On its 6th anniversary, Star Fox’s artist calls on Zero to be ported to Switch
The original artist behind Star Fox has called on Nintendo to port the game’s Wii U instalment to Nintendo Switch.
Takaya Imamura, who is the artist behind many classic Nintendo series including Starfox and F-Zero, left the company last year.
Imamura is credited as having designed the Starfox characters Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi and more, as well as Captain Falcon from F-Zero and the cast of Majora’s Mask, including fan-favourite Tingle.
His last title was 2016’s Star Fox Zero, which was created in collaboration with Bayonetta studio PlatinumGames.
Zero remains one of the few first-party Wii U games yet to be ported to Nintendo Switch. As one of the more divisive Nintendo releases of recent years, it could also benefit more than most from a remaster.
In a tweet published on Wednesday Imamura called on Nintendo to re-release the game.
“Dear Nintendo… Today, six years have passed since the release of Star Fox Zero. We know there are challenges to overcome, but please port the game to the Switch,” he wrote.
The artist went on to commit to creating a sequel to Star Fox Zero’s spin-off animated short movie, should Nintendo ask him to do so. “I would be in charge of the scenario and storyboard,” he wrote. “I look forward to working with you.”
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Previously developer PlatinumGames said it was open to bringing Zero to Nintendo Switch. Speaking to VGC last year, Platinum’s studio head Atsushi Inaba said that if Nintendo was keen, the developer would “definitely” be interested in considering a new version of Zero.
Asked if Platinum would be interested in a Switch port of Star Fox Zero, Inaba said: “It’s unfortunate that people aren’t able to play
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