Switch 2 gets price hike, Tezuka retires, and a new Fox…

Hello, here's your Nintendo round-up for the week that was — it's issue #482 of Hanafuda Report. Hope you're doing well!

So this week saw the reveal of a new Star Fox game — although not quite as new as you may have hoped. It's a remake of Star Fox 64, which is a touch dissapointing for fans of a certain age. Following the Galaxy movie it does make sense for Nintendo to give this franchise a push. It's been a decade since the last entry, so I can see the rationale for starting with a soft-reset of sorts to bring in a new cohort of players. I imagine kids who saw Fox on the big screen may be a tad surprised to see the art direction here though… (I've warmed to it!)

My hope is this remake is a way to test the water (yet again), and if successful we get a more substantive follow up later in the Switch 2 cycle. Related Star Fox sidebar — I've shared a video explaing why the series used to go by a different name in PAL regions.

Beyond everyone freaking out about how shiny Slippy looks, Nintendo also shared their latest financial results, an unfortunate price rise, and word that absolute industry legend Takashi Tezuka is stepping down soon. More on all of that in the issue below.

There's just over 20 games coming to the eShop next week, including (the superb) Sektori, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Full list below, although no descriptions this week because…

Finally, before I go — it was my son's birthday this weekend, and amongst the festivities he got his very first console to call his own. Seeing him get his own 'Nintendo' was a nice full circle moment for me. 😊