{"id":1929036,"date":"2026-05-11T08:58:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1929036"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:58:54","slug":"despite-previous-comments-star-foxs-original-creator-thinks-switch-2-version-is-exactly-what-he-had-in-mind-in-the-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1929036","title":{"rendered":"Despite previous comments, Star Fox&#8217;s original creator thinks Switch 2 version is &#8220;exactly&#8221; what he &#8220;had in mind&#8221; in the 90s"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-fox-2026\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Star Fox (2026)<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Despite previous comments, Star Fox&#8217;s original creator thinks Switch 2 version is &#8220;exactly&#8221; what he &#8220;had in mind&#8221; in the 90s<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">McCloudy with a chance of barrel rolls.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Fox-McCloud-in-Star-Fox-remake-for-Switch-2_Wunydqt.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Fox McCloud in Star Fox remake for Switch 2\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Fox-McCloud-in-Star-Fox-remake-for-Switch-2_Wunydqt.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-11T08:58:54+00:00\">May 11, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-fox-character-design-takaya-imamura-realistic?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          14 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"d51ff43c-2808-4265-919d-4939f1f67ff6\" data-name=\"Star Fox (2026)\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Star Fox (2026)\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Star Fox (2026)\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Star Fox (2026)\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Star Fox (2026)\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Star Fox (2026)\" title=\"Follow Star Fox (2026)\"><br \/>\n  Follow Star Fox (2026)<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a>&#8216;s original creator says the characters&#8217; design in the newly-announced game is &#8220;exactly what [he] had in mind&#8221; when he was making the Nintendo 64 version.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Nintendo announced a remake of the 90s classic, with much more realistic character models for our four heroes Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare. However, some were put off by the upcoming game&#8217;s visuals, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-fox-64-remake-fox-mccloud-design\">Star Fox&#8217;s original creator Takaya Imamura said he preferred the recent Super Mario Galaxy Movie&#8217;s design of Fox McCloud to the newly-announced game&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Star Fox 64 3D - GameTrailers Review\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lnsLJsOZ5AY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/lnsLJsOZ5AY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Star Fox 64 3D &#8211; GameTrailers Review<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Star Fox 64 3D &#8211; GameTrailers Review. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lnsLJsOZ5AY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former Nintendo game designer has now made further comments about the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-fox-64\">Star Fox 64<\/a> remake &#8211; known simply as Star Fox &#8211; on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ima_1966\">his X account<\/a>, affirming he is a fan of the new-look character designs. In fact, the new game &#8220;exactly&#8221; what he had in mind when he was creating the original, and he &#8220;absolutely [loves] the incredibly realistic character designs&#8221; it has (translated by DeepL).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for why he still prefers Fox McCloud&#8217;s design in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/movies\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-2026\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a> though, well, &#8220;Fox in the film is just too cute&#8221;, he said. In an additional post, Imamura praised the expression on Fox&#8217;s face when he meets Mario in the film, calling it &#8220;just brilliant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way he seems hostile for a split second but then they immediately show understanding for one another is brilliant,&#8221; Imamura enthused. When then further questioned about the new game&#8217;s decision to give its characters &#8220;real feet as opposed to the past cybernetic leg designs&#8221;, Imamura said he admires &#8220;the designers&#8217; spirit of adventure&#8221;, and that he believes &#8220;this is an expression they arrived at after thoroughly researching and reflecting&#8221; on the Star Fox series as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, though, &#8220;no matter what style or arrangement they take on, the moment these four come together, they&#8217;re instantly recognised as Star Fox,&#8221; Imamura said. &#8220;It really makes me reflect once again on the incredible power of symbolism in character design\u2026&#8221; He did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Star Fox's lead character Fox McCloud sitting on a chair as Falco, Peppy and Slippy stand around him\" height=\"1685\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Star-Fox's-lead-characters-Fox-McCloud-sitting-on-a-chair-as-Falco%2C-Peppy-and-Slippy-stand-around-him.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.1869436201780414\" width=\"2000\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Star Fox's lead character Fox McCloud sitting on a chair as Falco, Peppy and Slippy stand around him\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Star-Fox's-lead-characters-Fox-McCloud-sitting-on-a-chair-as-Falco%2C-Peppy-and-Slippy-stand-around-him.jpg\" height=\"1685\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.1869436201780414\" width=\"2000\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Star Fox is set to release later this year, on 25th June. