Development
The original second game in the Star Fox series was developed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It came very close to completion and was even featured in Nintendo Power (among other gaming magazines), but ultimately series creator Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to move the title to the much more powerful Nintendo 64 system. Realizing quickly how much of an improvement he could make over the two Super NES games, Miyamoto cancelled Star Fox 2 in favor of a remake combining elements of the previous games. In Miyamoto's own words: "All-Range Mode, Multi-Player Mode and the Star Wolf scenario all came from Star Fox 2. I'd say 60% of Star Fox 64 comes from the original game, 30% from Star Fox 2, and 10% is entirely new."
Shigeru Miyamoto is a fan of English puppet dramas, such as Thunderbirds. Consequently, when developing the animation sequences for Star Fox 64, the staff had the characters' mouths pop open and closed like mouths of puppets. This reduced the amount of animation work put into the series.
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