The History of Star Fox: 30th Anniversary Full Series Retrospective | Rewind Arcade

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

I still remember the day I got Star Fox. It was late winter and it had just snowed in Virginia. I knew my mom would be taking me to the mall to get my new prescription for my glasses, and I really wanted Star Fox that had just come out. So I woke up early in the morning with my snow shovel and went around shoveling drive ways for $5 a piece. I managed to get ten sidewalks done so I didn't have enough...but the last driveway I did was my friend's house and his mom gave me the rest of the money I needed. I just remember after getting my new glasses, I ran down to the Electronics Boutique at the mall and go there just as they were getting ready to close (as it was a Sunday), and I handed over my money and got my game. It was actually the first game I had ever bought for myself with my own money. And I treasured it because of that. Star Fox 64 was a special game too. Back then we couldn't afford to get a lot of games, so I would often just rent them from the video store and play them over a weekend, often getting my fill. But sadly Star Fox 64 was one of those games that rarely ever available at Hollywood Video, Blockbuster, or the local family video shops. Eventually I gave up. But my mom was one of the most generous people I ever knew. I got back home from school one day, and she had gotten it for me. No special occasion or reason, just because. She's been gone for 20 years now, but I will never forget her kindness and generosity. I try to give as much as I can to the people in my life in her memory.

[@RewindArcade]

I love hearing stories like this! I have a lot of similar ones myself of getting up early and mowings lawns and chopping wood to buy video games back then. Thanks so much for sharing these memories, they’re always my favorite comments. Your mom also sounds like a kind and caring woman. It’s great you recognize that and try to honor her as you move forward in life.

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

@@RewindArcade We gotta share our blessings right?

[@DeffoZappo]

Whoa! When you mentioned Electronics Boutique I had a flashback! That's where I got A Link to the Past! I forgot the name of the place

[@neovoltron25]

Star Fox definitely needs to make a comeback, especially this is the 30th anniversary.

[@RewindArcade]

Fingers crossed!

[@neovoltron25]

@@RewindArcade Also, add Miyu and Fay to the mix!!

[@orangeslash1667]

@@neovoltron25 I recommend (Astebreed) it's a very intense space shooter.

[@Robert-tl2vg]

@@neovoltron25 they should make a new Character named Robert Clark

[@neovoltron25]

@@Robert-tl2vg LOL

[@tStevester83]

You mean... Nintendo actually used to SUPPORT people who tore into their consoles to understand how they work? And ENCOURAGED people to try and push the limits of their hardware?! AND HIRED PEOPLE WHO EXPANDED UPON THEIR STORIES AND GAMES AS WRITERS AND PROGRAMMERS?!?!

[@WRILLI4M]

And yet, look at how they treat Star Fox nowadays...

[@orangeslash1667]

@@WRILLI4M I recommend Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-sparked!, and Bot Vice there like Star Fox Assault in 2d.

[@SuperMelphis]

​@@orangeslash1667neither of those are like Starfox panzer dragoon and rainbow cotton are much more like starfox

[@orangeslash1667]

@@SuperMelphis Remember Assault was first SF game with land missions. Thats why I mention Bot Vice because it was similar land missions. For games like SF 64 there's, Ex-Zodiac, Astrodogs, Gridd Retroenhanced, Whisker Squadron: Survivor, Project Nimbus: Complete Edition and Astebreed: Definitive Edition.

[@SuperMelphis]

@@orangeslash1667 haven't heard of some of those I look forward to checkin them out

[@joharakiri]

Now THAT is what I call a retrospective! In depth and non biased. Increasingly rare with so many youtubers taking up commenting on retro games.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks a ton, really appreciate the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lifebeginsat8bit]

Good sir! Excellent work as always. Thanks again for allowing to collaborate with you on this documentary. I'm super proud of the work we've done!

[@RewindArcade]

Back at ya my friend! Thanks for partnering on this with me!

[@RewindArcade]

You should watch the whole video. 😉

[@orangeslash1667]

@@RewindArcade oh

[@mevb]

Just want to point out that in Star Fox Adventures, General Scales didn't work together with Andross' spirit/ghost but Andross was taking advantage of Scales' plan and Fox's involvement to revive himself from the dead. Scales were pretty much unaware of Andross until the very end when he attempted to assault Fox in The Krazoa Palace, after Fox have returned the Spell Stones to the Volcano and Ocean Force Point Temples and gotten nearly all the Krazoa Spirits back to the Krazoa Palace. He revealed himself just as the both of them were about to fight when he interviened, revealed himself (though not by name but Fox afterwards recognized the voice, only realizing it after Andross' rebirth when he was attacking him in Dinosaur Planet's orbit) to the General and forced him to give the last Krazoa spirit to Fox, in order to make his revival possible.

[@skywalkerranch]

This documentary is excellent. Thanks for going above and beyond in making this.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks so much, happy you enjoyed it!

[@cedarvalleygaming]

Star Fox instantly got my attention with it's 3D visuals and being a fan of Star Wars, military aircraft and fictional spacecraft. As I got older my favorite Nintendo series transitioned from Super Mario Bros to Star Fox and Metroid, their respective leads are now my favorite Nintendo characters. I was really looking forward to this video and I wasn't disappointed, great work!

