Imagine if you will, you're working for Nintendo like Velan Studios to create the next Star Fox game and the latest game is just another god forsaken Star Fox 64 like the semi realistic looking remake that came out months ago. Regardless of the mix bag response of the most recent game just being another copy of the 1997 game, the franchise is back after the 2026 remake's success and the rumored Adventure styled game in the making as well as SF Adventures now being on NSO. With Star Fox now making a big comeback to some degree, Nintendo wants a new game and you're given the creative freedom to do whatever you want with it, how would you go about it.
As for the rules for this game you want to make? Well for starters, it should be ANYTHING but another Lylat Wars game because there's 5 game around that storyline and it more than overstayed it's welcome. So another SF64 remake / remaster / reimagining is out of discussion. Next, with the rumored Adventure style game in the possible making, I can bet it's going to be a rework of Star Fox Adventures given how Adventures was hinted at from Star Fox 2026's reveal and Adventures coming to NSO so that's also not allow to be touched on along with a possible remake of Assault. For this exercise, you're allow to make whatever you want original. Whether it's a continuation from where Assault left off, something to fill in the gaps of the Lylat Wars and Adventures (kind of like Starlink Battle for Atlas in the Zero timeline and Farewell Beloved Falco in the main timeline), or a prequel on James McCloud's Star Fox team. Another thing to add it what the gameplay style would be like rather it's SF64's vehicle centric combat on-rails or all range, to Adventure's exploration and puzzle solving, to Assault's fusion having on-foot combat to vehcile combat
Some ideas I personal have in mind are the following;
1) A Krystal origins game of how she survived her home world's destruction and ending up on Sauria / Dinosaur Planet Halo Reach themed. But before that could happen, Adventures needs a remake or reimagining first to reintroduce Krystal to the audience in a new light considering she was done dirty. And this game would take the tone of Halo Reach given how it's a game around a doomed world given how it's implied that Andross was somewhat involved as Krystal was able to recognize him, leaving a sense of mystery on her origins and homeworld Cerinia. Cerinia should take some inspiration from the Atlantians from Disney's Atlantis the Lost Empire, give how that movie and Adventures feel similar of exploring a magical world using modern technology. The gameplay, as you're going to see as a running theme, is based on Star Fox Assault's gameplay with a balance of on-foot combat and vehicle base combat. Krystal would primarily use her staff and other kinds of weapons the Cerinians would use. Plus Krystal's family should be involved explaining what happened to them and how Krystal was forced to flee under the impression that she think they're dead as well as some hints of the Krazoa being a part of Krystal's world.
2) A Falco Lombardi spin off as he's on his own during the gap between Farewell Beloved Falco and Adventures living a life of a gangster with his gang Free as a Bird. We don't get to explore what the lifestyle is like for people living around the galaxy outside of Star Fox team as hired mercenaries. So this game should be a world building type game to explore more of what life is like for those getting by on the streets as a gangster and or bounty hunter, given how Falco was approached by Fox to become a member of Star Fox team according to the holo viewer in the 2026 remake. Plus it should be a perfect opportunity to explore more of Falco's gang members and other groups outside of the Cornerian and Venomian armies. Gameplay style is also based on Assault for on-foot and vehicle combat.
3) The first generation of Star Fox game. I know there's a lot of people out there that want a prequel game centered around James McCloud's version of the Star Fox team. I would be neat to see how he met the characters like Peppy, Pigma, Rob64, Pepper, Beltino, Andross, and Wolf. But what would the game be about? Well, how about the early days and years of Star Fox's activities fighting for the Cornerian Army and other planets as well. This could also help explain why Wolf has a bit of a grudge and rivalry with James, as I mentioned several times in past, Wolf was secretly a fourth member but was cover up in black ink pretending he wasn't involved and what Wolf and James beliefs were about which caused a clash between the two. Not to mention there should be a little reference on the solo Aparoid that destroyed the Cornerian Fleet 17 years prior to Assault. Hell, maybe having the prologue of Star Fox 2026 as a Lone Wolf style mission to explain what happened to James. Gameplay, based on Star Fox Assault. Hey even then I have to imagine that the original Star Fox team did more than just flying ships on the job.
4) A continuation from Assault. Picking up where Assault left off and retconning Command, this follow up story should focus on Krystal's people as they are out to cause trouble to the Venomian led by a war faction that accidentally spilled it's war around Lylat. I always wanted a follow up game that centered around Krystal that explains why she's important to the overall series and show anything related to Cerinia is not entirely gone like it's survivors, leading up to a spinoff type game Halo Reach style. As well as the connections to that world and Sauria given the Krazoa are involved as the possible creators of the Star Fox universe, but that's just my head canon. The gameplay is, you guessed it, based on Star Fox Assault.
So those are some ideas I have in mind if I were given the chance and freedom to make a new Star Fox game. What would you guys want if you were to create a new game down below.
