History YMMV / StarFox2

* EpilepticTrees: The facts that the game was reconsidered for release and had its coding ironed out means that there's still programs and people that are specialized on working with the SNES hardware as well as a need for them which means that it's still possible to make games for the SNES.

** Despite Fey and Miyu not appearing outside of this game (which was also cancelled to boot), both have developed dedicated followings amongst the fandom for being amongst Star Fox's only major female members and their appealing designs, to the point that many fans want them to reappear in the series as major characters (despite their chances being low), with some going as far as to consider them to be better female characters than the more promiment and Main/{{Base Breaking|Character}} Krystal, despite once again, lacking any appearances outside of this game. Thier followings would only increase after the game got Main/{{Uncancelled}} and was released to the public.

* {{Moe}}: Fay due to her [[BadassAdorable upbeat]] and [[GenkiGirl energetic nature]]. While she alongside Miyu were popular in the Star Fox community for years, Fay is the most popular character of the game.

** Despite Fey and Miyu not appearing outside of this game, both have developed dedicated followings amongst the fandom for being amongst Star Fox's only major female members, which would only increase after the game got Main/{{Uncancelled}}. Nowadays, many fans want them to reappear in the series as major characters, despite their chances being low. Some fans also consider them to be better female characters than the more promiment and Main/{{Base Breaking|Character}} Krystal, despite once again, lacking any appearances outside of this game.

** Fay and Miyu have pretty dedicated fans, which is fairly impressive for a pair of characters that have only shown up in a single, [[{{Uncancelled}} formerly cancelled game]] and nowhere else. Since the reboot, the series has had ''very few'' female characters of note.

* EightPointEight: [[TheShelfofMovieLanguishment The game was shipped more than 20 years later than its intended release date]]. Even knowing this, many (but not all) critics judged this game by modern releases rather than [[FairForItsDay by its own merits for the time]]. This resulted in [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/27/star-fox-2-review IGN]] giving the game a mere "5.0".

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fay and Miyu have pretty dedicated fans, which is fairly impressive for a pair of characters that have only shown up in a single, [[{{Uncancelled}} formerly cancelled game]] and nowhere else. Since the reboot, the series has had ''very few'' female characters of note.

* AwesomeMoments: The game '''''finally''''' being released more than twenty years after it was set to do so originally.

* MomentOfAwesome: The game '''''finally''''' being released more than twenty years after it was set to do so originally.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The game '''''finally''''' being released more than twenty years after it was set to do so originally.

*** Queen Dioray is a giant underwater squid. The Arwing cannot function underwater, so you'll need to switch to Walker mode. Once you hit it, though, it will immediately become invincible and surface, forcing you to go back to Arwing mode and wait to surface yourself. Once you beat it, you'll have to turn back into the Walker and sink back down.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/StarFox Andross]] again. See that page for details.

* EightPointEight: [[TheShelfofMovieLanguishment The game was shipped more than 20 years later than its intended release date]]. Even knowing this, many (but not all) critics judged this game by modern releases rather than [[FairForItsDay by its own merits for the time]]. This resulted in [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/27/star-fox-2-review IGN]] giving the game a mere "5.0".

*** Inside the base, you'll have to fight the Kick Gunner. While it appeared in Hard Mode, this variant is far more annoying due to its arena having four pools of water in a square, and the Kick Gunner will more often jump between two pools than jump onto land and attack for a while. When it goes into a pool, it will take a while to jump out again, making it potentially a massive time sink.
*** To add insult to injury, the core of the base is the most annoying variant: four turrets in the corners that must be defeated to attack the core. If you don't have a Smart Bomb, you'll probably be adding another second to the timer.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: After over twenty years, [[{{Vaporware}} it's finally been released to the public.]] For a game that has had numerous unfinished builds and incomplete attempts at realizing [[WhatMightHaveBeen what the game was trying to be]], Nintendo has '''''finally''''' given the game a worldwide official release.

* NightmareFuel: [[https://twitter.com/OKeijiDragon/status/1287050356627652609 Unused sprites]] [[ContentLeak revealed in a source code leak in late July 2020]] shows Falco, Slippy, Fox and Peppy [[RedFilterOfDoom engulfed in red lights]], their respective sprites on the left shows their screen [[InterfaceScrew glitching out]], and one the right they all look like they're freaking out, as if their ships received critical damage and couldn't take it.
* OlderThanTheyThink: It was actually ''this'' game that introduced the Star Wolf team. Their characters would be recycled (with significant ArtShift and a total character change from Algy to Andrew) for a re-debut in ''VideoGame/StarFox64''. This also marks the first time that Andross uses GiantHandsOfDoom and a more natural face (only seen on Hard and Expert difficulties), inspiring ''all'' of his later boss fights. [[UpToEleven In addition]], many of Star Fox's core game mechanics were first introduced in ''Star Fox 2'': [[HomingProjectile homing charged shots]], free movement in flight, land combat, underwater combat, [[EnemyDetectingRadar the tactical map]], [[TransformingMecha transforming arwings]]... all of these ideas were recycled for later releases, including ''Star Fox 64'', ''Star Fox Command'', and ''Star Fox Zero''. The fact that the transforming arwings were directly inspired by ''Star Fox 2'' was acknowledged by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto himself.