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks so much man, appreciate you watching! Yeah the Arwing ship’s design was really eye catching, especially back then, and the decision to use animal pilots really worked out too. So many unique aspects all worked together to form an experience unlike any other.

[@BruceWayne-pf5eb]

I was in the first contest for star fox when it launched in Canada. I can still remember walking into my local K-Mart for game day. For a kid it was a very important moment in my life. I didn't do very well as the contest was the first time I was able to play the game but I was impressed and fell in love at first flight. Well done with this amazing retrospective/ Watching this brings back great memories, thanks for this.

[@RewindArcade]

That’s awesome! Those type of events are usually pretty fun even if you don’t end up doing so well in the tournament. Thanks for sharing the memories and really appreciate the kind words.

[@PowerPandaMods]

To this day, I still can't believe that Starfox 2 actually got an official release. I think it's one of the best retro gaming surprises in history.

[@RewindArcade]

Definitely something unprecedented in the world of gaming. It was such an awesome surprise when it got announced, even if the ROM had been floating around for years.

[@PowerPandaMods]

@@RewindArcade If you remember, the rom that had been floating around was a late beta. The finished rom had never been leaked.

[@RewindArcade]

@@PowerPandaMods Definitely, but the majority of the game was there and pretty intact.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@PowerPandaMods Good news Argonaut Games has returned!!!!

[@EthanWinters176]

39 days until Star Fox's 30th Birthday... It's been a long ride.

[@lifebeginsat8bit]

It's hard to believe, but here we are!

[@Superemie401]

Time goes too fast! I feel like if the first game came out yesterday!

[@CptMuttonchops]

and the same game for the most of it.

[@Superemie401]

@@CptMuttonchops I don’t understand. Repeating the story of Star Fox isn’t okay while it’s okay with Mario?!

[@orangeslash1667]

@@Superemie401 It's hard to evolve a series, when the gameplay is an hour long. I recommend (Astebreed) it's a very intense space shooter.

[@cosmic_drew]

Wow. I'm 20 minutes in and this is amazingly well made. I checked the time to see if I was close to the end and holy crap this is a monster of a video. I'm beyond impressed.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you so much, really happy you’re enjoying it!

[@EpsilonXenos]

My most fond and happy memories with this series was playing Star Fox Assault on the multi-player mode with some friends on Katina Outpost. Such a great game with an actual serviceable story, and definitely the best gameplay. Transition between on foot, vehicle and aerial combat was awesome and it even had on-rails sections. It's a damn shame we'll never get another decent installation in the series.

[@RewindArcade]

That’s awesome!! I never played the multiplayer, but it looks super fun. I think Assault is a great game that introduced some interesting new gameplay. My only complaint was that the on-foot sections seemed to go on a bit too long at times.

[@EpsilonXenos]

@ChrisB Crisps Assault's gameplay was most similar to Halo. Which is probably why I love Halo so much after I discovered it. In another analysis essay on Star Fox Assault from a KZbinr which I forgot their name. The game was actually gonna have a total of 16 player matches via a Local Area Network. Too bad that never came to fruition.

[@EpsilonXenos]

@ChrisB Crisps I agree, the on foot sections were a bit annoying, especially when paired with their terrible on-foot controller configurations and the odd button layout and ergonomics of the GameCube controller.

[@RewindArcade]

Oh wow, that’s really interesting! I believe Mario Kart Double Dash had a similar plan as well if I remember correctly.

[@EpsilonXenos]

@@RewindArcade That's interesting. There seems to be a common trend of GameCube games almost utilizing LAN functionality but scrapping it last minute.

[@alexis4594]

This is such a fantastic deep dive! As a long time fan of Starfox 64, its great to see a full breakdown of the entire franchise! Thank you!

[@RewindArcade]

Appreciate you watching! Really happy you enjoyed it!

[@Stoonk]

42:38 very insightful from Miyamoto and so true

[@phreeze83]

the intro music OMG. the video was playing in background in autorun and directly had to switch tabs to see it :D

[@RewindArcade]

Amazing haha! Definitely my favorite Star Fox arrangement!

[@joga_bonito_aro]

The story of these three kids is batshit crazy... and I love it

[@TBoneTony]

During the N64 era, I was more of a RAREWARE fan than a StarFox fan. So I really enjoyed StarFox Adventures despite the fact it was never originally a StarFox Game to begin with. Love Krystal especially in her StarFox Adventures design.

[@TheHippyProductions]

Yeah I liked it too but I had a handmedown tv with no brightness setting and that game got too dark to play lol I barely fumbled my way through KH1's dark areas on that thing back as a kid and didnt have patience for another game like that

[@cauanalvesgarcia3650]

The Design For Icecreamman Creator Model Krystal Star Fox Event Horizon

[@ChaosXeloc]

Just starting the SF64 portion, and I was genuinely shocked to see how little attention this video has gotten! This is great stuff, very well put together thus far. Please continue making content like this, and I will pray for your ever further success!

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and am happy you enjoyed the video!

[@Tailstraw_xD]

Can't let you do that, Star Fox.

[@ธัชพล005]

Man this video deserve more view. Statfox fan from thailand

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!!

[@bl4ckw1ngz64]

It's a miracle that Star Fox 2 came out, the person in charge of the SNES Classic production remembered that SF2 had a final build and asked for its inclusion, which was greenlit and so we got it

[@RewindArcade]

Yeah, so crazy how all of that came about! I’m still amazed that Nintendo gave them permission to utilize the ROM.

