After the success of Star Fox, Nintendo decided to make a sequel on the same system. However, with the release of the Nintendo 64 looming close, Nintendo decided to cancel the game despite it being nearly complete. Many features of this game were later reused in Star Fox 64, most notably Star Wolf, and the game itself was later leaked as source code and compiled into a working ROM. The game was later released for the SNES Classic console as an unlockable game, marking its first official release. Since then, the game was also released for the Nintendo Switch Online service.
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Star Fox 2 is a fascinating piece of gaming history. Its open-ended strategy elements and real-time dogfights were ambitious for the SNES era, and it's genuinely fun to fly around and protect Corneria. However, the choppy framerate, confusing UI, and limited mission variety make it more of a novelty now than a must-play. If you're a diehard Star Fox fan or just curious about unreleased games, it's worth checking out, but be prepared for a bit of a rough ride.
Someone at Nintendo saw Star Fox and thought, what if this were a tower-defence game? And they made then shelved it in favour of more technical grunt on the N64.
It’s a surprisingly good match-up. You intercept missiles, viruses and attack bases. This has 360 degree cockfighting as well as some indoor on-foot 3rd perspective shootouts similar to Doom.
Also introduces the Wolf team and some never seen before and since cat and poodle.
I found the experience all consuming in my session, put aside 1-2 hours to beat this on Hard… probably less time on Medium and I’d wager more on Expert.
Star Fox 2 is great, but it’s definitely in the vain of the “sequel” space where the game is reinventing the wheel instead of iterating on the previous game’s format.
Definitely is more of a high score chasing game, there is a constant timer and beating the game sooner seems like a great challenge! I’d place it in my top 10 or so SNES games.
It’s a surprisingly good match-up. You intercept missiles, viruses and attack bases. This has 360 degree cockfighting as well as some indoor on-foot 3rd perspective shootouts similar to Doom.
Also introduces the Wolf team and some never seen before and since cat and poodle.
I found the experience all consuming in my session, put aside 1-2 hours to beat this on Hard… probably less time on Medium and I’d wager more on Expert.
Star Fox 2 is great, but it’s definitely in the vain of the “sequel” space where the game is reinventing the wheel instead of iterating on the previous game’s format.
Definitely is more of a high score chasing game, there is a constant timer and beating the game sooner seems like a great challenge! I’d place it in my top 10 or so SNES games.
i barely remember this game but if was cool, impressive stuff but felt way too short and not much substance to warrant a replay besides getting a higher score
this would've blown some minds had it released in 1996 though
6/10
this would've blown some minds had it released in 1996 though
6/10
É a mesma mecânica do primeiro só q mais polida
A surprisingly good unreleased sequel we never got until now. Surprises me how much better the control feels compared to the original one. The strategic side of it it's ok, it's a game made on purpose for a single playthrough in the arcade way you can imagine.
No clue what was really happening in this game but I beat it and had fun. I like the little mech mode. It feels like a fun little dlc to the original. I’m glad it was finally released. Played as Slippy of course.