Star Fox Reviews
A superbly polished remake with a premium price tag that might make you wait to do a barrel roll.
Whether you are a veteran Arwing pilot or a complete newcomer finally ready to tackle Andross, this 2026 revival is an absolute must-play. Beautifully honouring its arcade roots while proving that some formulas truly are timeless, Team Star Fox is just as vital today as they were over three decades ago.
Whether this game is our appetizer before a brand-new Star Fox adventure, or simply a one-off tribute to the iconic series, it’s the best Star Fox ever, and I say that with no reservations.
Star Fox is a visual spectacle, a space opera on the Nintendo Switch 2, with Nintendo once again using the 1997 game as a base to showcase technical prowess. The Switch 2 release is a fitting tribute to the original, expanding on character lore and personality - bar a few watered down vocal lines. It is still a short campaign to the credits roll, but extra challenges, surpassingly enjoyable co-op, and fun multiplayer do add a hefty bit of replay value. The Lylat Region is in safe hands once more!
It has been expanded with unlockable challenges in addition to the unlockable expert difficulty from the original. My hope is that the multiplayer is able to maintain a reasonable crowd post-launch, and that perhaps content is added to flesh out what is a very promising mode. While I've been down this road before, Star Fox 2026 is the most confident I've ever felt that we may move past the realm of remasters, remakes, and reimaginings and into the wonderful world of sequels, built on this excellent foundation.
Ultimately, Star Fox’s single player mode IS a remake of a 30-year-old game, and that means that it’s more limited and short than modern players tend to expect.
A classic brought to life in a gorgeous and faithful fashion that preserves its replayable arcadey feel and its colorful cast of characters.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Star Fox successfully modernizes Nintendo's classic rail shooter formula without losing what made it special in the first place. Fast-paced combat, excellent replay value, strong presentation, and a surprisingly fun multiplayer mode make it one of the series' strongest entries. While the campaign could be longer and longtime fans may find the core experience very familiar, it's a confident and highly entertaining return for Fox McCloud and his team.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Star Fox is a successful remake of the legendary Nintendo game, which retains the excellent, fast-paced gameplay whilst adding new graphics, cinematic presentation and several interesting modes. However, the game still has limitations stemming from the structure of the original. Fans of the series will have a brilliant time, but those hoping for a fully-fledged new instalment may be left feeling somewhat unsatisfied.
Review in Polish | Read full review
A remake that will satisfy veteran pilots and surprise those who have never stepped foot in an Arwing before. More complete than ever for solo play or co-op, the battle mode has been pushed to the background, but it still has some good ideas.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
The new Star Fox offers a remake of the Nintendo 64 classic that is excellent in every respect, from graphics to gameplay, and has been tweaked just enough to preserve the original's arcade spirit. The addition of online multiplayer mode and the new CGI cutscenes are also excellent.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Star Fox is an absolutely packed shooter that really shines with its stellar gameplay and top-notch visuals. Whether you're playing through the campaign for the dozenth time or partaking in just a few more online battles, you're bound to have oodles of fun. 🦊
This remake marks the return of an iconic and beloved series, aiming, thanks in part to its budget-friendly price, to win over both longtime fans and newcomers with its impressive cinematic art direction while faithfully recreating the original adventure without fundamentally altering its gameplay. Star Fox finally returns to the spotlight after an absence that felt far too long, reminding us just how much charm this series still has to offer. Whether this remake will serve as the definitive revival of Fox McCloud or remain a heartfelt tribute to the past is ultimately up to Nintendo. As for us, we can only hope that this is just the beginning.
Review in Italian | Read full review
A Star Fox 64 remake might not be the most exciting thing to some of the fans of the franchise; however, after years of absence, Star Fox needed an experience to remind players what made it one of Nintendo's standout classic series. And the remake succeeded in doing just that by giving us a thoroughly enjoyable rail-shooter adventure. With a focus on the story and characters, alongside an iconic orchestral soundtrack, making it the ideal launchpad to bring Star Fox back into the spotlight.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
This is how a remake is done. With reverence to the original, Star Fox does a masterful job keeping close to the source material. With a new coat of paint this game soars!
If Star Fox is intended to be a soft-reboot for an entire fleet of new games, it does the job well, and earns its place in the Nintendo Switch 2 library.
In the end, I'm naturally drawn to compare the work done here to what Nintendo gave us not too many years ago with Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, because in that case too a game was taken and recreated one to one, limited to a few quality-of-life tweaks, a refreshed visual department, and a revised soundtrack. The parallel feels apt to me, because it captures precisely the spirit of this Star Fox, namely absolute respect for the original and a desire to show it in the best possible light, without distorting its identity in any way. Bringing it all together at last, I feel comfortable defining Star Fox as a title that carries a heavy legacy on its shoulders and translates it into something appealing for a modern audience, while dragging along all the responsibilities that come with the territory. I know full well that it doesn't last long, and I can already picture the objections, yet it remains a game designed to be replayed, and from that standpoint I think it's fair to raise a few points with Velan, because one more level could have been added, perhaps drawing on the cut content from the original, which does exist, just as a brand-new solar system could have been included. Instead they chose the path of faithful treatment, executed flawlessly all the same and enriched by a masterful soundtrack that reinterprets the historic tracks with real taste. Still, there's a wish I carry with me as the review draws to a close, because I want to see Star Fox in something genuinely new, given that we've already seen the usual story of the team forced to stop Doctor Andross on countless occasions, considering that half the entries in the saga are remakes of the original. It's time to move forward, so I sincerely hope with all my heart that this is only the first stone laid on the road to new Star Fox games.
Review in Italian | Read full review
There is something special about Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2. Yes, it tells a story we’ve already heard but it’s never been told quite like this. New cinematics, challenges and quality-of-life improvements had me repeatedly diving into the Lylat Wars to find every alternate path, every cutscene and of course, the game’s true ending. Long story short, Star Fox’s campaign is polished with a capital ‘P’.
Star Fox is back, and this remake perfectly understands the strengths of the original while perhaps overlooking its weaknesses. Those who played the original on the Nintendo 64 will find the action familiar, while new players, despite the somewhat awkward controls, will enjoy the characters and the adventure. Although it feels short, even with its replay value, it's a must-have for the Switch 2, and if you're in Latin America, you'll appreciate the excellent localization and voice acting.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Star Fox spread its wings and serve up exciting arcade‑style action that is as entertaining today on Switch 2 as it was decades ago on N64 - however, long‑time fans may wish Nintendo had taken a few bigger risks.