[@beauwalker9820]

Actually, the story goes they were using the ROM to test the SNES Classic's SuperFX2 chip recreation, (the chip required for not only the StarFox games, but Yoshi's Island too) and they decided to include it too as a bonus.

[@exidy-yt]

The ROM of it had been leaked a while back and was running on emulators so the cat was well out of the bag and Nintendo had nothing to lose but still money to gain. I am glad they made the decision too: playing it on the SNES mini with the proper gamepad controller just feels more RIGHT then with an Xbox360 controller on a PC.

[@dennisveneman9469]

@@beauwalker9820 bullshit story.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

It is actually kind of crazy that it happened. I agree.

[@dompne33]

Great video! Star fox assault is so underrated! It is fantastic. Hope we get a new fox game soon!!

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks a ton!! Yeah, Assault definitely deserves more love and is better than most people give it credit for. I always wonder if the game would’ve performed better had they not done the Blockbuster rental pre-release agreement. Thanks for watching! 👍

[@TheDr502]

I actually think Star Fox Assault is the 2nd best entry in the series behind SF64. Not sure why people complained about that game so much? I had no problem with the on-foot levels in the game.

[@kurokamina8429]

​@@TheDr502they hate it because there was no branching paths, not enough on rail sections, and having on foot levels at all. All of which is pretty dumb

[@vito]

Hey man, glad to see you got some decent views on this one!

[@UltorCXXVIII]

What an unbelievable master piece. I'm totally shock what a great documentary you did Sir. Thank you so much for sharing this. You done an astonishing work, everything is perfect from the editing till the commentary. What a great movie you give us to watch! Warm regards.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks so much, I appreciate the kind words and am really glad you enjoyed it! Jonathan from Life Begins at 8-Bit deserves a lot of the praise too as he helped put this one together with me. Thanks again for watching!

[@HylianWindRider]

I'm only at the Star Fox 1 part and can already tell this will be great.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy the rest! 👍

[@jazzminrice]

I wish Starfox Zero didn’t reboot the series yet again, this is my first time hearing the entire history of the series but it’s so cool knowing that there was continuity from Starfox 64-Starfox Command, I definitely want to give the entire series a try as I’ve only played and completed Starfox 64

[@RewindArcade]

Yeah, it seemed like a strange decision to reboot the series yet again, but Command’s multiple endings definitely put the canon in a strange place.

[@zephyr8072]

It’s yet another result of Miyamoto’s constant meddling. Sometimes that works out really well, sure. Like with Metroid Prime and Starfox 64. Other times result in Starfox’s reboot loops and no F-Zero for decades because nobody can figure out how to innovate a game where you drive the cars with your nose or something.

[@WRILLI4M]

Apparently Nintendo wants to keep Star Fox indefinitely in this loop, retelling the Lylat Wars over and over again. Even Starlink has tie-ins to this arc, despite being an entirely different game.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@zephyr8072 It's because SF and FZ are based on arcade games, because arcade games are short its hard to evolve them.

[@zephyr8072]

@@orangeslash1667 Starfox is not based on an arcade game, only F-Zero GX is based on one. That's a poor excuse in any case.

[@mikedrop4421]

The density of info in this documentary is mind blowing. Well done guys

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you so much! Appreciate you watching!

[@LARKXHIN]

I think this is the first star fox video I've ever seen on KZbin in 10 years of watching video essays.

[@RewindArcade]

Oh wow, that’s really surprising! Hope you enjoy this one. 👍

[@demonboy619]

Unpopular pick but Starfox Adventures will always be my favorite game ever and therefore my favorite Starfox game. I wish I never got rid of my gamecube

[@tyalexander9005]

happy bday starfox!!!!

[@sirkingpinmonroe4439]

Star Fox Assault will always be my favorite in the series.

[@RewindArcade]

It’s a highly underrated game that really deserved better.

[@PaulvonOberstein]

Assault isn't the worst Star Fox, but in a world with Star Fox Command and Star Fox Zero, that's a low bar.

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

@@PaulvonOberstein Star Fox Command was one of my biggest gaming disappointments. Once I finally managed to save up for a DS Lite in my early adulthood, I got that game as my first game with it...and it blew so hard.

[@USERWASBANNED]

I should probably replay it, my first game was Adventures when I was a kid and I loved it so going into Assault thinking it was going to be "Adventures 2" really put me off and I believe I quickly returned it before completing it. Turns out it was the remnants of Dinosaur Planet that I liked so much about Adventures.

[@Z-Mikes00]

@@PaulvonOberstein zero is very good lol

[@PapiPandaTheWise]

Phenomenal Video. Some of your best work. I didnt play Star Fox Command and didnt realize there were so many other characters to play and 9 different endings you could get. Kinda wild for a DS game. I will also have to check out Starlink now after this video lol

[@lifebeginsat8bit]

Yes! I'm so stoked to hear that. I don't think you'll be disappointed with Starlink.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks man! Yeah, the sheer amount of playable characters in Command surprised me too. It play surprisingly well for an early 3D DS game!

