{"id":82659,"date":"2019-02-15T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/random_the_conspiracy_chatter_is_growing_maybe_there_is_no_star_fox_grand_prix"},"modified":"2019-02-15T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T17:00:00","slug":"random-the-conspiracy-chatter-is-growing-maybe-there-is-no-star-fox-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/random-the-conspiracy-chatter-is-growing-maybe-there-is-no-star-fox-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: The Conspiracy Chatter Is Growing: Maybe There Is No Star Fox Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493156cd0fe4e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/493156cd0fe4e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"SFGP\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e6f1f7b9d9cd\/sfgp.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3e6f1f7b9d9cd\/sfgp.900x.jpg\" alt=\"SFGP\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>For some time now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/rumour_fresh_details_of_star_fox_grand_prix_suggest_its_not_like_f-zero_at_all_thanks_very_much\">there have been whispers<\/a> of a Retro Studios-developed racing game in the <strong>Star Fox<\/strong> universe. Many reliable sources that have gone on record regarding <strong>Star Fox Grand Prix<\/strong>, and everyone\u2019s been expecting an announcement at every subsequent Direct. So far, Nintendo is keeping shtum, but footage from the latest Nintendo Direct has some people doubting its existence.<\/p>\n<p>The latest trailer for the upcoming <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/starlink_battle_for_atlas\">Starlink: Battle For Atlas<\/a><\/strong> update includes glimpses of starship races with Player One controlling an Arwing (skip to 14:30 in the Direct video below to see the above image in motion). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resetera.com\/threads\/theory-starfox-grand-prix-never-existed.99662\/\">A poster on ResetEra<\/a> is postulating that all those sources have somehow misinterpreted this coming mode as the touted Star Fox racer.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an interesting theory, to be sure, but the mental gymnastics needed to explain away Retro\u2019s involvement don\u2019t stand up to scrutiny. The idea that Retro\u2019s work would somehow get recycled into a cross-platform Ubisoft property is absurd, as is the likelihood that <em>numerous<\/em> independent sources would have mistakenly jumped to the conclusion that Retro was working on it.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UqjSzJUDZjs?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Unless Nintendo drops an incredible bombshell, you\u2019ll have to wait until April to go to the races in your Arwing in any form on Switch. If nothing else, these theories show the dedication \u2013 and perhaps <em>desperation<\/em> \u2013 of a Star Fox fanbase starved of quality content. For anybody in that boat who hasn\u2019t tried Starlink yet, we suggest you dive in immediately; prices are low and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/starlink_battle_for_atlas\">the game\u2019s excellent on Switch<\/a>. This weekend there\u2019s even a <a href=\"https:\/\/starlink.ubisoft.com\/game\/en-us\/news-videos\/344698\/play-with-the-nadir-starship-pack-for-free-this-weekend\">\u2018Free Toys Trial\u2019<\/a> enabling you to try out some different Starships for a limited time.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s hard to deny the sheer quantity of sources that corroborate the rumours &#8211; why do you think Nintendo is taking so long to announce this game? Let us know your thoughts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some time now there have been whispers of a Retro Studios-developed racing game in the Star Fox universe. Many reliable sources that have gone on record regarding Star Fox Grand Prix, and everyone\u2019s been expecting an announcement at every subsequent Direct. So far, Nintendo is keeping shtum, but footage from the latest Nintendo Direct [&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-82659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82659","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=82659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}