I've been waiting for this for 20 YEARS..

Asmongold TV| 00:23:45|May 8, 2026
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Introduces Fox and team returning in a Switch 2 Star Fox game, with updated visuals and redesigned characters.

Asmongold reacts to a shock shadow drop: Star Fox returns with a Nintendo Switch 2 revamp featuring upgraded visuals, new modes, and cross-gen nostalgia.

Summary

Asmongold and the panel react to the unexpected reveal of a modern Star Fox game built for the Nintendo Switch 2. The update reimagines the classic Star Fox 64 visuals with fresh character designs while preserving the stage layouts. Koisumi leads the presentation, highlighting R-wing combat, the Landmaster, and the Blue Marine as core vehicles, plus new cutscenes that deepen the Star Fox lore. The discussion wanders through mission variety, difficulty options, and a suite of game modes like challenge mode, battle mode, and private online matches with up to four players. They’re impressed by the avatar feature, which lets players appear as Star Fox characters in in-game chat, and appreciate the option to use a Nintendo 64 controller for nostalgia-synced controls. The hype crescendos with nostalgia for Corneria and Venom’s iconic sequences, plus a wish for more original-level retention and potential DLC. The release date is confirmed for June 25, and the crew speculates about future entries and possible expansions. All in all, it’s a rare, feel-good moment for fans who’ve waited decades for a Star Fox revival. Asmongold closes with a playful debate on wingman choices and a shared excitement for a new era of Star Fox on Nintendo hardware.

Key Takeaways

  • Star Fox 2-era revamp: Switch 2 version updates visuals and character designs while keeping stage layouts intact.
  • New modes add replay value: Challenge mode, Battle mode (4v4), and private online matches broaden competitive play.
  • Avatar support and cross-play facial features: players can appear as Star Fox characters in chat, with options to use a USB camera.
  • Multiple control options: Joy-Con mouse-style aiming and Nintendo 64 controller compatibility for old-school feel.
  • Narrative and nostalgia: prologue cutscenes expand the lore, with a focus on James Mloud and Dr. Andros.
  • Potential for post-launch content: speculation about harder difficulties, extra stages, and DLC similar to Star Fox 2 additions.
  • Release window and hype: June 25 launch date and strong community reaction underscore a surprising and welcome drop.

Who Is This For?

Essential viewing for longtime Star Fox fans and Switch 2 hardware enthusiasts who crave a modernized, nostalgia-friendly revival with fresh modes and retro control options.

Notable Quotes

"This is 100% what I remember—Fox, Falco, and Slippy all in a reimagined Star Fox universe."
First reactions praising faithful character design amid updated visuals.
"The campaign will take you to diverse planets as you seek out the enemy's stronghold to restore peace in the Lilac system."
Summary of the game's scope and setting.
"You can create private matches with your friends online or match up with random players from around the world."
Highlights multiplayer accessibility and community play options.
"By holding your Joy-Con 2 controller like a mouse, you can seamlessly swap to mouse controlled targeting for intuitive aiming and steering."
Describes unique control scheme introduced for the Switch 2 version.
"There’s also an asteroid field to navigate, persistent laser tech, and the inside of a nebula from planet surfaces to outer space."
Notes on the varied mission environments and gameplay variety.

