by Steve
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| The real sequel to Star Fox. |
In
case you don't know, Star Fox 64
is not a sequel to the legendary Star Fox.
It is a reboot of the series. The true sequel to the polygonal space
shooter was simply titled Star Fox 2,
and it was a Super Nintendo game. According to lead programmer Dylan
Cuthbert, the title "was fully completed," but was never
released because the N64 was about to launch, and Miyamoto "wanted
to have a clean break between 3D games on the SNES and 3D games on
the superior 64-bit system." As a result, the game was quietly
canceled and the big N decided to hit the reset button on the
franchise, reworking material from the two games to create Star
Fox 64, a re-imagining of the
Lylat System.
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| Star Fox 2 was so close to being released, the box art was already done. |
There
have been a lot of rumblings about a new entry in the series, and
Miyamoto himself has said that he would like to see a Star
Fox game on the Wii U. The
question is, would enough fans buy the new title to make it a good
investment? The series hasn't been selling as well as Nintendo would
like, and Miyamoto himself has acknowledged this. According to
vgchartz, 650,000 copies of Star Fox 64
have been sold worldwide since it's release almost one year ago.
While that might sound like a lot, those aren't exactly the kinds of
numbers that would warrant a brand new game. Creating something from
the ground up is exponentially more expensive than repackaging old
material, and that is where Star Fox 2
comes in.
