A leaker/commentator that goes by Nate the Hate has shared some tantalizing details about Nintendo's plans for 2026 on his podcast today.

"Star Fox is coming back in summer 2026...So I've been told it is a classic style Star Fox game. Ooh, I like I like I've been told the visuals are supposed to be very good, very very satisfying. And I've heard it does have online multiplayer."

A short turnaround from announcement to release would be sick for a new Star Fox title. It'd be refreshing for the IP to have a classic style title and get new love on the Switch 2. Might be all apart of the master timing given the recent reveal that Fox McCloud is in The Super Mario Galaxy movie coming out next week...

"One game that will not be releasing in holiday 2026 is 3D Mario. 3D Mario will be releasing in 2027."

No Mario until 2027 sounds reasonable, especially considering Donkey Kong Bananza came out last summer. I guess Titans is a fake "leak" after all?

"What I can share with you today is that in the second half of 2026, approaching the holidays, if not the holidays, we are going to receive an Ocarina of Time remake. For Switch 2."

Andy Robinson over at VGC had the audacity to point out this not-so-fun fact.

"A soft Ocarina remake was previously released for Nintendo 3DS in 2011. However, that was released further ago from today than the 3DS version was from the Nintendo 64 original at its time of release."

If Mario is getting a movie for his anniversary, Link should get at least a remake. A brand new version of Ocarina of Time would pop for sure. It makes me curious how far they would push the remake or play it super safe.

Overall, these announcements are cool. But, I can't help but feel a little wind was sucked out of the sails here. I talked about this a little bit in my article about the Super Mario Titans leaks;

"The fervor and discussion around leaks that may or may not be real? There's something far more enticing about blurry phone photos than a tweet from some prominent leaker. They are brazen—real or not! There's an audacity at both the person producing the photo and the information. In a way, the effort is much higher than just posting a thread and saying what you may or may not have heard."

It is far less exciting when the leak is just a statement on a podcast. If Star Fox is announced next month, it'll have a little "eh, I knew that was coming." More crucially, now we enter the phase on imagination, which has its own ramifications.

"Leaks have immense power to shape perspective. If you like the leak and it doesn't come to pass, you can become disappointed. Same happens when inverted. I think lots of folks forget to bring along their big chunks of salt to these conversations and revel in the fun of it. "

Consider this blog post heavily seasoned with salt, but your boy is still licking his proverbial lips.