The Return of Star Fox
It has been a long, long time. The last major Star Fox release was Star Fox Zero back in 2016 — a game that divided fans with its awkward dual-screen controls and never quite stuck the landing. Since then, the franchise has drifted into cameo appearances and radio silence, leaving a generation of players who grew up shouting 'Do a barrel roll!' without a proper sequel to call home. That drought appears to be ending.
According to reports picked up by Eurogamer, an all-new Star Fox game is in development for Nintendo Switch 2 and is targeting a 2026 release window. Details are slim — Nintendo plays its cards tighter than anyone in the industry — but the suggestion is that this isn't a port or a remaster. It's a new entry. A proper one. That alone is enough to send a particular kind of Nintendo fan into a quiet, dignified spiral.
What form it takes is the big question. The N64 original defined the franchise: a cinematic on-rails shooter with tight, arcade-style pacing and some of the most iconic voice lines in gaming history. Whether the new game returns to those roots or charts new territory in the vein of Star Fox Adventures will tell us a lot about what Nintendo thinks the franchise is in 2026.
One thing seems certain: Nintendo knows Star Fox carries real cultural weight. The characters, the Arwing, the banter between Fox and his team — it's a property that fans have been rallying for on social media for years. If the Switch 2 reveal drops footage of Corneria rendered in 4K with those synth horns kicking in, the internet will not be calm.
Star Fox is making its first major return since Star Fox Zero, reportedly rebuilt from the ground up for Switch 2.
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Details
The other half of this report is, if anything, even bigger. Zelda: Ocarina of Time is widely considered one of the greatest video games ever made — a title that didn't just define 3D action-adventure games, it invented the template everyone else has been borrowing from for three decades. A proper remake isn't just nostalgia bait. It's a genuine event.
The key word in the report is 'remake,' not 'remaster.' There's a meaningful difference. A remaster bumps resolution and frame rate and calls it a day. A remake tears the whole thing down and rebuilds it — new engine, new assets, rethought systems, potentially expanded content. Think Resident Evil 2 or the Final Fantasy VII Remake approach. If Nintendo is actually committing to that scope, this is a years-in-the-making project being unveiled at exactly the right moment.
Ocarina of Time already received a well-received 3DS remake in 2011 — but that was over a decade ago, on hardware limited by handheld constraints. A Switch 2 remake built to modern standards, with the kind of visual fidelity we saw in Tears of the Kingdom, could be genuinely breathtaking. Hyrule Field at launch. The Water Temple with actual competent design. The Gerudo Fortress looking like it deserves to.
There's also an interesting narrative angle here: this year marks the 28th anniversary of the original release, and Switch 2 is Nintendo's biggest hardware push in years. Pairing a legendary title with a new platform launch is a move Nintendo has made before — think Twilight Princess launching with the Wii — and it has historically worked extremely well.
What This Means for Switch 2's Launch Lineup
Context matters here. Nintendo Switch 2 is arguably the most anticipated console launch in years. The original Switch launched with Breath of the Wild — one of the greatest launch titles in gaming history — and set an almost impossible standard. Every subsequent Nintendo hardware launch has been measured against that bar, and most have fallen short.
But stack an all-new Star Fox against an Ocarina of Time remake, add whatever else Nintendo has been quietly building in those Kyoto studios, and suddenly you have a launch lineup that can actually breathe in that rarefied air. The last time Nintendo assembled a first-party lineup this deep for a launch window was arguably the Wii, where Twilight Princess, Wii Sports, and a wave of strong support titles created genuine hardware momentum.
The broader implication is that Nintendo appears to be treating Switch 2's debut as a statement of intent — not just a new box, but a redefinition of what Nintendo is in this hardware generation. Bringing back dormant franchises while celebrating legacy ones is exactly the kind of move that builds a fanbase beyond the core faithful.
We should be clear: these are still reports, not official announcements. Nintendo has not confirmed any of this, and until the Nintendo Direct drops or a press release lands, everything stays in the 'reportedly' column. But if even half of this holds up, Switch 2's 2026 is going to be a very good year.