* NightmareFuel: [[https://twitter.com/OKeijiDragon/status/1287050356627652609 Unused sprites]] [[ContentLeak revealed in a source code leak in late July 2020]] shows Falco, Slippy, Fox and Peppy [[RedFilterOfDoom engulfed in red lights]], their respective sprites on the left shows their screen [[InterfaceScrew glitching out]], and one the right they all look like they're freaking out.

* {{Moe}}: Fay due to her [[BadassAdorable upbeat]] and [[GenkiGirl energetic nature]]. While she alongside Miyu were popular in the Star Fox community for years. Fay is considered to be the most popular of the new characters for the game.

* {{Moe}}: Fay due to her [[BadassAdorable upbeat]] and [[BadassAdorable energetic nature]]. While she alongside Miyu were popular in the Star Fox community for years. Fay is considered to be the most popular of the new characters for the game.

* EightPointEight: [[TheShelfofMovieLanguishment The game was shipped more than 20 years later than its intended release date]]. Even knowing this, many (but not all) critics judged this game by modern releases rather than [[FairForItsDay it's own merits for the time]]. This resulted in [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/27/star-fox-2-review IGN]] giving the game a mere "5.0".

* EightPointEight: [[TheShelfofMovieLanguishment The game was shipped more than 20 years later than its intended release date]]. Even knowing this, many (but not all) critics judged this game by modern releases rather than [[FairForItsDay it's own merits for the time]]. This resulted in [[http://www.ign.com/g00/articles/2017/09/27/star-fox-2-review?i10c.referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F IGN]] giving the game a mere "5.0".

* OlderThanTheyThink: It was actually ''this'' game that introduced the Star Wolf team. Their characters would be recycled (with significant ArtShift and a total character change from Algy to Andrew) for a re-debut in ''VideoGame/StarFox64''. This also marks the first time that Andross uses GiantHandsOfDoom and a more natural face (only seen on Hard and Expert difficulties), inspiring ''all'' of his later boss fights. [[UpToEleven In addition]], many of Star Fox's core game mechanics were first introduced in ''Star Fox 2'': [[HomingProjectile homing charged shots]], free movement in flight, land combat, underwater combat, [[EnemyDetectingRadar the tactical map]], [[TransformingMecha transforming arwings]]... all of these ideas were recycled for later releases, including ''Star Fox 64'', ''star Fox Command'', and ''Star Fox Zero''. The fact that the transforming arwings were directly inspired by ''Star Fox 2'' was acknowledged by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto himself.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Fara, Fay, and Miyu: [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Fara simply isn't in the final release]], while Miyu and Fay remain exclusive to this game (Miyu was apparently recycled as Katt Monroe, and Fay seems to have inspired Bill Grey). They were meant to expand the main Star Fox cast and include a female component... something that took until ''Videogame/StarFoxAssault'' to be realized by making Krystal one of the Arwing pilots, and even then, [[ConvenientReplacementCharacter that was to replace Peppy]], and Krystal is only playable in multiplayer.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fay and Miyu have pretty dedicated fans, which is fairly impressive for a pair of characters that have only shown up in a single, [[{{Uncancelled}} formerly cancelled game]] and nowhere else. Since the [[{{Reboot}} reboot]], the series has had ''very few'' female characters of note.

* OlderThanTheyThink:
** It was actually ''this'' game that introduced the Star Wolf team. Their characters would be recycled (with significant ArtShift and a total character change from Algy to Andrew) for a re-debut in ''VideoGame/StarFox64''. This also marks the first time that Andross uses GiantHandsOfDoom and a more natural face (only seen on Hard and Expert difficulties), inspiring ''all'' of his later boss fights. [[UpToEleven In addition]], many of Star Fox's core game mechanics were first introduced in ''Star Fox 2'': [[HomingProjectile homing charged shots]], free movement in flight, land combat, underwater combat, [[EnemyDetectingRadar the tactical map]], [[TransformingMecha transforming arwings]]... all of these ideas were recycled for later releases, including ''Star Fox 64'', ''star Fox Command'', and ''Star Fox Zero''. The fact that the transforming arwings were directly inspired by ''Star Fox 2'' was acknowledged by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto himself.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fay and Miyu have pretty dedicated fans, which is fairly impressive for a pair of characters that have only shown up in a ([[{{Uncancelled}} formerly]]) cancelled game and nowhere else. It helps that since the [[{{Reboot}} reboot]], the series has had ''very few'' female characters of note.