped. The Switch 2 was on fire in my opinion and really had a ton of new and different games within a couple months!
But after Metroid Prime 4, I felt like there weren't many games that I was personally confident in for the next few months. Don't get me wrong, I was very content with the first 6 months and didn't need anything, and upcoming third parties like Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Pragmata, Resident Evil, and so on were really exciting to see, but as a Nintendo fan who chose the Switch 2 over Play Station 5, I wasn't really too interested in the first party games for the first half of the year. It felt like Nintendo went from these top tier games to games such as Mario Tennis, Yoshi, and Tomodachi Life didn't really seem interesting to me, especially since all three games feel as if they cost $30 more than they needed to. lol. I heard Pokopia was good, which was honestly very shocking, but in a very good way obviously. So maybe I will pick that up if I ever see it for cheaper. Side note: I know Tomodatchi Life is popular, but I am still playing that game on my 3DS, and the innovations of having more control over your miis and island, while removing touch controls and 3D are things that I personally don't care for. Plus, that game was $20 and was already more preferable to me on the surface. But I know I am in the minority on that, and that is fine.
But as this huge Star Fox fan, seeing this immediately gave me so much more hope in the second half of 2026. Not only are we getting a Splatoon spinoff, a new Fire Emblem, and a new Rhythm Heaven game, but we are finally getting a new, modern Star Fox game after 10 years! I love Star Fox and seeing all of this appreciation for the franchise warms my heart! I hope that everyone who has yet to play a Star Fox game learns to love this game as much as I do! I have a lot of faith in these 4 games, and I am back to being super hyped about the Switch 2! Now, the Zelda remake would just be insane if that was true!
I am talking about games that very few people ever talk about, but or on par with a lot of modern games out there. I am very picky about indie games because they are often too inspired by preexisting genres and fail to innovate on the preestablished genre in any meaningful way. Sure, Undertale, Shovel Knight, Haydes, Hollow Knight, Pizza Tower, and so on are great innovations in their genres, but not only are they very well-known at this point, but most of the lesser-known indies also just feel like weaker versions of more successful games. I was playing this game called Melatonin recently, which definitely falls into this a category of games with this issue. Though it's not a bad game by any means and I enjoyed it, it just copied the Rhythm Heaven formula without innovating in a meaningful way.
Naiad is my pick for this. Naiad is just a completely unique experience. At its core, it is a puzzle-exploration game, but the way it goes about gameplay is just so interesting and how the gameplay intersects with the story feels truly inspired. The controls feel incredibly good and just existing in this world is comforting. You can tell by the image posted, but this has to be one of the best-looking indie games I have ever seen. It has a really strong identity and art direction. It's not the craziest gaming experience out there and is honestly overstays it's welcome and can probably be 1-3 hours shorter for 75% of the current price and would be a little better off for it. But this game is not only really good and innovative but is completely hidden on the eShop. It was also developed by one person, so kudos to them.
Mine is the mission accomplished theme! Such chills, bro.
I gotta feeling I might tear up listening to this soundtrack while playing the game on Switch 2. Is that weird? I just love Star Fox and seeing it come back gets me really excited about the future of the franchise!
Maybe I am just unfamiliar with astrological terminology, but Corneria being the fourth planet of the Lylat System has never made sense to me. It’s the capital of the whole solar system and is likely the FIRST one to be fully developed with the most modern life. What does it even mean to be the fourth planet? Can someone explain it to me?
This is the only Star Fox game I have zero experience with playing. I have only heard about it online. It sold terribly, just a couple thousand more than Zero, and Zero released on a console with very few units sold when compared to Command, so Command is more forgotten than Zero and probably the most overlooked in the franchise. I was debating spending $10 on the Wii U eShop to play it on the big screen, because that would be very fitting for a Star Fox game, but I decided against it because of the reputation. You can tell me if I should have regretted that decision or not. lol.
From what it looks like, the constant all range mode gameplay will likely get repetitive and tedious after a while. It takes after Star Fox 2 in a lot of ways from multiple playable characters, to all range only missions, to the light strategy. The key difference are the controls, which seem okay to me personally as someone who likes Kid Icarus, the story, and the missing walker. I don’t know why they don’t bother with adding the walker, that could have been good for variety. They should have also added voice acting as that is a staple of the series.
Sure, this is a different take on Star Fox, but is it a good take on Star Fox? You tell me? I try to be accepting of new games and experiences, but some Star Fox games really mess that up in my opinion.