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-remake-of-star-fox-64-is-coming-to-switch-2-this-june\">game will include new cutscenes in the form of pre-mission briefings to give us more context about the characters and the world<\/a>, as well as a multiplayer element and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We first got wind that a new Star Fox game was in the works when its existence was leaked in March. At this time, it was also reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/all-new-star-fox-and-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-reportedly-set-for-switch-2-release-this-year\">Nintendo was developing a Switch 2 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake<\/a>, which is said to be planned for some time around the festive season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a>&#8216;s original creator says the characters&#8217; design in the newly-announced game is &#8220;exactly what [he] had in mind&#8221; when he was making the Nintendo 64 version.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Nintendo announced a remake of the 90s classic, with much more realistic character models for our four heroes Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare. However, some were put off by the upcoming game&#8217;s visuals, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-fox-64-remake-fox-mccloud-design\">Star Fox&#8217;s original creator Takaya Imamura said he preferred the recent Super Mario Galaxy Movie&#8217;s design of Fox McCloud to the newly-announced game&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Star Fox 64 3D - GameTrailers Review\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lnsLJsOZ5AY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/lnsLJsOZ5AY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Star Fox 64 3D &#8211; GameTrailers Review<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Star Fox 64 3D &#8211; GameTrailers Review. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lnsLJsOZ5AY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former Nintendo game designer has now made further comments about the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-fox-64\">Star Fox 64<\/a> remake &#8211; known simply as Star Fox &#8211; on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ima_1966\">his X account<\/a>, affirming he is a fan of the new-look character designs. In fact, the new game &#8220;exactly&#8221; what he had in mind when he was creating the original, and he &#8220;absolutely [loves] the incredibly realistic character designs&#8221; it has (translated by DeepL).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As for why he still prefers Fox McCloud&#8217;s design in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/movies\/the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-2026\">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie<\/a> though, well, &#8220;Fox in the film is just too cute&#8221;, he said. In an additional post, Imamura praised the expression on Fox&#8217;s face when he meets Mario in the film, calling it &#8220;just brilliant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way he seems hostile for a split second but then they immediately show understanding for one another is brilliant,&#8221; Imamura enthused. When then further questioned about the new game&#8217;s decision to give its characters &#8220;real feet as opposed to the past cybernetic leg designs&#8221;, Imamura said he admires &#8220;the designers&#8217; spirit of adventure&#8221;, and that he believes &#8220;this is an expression they arrived at after thoroughly researching and reflecting&#8221; on the Star Fox series as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, though, &#8220;no matter what style or arrangement they take on, the moment these four come together, they&#8217;re instantly recognised as Star Fox,&#8221; Imamura said. &#8220;It really makes me reflect once again on the incredible power of symbolism in character design\u2026&#8221; He did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Star Fox's lead character Fox McCloud sitting on a chair as Falco, Peppy and Slippy stand around him\" height=\"1685\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Star-Fox's-lead-characters-Fox-McCloud-sitting-on-a-chair-as-Falco%2C-Peppy-and-Slippy-stand-around-him.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.1869436201780414\" width=\"2000\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Star Fox's lead character Fox McCloud sitting on a chair as Falco, Peppy and Slippy stand around him\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Star-Fox's-lead-characters-Fox-McCloud-sitting-on-a-chair-as-Falco%2C-Peppy-and-Slippy-stand-around-him.jpg\" height=\"1685\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.1869436201780414\" width=\"2000\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Star Fox is set to release later this year, on 25th June. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/a-remake-of-star-fox-64-is-coming-to-switch-2-this-june\">game will include new cutscenes in the form of pre-mission briefings to give us more context about the characters and the world<\/a>, as well as a multiplayer element and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We first got wind that a new Star Fox game was in the works when its existence was leaked in March. At this time, it was also reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/all-new-star-fox-and-zelda-ocarina-of-time-remake-reportedly-set-for-switch-2-release-this-year\">Nintendo was developing a Switch 2 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake<\/a>, which is said to be planned for some time around the festive season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Star Fox (2026) Despite previous comments, Star Fox&#8217;s original creator thinks Switch 2 version is &#8220;exactly&#8221; what he &#8220;had in mind&#8221; in the 90s McCloudy with a chance of barrel rolls. 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