All Games in the Star Fox Series Ranked: From Best to Worst

With the release of the Star Fox 64 remake prepared by Velan Studios for the Switch 2, the legendary Star Fox series has come back into the spotlight. This exciting development offers a great opportunity to evaluate the overall game series and take a retrospective look. The original list was first prepared in 2016 during the release of Star Fox Zero, but significant changes have been made to the list today. Newly released games have been added to the list, and the ranking of the games in the series has been reassessed from top to bottom. Star Fox Guard takes the last spot on the list as the most mechanically distinct game in the series, standing out more as a tower defense game.

Star Fox 2, which ranks ninth on the list, stands out as a game with one of Nintendo's strangest release stories. This sequel, which began development following the success of the 1993 original game, was shelved despite being 95 percent complete. Forgotten for about twenty years, the game finally met players with the SNES Classic Edition and has become accessible via the Nintendo Switch Online subscription today. While the game showcased an incredibly impressive technical achievement for the technology of its time, it feels quite outdated in terms of gameplay by today's standards. Still, the fact that it officially managed to escape being unpublished and reach the hands of collectors and fans is considered a huge step for the game.

Star Fox Zero, ranked eighth, stands out as a project designed as a semi-remake and semi-series reboot, but where the pieces failed to fully come together. Although the occasionally clunky motion controls occasionally come together to offer an impressive space combat experience, these moments remain quite infrequent and inconsistent. Even if we set the control issues aside, the game generally feels old and falls behind modern gaming standards. Nevertheless, compared to some other games in the series, it is positioned closer to the classic Star Fox experience that fans miss. Meanwhile, Star Fox: Assault, developed by Namco, is ranked seventh due to its poor artificial intelligence in on-foot sections and repetitive mission design.

Directed by Dylan Cuthbert and ranked sixth, Star Fox Command is generally known as one of the most overlooked games. While the game incorporates strategy elements on one hand, it offers an experience that combines classic Star Fox firefights with Arwing flights on the other. Rich in terms of story, the game includes details such as Slippy's marriage preparations and the bitter romance between Fox McCloud and Krystal. Star Fox: Assault in fifth place and Star Fox Adventures rank among the significant games of the GameCube era. Although Star Fox Adventures initially started as a different project titled Dinosaur Planet, the game offers a successful experience reminiscent of the Zelda series with its puzzle-solving and exploration mechanics, maintaining its popularity even today.

Looking at the top three spots, we see that Star Fox 64 3D, ranked third, is an excellent adaptation that stands out with its visual refresh and stereoscopic 3D features. The original Star Fox game, evaluated in second place, surprised everyone when it was released for the Super Nintendo in 1993, showing players the power of three-dimensional objects. Despite the hardware limitations of its time, this groundbreaking game still offers high playability today, even though it has low frame rates. At the pinnacle of the series is the legendary Star Fox 64, crowning the series in terms of both gameplay and cultural impact. This list objectively reveals the evolution process of the Star Fox brand from its origins to its modern-era games, and how Nintendo manages this universe.