Sure if they want to adhere strictly to the SF formula. But if they let go of that they can push the franchise into a new direction. Like Nintendo did it with Zelda since the old LttP formula was rehashed too many times. Like they can add RPG elements like upgrading characters and ships and being able to change party members. Or procedural generation with rogue lite elements for example. Nintendo basically has zero imagination when it comes to StarFox, they could have at least created a new story line.
The two games I can think of that deviated significantly from the formula, SF Adventure and SF Assault, did not do well IIRC. I bounced off of Adventure because it felt like a Zelda clone, and I was like “but Nintendo already owns Zelda. If they wanted to make a Zelda game they can just make a Zelda game.” Now I want to replay it because I only recently learned it was made by Rare. Assault I really liked. It wasn’t as divergent as Adventure but tried new stuff.
The other problem, IMO, is like a lot of Nintendo games the characters and story are secondary to the gameplay, so I’m not really interested in what Fox and company are up to.
Also here’s a random factoid that I have nowhere else to put: Falco is actually a pheasant.
Sure if they want to adhere strictly to the SF formula. But if they let go of that they can push the franchise into a new direction. Like Nintendo did it with Zelda since the old LttP formula was rehashed too many times. Like they can add RPG elements like upgrading characters and ships and being able to change party members. Or procedural generation with rogue lite elements for example. Nintendo basically has zero imagination when it comes to StarFox, they could have at least created a new story line.
The two games I can think of that deviated significantly from the formula, SF Adventure and SF Assault, did not do well IIRC. I bounced off of Adventure because it felt like a Zelda clone, and I was like “but Nintendo already owns Zelda. If they wanted to make a Zelda game they can just make a Zelda game.” Now I want to replay it because I only recently learned it was made by Rare. Assault I really liked. It wasn’t as divergent as Adventure but tried new stuff.
The other problem, IMO, is like a lot of Nintendo games the characters and story are secondary to the gameplay, so I’m not really interested in what Fox and company are up to.
Also here’s a random factoid that I have nowhere else to put: Falco is actually a pheasant.