Nintendo doesn’t do amped-up stage shows at E3 anymore—its low-key “Digital Events” are smaller, quieter affairs. This is fitting, because today’s announcements were all mostly low-key.
The headliner was a Star Fox Zero game, a new Wii U title (not a remake) that strongly evokes Star Fox 64 down to the insistence that Fox perform barrel rolls. The in-game footage showed off several vehicles, including the classic Arwing, the Landmaster tank, a sort of ostrich-looking walker robot, and the “Gyro-wing,” a helicopter. You can attempt the same courses with several different vehicles to mix up the gameplay.
The footage shown was visually impressive and appropriately cinematic—seeing old Nintendo franchises in HD for the first time is still fun, even if the Wii U has less horsepower than other consoles. Star Fox Zero is due out this holiday season.
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