DLSS 5 And Endless Remakes: Fans React To The New Star Fox

Are you still recovering from the mental whiplash of Nintendo’s surprise Star Fox Direct? I certainly am. The showcase revealing that Star Fox 64 is getting remade yet again showed Nintendo remains the king of getting people buzzing about something they collectively find unimpressive.

While the original is an all-time classic, nothing about the remake showed why Star Fox for the Switch 2 will be indispensable to new players or returning fans. That disappointment is offset by the irresistible urge to dissect the new hyper-realistic look of all of the characters, including furry icon Fox McCloud. Is this really the most sexless version of Shigeru Miyamoto’s creation yet? Is this remake really a DLSS5 slopfest? Here’s what people are saying:

Miyamoto does a Matrix meme. — Stopmrdomino / Bluesky

how your emails find me

— Jess (@jessthomas.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:47:24.086Z

Me at the start of the Direct vs after the Direct 😭

— Obvious_Dev | Pascal (@obviousdev.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:29:58.860Z

-It’s 1998. I’m playing Ocarina of Time and Star Fox 64
-It’s 2011. I’m playing Ocarina of Time and Star Fox 64
-It’s 2026. I’m playing Ocarina of Time and Star Fox 64

— Hayes Madsen (@solfleet.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:47:06.576Z

Miyamoto reading your posts

— izzy kestrel (@iznaut.com) 2026-05-06T22:16:03.630Z

glad beyond good and evil 2 is still in development

— ana (@totebug.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:20:40.409Z

From the main Discord I'm in:

"i'm not a furry but this is the least fuckable fox mccloud has ever looked" #StarFox

— M.H. Williams (@mhwilliams.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:07:15.235Z

— austin_walker (@austinwalker.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:04:49.935Z

foxtubers unite

— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann.com) 2026-05-06T22:12:59.648Z

— Stu Kimball ➡️ SGF (@superdonk.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:34:21.339Z

I’m still LIGHTLY interested in this game but holy shit Star Fox is such a stagnant franchise pic.twitter.com/dcLYCyvbld

— TheNCSmaster (@TheNCSmaster) May 6, 2026

https://t.co/AprB4DzFup pic.twitter.com/nGxf2cc638

— NateTheHate2 (@NateTheHate2) May 6, 2026

The cherry on top of this Nintendo news cycle is that despite every valid complaint and criticism lodged at the company’s latest apparent cash-grab, it will be hard to resist the urge to experience Star Fox 65 on Switch 2 while Game Chat avatars lip-sync trash talk during 4-vs-4 dogfights.

Nintendo is also reportedly shipping at least one other N64-era remake this year: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. If it’s another DLSS 5-looking glow-up I’ll riot…and buy the game anyway.

Update 5/7/26, 10:58 a.m. ET: The Star Fox memes just keep pouring in and there are so many goods ones I’m going to go ahead a punch a bunch more of them:

pic.twitter.com/IISZKoNYLi

— zero (@0EyedSlugger) May 6, 2026

pic.twitter.com/at8GK9LSkT

— Reevie (@reevierat) May 7, 2026

“Slippy, quit fooling around and get serious!”

“not that serious……” pic.twitter.com/Xr9cg8vYna

— danny @ Comic Con Oakland B-12 (@Danny8bit) May 6, 2026

New Star Fox Game pic.twitter.com/d7xc0J0I3C

— Jesse Does Things (@JesseDoesThings) May 6, 2026

The Switch 2's graphics are outstanding pic.twitter.com/4LlMoYGqM0

— Johann (@LookAtMyMeat1) May 6, 2026

falco lombardi (starfox 2026) pic.twitter.com/S2hLyoOt05

— Amber (@nyamber_) May 6, 2026

Flirting vs harassment pic.twitter.com/q1v3SLH0m1

— Nintendo Out of Context (@NinTextual) May 6, 2026

"The Switch is so old," you all said. "I need better graphics," you demanded. "Wah wah," you cried. And now, you sit here before Slippy Toad, the slippiest he's ever been, slippier than a fucking banana peel under a kart wheel, all thanks to the raw power of the Nintendo Switch 2—and you reject him?

— JJ (@jjdotbiz.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:23:48.372Z

You too can experience HR complaint Fox McCloud and Vaseline Slippy exclusively on Switch 2 starting at $50 for the digital version.