[@tonyfknb3896]

Star Fox assault was so ahead of its time! I used to play that game with my brother and friends all the time!! Until this video I totally forgot all about it. They really dropped the ball on that one. It had so much potential and could have made it even so much better with bigger maps and refining the controls. But then just disappeared. The fact you could fly the arwing and wolfens or get in the tank or run on foot and use grenades, sniper rifles, machine guns etc. There was nothing out at the time that allowed you to really do all of that in 1 multi player game. It was so fun! Man I miss that game

[@meroxihunter5152]

I hope that one day Star Fox will come back. i really want new star fox game maybe next nintendo console

[@Superemie401]

Happy birthday to my favorite series!

[@LITTLE1994]

Nothing beats the groundbreaking SNES and N64 titles. But we need a new Star Fox game, just like F-Zero...

[@orangeslash1667]

I recommend (Astebreed) it's a very intense space shooter.

[@SumnerTube21]

I would say Starfox Assault on Cube beats them both

[@orangeslash1667]

@@SumnerTube21 I recommend Bot Vice, It's very similar to Assault gameplay.

[@Z-Mikes00]

we have zero and that was really awesome

[@kurokamina8429]

​@@SumnerTube21assault YES

[@elec8101]

What a coincidence, earlier this year I got Star Fox Zero for Wii U along with Star Fox Guard. I still have yet to play it, since I've been focusing on other games.

[@RewindArcade]

Nice, curious to hear what you think of them.

[@Z-Mikes00]

zero is amazing

[@DeformedLunchbox]

This is an amazing video. I love your channel. Keep making videos. You deserve way more subs!

[@RewindArcade]

Really appreciate the kind words, that means a lot! Thanks so much for watching!

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Jesus man.. Star Fox is a cool game I used to play it when I was 10 years old in 2011 on the GameCube I ain't gonna lie it's pretty nostalgic. 30th Anniversary for this gold? Phenomenal!!

[@A88mph]

1:49:20 Mostly due to Miyamoto's hubris from what I can see.

[@Ranter-yi9zq]

I just can't wait for the next episode of A Fox in Space. If you haven't watched it, plase do. It's freakin amazing

[@lucky777seven5]

So many informations, so interesting. Wonderful video, thank you so much.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you, really appreciate you watching!

[@Joyceages]

This was extremely well made and very entertaining. Glad I stumbled across this.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@cjanowiczGameDev]

That was a great documentary, I Iearned a lot of cool stuff! Thanks!

[@RewindArcade]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!

[@slysonic0367]

I really do hope Nintendo give StarFox another shot. I think with their old ip’s finding success on the switch StarFox can become popular again if given the same care and treatment

[@RewindArcade]

I think if we do get an announcement it’ll be this year for the 30th anniversary. Fingers crossed!

[@ilikethecokev2]

@@RewindArcade I'd even be happy with just ports of Adventures and Assault (my personal favorite entry)

[@Z-Mikes00]

honestly if u ask me the reason for the issues with star fox are its fans, assault got panned for not being like 64 (despite it being a great game), command was just bad anyways, so for zero its clear they wanted to recapture the 64 feeling again since assault didnt do well, they did and once again got shit cause its too much like it and "cOntrOls bAd". ik not all star fox fans are bad but man they need to stop circle jerking 64 so much and accept experimentation cause assault and zero are fantastic

[@kurokamina8429]

​@@Z-Mikes00fans is most certainly a factor with the other being miyamoto gimmick first approach.

[@WRILLI4M]

Thats the problem. Nintendo apparently couldn't care less about Star Fox as of today. Since they still fail to move on from the Lylat Wars arc for some weird reason, they sort of left the Arwings in suspended animation.

[@Arcodus]

Thank you so much for this walkthrough of Starfox history, it was REALLY well made and a joy to watch!

[@RewindArcade]

I appreciate the kind words and am happy you enjoyed it! Thanks a ton for watching!

[@cashnelson2306]

The wii u slapped so hard. Absolute banger of a console. It's gonna be as beloved in 20 years as the Dreamcast is now.

[@RewindArcade]

I feel like Nintendo has done everything in their power to try and erase the Wii U by bringing almost every successful title over to the Switch. Something that seemed very “un-Nintendo-like” for the company, though the games all sold pretty poorly so I get why it was done.

[@flink1231]

Outstanding video and quality! Thanks! I'm already looking forward to the next video!

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks a ton!!

[@lonergothonline]

I imagined recently that the starfox universe could have some form of a pilots' academy/high school setting. The idea, various students with varying personalities, skills, commitments, loyaties, and you take on the role of a student who gets into various troubles, makes friends out of enemies, and gets helped by engineers and historians, who ends up in a old and busted arwing during a training exercise that goes awry and where people learn of your piloting skill firsthand, which eventually leads to you saving the school, and a further threat at a later date perhaps to save a nearby city, then after a period of reflection, getting to know the other students better and everyone coming together to help each other out, save the planet and go on to team up together with other people to save the entire lylat system. y'know, kind of like a cross between a persona game, one of those final fantasy games, a fire emblem game or two, starfox, air combat/ace combat series and things like valkeyria chronicles or metal gear 5/peacewalker where you build up your team and base. the idea comes from the fact that you could have all sorts of eccentrics, normals, and people with different skill sets and disciplines, all coming together at an academy in an effort to better themselves for their own goals, to fulfill their own desires. and these people could have split loyaties, have vested interests in others doing well for their own benefit or for the benefit of an entire country/village... y'know, just a large gathering of people. and in any large gathering of people you can have all sorts of concepts running around. and you can just imagine the characters already without me saying them, there would that typical overbearing rules-adbiding competent upper-classmen, who has the defining character trait of being an unexceptional pilot, attending a school for piloting...there would be the mechanics obsessed loner type who sticks to their own, and holes up in the garage/hanger where they work on the vehicles...you just know that there is going to be that one kid who's in over his head and needs help...and some dude who has a duty and a responsibility to make sure his family is recognized and he saves face, but gets into trouble because he believes himself to be 'more important' than everyone else. on top of all of these ideas you could have a central theme surrounding the academy of people being free to fly the way they want, as oppose to doing things in the correct way, the same way as everyone else does them, which goes on to create a more unpredictable dogfighter on an aerial battelfield. no flying in formation for these students!