Questions This Video Answers

  • How will Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2 differ from Star Fox 64 remakes in the past?
  • When is the June 25 release date for the new Star Fox game on Switch 2?
  • What online multiplayer options exist for the new Star Fox game (cross-play, private lobbies)?
  • Will there be DLC or additional stages added after launch for the Star Fox Switch 2 title?
  • Can players use a Nintendo 64 controller with the new Star Fox game and how does it compare to modern inputs?
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Full Transcript
Now Fox and his wingmen return in their own Nintendo Switch 2 game. This game is called Star Fox. And now I'll pass it over to Koisuman. It's just Star Fox. Okay, everyone. I'm Yoshiaki Koisumi. Oh bro, from here on I'll be your host for this presentation. Fox is based on the Nintendo 64 game Star Fox 64, but the visuals have been completely updated. All of the characters in the game have also been redesigned. All right, let's take a look. Oh [ __ ] Corneria. Childhood memories. I know, man. Man. Atmospheric entry complete. Extend the wings. That's bad. Diffuser systems check. Sound off. Team slippy. Dude, it's been a long time. So good. It's been a long [ __ ] time. All systems go. Falco here. G diffuser seems fine. There he is. Let's go already. Enemy targets up ahead. Let's rock and roll. What's the game? What you're seeing is footage of the game in action. While stage layouts have been kept the same, the visuals have received a major upgrade. Holy [ __ ] Flippy, stay in formation. Banter between characters is also bad. Now you've done it, Slippy. Your tail. Cover me while I finetune my sensors. Oh, you got him. This is the way I imagined it whenever I was a kid. We need your help, Star Fox. Oh my god. Hey there, General. You seem a little on edge, but as an actual game. Yeah, imagine that. This is Fox Mloud, leader of the Star Fox mercenary squad. Prep the Rwings. We've got a job to do, Star Fox. We're going to take the system back from Andros. I'm going to play this one one planet at a time. I'm going to play the Fal Lombardi is their ace pilot and Fox's rivals. Yeah, sounds perfect. There's no way Andros would expect us to launch an assault there. You up for another challenge, Fox? Man, scans are showing unidentified energy emanating from within is the team's engineer extraordinaire. Incredible. Do you realize how rare it is to experience a stable warp channel? Did you see the distortions? That base is the gateway to the wider system, Fox. And Peppy Hair is their strategic mastermind and veteran pilot. Dance into enemy space. He was a pilot with Fox's father. Hit him quick and hit him hard. He's the old man. The fate of the Lilacat system rests squarely on their shoulders. I remember this real well. So good. The Rwing is a high-performance aerospace fighter pilot Fox and his crew. It's equipped with a laser. It can also fire charged shots. And the bombs, too. Or launch bombs that cover a wide area. The Rwing can break. So, does that mean you're going to have the tank, too? Use the boost to get through barrel roll to repel enemy fire. Do a what? An even somersault. Oh, that's a tank. An agile ground assault vehicle called the Landmaster. I always like playing a tank more. And exploratory submersible called the Blue Marine can also be piloted depending on the mission. Holy [ __ ] Impressive work, Star. The campaign will take you to diverse planets as you seek out the enemy's stronghold to restore peace in the Lilac system. Got to [ __ ] some [ __ ] up. Corneria is a planet teeming with life and the beating heart of the system. Facina is a frozen planet. I don't remember this at all. Surface covered in ice and snow. Get your own target, Fox. I remember this a little bit. The lilac systems scorching hot second star. Yeah. Damn. And Zones is a deserted polluted ocean planet. I don't remember this either. Of all its natural resources. No, maybe a little bit. I do. There's also an asteroid field to navigate. Persistent laser tech. And the inside of a nebula from planet surfaces to outer space. A variety of stages await. With freeflying dog fights in all range mode. Don't let Oh, this is where he fought Wolf, I think. And massive boss battles, you can look forward to intense aerial combat. This looks This honestly looks really good. All units, disengage. Depending on the objectives you complete, the number of enemies shot down, and other factors, the route you take through the system may change. Mission accomplished was whenever you unlock the hard mode. Replay stages with a different approach to find ways through that are off the