{"id":137368,"date":"2026-05-29T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201794"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:45:00","slug":"star-foxs-mouse-mode-controls-take-the-spotlight-in-new-switch-2-gameplay-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/29\/star-foxs-mouse-mode-controls-take-the-spotlight-in-new-switch-2-gameplay-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Fox&#8217;s Mouse Mode Controls Take The Spotlight In New Switch 2 Gameplay Footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a72f181a2336\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a72f181a2336\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"8a72f181a2336\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Star Fox Switch 2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a72f181a2336\/star-fox-switch-2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8a72f181a2336\/star-fox-switch-2.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Star Fox Switch 2\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re closing in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a>&#8216;s almighty return, and Nintendo has today <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NintendoUK\/status\/2060300122496417934\">shared<\/a> a little more footage of how the game plays with Switch 2&#8217;s unique control schemes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Mouse Mode that takes the spotlight in this new clip (re-posted to Bluesky by <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stealth40k.bsky.social\/post\/3mmyhwacxd22o\">@Stealth40k<\/a>), showcasing the opening Corneria City stage with the super-precise Joy-Con aiming.<\/p>\n<p>The control scheme looks pleasant enough \u2014 even if it will only be available in the game&#8217;s Campaign and Challenge modes \u2014 but it&#8217;s the extra little look at Corneria City that we&#8217;re really loving here. Sure, the locale will no doubt look familiar to those of us who have played through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/star_fox_64\">Star Fox 64<\/a> countless times, but check out all the extra detail! The lighting, the holograms, the rubble \u2014 <em>oof<\/em>, this sure is going to be a pretty one.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-bsky-post\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/stealth40k.bsky.social\/post\/3mmyhwacxd22o @ 2026-05-29T13:40:46+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vswp4uwqelztguwxy6n2kljt\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mmyhwacxd22o\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidt5le6xsr3uigoyeovzjauldduf6ugkb6pdiagl3wezs6udmc7eq\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Nintendo revealed new footage of Star Fox using mouse mode!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vswp4uwqelztguwxy6n2kljt?ref_src=embed\">Stealth40k (@stealth40k.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vswp4uwqelztguwxy6n2kljt\/post\/3mmyhwacxd22o?ref_src=embed\">2026-05-29T11:51:50.644Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As a reminder, Star Fox lands on Switch 2 on <strong>25th June<\/strong>, complete with revamped visuals, new cutscenes, GameChat filters and more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:199630,200871,201048 @ 1780076874 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of this new footage? How hyped are you for Star Fox on Switch 2? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life We&#8217;re closing in on Star Fox&#8216;s almighty return, and Nintendo has today shared a little more footage of how the game plays with Switch 2&#8217;s unique control schemes. It&#8217;s Mouse Mode that takes the spotlight in this new clip (re-posted to Bluesky by @Stealth40k), showcasing the opening Corneria City stage with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}