10 Most MIND-BLOWING Things We Learned From The Nintendo Gigaleak

8. The Cut Cast Of Star Fox 2

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After years left on the cutting room floor, Star Fox 2 was eventually restored to all its Super FX majesty as a flagship 'new' release on Nintendo's SNES Classic console in 2017. And truth be told, it was actually a bit... naff. Maybe it was scrapped for a reason?

What isn't naff are these absolutely delightful character portraits, mined over the weekend, which show several characters not seen in the series before or since. Star Fox fans have been falling all over themselves trying to identify who these absent animals are - and how some of them were later repurposed. All we can say for definite is that the aye-aye is adorbs.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.