Nintendo has officially announced a brand-new Star Fox remake for Nintendo Switch 2. Launching June 25, 2026, the game rebuilds Star Fox 64 with enhanced visuals, online multiplayer, new story scenes, and Joy-Con 2 mouse controls.
Nobody saw this one coming. Nintendo dropped a full Star Fox Direct on May 7 with zero warning. No leaks the night before, no countdown timer, no teaser tweet. Just Nintendo quietly uploading a 15-minute presentation and letting the internet lose its mind.
The game is simply called Star Fox, and it is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on June 25, 2026.
A Classic Game, Rebuilt From the Ground Up
Star Fox is a remake of Star Fox 64, the beloved 1997 Nintendo 64 rail shooter that most fans still consider the best entry in the series. The new game was introduced by Nintendo legends Shigeru Miyamoto and Yoshiaki Koizumi themselves, which tells you Nintendo is treating this one seriously.
This is the first new Star Fox release since 2016’s Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard for Wii U. That is nearly a decade of silence from Fox McCloud and crew.
While the stage layouts and core gameplay stay close to the 1997 original, everything else has been rebuilt. The visuals are completely overhauled, and the character designs for Fox, Falco, Peppy, and Slippy look more realistic and more animal-like than ever before. New cinematic cutscenes with fully voiced dialogue have been added throughout the campaign, along with never-before-seen mission briefings between stages that give you more time with the characters and the world of the Lylat System.
New Modes Worth Getting Excited About
The original campaign is intact, but Nintendo has stacked a lot on top of it.
Challenge Mode lets you replay stages you have already finished, now with new objectives and its own difficulty settings. It is a solid reason to keep playing after you roll credits.
Battle Mode is where multiplayer fans will spend serious time. It supports 4v4 dogfights between Team Star Fox and Team Star Wolf, with up to eight players competing across three stages. You can fight for zone control on Corneria, collect crystals on Fichina, or grab cargo from space pirates in Sector Y. Private matches and online matchmaking are both available.
Locally, up to four players can jump in using GameShare. Online, you can use GameShare through GameChat, making it easy to get a full squad together without everyone needing their own copy.
A Co-op Mode Nobody Expected
One of the bigger surprises from the Direct is a co-op twist that nobody saw coming. Two players can team up inside a single Arwing, with one handling the flying and the other taking over targeting and shooting using Joy-Con 2 mouse controls. It sounds chaotic and honestly kind of brilliant.
Mouse controls are also available as a standalone option for solo play, giving you more precise aim during the campaign. The Nintendo Switch Online N64 controller is supported too, for anyone chasing that full nostalgia hit.
How Fox McCloud Made His Comeback
The return of Star Fox did not come completely out of nowhere. Back in April, Fox McCloud appeared as a major cameo in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, voiced by Glen Powell, where he helps Mario and friends travel across the galaxy. Fans immediately started connecting the dots.
Leaker NatetheHate also revealed the existence of a new classic-style Star Fox game ahead of Nintendo’s announcement, so the rumor mill was already spinning before the Direct dropped.
A Franchise With Deep Roots
Star Fox goes all the way back to 1993, when the original game launched on Super NES using Nintendo’s Super FX chip to pull off 3D graphics on 16-bit hardware. It was a technical achievement at the time and spawned one of Nintendo’s most beloved franchises.
Over the decades, the series produced Star Fox Adventures on GameCube, Star Fox Command on Nintendo DS, and of course Star Fox 64, which became the gold standard the series has kept returning to. Fox McCloud has also been a staple of the Super Smash Bros. roster since the very beginning, with Falco joining in Melee and Wolf coming in with Brawl.
What It Costs and How Much Space You Need
Star Fox will be available both physically and digitally. The digital version is priced at $49.99 and requires at least 14 GB of storage space. The physical version will run you $59.99.
Pre-orders are already live on official Nintendo website if you want to lock it in.
For comparison, most Nintendo Switch 2 first-party titles launch at higher price points, so the $50 digital price is a pleasant surprise for fans who were expecting to pay full premium.
Worth the Wait?
After nearly ten years away, Fox McCloud is back with a proper modern showcase. New visuals, new story content, online multiplayer, and a co-op mode that nobody asked for but everyone will probably love.
Is it another Star Fox 64 remake? Yes. But from everything Nintendo showed, this version has enough new material to make it worth your time whether you grew up with the original or you are coming in fresh.
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