beaten path. Yep. You'd better be right about this, Falco. I say we trust Falco's instincts. Damn, you worry about your own. Plenty of new cutscenes have also been added. All right. These include never-before-seen mission briefings between stages, allowing you to learn more about the characters and the Star Fox universe. Fall in team, how are we doing? You can choose between easy normal and expert difficulty settings. Oh [ __ ] When playing on easy difficulty, your shield gauge will be longer and your lasers will remain powered up, making it ideal for novice pilots. If you're a big idiot, challenge mode. In challenge mode, you can replay stages you've already cleared. Uh-huh. Complete a variety of objectives that bring new challenges to have a field day with this you won't find in the campaign. Defend the allied fleet. Okay. Break through. We'll find out who's the lone red Shogun trooper. Take on these challenges on either normal or expert defense. Battle mode puts you in four versus four dog fights. Players are split between team Star Fox and Team Star Wolf, then compete to earn the most points by clearing missions and taking down foes. You can three stages, each with its own. Yo, what the [ __ ] This is awesome. Take out opponents and seize control of the zone around the satellite towers on Star Fox completed the objective. Collect as many energy crystals as you can while dodging meteorites on. So they have like different modes and [ __ ] for it, too. God damn. Or retrieve cargo from space pirates. The first person in chat that said this, I thought they were memeing. I was about to ban them. Starbucks completed the object. I was like, "Bro, shut up." You can create private matches with your friends online or match up with random players from around the world, making for a variety of ways to join team battles. This is crazy. Plus, if one person has the game, up to four players can take to the skies locally with Game Share. That's awesome. or online using GameS Share via Game Chat. Wow, that that's really cool. By holding your Joy-Con 2 controller like a mouse, you can seamlessly swap to mouse controlled targeting for intuitive aiming and steering. Flippy, stay in form. Oh my god, I'm going to be going like this. Now you've done it, Slippy. Bogey on your tail. Oh, dude. By sharing one of the Joy-Con 2 controllers with a second player, you can split pilot and gunner duties in co-op. We're entering Corneria City now. Handra sure has trashed the place. I'll target the lights on the left. You guys go right. I wonder what Andros is going to look like. It's a trap. Take him down. Don't crawl back under your parm of lowly flies. The same big head. Yeah, we're approaching Venom Airspace. [ __ ] What did you think, man? As you just saw, Fox and Company have a more animallike design in this game. Man, I think the design is good. Like if I go back and I think about Nintendo Switch 2 system Star Fox launches June 25th. That's in a [ __ ] month. Damn. By the way, this game also supports character avatars which let you change your face in game chat to look like a character. Like this. God damn. The switch. I got it ready. Oh my god, bro. You can It doesn't just capture your head movement. You can be a Star Tuber. Oh my [ __ ] Everybody gets their own persona. Blinks. And your eyebrow movement as well. if you have a compatible USB camera, please give it a try. Oh no. When using character avatars to look like a Star Fox character, friends playing other games can also see your new look. But this game also supports the Nintendo 64 controller. Oh my. Those who played the Nintendo 64 version can enjoy controls that feel even closer to the original. Wow. Since its debut on the Super Nintendo Entertainment, that's the one I played. The Star Fox series has had a long legacy on Nintendo platforms. Not long enough. Along that journey and set out for adventure. That's the last one I played. Mhm. And join the battle in the Super Smash Brothers series. Yeah. Isn't that crazy? That's the last one they made to support the series for more than 30 years. If you've never experienced the series before, we hope you'll give Star Fox a try. Man, I'm I'm happy. We'll finish this presentation by sharing the game's prologue, which depicts a past battle involving James Mloud, father of the protagonist Fox. Thank you very much. This looks really good. Yeah, the game looks great. Like visually, it looks really well done. The admiral comes up. Come in, Star Fox. This is Corneria Defense Force headquarters. Do you read? Loud and clear. James Mloud here, General. Star Fox is on approach to Venom. No indications yet of any suspicious activity. We'll let you know