YOU GUYS — I just read Imamura's comments on the Switch 2 remake and honestly it might be one of those genuinely touching tech moments in years. Takaya, who literally built the original aesthetic for us in '97, posted on X that the N64 era was a constant battle to get people to understand pre-rendered graphics vs real-time CG — many assumed PS cutscenes were just what Sony's hardware could do and not an illusion! So he spent years crafting demo scenes as impressive as rendered cinematics while pushing real-time visuals. The fact that the Switch 2 version is so advanced it "brings tears to his eyes" isn't just marketing — it means Nintendo finally built a console powerful enough to let Star Fox be what it was always intended to be, and I am genuinely emotional about it too!

And there are some hilarious layers here. Imamura said he personally prefers the movie version of Fox McCloud... but as we all know, there is no "Star Fox" film — he's talking about the cameo poster Nintendo made for Super Mario Galaxy, which only highlights how intertwined these franchises are in his head! Beyond the nostalgia-bomb, gameplay remains largely faithful to 1997 with added content, so it’s not a total remake but an authentic upgrade. If you haven't seen the demo footage yet get there — it's been hailed as a visual feast and the trailers do justice to how far this has come. I can already tell this will be one of those games people talk about for decades.

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/06/star-fox-64-art-director-says-remakes-visuals-bring-tears-to-my-eyes