Star Fox man's new game Wild Blue looks delightfully, deliriously like Star Fox

So is what Star Fox man Giles Goddard has been up to: making a game that looks just like Star Fox. It’s even got a team of anthropomorphic animals flying the spaceship-fighter-planes. It’s even got those boxy aiming windows. It’s even got the same bright-skied vibe. There’s no denying what Wild Blue’s inspiration was, and I’m A-OK with that.

We got our first look at Wild Blue’s gameplay yesterday in the Future Game Show, in a trailer that mixed comedic anime sections – presumably the game’s cutscenes – with actual footage of the aerial dogfighting game in action. We saw the little red and white spaceship-fighter-planes boost around cloudy levels and caves together, while barrel-rolling around lava-filled obstacles and laser-firing at enemy craft, then thanking each other for the assist in pop-up dialogue windows after. Sound familiar?

Even the trailer blurb underlines the game’s inspiration: “Wild Blue reimagines the classic on-rail adventures of the ’90s. Join Bowie Stray and the Blue Bombers as they soar through the skies on a mission to save the world in this action-packed, nostalgic journey!”

Curiously though, given the inspiration and the studio’s Nintendo heritage, Wild Blue is only in development for PC and Xbox Series X/S. It also doesn’t have a release date. These are things I’m following up on with the studio so I’ll let you know more if and when I do.