Star Fox Zero Showcased at Nintendo Digital Event

Nintendo kicked off their E3 2015 Digital Event with style, showing some footage from the upcoming Star Fox title for Wii U.

Now entitled Star Fox Zero, Miyamoto showed off a bunch of footage, spoke about his inspirations for the title and what we can expect. It's interesting to hear Miyamoto talk a lot about his inspiration, including how Star Fox was originally inspired by his love of the classic show Thunderbirds.

Miyamoto lives close to the famous Inari Shrine and the numerous gates there inspired him to include so many arches in the game. He said how just seeing an archway makes the player want to go underneath it.

The reason Miyamoto and team wanted to bring Star Fox back now is thanks to the gyroscopic controls of the Wii U. Allowing the player to control the ship by pitching and pulling the pad is something they were really impressed by.

Star Fox Zero gives the player three vehicles this time. There's the new drone-like Gyrowing that the player can use to investigate in smaller spaces in the world. The Landmaster tank returns with some big boss battles, and, of course, the classic Arwing is back. This time, the Arwing is a little different; it now has the ability to transform into a Walker, a feature introduced in the never released Star Fox 2.