{"id":137529,"date":"2026-06-09T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-202384"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:05:00","slug":"star-fox-developer-revealed-as-free-demo-barrel-rolls-onto-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/06\/09\/star-fox-developer-revealed-as-free-demo-barrel-rolls-onto-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Fox Developer Revealed, As Free Demo Barrel Rolls Onto Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae4f83b479aa8\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae4f83b479aa8\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae4f83b479aa8\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"gL6e98lg644\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gL6e98lg644?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We are approaching Nintendo&#8217;s next big Switch 2 release with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/star-fox\">Star Fox<\/a>, and today, we&#8217;ve learnt the development team behind it all.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed on <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/velanstudios.bsky.social\/post\/3mnuig2crp225\">Bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/velanstudios.com\/#top\">Velan Studios<\/a> is behind this one. &#8220;We\u2019ve been passionately working on this for a while, and we\u2019re so proud to finally share it with the world: Velan Studios is the developer of Star Fox,&#8221; the accompanying message reads. &#8220;Collaborating with Nintendo and bringing Fox McCloud and crew to Nintendo Switch 2 is truly an honor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the team&#8217;s second run-in with Nintendo after developing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_live_home_circuit\">Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit<\/a> back in 2020. Since then, the studio made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/knockout_city\">Knockout City<\/a> and has been behind a couple of other AR games, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/hot_wheels_rift_rally\" class=\"external\">Hot Wheels: Rift Rally<\/a> and <strong>Bounce Arcade<\/strong>, and released the PlayStation horror party game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/midnight_murder_club\" class=\"external\">Midnight Murder Club<\/a>, earlier this year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-bsky-post\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/velanstudios.bsky.social\/post\/3mnuig2crp225 @ 2026-06-09T16:56:49+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2r5hf7h3cog3pdg2zs3snr7x\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mnuig2crp225\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicpfosfqkx6who55n3ipgk2eztlaecebv73shdiwfxhqujwl6og3y\">\n<p lang=\"en\">We\u2019ve been passionately working on this for a while, and we\u2019re so proud to finally share it with the world: Velan Studios is the developer of Star Fox\u2122! Collaborating with Nintendo and bringing Fox McCloud and crew to Nintendo Switch 2 is truly an honor. #StarFox #NintendoSwitch2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2r5hf7h3cog3pdg2zs3snr7x?ref_src=embed\">Velan Studios (@velanstudios.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2r5hf7h3cog3pdg2zs3snr7x\/post\/3mnuig2crp225?ref_src=embed\">2026-06-09T15:15:13.891Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all from Star Fox! The Direct also revealed that we can today go hands-on with a slice of it thanks to a new free demo.<\/p>\n<p>The demo will take you through the tutorial and &#8220;one of the game&#8217;s opening stages&#8221; \u2014 or Meteo, for those in the know. It ain&#8217;t much, but a small taster before launch is always welcome.<\/p>\n<p>While we expect things to play <em>very<\/em> similarly to everything we know from the N64 original, it should give us a good opportunity to see how those sweet new visuals hold up on Switch 2. An opportunity to try out the control schemes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:201893 @ 1781028750 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be diving into the Star Fox demo today? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] We are approaching Nintendo&#8217;s next big Switch 2 release with Star Fox, and today, we&#8217;ve learnt the development team behind it all. 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