Nintendo Reveals 10 Star Fox Switch 2 Voice Actors Ahead of June 25 Launch

Q: Is Nintendo using Star Fox to boost console sales before its announced $50 price hike?

There is no clear evidence that Nintendo is using *Star Fox* as a targeted pre-price-hike console sales driver. What is confirmed is that the Switch 2 will rise from $450 to $500 on September 1, 2026, and that *Star Fox* launches on June 25, well before that increase. Nintendo also has a broader strategy of using software to support hardware sales, and the timing naturally gives buyers one more notable exclusive before the higher console price takes effect. But the available reporting does not show Nintendo explicitly positioning *Star Fox* as the key title to pull forward Switch 2 purchases. The game is a polished remaster of *Star Fox 64* with upgraded visuals, new multiplayer options, challenge modes, and expanded cutscenes, yet outside analysis in the supplied material suggests it is unlikely to be a major hardware mover on its own. One assessment says titles like this “aren’t going to cut it” if Nintendo wants to materially change the console’s sales trajectory, and another notes that a rail-shooter remake probably will not “move the needle much.” So the most defensible reading is that *Star Fox* may help Nintendo’s software lineup ahead of the September increase, but there is no solid evidence it is being used as a major, deliberate last-minute lever to boost Switch 2 sales before the $50 hike.

1 articles · Updated · Nintendo Everything · Jun 24

Hunter McCoy will voice Fox McCloud in Star Fox on Nintendo Switch 2, with Nintendo also naming Andrew Russel as Falco, Erik Braa as Peppy and Jeremy Adams as Slippy.
The full English cast spans 10 actors, with Russel also voicing Area 6 Commander and Braa taking multiple roles including General Pepper, Sarumarine Captain and Forever Train Engineer.
Other revealed roles include Samuel Drake as Wolf and Bill, Mick Lauer as Pigma, Griffin Puatu as Leon, Hunter Peterson as James and Dr. Andross, and Brittany Cox as Katt and Announcer.
Eiji Takeuchi voices Fox in the Japanese version, and the game launches worldwide on Switch 2 on June 25, with a $10 discount currently available on the physical edition.