[@MindOfChrist7]

Such an amazing comprehensive breakdown of such an amazing series! Thanks for your hard work in making this video! Fully enjoyed it!

[@RewindArcade]

Appreciate the kind words, thank you so much for watching!!

[@MindOfChrist7]

@@RewindArcade No sweat! You’ve got some great content and I’m excited to check out more of your stuff. The history of Resident Evil is next for me! I do lots of driving for work, so it’s perfect for me to put on in the car and just cruise. (Safely of course 😅🫣) 🚐💨💨 Blessings to you!

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks again, hope you enjoy them!

[@yoshimasterleader]

Born in the same year as Star Fox's release and my earliest game memories being Star Fox 64 I prety much grew up with it and Hope Star Fox will come back better than ever.

[@RewindArcade]

That’s awesome and yeah, fingers crossed!

[@kylgrv]

My first Star Fox game was Star Fox 64, and it's what got me into the series, especially with the characters who we'd be flying with, and the story. It was a really fun game to play back then, and is still fun to revisit nowadays. I hope the series gets a new game in the future, or maybe a movie. I'd love to see Myu and Fay be reintroduced into the series.

[@RewindArcade]

Yeah, I’d also like to see Myu and Fay return in a new game.

[@meroxihunter5152]

i am impressed star fox 2 was released today. grace super nintendo mini and nintendo switch

[@RewindArcade]

Yeah, it was a very surprising and unprecedented event. I was hoping it might influence other companies to do similar releases, but I think it's rare that games are axed like Star Fox 2 so close to the finish line of development.

[@andreasrom6812]

This was a serious exciting video! Really good job with the storytelling 🙂

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@PowerPandaMods]

As one of the dozen people who owns and loves the Wii U, Star Fox Zero is an amazing game.

[@Z-Mikes00]

based

[@pedromallol6498]

1:41 Those look like Arnold Schwarzenegger arms from back in the day.

[@On1Zuk4-Sensei]

All my scarabs for a next gen Dog fight oriented Star Fox. A reboot would be awesome.

[@RewindArcade]

I’d love for them to let Bandai Namco take another crack at it. 👍

[@michelmephit855]

When it comes to Star Fox fan projects, the one that really stands out for me is Event Horizon.

[@ilikethecokev2]

They even got Krystal's VA to reprise her role for it

[@sparrowfox6943]

​@@ilikethecokev2 Update on that, but they also got Wolf's va on board

[@zephyr8072]

Nintendo be like: “Release the hounds.”

[@cauanalvesgarcia3650]

Star Fox Event Horizon PC- Windows Mod Free Space 2

[@Diwasho]

The story behind Adventures never stops being painful. I bet if both Dinosaur Planet and Imamura's original Star Fox sequel came out separately without merging they would have been much better games on their own, at least the former one for sure. I still loved SFA, it was *the* game that made me get GameCube, but playing it now always makes me question what could have been. And then there's the absurd cancellation of the fully completed SF2, ultimately its sacrifice was in vain thanks to all the delays of N64's launch. Even with the silver lining of this game eventually getting an official release on SNES Classic it's still so frustrating that we were robbed of this masterpiece at a time when visuals like these could actually blow you away. Releasing it decades later in an era where 3D gaming has already peaked is just not the same. Honestly, this whole franchise has suffered so badly due to mismanagement, it really deserved better.

[@RewindArcade]

Yeah, Star Fox has had such a strange and bumpy history, probably more so than almost any other series out there. I agree with you that I’d have loved to see Dinosaur Planet and Imamura’s N64 Star Fox game release separately myself. Especially because DP was so far into production already. And yeah, Star Fox 2 really did deserve better. It’s one of my favorite games in the series and really had a lot of awesome ideas and game mechanics that would have been incredibly innovative back in 1995.

[@RubenSterlingS]

Ok, I saw the whole thing, and holy! you did an impressive work with this video, kudos for that. Also made me think that Miyamoto didn't take the best course of actions with some of the launches specially with Adventures.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! Miyamoto’s relationship with the Star Fox franchise is definitely a strange one.

[@dezooielylat9134]

Thanks for the hard work put on this Video! Star Fox is one of my most beloved franchise and Fox one of my biggest childhood heros. I got really sad and emotional, remebering what happend to the frsnchise. There is so much potential if they would just give StarFox the BotW treatment, overholing the formula instead of just abusing it for some gimmiky Miyamoto ideas.. I will always have hope to something new in the next Direct, even if it never happens.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! I think the closest Star Fox got to BotW was their cameo in Starlink and that wasn’t even Nintendo making it. Hopefully we get something new announced for the series’ 30th anniversary. Thanks again for watching!

