{"id":570027,"date":"2026-03-14T14:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/former-nintendo-developer-pleads-port-star-fox-zero-to-switch"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:37:17","slug":"former-nintendo-developer-pleads-for-a-switch-port-of-star-fox-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/former-nintendo-developer-pleads-for-a-switch-port-of-star-fox-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Nintendo developer pleads for a Switch port of Star Fox Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/former-nintendo-developer-pleads-for-a-switch-port-of-star-fox-zero.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Nintendo Switch has become a happy new home for many a Wii U title that failed to find huge success on that struggling machine &#8211; but one of the titles that remains left behind is <strong>Star Fox Zero<\/strong>, that machine&rsquo;s iffy-but-fun entry in the Star Fox series. <\/p>\n<p>\nOne person is definitely still holding out hope for that port &#8211; former Nintendo developer Takaya Imamura, who also happens to be one of the key artists behind two fairly maligned Nintendo series &#8211; Star Fox and F-Zero. <\/p>\n<p>\nImamura used the sixth anniversary of the release of Star Fox Zero, which is today, to call for the company to port the game to Switch.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/former-nintendo-developer-pleads-port-star-fox-zero-to-switch\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/former-nintendo-developer-pleads-port-star-fox-zero-to-switch\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nintendo Switch has become a happy new home for many a Wii U title that failed to find huge success on that struggling machine &#8211; but one of the titles that remains left behind is Star Fox Zero, that machine&rsquo;s iffy-but-fun entry in the Star Fox series. One person is definitely still holding out hope for that port &#8211; former Nintendo developer Takaya Imamura, who also happens to be one of the key artists behind two fairly maligned Nintendo series &#8211; Star Fox and F-Zero. Imamura used the sixth anniversary of the release of Star Fox Zero, which is today, to call for the company to port the game to Switch. 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