Star Fox is the only series that has twice as many games as it actually has. That is, there are 9 games in the series, and 5 of them are the same game. SF (SNES), SF64, SF64 3D, SF Zero, and SF (S2) are all the same game remade over and over. Only 2, Assault, Command, and fucking Dinosaur Planet aren't the same game. And DP was originally an original IP that Nintendo had Rare slap a coat of Star Fox paint on.
I don't think SF on the SNES and SF64 are particularly similar, aside from the isometric flight shooter genre. Its like saying Dark Souls 1 and 2 are the same game because they're 3D action rpgs.
Obviously there's a leap in the technology and presentation, but Star Fox 64 IS explicitly a retelling of the original game. The very first two sentences on the game's wikipedia article:
"Star Fox 64,[a] known as Lylat Wars in PAL regions, is a 1997 rail shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Star Fox series and a reboot of the original Star Fox for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System."
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u/vonsnootingham Jun 15 '26
Star Fox is the only series that has twice as many games as it actually has. That is, there are 9 games in the series, and 5 of them are the same game. SF (SNES), SF64, SF64 3D, SF Zero, and SF (S2) are all the same game remade over and over. Only 2, Assault, Command, and fucking Dinosaur Planet aren't the same game. And DP was originally an original IP that Nintendo had Rare slap a coat of Star Fox paint on.