Here is a fun little challenge for you: If you hate this game, try saying one thing you really like about this game that it does better than any other Star Fox gam. If you like this game, try saying something you don’t like about the game that people don’t typically mention. Just a thought.
(At least the graphics look nice for the DS.)
I know nothing about Subnautica, but I heard it’s a good game. I don’t even know the genre. 😅 Is it worth it?
Let’s be honest, if you are on this subreddit, Star Fox is likely your favorite rail shooter game series. I know it is definitely mine despite many of the games not being traditional rail shooters. lol. I spent 50+ hours on Star Fox 64 3D and 60+ hours on Star Fox Zero. Absolutely love these games for all the reasons you guys love them too.
With that said, I am always interested in branching out and exploring other great games in similar genres. I think my other favorite rail shooter game of all time is Kid Icarus Uprising. The game’s presentation is top notch, it’s a Sakurai game, so you know it’s going to feel good. The production value is so high and you can feel it all over the game. But not only is the style and game-feel great, but so are the story and characters. Characters are fairly complex and have multiple facets to their personalities. They change throughout the corse of the game, including the main character, and are also super funny, having some really standout banter moments which is honestly done better here than in any other Star Fox game. The story goes in some unexpected directions and constantly surprises the player and has them guessing where the plot will take them next. This game is honestly kinda perfect. Sure, this series has essentially been dormant since 2015 with Smash 4 Wii U giving it good representation. Since then, we haven’t gotten anything. Though that is sad, unlike Star Fox, I think Kid Icarus has reached its fullest potential and I can’t think of many ways to expand on this series.
That’s my favorite rail shooter game that isn’t a Star Fox game. I would love to know more about what games you guys love and why. Sin and Punishment is also another great one if you have played that.
Literally never watched a full episode of South Park before. It is one of those few adult cartoons that I have yet to see a full episode of. I have seen clips and heard that the show is funny, but I just didn't have the interest to watch it yet.
That aside, I know South Park is a comedy series that pokes fun at society and makes some real commentary on culture, trends, and the world in general. Not only is that very much what Class of 09 does, but the show is outright mentioned in the game.
So, I was wondering, to all the South Park fans out there, is there an obvious influence felt throughout the game series or is it mostly coincidence?
I LOVE Star Fox Zero. Some of these missions are so exhilarating and tightly designed. It's an onslaught of classic Star Fox action in every level and that is exciting! There are missions where to are chasing missiles, missions where you use your tank to fight goliath contraptions, dodging lasers, beating StarWolf, flying at hyper speed, exploring vast planets, destroying enemy ships from the inside, and much more. Every boss is such a treat! The visuals and presentation still hold up very well to this day, especially the character designs. Playing this game just fills me with so much joy as a Star Fox fan. The new vehicle controls are really satisfying to master, and getting a new high score in a level never fails to get me pumped! I think it is so cool how they hid three separate vehicles in this game to play with after enough completion!
It's not perfect, however. Though I actually personally really liked the controls, especially in all-range mode, which is what I felt like they were primarily made for, I don't blame people for finding them off-putting. But people really needed to give the game more of a chance. It's like reviewing Mario Kart World and saying it has worse controls than Mario Kart 8 when the reviewer doesn't understand the tech. I also thought the story was way too plain, as though I love these characters, I don't love how they failed to do anything interesting with them. There was a single mission where Katt, Wolf, and Bill are all in one area together, but there aren't any interactions between the three. This is something I am looking forward to seeing expanded upon in Star Fox Switch 2, and hopefully subsequent games. Finally, I wished they expanded upon alternative routes in meaningful ways. Star Fox 64 has more interesting changes in the story and routes in the gameplay than Zero, and I think that is disappointing. Between the story, controls, and routes, the story is easily the thing that bothers me the most about this game, while the controls are the thing that I got over after a few hours.
Despite all of that, this game is a 9/10 for me. I just love playing this game every time I return to it!
What are your thoughts? Have you had the chance to play this game? Not many have as it is the worst selling game in the series, with .44 million copies sold. It's a shame, but that was just the Wii U era.
