At the age of seven, Star Fox 64 was the coolest game I owned. GoldenEye 007 could get the blood flowing like nothing else, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time put an entire world at my feet to save, but Star Fox 64's intergalactic war – war! – felt adult, while the aerial rail shooter's dramatic battlegrounds delivered action at a scale I'd never seen before. Fast-forward 22 years, and although it's been a long time since I thought of Fox McCloud, Nintendo's impromptu Star Fox reveal for the Switch 2 proves I'm as impressionable as ever.
Truth be told, I didn't know I still carried a flame for Star Fox 64 until seeing the Switch 2 remake in action – specifically, Fox McCloud and co. corkscrewing towards Corneria City and the last-ditch defense that kicks off their system-spanning mission. Then it all came rushing back: the barrel rolls, rivalries, dogfights in asteroid belts, barrel rolls; and it was like I'd never left the cockpit.
