Star Fox Zero (Wii U) revealed; trailer, screens, artworks and boxart

Update 4

We replace the original Star Fox Zero trailer with the 60fps version. Make you sure select either 720p or 1080p!

Update 3

We added the Nintendo Treehouse Live segment (Day 3), which shows some additional levels: you will find it below, just after the break!

Update 2

We just added the Nintendo Treehouse Live segment (Day 2), which shows some exclusive levels: you will find it below, just after the break!

Update

We added the Nintendo Treehouse Live segment #1 and 2, a reaction video, and better quality screenshots/artworks.

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During the Nintendo Digital Event, Nintendo revealed the long-awaited Star Fox game for Wii U, which is called Star Fox Zero. From the looks of it, it takes some elements from StarFox 2 (which was completed but never released due to the Nintendo 64), like the section on land. As for the GamePad, it’s central to the gameplay of the game:

– it’s used for a cockpit view (while the TV gives a more cinematic view);
– you can control some smaller vehicles, to explore vents and the such;
– you can use the gyroscope to control your Arwing.

In Star Fox Zero, fans will find the characters they know and love: Fox, Falco, Peppy and Slippy. The game will feature a new Walker transformation for the Arwing, as well as the Gyrowing and the Landmaster Tank.

Here’s some of the features of the game:

• Fan favorite characters return with new and well-known dialogue from Fox McCloud, Slippy, Peppy, Falco and more, which can sound like they’re talking in your ear like a from a headset with clever sound technology.
• Players can intuitively pilot an Arwing by simply using both the right and left control sticks as a control stick to perform familiar flight maneuvers, such as the somersault, U-turn and a Barrel Roll.
• Replay the same exotic planets with other vehicles and extra missions can be selected on top of going through the story.
• Two different viewpoints, the traditional style of TV gameplay and the new unique cockpit view on the Wii U GamePad controller combines to create a unique interface to aim and shoot in one direction while flying in another. This frees up the TV for more cinematic moments in a brand-new all range mode.
• Pilot the new and improved Arwing with its new Walker transformation and take control of a new Drone type plane, the Gyrowing. The Landmaster Tank returns, equipped with a new, limited flight form.
• Developed in partnership with Platinum Games [with the Director of Bayonetta 2 working on the game]

Apparently, the game will be playable with two players, though we don’t quite know if this will be a separate mode or co-op. There will not be online multiplayer.

Here’s the trailer for Star Fox Zero (now in 60fps!):

You’ll find the reaction video and the various Nintendo Treehouse Live segments after the break!

Here’s the reaction video:

Here’s some screenshots and artworks for the game:

Star Fox Zero (Wii U) comes out on this Holiday, worldwide.