[@orangeslash1667]

I recommend (Astebreed) it's a very intense space shooter.

[@Z-Mikes00]

star fox was always replied on gimmicks. and to me i always liked that 1 and 2 with the super fx chip, 64 with the analog stick, assault with the duelstick, and zero with the game pad. all of which i think really worked out, especially zero, such a good game

[@orangeslash1667]

@@Z-Mikes00 This explains why there is no Starfox on Switch, because I can't imagine joy cons with Starfox. Thanks

[@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero]

Entering its crushing 30s, it's amazing that there is still a following for this after years of reboots and mismanagements.

[@RewindArcade]

It definitely has a very passionate fan base despite so many missteps. Really curious to see if Nintendo does anything for the series’ 30th anniversary or if Zero damaged its reputation too bad that they want to let it rest longer.

[@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero]

@@RewindArcade I'm not 100% confident that they'll do anything about. Regardless of fans, Star Fox was just never that popular to, specifically the Japanese market, since sales for the game after Star Fox 64 was abysmal. I do think that Zero has irreversibly damage the franchise too much that now, Fox, Falco, and Wolf are just only recognized as characters from the Smash series than their own game.

[@beauwalker9820]

I don't think the series even has that many reboots compared to other series. JRPGs practically reboot every single game with new characters/settings/ect.

[@Z-Mikes00]

@@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero its a shame zero failed. such an awesome game

[@orangeslash1667]

@@Hardrian_Hardrada_Cicero I recommend Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-sparked!, and Bot Vice there like Star Fox Assault in 2d.

[@DonWafle]

How this channel doesn't have much more subs? This video is awesome, even though when I'm not that big fan of Star Fox I'm amazed by the storytelling and edition of the video.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! It was a pretty long and intensive collaborative project. I'm not a massive Star Fox fan myself, but the series' history is so unique and interesting that I still loved learning about it and editing the video.

[@NichePlays]

Shocked I missed this when you first posted it! Good stuff!

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks man!!

[@thomasjohnson8391]

Let’s hope we get a new star fox game this year with returning characters from previous star fox games like krystal panther bill grey Amanda Fay algy and Lucy. Or a remake of star fox assault or a star fox collection

[@RewindArcade]

At this point I'm just hopeful for anything that's not some lame Switch avatars or another Game & Watch. 😂

[@beauwalker9820]

@@RewindArcade I'd take a Game & Watch personally. I was disappointed they didn't do one last year for Kirby's anniversary. (So it's not like they're that overdone...)

[@jessehcreative]

I wouldn’t mind Command being ported. I LOVED that game

[@orangeslash1667]

@@jessehcreative I recommend Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-sparked!, and Bot Vice there like Star Fox Assault in 2d.

[@dialupchronicles]

Thanks!

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you so much, this is actually my very first Super Thanks! I can't tell you how much I appreciate the support!!

[@dialupchronicles]

@@RewindArcade really great video!

[@SaigonBrit]

This is such as great great retrospective. As for Star Fox Zero, I am one of those weird guys who absolutely loved it. It is a spectacular bombastic game with tons of Nintendo polish and a mind-blowing soundtrack. Of course, they should have given the option for standard camera angles and traditional controls with a uniform view between TV and Gamepad or used the Gamepad for map features/short cut commands and so on. I really really hope they will not leave Star Fox Zero behind because it was such a good game despite the dodgy controls. Perhaps Star Fox Zero will make it out on the Switch in it's final year or two before the next Switch as an enhanced version with a more stable framerate and perhaps 900p (720 p and dipping framerate on Wii U) and ditch the difficult control scheme but allow optional gyro like Starfox 64 3D. I think with the massive install base of some 135 million+ Switches out there Star Fox Zero Remastered could definitely shift a few million sales (it barely sold 500,000 on the WiIU but that console only has an install base of 13.5 million and Switch has ten times that!). We can hope and pray................................

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks so much! And yeah, I enjoyed SFZ too. It's far from a perfect game, but I think they had a lot of cool ideas and fun stage designs. I'd love to see a remaster on the Switch, but at this point I'm more expecting a brand new SF game. I guess time will tell...

[@SaigonBrit]

@@RewindArcade Looking forward to it:)))

[@orangeslash1667]

@@SaigonBrit Rail shooters are difficult to evolve because of how short they are. However the still exist in indie games. For games like SF 64 there's, Ex-Zodiac, Astrodogs, Gridd Retroenhanced, Whisker Squadron: Survivor, Project Nimbus: Complete Edition and Astebreed: Definitive Edition.

[@CQCorruptionQuest]

Just started watching and holy shit your editing is good

[@RewindArcade]

Really appreciate that, hope you dig the whole video!

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Yo have you given that Star Fox Event Horizon thing a look? Very long ongoing fan project to make a modern Star Fox game and they've shown some major progress It goes back to the Lylat War again but things are more fleshed out and integrate stuff from other games in new ways. Sweet cutscenes here and there too.

[@RewindArcade]

Yeah, it looks like a pretty epic and interesting fan game. Certainly impressive! Curious to see how it turns out when it's completed.

