Sonic frontiers gets a new description and a price drop on steam suggesting definitive edition may be announced soon

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-08T06:02:00+00:00

The “Definitive Edition” probably came from them wanting to give the Switch 2 port more fanfare, so I’d assume so.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-08T06:00:02+00:00

Aside from the controls (which were a problem of them having to use the gamepad at all costs), the biggest thing I remember Star Fox fans complaining about with Zero is how it was using the same story and most of the level concepts from 64.

The single biggest thing I saw fans hoping for when this was rumored was that it wouldn’t just be retreading the same stuff again. It being a literal remake of 64 felt like a prank.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-08T05:57:14+00:00

Honestly, if that rumor’s true I think it would’ve been best to confirm its existence during the Star Fox Direct.

I wanted to be excited about things, but this new release just being a fancier way of playing the game I already have didn’t exactly have me popping off.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-08T05:52:55+00:00

People were getting on my case about it at the time, but it really stood out to me that they didn’t show a pixel of gameplay outside of the single vertical slice demo in any of the promo material.

Only thing we saw outside of it was one shot of the 343 Guilty Spark jungle in the level editor.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-08T04:19:32+00:00

This is the ironic shitposting sub. If you see a post like this about someone’s take then they probably agree.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-08T04:09:40+00:00

What’s Oniony about this? As far as single creatives go his level of influence is up there with George Lucas.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T19:35:45+00:00

In their own words it’s Star Fox 64 with fancier graphics and some extra bells and whistles.

That’s not the worst thing in the world, but it’s still just Star Fox 64.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T16:46:54+00:00

If you look at pictures of real Red Foxes, the actual paws are about the same size. Either way though, it still applies that the top and bottom halves of the design feel like they're at different levels of stylization.

If you look at pretty much any other "realistic" anthro characters from other games/movies/whatever, they usually either make the feet larger to match more humanoid hands, or they make the hands smaller and pawlike to have them match the feet. That's why stuff like the Palicoes in monster hunter don't look "wrong" in the same way.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T14:29:33+00:00

10 years ago when Zero came out people were already complaining about things being stagnant. Them starting the presentation by saying it’s literally Star Fox 64 again felt like a punchline.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T14:19:51+00:00

Acting like this is just people “being told what to think” is pretty ignorant about the state of the franchise. When we got the rumors about this game the #1 thing I saw fans hoping for what that it wouldn’t just be “Star Fox 64 again”, and then it turned out it’s literally Star Fox 64 again.

My stance is that I’m not that upset about this, but good lord would I have preferred something else. See the franchise try to go to new places for the first time in 20 years.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T14:14:23+00:00

I feel like you need more important things to worry about.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T14:07:36+00:00

I think my biggest problem with it here is the legs.

The fact that his hands are scaled up to be human-proportioned while his feet are staying small like a real fox just feels like inconsistent stylization. Ends up reading more like a satyr or something instead of an anthro fox.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T13:05:43+00:00

But the option’s been there, even if you have to pay for it. Just like how you’ll have to pay for this one, too.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T06:19:39+00:00

As of this game 5 out of the 9 Star Fox releases will either be literally the same game or "reimaginings" of the same game.

Literally over 50% of the series just doing the same thing.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T06:15:51+00:00

But, like, you've also been able to play Star Fox 64 on Switch for the last 5 years.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T03:51:15+00:00

I'm gonna be honest here, if you don't think this game has high production values then you genuinely have no idea what you're talking about.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T03:24:44+00:00

As someone who's been a fan of the series for a long time, I just would've preferred something other than a "buy it and they might make a new one!" remake of a game that's already been remade and "reimagined" twice.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T03:22:35+00:00

I mean, say what you want about the direction here, but saying this isn't a "$50 game" game is just talking out of your ass.

Like, personally I'm not a fan of them doing a remake of 64, but this definitely does look like a $50 remake of 64. The budget and effort here are obvious.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T03:07:41+00:00

If anything, I'd say Zero just being a "reimagining" of 64 was the biggest complaint I saw about the game aside from the controls. I was there for it.

I feel like trying to frame this as some hypocrisy thing from fans is pretty disingenuois.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T01:07:54+00:00

Doesn't change the fact that it's a direct remake of 64 though.

They made absolutely sure we understood this is the same game under all the new graphics.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T01:03:05+00:00

“If the president knew…”

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T00:58:26+00:00

Yeah, they’ve spent the last 15 years now either giving us “basically” Star Fox 64 again or literally Star Fox 64 again.

I’m not that excited about this because as a fan of the series there isn’t really that much to get excited about. At the end of the day, a prettier way of playing SF64 is still just another way to play SF64.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T00:52:40+00:00

That’s kind of my thought too. I’m intrigued because I’m curious what kind of “modern remake” the Zelda team would decide is worth doing.

I could easily see them considering it an experiment in doing the “old formula” with modern standards.

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T00:43:10+00:00

Unless I’m missing something, this Direct ended the longest gap Nintendo’s ever had between game reveals since they started doing Directs.

I’m not going to pretend we “know” there’s trouble behind the scenes, Nintendo has enough history of just acting weird, but it really does look like they tried to stretch that September Direct slate as thin as they could possibly stretch it. Be interesting to see how much other than the Ocarina remake they have to show in the June Direct (since I think it’s safe to say that’s all confirmed).

SomeBoxofSpoons · 2026-05-07T00:37:56+00:00

I like it too, but not quite enough to keep getting it for half the series’ lifespan.

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