Star Fox 2 is a space shooter developed by Argonaut Games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, originally completed in the mid-1990s but cancelled by Nintendo ahead of the Nintendo 64's launch. Though nearly finished, the game went unreleased for decades — its source code eventually leaked and circulated as an unofficial ROM. Several of its introduced concepts, including the rival team Star Wolf, were later incorporated into Star Fox 64. The game received its first official release in 2017 as part of the SNES Classic Mini console, where it was offered as an unlockable title, and has since become available through the Nintendo Switch Online service. Alongside traditional on-rails shooting, the game incorporates real-time strategic elements, distinguishing it from its predecessor and reflecting the more ambitious scope that made Nintendo hesitant to release it on aging hardware.
Andross returns, and this time he's got two massive superweapons, interplanetary ballistic missiles, and a host of fighters and bombers all heading for Corneria. It's up to two members of the Star Fox team to defend Corneria from Andross's WMDs, infiltrate enemy bases, and defeat Andross himself at the same time.
