{"id":137088,"date":"2026-05-07T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200864"},"modified":"2026-05-07T02:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:25:00","slug":"dogfights-return-in-star-foxs-new-online-battle-mode-gameshare-support-detailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/07\/dogfights-return-in-star-foxs-new-online-battle-mode-gameshare-support-detailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogfights Return In Star Fox&#8217;s New Online Battle Mode, GameShare Support Detailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1bde375b2d2b7\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1bde375b2d2b7\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"1bde375b2d2b7\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Star Fox\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1bde375b2d2b7\/star-fox.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1bde375b2d2b7\/star-fox.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Star Fox\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aerial dogfights are back on the menu in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a> game for Switch 2, with Nintendo revealing the game&#8217;s battle mode during its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/star-fox-is-finally-getting-another-game-out-june-2026-exclusively-on-switch-2\">Star Fox Direct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>battle mode<\/strong> will allow you to gather a crew and compete in all-new <strong>4-vs-4 dogfights<\/strong> with up to a total of <strong>8 players online<\/strong>. Four will fight on the side of &#8216;Team Star Fox&#8217; and the other four players will join &#8216;Team Star Wolf&#8217;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"ba8e941dd27e9\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Star Fox\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba8e941dd27e9\/star-fox.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba8e941dd27e9\/star-fox.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Star Fox\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The online mode will include three stages, each with different objectives. On <strong>Corneria<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll secure control a designated zone, on <strong>Fichina<\/strong> you&#8217;ll compete to collect energy crystals, and in <strong>Sector Y<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll be required to retrieve cargo from space pirates.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Pilots will also be given the option to join team battles via <strong>private matches<\/strong>, and there&#8217;s the option to match with up to four players locally or online through <strong>GameShare<\/strong>. GameShare also allows players with the original Switch to join in on the fun locally, and there&#8217;ll be offline multiplayer where you can take on the CPU.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, to access the online multiplayer content, you&#8217;ll need to have a Nintendo account and a Switch Online membership.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"02805e0bbe939\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Star Fox\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/02805e0bbe939\/star-fox.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/02805e0bbe939\/star-fox.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Star Fox\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo also revealed it will offer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/05\/psa-you-can-play-star-foxs-switch-2-game-with-a-nintendo-64-controller\"><strong>co-op<\/strong> in the campaign and challenge mode<\/a>, where one player takes on the role of the pilot with one Joy-Con, and the player assigned to the other Joy-Con is the gunner.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:199630,200863,200858,181717 @ 1778137702 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Are you looking forward to taking to the skies in Star Fox&#8217;s multiplayer? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Aerial dogfights are back on the menu in the new Star Fox game for Switch 2, with Nintendo revealing the game&#8217;s battle mode during its Star Fox Direct. The battle mode will allow you to gather a crew and compete in all-new 4-vs-4 dogfights with up to a total of 8 players online. 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