Indie developers got tired of waiting for a new Star Fox, so they’re making their own

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According to The Verge’s linked item, Indie developers got tired of waiting for a new Star Fox, so they’re making their own, Nostalgia remains a powerful force. So much so that, in exploring the echoes of a late-’90s childhood spent skimming the water of Corneria and sneering “cocky little freaks!” in time with a monkey encased in a Gundam suit, I’m simultaneously describing playing Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars if you’re nasty) in 1997 and streaming it […] Nostalgia remains a powerful force. So much so that, in exploring the echoes of a late-’90s childhood spent skimming the water of Corneria and sneering “cocky little freaks!” in time with a monkey encased in a Gundam suit, I’m simultaneously describing playing Star Fox 64 ( Lylat Wars if you’re nasty) in 1997 and streaming it through Nintendo Switch Online today. The franchise has been revived through a splashy remake on the Switch 2 , but it’s also a series that has not seen an all-new entry since Star Fox Zero on the Wii U. Yet Nintendo’s neglect of the s

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