It was certainly a surprising direction for everyone, but the more I look at it, the more I come to accept this new art direction. These characters still have the same attitude at heart, this is just a different interpretation and that is okay. If anything, it makes Star Fox feel like it is evolving, which I appreciate. I like to think of these designs as representing a shift towards focusing more on the characters and story. The less cartoony design is equating to a story with more sincerity in my mind. As much as I love 64, these characters felt more like archetypes, while here it feels like each character captures a broader range of emotions with an actual history. We saw much more about James McCloud in the last few days than pretty much in the last 30 years and characters will have much bigger bios. I always loved the world of Star Fox, so these characters actually interacting a more realistic level is something I think we can appreciate. I mean, we all love A Fox in Space, and this echoes a similar feeling. While A Fox in Space made them more human-esque, Star Fox Switch 2 made them more animal-esque, and I think that is so interesting.
Submit what you think is the best Waluigi media of the last decade. Here is my submission:
So, I have only played THH, and thought it was amusing. I am planning on seeing the rest of the series through, but as it turns out, they are making a remake of the game that I am planning on playing next anyways. So, naturally, I am holding off on playing the original in favor for this. This will be the exact same game, with an additional story for extra content. Given that, I see no reason to pick up the older version. That doesn’t seem like very flawed reasoning to me, especially considering that this is a visual novel and those aren’t really about gameplay and technique on subsequent playthroughs. So, I just wanna know why I must play the original version of the story before playing the remake of the exact version of the story? Someone please illuminate this situation as I am genuinely confused. Also, no spoilers please.
This is one of those quotes that just lives rent-free in my head sometimes for the right and wrong reasons. So fucken dumb bro. lol. 💀
I haven’t played other games in the series, but I have some people posting some unhinged quotes and wanna expand on that here. What have you guys seen?
Let us be real here, the story of this game was easily the worst part about Megamix. This was my first RH game, and I had a hard time making it to the end because I was so uninvested in the story. I started this game in roughly 2016 or so, but it wasn't until 2025 that I decided to commit and play through it. Once the story was over and I just kept playing the rhythm games over and over again, I started to enjoy this game for what it really was! Now, I have played through the entire series and even got all perfects in 2 of the games. The story was so bad that I almost gave up on the series because of this. I know that might sound extreme, but it's the truth. The strange thing is that this series has really good writing for the most part, and even in this game generally too, specifically in the cafe. For the devs, I be this just felt like some "nice extra" that they forced themselves to add and now everyone now has to endure it, which was a mistake. I think the devs even knew this to some small extent because the start of Groove's reveal trailer was that it didn't have an "epic story," which is just funny to me. Maybe I am reading too much into it, nut you tell me.
It's not that a rhythm game can't have a storyline, but the way this game went about it was all wrong. These minigames have an excellent presentation, but these JPEGs with text in comparison is so amateur in comparison. It's very ironic. I think the stories of something like Elite Beat Agents totally fit that game. They were all super memorable and fun stories that added to the experience.
For me, it's easy. Rhythm Heaven, all of them! They are all so good. If I were to rank them it would be as follows:
I feel like a lot of Star Fox fans online that are perpetuating the narrative that this is a disappointment, but there are a lot of people that are actually really hyped for this next StarFox game. As a matter of fact, it is the vast majority of people. The like to dislike ratio is 120k:11K, which is generally highly favorable considering the controversies online so far.
Because StarFox 64 IS a really good game and because so many people are excited to try out this game for the first time, this is overall, a really, REALLY good thing for the franchise. The only thing that can go wrong is if they fuck up the game somehow... but it's StarFox 64 exactly, so that isn't likely to happen. As fans, we should celebrate this response, and hope that Nintendo maintains this momentum with the franchise with consistent marketing efforts. Let us hope that this is the Prime Remastered or the DKC Returns HD of StarFox, and that our true sequel will only be a few years away.
Okay, we don’t know FOR SURE, but what we do know is that Nintendo sent this image to Walmart. So, this is an official Nintendo image and not an unofficial Walmart image. Because of that I am working under the assumption that this is real.
With that said, though I am happy that Pikmin 2 in its authentic state could be coming to the Switch 2, but it’s obviously an odd decision considering how they are charging $30 for a remaster and even $50 for a physical copy with Pikmin 1. It’s obviously not that great for those who bought those. On top of that, this Switch Pikmin 2 remaster sanitized some of the dialogue and replaced real world references to general brand-less items, making it one of the weakest versions of the game. You also can’t slip cutscenes like in the original. In that sense, this game that costs money would be pretty much redundant if you were to play between the two games. So, it is certainly a mixed situation if it does come out.
What are your thoughts on this image?