what we find. Proceed with caution. You're the first to set eyes on Fox years. And thank you for accepting this mission, James. You're the only one I can handle. General Pepper, do you read me? Something's jamming long range comms. Stay sharp, team. Are you seeing this, James? According to my instruments, the atmosphere is highly toxic. And we're doing this job for next to nothing. We're supposed to be mercs, not chumps. There's more at stake here than our bottom line, Big Mop. Yeah, sure. Pepper says his people have detected signs of activity on Venom's surface. He's concerned it has something to do with Dr. Andros. It's been years since Andros was banished here, James. If the atmosphere is poisonous, all the more reason to figure out what's going on. Dr. Andros made mistakes. He paid the price for them. But whatever else he is, he is a genius. Maybe he found a way to survive. Our leader, such a bleeding heart. Uh-oh. Where'd they come from? Defensive formation. Hey, Mom. Where are you going? It's like you told me. I'm getting into formation. You're twoting swine. Fat equals bad. What can I say? My new boss pays better. Bad is bad. I knew it. Suffer death to all who stand in the way of my vengeance. Was that Dr. Andros? Don't let them escape. I forgot this completely. Oh, he's charging it. I can't shake him. Hey, Peppy. Catch. James. are you there? Come in, Peppy. Do you read me? I'm losing altitude. Fry the fat one. You need to get out. Warn the general. Not without you, James. That's an order. Pepe, keep an eye on Fox. man, that was [ __ ] cool. I I I'll be real. That was [ __ ] cool. I'm happy. I'm happy, bro. Like, they cooked. They did. I wonder I hope they add in some of the original levels, too. I do. Like, this is this is really good. Yeah, this is awesome, man. I love it. Check the views. The amount of people that watched it. 100, Dude. So, they just randomly announced this. 124,000 people locked in to watch this. Holy [ __ ] man. I'm not surprised, but like, god damn. Let me see. Oh, it's frozen. It Yeah, it's not going to show anymore. And uh they avoided Star Fox Zero. Yeah, I guess so. Star Fox fan community. Yeah, type of nostalgia. I like Yeah, that was great, dude. I I I loved it, man. I did. Like that was really really cool. It's exactly like this is exactly what I would expect it to be. Like the only thing is I wish they had done a new story. But if they're willing like if they're going to revamp and like bring the series back then I think it does kind of make sense that like you'd probably have to like you know redo the story. But like hopefully if this goes well they make another one because this is really really cool. This is 100% better. Well, what I'm assuming they're going to do is they're probably going to have harder difficulties and probably extra stages cuz that's what they did with like adding Star Fox 2, remember? Like whenever they made like the Super Nintendo, the like really small one. So, like I would expect that they probably have more stuff planned for this if it goes well like DLC or something else. Look at the the comments. Some aren't liking the designs already. I don't know about that. I mean, like, let me let me refresh it and and see what people are saying. Like I thought it was really really good. Yeah. Got them looking a cover of S and the S Game. Yeah, exactly, bro. Like I mean that that's that's the way that's that's what I think that they would look like, right? I mean like let me see. Is there like an image of like all four of them there? Like I mean this is this is like in in my mind whenever I was a little kid like this is 100% what I remember. like this like there's no character inside of this that like whenever you upscale it to to this model like this is what I imagined Fox is a little husky. He's I can see why you say that. I I can I can see why you say that. It's not big but like yeah sure it's random Wednesday and we now have an update release date for a Star Fox game. Wow. Can't believe Mario 65 got shadow dropped at the end there. Yeah, really funny. Um, we're shadowdropping Nintendo Directs now. Like, what the [ __ ] is this, man? I like how no one knew this was gonna happen. Yeah, this just came out of [ __ ] nowhere. Like, I didn't expect this at all. Like, okay, so now, all right, now that we're getting Star Fox, the next step is F-0. Okay, F-Zero. And the final one is a spiritual successor to Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Okay, we we are we are moving in the right direction. Now we will begin cuz I This will probably be the first game that I play on my Switch like when it's out, man. Like that's it. This is [ __ ] awesome, man. Is