STACK #260 June 2026

GAMING FEATURE

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After his cameo in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie , intrepid space pilot Fox McCloud is now set to return to our console screens, with Star Fox hitting the Switch 2 this month. Let’s look back at the history of the series, and find out what to expect from the latest outing… Words Amy Flower

Sequel time? A sequel, simply titled Star Fox 2 , was finished for the SNES, but was famously cancelled just before its release, as Nintendo had shifted focus to their shiny new Nintendo 64 console. For many years Star Fox 2 was gaming’s ultimate missing sequel, before it finally saw the light of day on the Super NES Classic Edition mini console that released in 2017.

Games, this was a special processor that allowed the SNES to render speedy 3D polygon graphics. While most console games at the time were resolutely flat and sprite-based, Star Fox looked stunningly futuristic.

Beginnings When the original Star

Fox – known as Starwing in Australia and other PAL territories - arrived for the Super Nintendo back in 1993, it felt very much like players

were privy to a glimpse into the future. The game’s graphics wowed all who laid eyes upon them, a product of the groundbreaking Super FX chip inside the cartridge. Developed by Britain’s Argonaut

The game saw players enter the cockpit of an Arwing fighter as McCloud, tasked with defending the Lylat System from the nasty Andross, ably assisted by his wingmen Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, and Falco Lombardi.

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