Name of topic might change if and when official name is released... unless Nintendo goes down the Super Smash Bros. route and literally just calls the game "Star Fox for Wii U" which is ****ing lazy and stupid.

ANYWAY, so Star Fox is one of those Nintendo franchises that's very unique, in that it's widely popular and recognized among the fanbase, yet doesn't have many games to it's name. In fact, since it's debut in 1993 (over 20 years ago, mind you), there are only 5 games in the entire series, 6 if you include the 3DS remake of Star Fox 64. Compare that to any other Nintendo franchise as widely recognized as Star Fox; setting aside mega-franchises like Mario, Pok?mon, and The Legend of Zelda, Metroid has had 11 games since 1986, Kirby has had at LEAST 23 games since his debut in 1992 (a mere year before Star Fox), even the F-Zero series, a series that similarly is being ignored by Nintendo, has 10 freaking games in the series (thought to be fair, two of them are remakes, and one of them is based on the anime series)! Why no love for Star Fox? I recall shortly after the release of Star Fox: Command, the last NEW Star Fox game released back in 2006 or so, one of the developers said it was a lot of work and were done with Star Fox for a while. Really, it's weird to say that since Star Fox games are so far and few between. I mean, Shigeru Miyamoto passed on The Legend of Zelda series to Eiji Aonuma, so wouldn't it be easy enough to put someone else in care of the Star Fox series to allow more games in the franchise? Eh, what do I know, perhaps developing a game is more complicated then that, and everyone who was involved in the previous Star Fox games were probably busy with other projects or something.

Regardless, that whole rant aside, while Star Fox wasn't the main focus of Nintendo's E3 event this year, we WERE leaked through TIME magazine that Shigeru Miyamoto IS, in fact, working on a new Star Fox game! Not to mention, one of the three main games Miyamoto showed off was, in fact, a new Star Fox for the Wii U!

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/...s-new-projects

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/g...endo/10273573/

Supposedly, you'll steer with the left joystick, and aim by using the GamePad's motion sensing... which I don't know if I like that idea, but maybe they'll iron it out when the game is released.

What's interesting to note, though, is that the two other games showed off there, Project Giant Robot and Project Guard (the former being a game where you apparently dance around as a giant robot, and the other being some kind of surveillance game where you look at different monitors running at once) are all connected to the Star Fox game in development:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-.../1100-6420390/

Makes me really curious to see what Mr. Miyamoto has in store with this installment... Though what really intrigues/irritates me is the fact that Miyamoto said that he's passing on development of this game to an external developer:

http://mynintendonews.com/2014/06/16...nal-developer/

...Okay, setting aside my rant at the beginning... haven't at least 3-4 of the games in this series been made by outside developers? Star Fox Adventures was made by Rare (and released shortly after Rare left Nintendo, I believe), Star Fox: Assault was made by Namco, and Star Fox: Command was made by Q-Games (they even helped make the Star Fox 64 3DS remake)! I mean, sure, Command was also co-developed by Nintendo EAD Group No. 2 (while the 64 remake was co-developed by Nintendo EAD Group No. 5), and Hell even the original Star Fox had some programming assistance from Argonaut Games, you'd think for a series that's so frequently outsourced to other developers would get a few more games in the series. I mean, I can kind of understand the argument for why F-Zero doesn't get more games (because Miyamoto said there isn't much for the series to go from where it is... which I think is bull****, considering how many similar Mario games there are out there), what's Star Fox's excuse?

Eh, whatever, at least we're actually getting a new Star Fox, so we're not just left with that bitter Robot Chicken joke from the Digital Event...

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Yeah, what is Star Fox's excuse? They could do a prequel with James or completely reboot the storyline like they did for 64.
Anyway, development for the new game is too young for judgment.
Star Fox Adventures was rushed towards the end because Microsoft was about to buy out Rare.

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Woah! I've been waiting for a new Star Fox game for so many years now. I really hope this newest installment for the Wii U will truly be worth the wait.

The only Star Fox game I've played is the 3DS remake.

It does seem odd it's seen so few releases. I guess it just isn't on the same tier as some of other Nintendo's franchises.

Well, I've only played Star Fox 64 3D so I'm not one to judge, but I'm slightly saddened that Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Punch-Out weren't chosen instead.

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The only Star Fox I haven't played was Command (yes, I have played the unreleased Star Fox 2), so I know what I'm talking about when I say Star Fox still has a lot of potential.

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I really hate when everybody gives starfox Adventures crap it was the game that got me into gaming and my favorite starfox game and favorite game of all time

YOU SHOULD REALLY PLAY COMMAND IT FALLOWS UP THE STORY FROM ASSULT AND ITS REALLY GOOD

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There are both 3D AND 3D Metroid games in the works, and Nintendo hopes to announce them soon. Kid Icarus: Uprising was fairly recent, so I don't blame them for not immediately following up on it, especially since Sakurai, who directed Uprising, has been busy with the new Super Smash Bros. Punch-Out!! is a series that has had a LONG period of no games, and as such, I can wait for the inevitable "Super Punch-Out!!" for Wii U, if and when Nintendo finally gets around to it.

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It's my favorite, too.
In fact, I just beat it for the millionth time today.
Anyway, I'd definitely get 3D Metroid.
And hopefully the new Star Fox gets some good sales and reception.

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