this a rare modern-day Nintendo win? Yeah, I think it is. I think this is really cool, man. This is awesome. I love it. I'm super [ __ ] excited, man. This is great. I I don't really have anything else really to say. No one even knew this was happening. Seems like the true graphical sociate. Yeah. And also, this is another thing, too, is that like the graphics for this, I mean, these are good. Like, it's it's the perfect mix between like this is what Nintendo I feel like should focus on, right? creating very well stylized because like if you really zoom in on these characters, they're not incredibly detailed, right? Like if you look at like Falco, like they're not incredibly detailed, but like the the direction of this like the art direction of this and the style of it is so strong that it doesn't even matter. It's perfect. It doesn't doesn't make a difference at all. So more realism would ruin it. Exactly. So they they have like the perfect mix of it being like realistic while at the same time it has like a cartoony feel to where you're not trying to compare it to real life. And yeah, this is really really good. This is so much better than what Nintendo shared in another Mario game. It is like I do feel like the graphics for this like cuz am I the only person that's felt like the Nintendo has fallen behind too much in graphics? Like just too much. It's like it it it's too it's too retrograde. It it it's too uh you know like outdated. Like I just I don't know like whenever it's like worse than like a PS4. Like it's just weird, right? I mean like Nintendo like Nintendo 64 was like it was they they the name of the console was was the fact that it's graphics, right? I mean like [ __ ] It was a 64-bit system. It was the first one there was. So like now they're doing this. I I I'm very very happy. I am. This is great, man. And uh the amount of furballs cosplaying as Fox is going to be wild. Good. It's a lot better than them cosplaying as their own little personas. You know what I mean? So uh I'm glad about that. That's totally [ __ ] fine. This is awesome. And you can see by the way Star Fox I even watched half like recently I've even watched halfway through a playthrough of this game. Like I love this game. I I I do. And so like I felt nostalgic one day and I watched halfway through it. and so based. Yeah. So, I'm I'm I'm super super hyped up for for this. I I'm I'm very very happy. The game holds up well. Yeah, it does. This was kind of It was recent, too. And uh so yeah, there you go. Only half. What is an hourong video, right? It's cuz consoles are tiny handhelds, I guess, right? But I'm just giving you my feedback. Like, I mean, that's just still the way I feel about it. It's the way I think about it, right? But um yeah. Anyway, uh that was really cool. That was really really cool. That's awesome. I can't believe they just randomly shadow dropped. They randomly shadow dropped. My expectations were high, but holy This is Miiamoto, bro. Like, start. Damn, bro. What the [ __ ] They don't even know what it is. Like, oh my god. Thanks for watching it with us. Oh yeah, my pleasure. And uh yeah, that's awesome. Who would you choose as your wingman, Pepe? No, I'd do Falco because Falco would try to always outdo me because he'd want to he'd want to do better than me. But like he at the end of the day, he's loyal, right? He's 100% Slippy. Slippy's always getting tailed. He's always getting shot down. No, it'd be Falco. Like Falco's the guy cuz you know, like Falco's the guy. He's like, "Well, I should have been the team leader. It should have been me. Like I've got to prove to everybody that like I'm at least as good as Fox if not better than him. So like I mean Pepe like I mean he dude the guy's been in the game for a long time. He doesn't have anything to prove but Falco Falco would take a [ __ ] risk for you man. Falco's Hano Yes. Falco's Han Solo. Exactly. And uh yeah 100%. The pig is the best. Yeah. Pigma. I forgot all about Pigma. And uh yeah listen to some of the classic oneliners. There's a lot of those men. And uh honestly, perfectly balanced team. Yeah, it was so good, man. And uh Falcon would take a bullet for you. At the end of the day, he would. And uh yeah, this is so [ __ ] amazing. Again, direct for this, but not Fire Emblem. Yeah, well, maybe next time. Okay. And uh the new Star Fox game after all. That is [ __ ] insane. Especially like what a fast release, too. Like it just happened out of nowhere. Oh my god. Like this is great. I'm I'm so happy. I I'm tremendously happy. I'm thrilled. This is great. What a good What a good day. What an amazing [ __ ] day.

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