Instead, it was the SNES's aging tech that simply wasn't showy enough with the more mesmerising N64 following so closely on the horizon.įurthermore, Nintendo's competitor Sony launched the original PlayStation in September of 1995 in the west, roughly a year before the N64's release. In the case of Star Fox 2 it wasn't the concept, design, or anything to do with the gameplay at all that saw this cosmic canine's crusade cancelled. The story of Star Fox 2 is a surprisingly common one in the video game industry where long-term expensive collaborative efforts lose their luster with the ever-shifting zeitgeist of the day.

So what's going on here? Why was it canned in the first place? And what can we expect from this resuscitated relic? 22 years later, it will be getting an official release in the recently announced SNES mini. Now we know it was true.Over two decades ago Nintendo pulled the plug on one of its most anticipated sequels: Star Fox 2. We had previously heard rumors of the SNES Classic Edition, which we concluded made sense as the explanation for Nintendo's plan to discontinue the wildly successful NES Classic. It will also come with not one but two Super NES styled controllers, to accommodate the two-player games included in the set like Contra 3: The Alien Wars and Street Fighter 2. SNES Classic will launch on September 29 for $79.99. For fans of game history, the SNES Classic includes Star Fox 2, the sequel that was developed but never actually released during the SNES era. It will come loaded with 21 games in all–venerated Nintendo classics like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Mario World right alongside third-party games like Mega Man X, Secret of Mana, and Final Fantasy 3.

To sweeten the pot this time, the line-up includes some rare and never-released games. Nintendo has announced the SNES Classic Edition, another miniaturized plug-and-play console pre-loaded with a host of games from its 16-bit era.

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