HyrulianScrolls said:
That doesn't make sense either. If they wanted to make Diddy Kong Racing, then make Diddy Kong Racing. Star Fox is about as random of a choice as it gets for a racer. |
There were probably a few issues at the time:
1. DKC: Tropical Freeze likely didn't sell as well on the Wii U as they wanted, so Nintendo may have been hot on the idea of an "adventure racer", but maybe had second thoughts about use Donkey Kong/Diddy Kong.
2. Miyamoto was doing Star Fox Zero at the time and likely saw this as an opportunity to push Star Fox in another genre to expand its popularity.
3. Retro I believe asked Nintendo to do a Star Fox game, but Miyamoto/Platinum already were probably doing Star Fox 0, so the discussion probably turned to "well we would like you to do an adventure Donkey Kong racer, but hey why not try it with Star Fox characters?".
4. Nintendo no longer owns the rights to several of the Diddy Kong Racing characters. But they own all the Star Fox characters. So I can see that idea if suggested picking up steam very quickly.
I can see it happening fairly easily. To be honest I think this concept if done well will sell quite nicely for Nintendo and be well received by critics. That said, it's kind of a bummer for the F-Zero franchise as if this is successful, F-Zero probably isn't coming back.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 14 May 2018
