Star Fox 2
After the success of Star Fox, Nintendo decided to make a sequel on the same system. However, with the release of the Nintendo 64 looming close, Nintendo decided to cancel the game despite it being nearly…
Star Fox 2 is a platform developed by Argonaut Games, released 29 September 2017 on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Star Fox 2 is
Star Fox 2 is a platform game developed by Argonaut Games and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Andross returns, and this time he's got two massive superweapons, interplanetary ballistic missiles, and a host of fighters and bombers all heading for Corneria. It's up to two members of the Star Fox team to defend Corneria from Andross's WMDs, infiltrate enemy bases, and defeat Andross himself at the same time.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Star Fox series
Star Fox 2 is the 21st of 26 entries we hold in the Star Fox series. It arrived a year after Star Fox Guard. The next entry was Super NES Classic Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 63 is 15 points below the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Star Fox 2 holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Star Fox 2 launched on 29 September 2017, within three weeks of Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Star Fox 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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