Published May 7, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT Miyamoto can't let his baby go, but he also can't move it forward Image: Sanei/Nintendo Switchboard is Polygon's weekly newsletter for all things Nintendo, sent on Thursdays. You can subscribe here . In one sense, Nintendo's reveal of Star Fox for the Switch 2 this week was a surprise. In another sense, it wasn't. The game is a remake, because of course it is. In the Star Fox series, remakes outnumber original games; this is a beloved franchise that seems unable to get off square one. In 1993, Nintendo made Star Fox , a technically dazzling 3D space shooter for the Super Nintendo. A Star Fox 2 was completed immediately after, but never released — at least, not until it was slipped onto the collectible Super NES Classic Edition console in 2017. (It's now available to play as part of the Nintendo Classics collection on Nintendo Switch Online.) Something about this cancellation seems to have haunted Nintendo.…