[@cauanalvesgarcia3650]

PC To Creator Icecreamman Fan Game Star Fox Event Horizon

[@Anko3342]

It's such a shame that they didn't make a proper follow up game for the Wii after Assault, being what everyone would have wanted back then which caused Command to have so much backlash due to its multiple endings and iffy writing due to it being a game based on different story choices and paths...If not then it would have just been seen as that one weird game on the DS and wouldn't have had as much hate as it gotten. It's a shame because I really love Command and it's my favorite game in the franchise with 64 and Assault. Although I cannot deny that the weird canonicity of this one caused the series to be in a weird place afterwards and it's why it's been dead after Zero rebooted it for a second time and the 64 continuity has been dropped.

[@RewindArcade]

What’s interesting is that there was a Star Fox game in development for the Wii, but it obviously never got very far into development. It’s actually briefly mentioned in the documentary, but some of the assets and designs from the Wii project were used to build Zero in its early stages. And yeah, the canon and story choices of the franchise the past few games have been a bit strange and put it in a really weird place.

[@beauwalker9820]

Great video, my only criticism is the lack of SF64 3D & Guard in the intro. (Also, that WiiU robot game wasn't scrapped, it was retooled into a Nintendo Switch LABO game.) Despite it's ups and downs, I always loved the StarFox series. Those polygon graphics, cheesy overdramatic voices, and weirdly cute yet tough animals never get old for me. Not only was the N64 & SNES games a big part of my childhood, but it's early N64 game and fansites helped me interact with many friends, and family IRL, or online. I have my StarLink Arwing, and Fox McCloud Amiibo displayed proudly on my shelf. While I enjoyed Zero despite it's flaws, and StarLink, I hope a new StarFox comes out, or even just an improved version of Zero/Guard comes out for Switch. That nod to Iwata during the end credits of Zero still brings a tear to my eye... Truly an underrated series, and I hope it comes back again in some form. (Game or movie maybe?)

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! That’s awesome that you’ve had such great memories with the series. As for Project Giant Robot becoming a LABO game, we probably should have mentioned the potential connection, but we couldn’t find a single source linking the two projects so we ended up leaving it out.

[@jamesmoss3424]

Star fox is still brilliant today. 😀👍🎮🦊

[@lifebeginsat8bit]

Completely agree, man. I still love playing the original game even now.

[@ty_sylicus]

Very good video. I didn't realize there were this many Starfox games.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you! Yeah, there are quite a few of them and most after 64 weren’t quite as critically acclaimed and flew more under the radar.

[@ty_sylicus]

I see what ya did there. 😁

[@RewindArcade]

😎😎😎

[@ty_sylicus]

Top Gun vibes for some odd reason. Haha

[@beinghappy1312]

A big part of the reason why the first game did so well was because the soundtrack and sound effect design were epic and engrossing. The game's soundtrack would switch between pop music and orchestral perfectly to fit the theme of whatever stage you were playing.

[@RewindArcade]

One of the best SNES soundtracks ever made!

[@beinghappy1312]

@@RewindArcade Definitely

[@fatmanvidz]

Whoever edited this needs a raise

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks! It was around 300-ish hours of editing work. Nearly killed me… 😅

[@lifeonleo1074]

Great video, starting was the first SNES game I ever played and till date I hv fond memories of it. Great video.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you!!

[@TBoneTony]

The Warp Stone in StarFox Adventures only warped Fox to 2 different areas. A Snow Mountain Pass where he would meet Tricky, and Kazoa Palace when Fox obtained a Kazoa spirit and he needed to return it to the Sazoa Shrines.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

I got a SNES for Xmas back in '92. What I really wanted was SMW, but got StarFox instead. I didn't hate the game. It was ok. Still would have preferred Mario though, but my dad just got me the StarFox bundle and that was that. Never did actually manage to finish the game, but that music from the first level is so awesome.

[@RewindArcade]

I like Star Fox, but it's certainly no Super Mario World (I may have just made a lot of enemies out of my viewers, haha). That said, it has some of the best video game music of all-time. I'm still sad Hirasawa didn't continue composing for the series after the first game.

[@exidy-yt]

Haven't even started the main video yet but I have to say: That was one KICK ASS opening!

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks!! It was a lot of fun putting it together.

[@maverickherick527]

I would like to make a suggestion that in the future there could be a video of the history of 1-River city girls 2-Jak and daxter 3-sonic the hedgehog 4-Fobia st dinfna hotel 5-kaze and the wild masks 6-sly cooper 7-kingdom hearts

[@mugenmike911]

Loved it!!! Awesome documentary.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks a ton, glad you enjoyed it!

[@bxsolx5086]

This is excellent stuff. AAA production value up there with the best KZbin gaming doc channels (Strafefox & Ahoy).

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks a ton, really appreciate the kind words!

[@TBoneTony]

2001 E3, StarFox Adventures was already on the Nintendo Gamecube development and it was titled as StarFox Adventures Dinosaur Planet. The Dinosaur Planet line in the title was dropped sometime in early to mid 2002 from my memory in regards to reading the old Nintendo Gamer Mags I remember reading at the time.

[@SumnerTube21]

Dinosaur Planet is the games name when it was still intended to be an N64 game and had absolutely zero to do with Starfox. Nintendo liked it that much they wanted it into the Starfox series. The 64 prototype has been released

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

Need to remake the snes game and star fox 64 with modern graphics and that's it keep the game the same there so perfect without any mods

[@Cr4z3d]

This is really professionally done, I hope you get more subs! I also appreciate you making an effort to pronounce the japanese names accurately lol. Since you did mention fangames, an absolutely incredible one you might want to check out is Star Fox: Event Horizon. It even has the original actress for Krystal and is just amazing work for a fangame in general.

