![]() Both of these games went off to be huge successes (“platinum”, according to the article). The 300,000 unit sell through broke the prior record holders, Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64. According to IGN, the game sold 300,000 in its first five days of release. Like its predecessor, the game was a huge success. The game supported 4 player dogfights and came packaged with a new device, the rumble pack. Released in 1997, this game was one of the first major titles released on the Nintendo 64. However, much of Star Fox 2 was reworked and became Star Fox 64. Regardless, the game was a huge success which prompted a partnership between Nintendo and Argonaut.Īrgonaut then began worked on Star Fox 2, a canceled sequel to the original. However, Argonaut’s website claimed the game sold 4 million units in total. According to the data presented above, the game sold 2.92 million. Using a unique chip known as the Super FX chip, the game rendered 3D polygon graphics. ![]() The game was a technical marvel at the time. Nintendo’s own Shigeru Miyamoto designed the characters while Argonaut worked on the technical aspects. The original Star Fox released in 1993 and was developed by Nintendo and London based Argonaut Games. *** VGChartz data also includes Other, which is unclear what this includes. ** According to Argonaut Game’s website, the game sold 4 million units. I have marked the sales from VGChartz in the table below, so please keep in mind they will likely be a bit higher. I have compared the numbers VGChartz reports to the official numbers I’ve found, and, generally, VGChatz numbers are slightly greater than the numbers from the official source. Keep in mind VGChartz is an estimate, so it has the potential to be incorrect. If there is not a source available, then I have used VGChartz’s numbers. As such, the sources used for this analysis may be unconventional. Even still, Nintendo only reports sales if they sell over 1 million during a fiscal year. Only recently have large publishers released more comprehensive sales data. Nintendo’s financial statements (on their investor relations website) only go back to 2001, and, game sales were not recorded well outside of Japan. Will the Star Fox series continue strong, so is it doomed to the same fate as F-Zero? With that in mind, let’s see just how well the Star Fox series has performed and see if the series still has a future.įirst,I need to clarify something about my data. The series has noticeably fallen from grace since, and Nintendo has shown it will end even popular and long-running series, such as F-Zero which has not had a new title in almost 12 years. Of course, there is some concern with the future of the series. The Star Fox series has been through a lot since the SNES game, and Fox and his crew are finally back with after a long hiatus with the release of Star Fox: Zero and spin-off title, Star Fox Guard. What more could you ask for? Nintendo just wants you to take a chance on Star Fox Zero, and the company is making it easier and easier for us to make that decision.Update : Some dates were incorrect in the original version of this article. It’s adding new gameplay modes in the form of local multiplayer and an entirely separate game, included for no extra charge. It’s giving us more of what Star Fox 64 fans, old-school series lovers, want. In short, Nintendo is doubling down on Star Fox Zero. ![]() It’s a fancy, Wii U–ish tower defense game, after all. And for those of us who want new and inventive Star Fox gameplay… Star Fox Guard is like nothing the series has ever done before. It’s not dogfighting (foxfighting? Wolffighting?), but it’s something. One player can pilot, while another acts as gunner. So Nintendo added local multiplayer, probably during the game’s delay. Other people aren’t so excited, and wanted the series to move in a new direction-or at least look prettier, or have multiplayer. The latest Nintendo Direct furthered this impression, confirming the game will have branching paths, secret bosses, recurring threats from the Star Wolf team, and-hooray!- the return of Andross as the primary villain. ![]() For some of us, it’s the Star Fox we always dreamed of- Star Fox 64 come again. For a variety of reasons, Star Fox Zero hasn’t gotten a ton of attention despite its high-profile reveal at E3 2015.
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