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My favorite canceled Nintendo project is Star Fox 2. A team of developers got a prerelease ROM which was rather unstable, patched all the issues, translated it
by partycoder 9y ago
My favorite canceled Nintendo project is Star Fox 2.
A team of developers got a prerelease ROM which was rather unstable, patched all the issues, translated it into English, and now it is fully playable from start to end on any emulator supporting the Super FX chip. I have to say it was better than Star Fox 64 considering the limitations of the Super Famicom.
You can watch a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGqLwiVxTKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGqLwiVxTKY
- nobodyorother 9y agoApparently there's a second, completed, ROM that was never released. It contains features the leaked ROM doesn't, at least according to the folks who worked on SF-Zero, who played it as research.
- partycoder 9y agoNice. That's what I like about this comments section, you always learn something new. Star Fox 2 has some interesting additions: it seems more fast paced than the first one, the ship can transform in certain levels (in Star Fox 64 a different vehicle would be deployed to the level rather than transform), there's Star Wolf and some new crew members that make some appearances in Star Fox 64.
- AdmiralAsshat 9y agoMany of the features from the scrapped sequel made their way into other entries. Star Fox Command (DS) expanded on the quasi-strategy elements of SF2 with the grid overworld and nonlinear level progression. And the Walker mech from SF2 finally appeared in Star Fox Zero. FWIW, I played the patched ROM and it was pretty damn enjoyable. It's a pity they didn't release it, because it feels different enough from Star Fox 64 that I don't think it would have encroached on the other's release.