Takaya Imamura, a former Nintendo artist responsible for the design of the Star Fox team, has praised the visuals of the Star Fox 64 remake coming to Nintendo Switch 2.
The artist took to X to comment on how the new title’s graphics fully realize how he pictured Star Fox looking back in the ‘90s.
新作は、まさにStar Fox 64を作っていた頃に僕の頭の中で思い描いていた映像そのもの！超リアルなキャラクター表現も大好物です。とはいえ、映画版のフォックスは可愛すぎて❤️ https://t.co/uuZpudit9C
— 今村孝矢 / Takaya Imamura (@ima_1966) May 10, 2026
“The new game looks exactly like the images I had in my head back when I was making Star Fox 64!” Imamura said (via machine translation).
“I also absolutely love the ultra-realistic character designs. That said, Fox in the movie is just too cute.”
Last week, Imamura said he preferred Fox’s design in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie over the 64 remake’s version, but praised both approaches to the character.
“Personally, I prefer the movie version, but I thought this one was good in its own way because it has a clear direction!” he said on X (via machine translation).
Imamura previously stated how he was “overwhelmed with emotion” upon seeing McCloud appear in the film.
The artist designed the entire cast of 1993’s Star Fox, including Fox McCloud, Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi. Imamura is also responsible for the designs of F-Zero’s Captain Falcon and The Legend of Zelda’s Tingle. He worked on many Star Fox and F-Zero games before retiring from Nintendo in 2021.
The new title, simply called “Star Fox,” will launch exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on June 25th, 2026.
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A veteran Zelda Universe editor and First-class journalism graduate, Reece emerged with a Nintendo 64 and a lifelong obsession after a narrow escape from Santa’s Naughty List in 1998. Outside of games, he’s reading Punisher comics, being bossed around by his cocker spaniel, and cornering innocent bystanders to rant about the importance of game preservation.