[@RewindArcade]

Thank you, appreciate that! I definitely try to do the Japanese pronunciations correctly, but in this video I actually was putting the wrong syllable emphasis on both Miyamoto and Imamura’s names. I imagine 99.9% of people won’t notice though. 😂

[@StardustSauce]

I know none of this is the point of the video but I just wanna have full clarity to all of y'all about this: Digidrive is sick and everyone should play it

[@on3trackmindtv]

My favorite series 🖤🖤🖤

[@VoltitanDev]

1:25:44 Probably after she found about the Dinosaur Adventure and its relationship with Starfox Adventures.

[@kronos5385]

What I got from viewing this is how far Nintendo got away from the simple rail shooter with primitive 3D action (but amazing for it's time) to a massive virtual worlds extravaganza with cute, hairy characters. They really just kept the name of the franchise.

[@ConejoZing]

A megahit series once known for beyond the pale innovation which has recently languished into a rut on the Wii U etc while games like RAIDEN and R•TYPE offer more action or creativity. Featuring a legendary cast of character IP's this quality series could easily bounce back to stardom. Key ingredients: Space animals, military, London, Argonaut, Venom, Fox, DBZ style eye scanner, Wolf, Turtle destroying ranged attacks, lasers, explosions and epic piloting ability!! ... and of course the SUPER FX with its unmistakable black with "slightly etched" logo design. As mentioned, the key to Fox's revival can be found not in NAMCO but instead MOSS or Irem's ideas.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

This was very fun to watch and seeing how Starfox came be with young teenage prodigies who where great at technology and coding and Miyamoto walking through shrines. My favorite games are Adventures for trying something new otherwise the series might have gotten stagnated and feeling 2D Dimensional, and Starfox 2 for the Free Roaming, Strategy and Puzzle Elements. The Microsoft acquisition still breaks my heart because with how great Rare did on the N64 imagine the Rare Support on GameCube (The cancelled Donkey Kong Racing), Wii, Wii U and Switch? Perhaps in alternate timeline.

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!! Yeah, would be very curious to see the timeline where Rare isn’t acquired by MS and is still working with Nintendo today.

[@beauwalker9820]

@@RewindArcade I imagine we would of already gotten Banjo Kazooie back in SSBBrawl. (SSB Melee developers suggested him for Melee.) I miss Rare... They kinda died under Microsoft.

[@RewindArcade]

@@beauwalker9820 Unfortunately MS certainly did not utilize them very well or play to their strengths. Seems like Sea of Thieves is doing well for them, but I’ve never played it myself. 😅

[@Terranigma23]

Really great video like always. The GameCube Star Fox era is easily my favorite one. 😁

[@RewindArcade]

Thanks Tristan!! I really like Assault quite a bit myself. 😎

[@janocronismo]

SF64 will always be my favorite. There's something about it that just feels impossible to top in my book... Not even newer graphics or music quality erase that love I have for the N64 version.

[@RewindArcade]

Star Fox 64 is such a great game and definitely my favorite too. I’m not sure they’ll be able to recapture its amazing gameplay ever again at this point.

[@JamesDierken]

I still remember the smile on my face and the excitement I felt when my sister got me a used Star Fox Adventures for my sixteenth birthday. I didn't care that it was used, I was just happy to have a game from the franchise so I would know what it was really like. The next year I got Assault, and I was even happier, even though it was just the disc. Many hours of good memories with those games. I've been in love with the franchise since the summer of 2018, I don't remember exactly why but I think it had something to do with Smash Bros. I really hope at some point Nintendo sheds some light on the franchise sooner or later, and it would be amazing if they kept the story going with some cool twists and concepts that everybody will enjoy. There will never be a day where I don't think what's next for Star Fox.

[@RewindArcade]

That’s awesome you have so many great memories with the series. Hopefully Nintendo does something for the 30th anniversary. 👍

[@chesterstevens8870]

Damn, Argonaut really were like the cowboys of game design back then.

[@RewindArcade]

They did some really impressive stuff!

[@gregoryberrycone]

i can't think of another series where one entry stands so far above the rest (star fox 64 of course), its easily in the top 5 games on the n64 and one of the best shoot em ups of all time

[@RewindArcade]

I definitely agree that Star Fox 64 is the golden child in terms of pure gameplay, but I also love the RTS-like strategy elements found in Star Fox 2 and Command. I really wish we could have gotten a game that mixed SF2’s strategic mechanics with 64’s insanely good gameplay.

[@Backintoons8515]

The first one is a master piece !

[@kawanxros]

i sure hope nintendo makes a new star fox game thats not a remake of star fox 64. nintendo could work with alot of ideas like a star fox prequel where james is the protagonist.

[@blazesona12]

honestly i grew up with adventure and assault and i hovestly LOVE them.... though some bits in adventure gets my blood boiling (those KROZOA TRIALS CAN DIE IN A PIR OF FIRE) but i honestly love the story and gameplay they just need to alow for more gamplay styles for when fox is on the ground and how bout we ditch the stealth in clowdrunner fortress