Current Events > Rumor: Retro working on Star Fox racing spinoff lol

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https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-05-14-leaks-suggest-nintendos-retro-studios-making-star-fox-racing-spin-off
Lol
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Is G-Zero from that one ending in Star Fox DS going to be a real thing? lol
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I for one will be highly disappointed if this is what Retro has been working on all this time.
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If this is real and Nintendo actually green lit this instead of a new F-Zero game, I am going to blow a gasket.
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If they make it like F-Zero but with Starfox characters I'll accept it. I'm just that desperate for more F-Zero.
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The_Scarecrow posted...

If this is real and Nintendo actually green lit this instead of a new F-Zero game, I am going to blow a gasket.

This.

Star Fox has had so many fucking L's and yet people are still gonna be like "lol F-Zero GX didn't sell well so..."
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AlecSkorpio posted...

The_Scarecrow posted...

If this is real and Nintendo actually green lit this instead of a new F-Zero game, I am going to blow a gasket.

This.

Star Fox has had so many fucking L's and yet people are still gonna be like "lol F-Zero GX didn't sell well so..."

Star Fox has sucked for over 20 years now, but I think it still sells well because of Furry weirdos

It really sucks that Star Fox 1 and Star Fox 64 are amazing games, but everything else sucks >_>
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They basically wanted a sci fi Diddy Kong Racing, but they couldn't go with F-Zero cause then they'd actually have to make it balls to the wall difficult?

So they went with Star Fox instead?

Am I understanding this right?

So, a futuristic Nintendo racer, but based on Star Fox and not F-Zero...

https://imgur.com/yUe3F
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...

They basically wanted a sci fi Diddy Kong Racing, but they couldn't go with F-Zero cause then they'd actually have to make it balls to the wall difficult?

So they went with Star Fox instead?

Am I understanding this right?

They didn't go with F-Zero because Nintendo has this weird fear of making any more F-Zero games. That franchise is just relegated to cameo appearances and minigames now.
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Dr. Stewart must be rolling in his grave
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...

They basically wanted a sci fi Diddy Kong Racing, but they couldn't go with F-Zero cause then they'd actually have to make it balls to the wall difficult?

So they went with Star Fox instead?

Am I understanding this right?

F-Zero wouldn't really fit the Diddy Kong Racing formula either would it?

Wouldn't people complain they'd be changing the formula too much? I'm assuming this game will be nowhere near as fast and will have flying courses.
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Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.
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so you'll be drifting with landmasters?

You know, considering most SF games are on-rails anyway with the vehicles and light-hearted characters being the most standout aspects, this kinda makes sense -- especially if they've somehow worked a shooting aspect into the game. It would need to be ambitious as fuck though and more than just a racing game to convince everyone that it's a good idea.

Either way it seems Nintendo is at a point where they simply don't know how to make a truly good Star Fox game but are hesistant to completely retire the IP. I feel like for a modern Star Fox game to work, it would need a huge budget in the vein of AAA western devs (or Square Enix) and Nintendo don't really roll that way which is why they've been ending up as graphically underwhelming short experiences.
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Bringit posted...

You know, considering most SF games are on-rails anyway with the vehicles and light-hearted characters being the most standout aspects, this kinda makes sense -- especially if they've somehow worked a shooting aspect into the game. It would need to be ambitious as fuck though and more than just a racing game to convince everyone that it's a good idea.

Either way it seems Nintendo is at a point where they simply don't know how to make a truly good Star Fox game but are hesistant to completely retire the IP. I feel like for a modern Star Fox game to work, it would need a huge budget in the vein of AAA western devs (or Square Enix) and Nintendo don't really roll that way which is why they've been ending up as graphically underwhelming short experiences.

I think people are expecting a generic F-Zero/Mario Kart with Star Fox characters but I think this will lean more into Star Fox elements more than people are expecting. So I think you're right.

Retro have done a good job bringing back Metroid and Donkey Kong so it'll be interesting to see what they've drawn up here.
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Give Star Fox 64 the Sonic Mania treatment. Have some fans create new game based on the style of the N64 game. Too bad Nintendo will never let that happen (or release a mostly on rails Star Fox game without some insane gimmick).
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I hope they use characters from Star Fox 2.

F-Zero is just a shitty Wipeout.
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hahaha fuck nintendo
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Why does it feel like Nintendo doesn't give a shit about Retro?
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LOL get rekt F Zero!

But on the real, I'd love to see a current gen F-Zero game.
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This seems fake on so many levels. Why not just make Fzero for one, and two, Retro has been developing whatever they're working on for a really long ass time. Star Fox Zero came out 2 years after Tropical Freeze (Retro's last game), if they were working on a Star Fox Game it would have made way more sense for it to be an actual Star Fox game and not the **** Wii U game that was made. Not saying it's not possible, but doesn't seem to add up to me.
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Bringit posted...

You know, considering most SF games are on-rails anyway with the vehicles and light-hearted characters being the most standout aspects, this kinda makes sense -- especially if they've somehow worked a shooting aspect into the game. It would need to be ambitious as fuck though and more than just a racing game to convince everyone that it's a good idea.

Either way it seems Nintendo is at a point where they simply don't know how to make a truly good Star Fox game but are hesistant to completely retire the IP. I feel like for a modern Star Fox game to work, it would need a huge budget in the vein of AAA western devs (or Square Enix) and Nintendo don't really roll that way which is why they've been ending up as graphically underwhelming short experiences.

Star Fox is just an odd duck. The gameplay of an on-rails flying shooter just isn't deep enough to make it into a full-fledged game that you can't beat in an afternoon. Every Star Fox game barring Adventures is short as fuck.

Jesus Christ, are they really squandering Retros talent with a worthless title like this? Ugh
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Star Foz flight racer could be very cool but I don't believe Eurogamer

Smashingpmkns posted...

Why does it feel like Nintendo doesn't give a shit about Retro?

That seems like a little bit of a stretch, since they handed the beloved Donkey Kong Country franchise to them, and they knocked it out of the fucking park.

I'm personally interested to see what Retro can do with a racing game. They've already shown they can handle a FPS/A and platformers
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Were still getting Metroid Prime 4 so its all good.

This seems fake on so many levels. Why not just make Fzero for one, and two, Retro has been developing whatever they're working on for a really long ass time. Star Fox Zero came out 2 years after Tropical Freeze (Retro's last game), if they were working on a Star Fox Game it would have made way more sense for it to be an actual Star Fox game and not the **** Wii U game that was made. Not saying it's not possible, but doesn't seem to add up to me.

There are other rumors saying that they were at work on another game as well after finishing Tropical Freeze Wii U, but it went through development hell and Nintendo ultimately decided to cancel it or pass it over to other devs because Retro was getting nowhere with it. Some think that's why Retro isn't working on Prime 4 despite them being the easy choicethey were, and the game has actually been in production much longer than we think, but since most of the old staff who worked on the Prime titles aren't there anymore things didn't work out.

There are also rumors saying they were at work on a new IP, but Miyamoto didn't like the character side of it, so they pulled a Kirby's Epic Yarn and retooled it into an already recognizable Nintendo brand. This could've been that new IP.

I hope it's true. Sounds like a fun game.
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I think people assume Nintendo just hands out games they want done to all of their studios but that's not always the case. Sometimes the developers themselves pitch the games to Nintendo and they approve or deny it. If anything this is probably more common.

I remember Retro saying they were the ones that chose to do Tropical Freeze. I doubt Star Fox Racing is any different. Even though they were working on Star Fox Zero they probably thought this project was different enough to approve.
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