Is this the game you all want?

It really exists! 

• The game is a multiplayer third-person vehicle and flight combat video game. 
• The game has a single-player story mode.  
• The game includes flying mechs.  
• The game can be set to make use of the controllers motion sensing function to allow the players to control aircraft and ground vehicles by tilting the controller in different directions.  
• A  traditional control scheme is the default option, using the D-pad or analog sticks. 
• The game offers online and offline multiplayer play.  
• Offline allows for 1-4 players splitscreen (without bots).  
• Online features up to 32-player battles, with the ability to have up to 4 players in split screen mode (on non-ranked servers that permit it). 
• Players 2-4 can enter or exit the game while a match is in progress. 
• The game also has a co-operative mode. 
• The game uses medals and rewards, which are awarded for certain tasks. 
• Players are also able to customize their characters with armor squad markings.

It sold ~300k on a 80 million install base four years ago.    http://www.vgchartz.com/game/70736/starhawk/

It was the second game in a popular franchise.    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhawk_(2007_video_game)

It had a solid marketing campaign.      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhawk_(2012_video_game)#Marketing_and_release

http://kotaku.com/5924914/what-ever-happened-to-starhawk

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhawk_(2012_video_game)

Wow, that makes me sad. I don't have a Wii U, but played the hell out of the original Starfox on SNES and nearly just as much of Starfox 64. Of all Nintendo series, this and Metroid are likely my favorites, so it's painful to see it go out on such a mixed note. They should have really focused on more traditional controls. It may not have saved the game sales-wise, but it certainly would have led to a better critical and public reception. 

Reminds me of SOCOM. Publisher takes great franchise, puts out shit game, points to sales of game and says "see! No one wants this anymore" instead of thinking maybe the game just wasn't good. Its easier to blame consumers.

Hopefully this doesn't happen with Starfox.

I am not saying that SFZ is a masterpiece and that every fan should think that way. It has its flaws, textures are simplistic and level content is mediocre to good. Still, it's a solid game and a quality Star Fox game, true to its origins.

What I can't understand is people that judge the game bad or shit that: Never touched a Wii U, never played the game or barely played it and cry out loudly that Nintendo should rethink what they are doing to its fans, talking like they are one too.

When you first played in SNES did you already played like a pro with no difficult in a game that first introduced full 3D perspective? I guess no. But you played hundred times and become better. But in your first try with Wii U in 5 minutes, you convinced yourself that it's a complete mess.

And you even consider yourself a SF fan, bc you played the first game almost 20 years ago? Give me a Break!

1.  Who has said in this thread that they are judging the game without having played it?

2.  The game can't technically be said it's true to its origins as you describe it, since the original game didn't have the ship transforming into a walking biped.  That came in a later sequel.  (I don't really care about this point, but since you're being so anal, I will, too.)

3.  I don't remember how quickly I picked up the controls for the game on SNES, but I sure as hell wasn't left with a feeling of "screw that" like I was when I played SF0 with the tablet.

4.  What criteria do I have to meet to be considered a Star Fox fan?  I consider myself a Star Fox fan, but I would like your blessing here, so please tell me how I can appease your judgement on this.

I doubt they'll drop Star Fox due to this game; by that reasoning they'd have to abandon Yoshi and Kirby as well, and even Donkey Kong Country sold poorly despite solid reviews. This was just a bad gen for them.

I think that was expected.
Marketing for SFZ was not as strong as they did for other games, like Splatoon or Super Smash Bros. Besides.... the lack of certain modes (online, battle multiplayer) hurted the game. Another problem is the fact that this game doesn´t have a new story, it´s the same story just re-imagined. I feel that Nintendo did not put much effort on it and I believe many players felt the same.

a mobile Starfox would not necc be a "good Starfox game"  but a succeful profitable mobile game with Starfox IP-   

If you think Nintendo did a 180 on their take on mobile for reasons other than investors than you are naive-  There is more pressuure now than ever to turn the "Nintendo ship" around-   they have been failing since the 3rd release and their decline in revenues are no joke-  If they were not influenced by investors they also would have taken more losses early in the Wii U s life in order to invest in the platform  and turn the ship sooner-  but they did not-  they sacrificed the overall good of the business for the long term for smalller losses and small profits short term-  it is pretty obvious- 

Do I really need to quote everyone? How about start reading the third post in this thread? You will get the idea.

That was just one part of my post, but that's fine if you can't address the rest of it, lol.

The third post was from someone who was banned for trolling, so I don't really care about that.  Most other people are making comments about Nintendo's insistance on gimmicky controls.  There are posts from people who have played the game who have said it's not that great and some that have said they enjoyed it, too.  I've already read the thread, and I'm not gonna quote anyone either.  My point was that you're making an unfair generalization towards other people who have differing opinions than you about this game.  You did it to me by saying I'm not even a fan of Star Fox . . . again, something I don't even know how you would determine based off of anything I've written here.