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When ''Star Fox: Assault'' was announced in May 2002, '''an arcade port was revealed''' alongside it in a similar vein to ''F-Zero GX'' and ''AX'' but it was never heard of again.

==Background==
[[File:Announce2 small.jpg|thumb|279x279px|A picture taken at the Nintendo and Namco featuring representatives from both companies.]]
On May 8, 2002, Nintendo and Namco held a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, showcased Namco's upcoming GameCube and Game Boy Advance titles, and announced that the two companies would be collaborating on a new ''Star Fox'' game. The game was planned to be released on GameCube and in arcades in April of the following year. The arcade port would have used the GameCube architecture-based Triforce arcade board, co-developed by Namco, Sega, and Nintendo for easy porting of GameCube games. When asked if the arcade port would also make use of the O.R.B.S. arcade cabinet, Namco producer Shiozawa Atsushi said he "cannot confirm anything, but he`d love to make use of it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060322084342/http://cube.ign.com/articles/358/358767p1.html Namco Brings GCN Support by IGN Staff from IGN Cube archived by the Wayback Machine.] Retrieved 22 Jan '22</ref> O.R.B.S. would have featured a sliding cockpit, semi-spherical screen, and speaker array. Once players sat down in the cockpit, the cabinet's door would shut, completely immersing the player in the game.<ref name=":0">[https://kotaku.com/the-greatest-arcade-cabinet-that-never-was-5849339 The Greatest Arcade Cabinet That Never Was by Luke Plunkett from Kotaku.] Retrieved 22 Jan '22</ref> If the port was intended for use with the O.R.B.S. cabinet, it likely lacked the GameCube version's on-foot third-person shooter segments as the cabinet was specifically designed for rail-shooters.<ref name=":0" /> The game also likely would have featured some sort of interactivity between the arcade and GameCube versions via the use of GameCube memory cards similarly to ''F-Zero GX'' and ''AX''.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/07/16/inside-f-zero-ax Inside ''F-Zero AX'' by Fran Mirabella III from IGN.] Retrieved 22 Jan '22</ref> Sadly, no game using the O.R.B.S. cabinet ever released due to its high price tag and the sharp decline the arcade market was facing at the time.<ref name=":0" />

==Availability==
The GameCube version would eventually release as ''Star Fox: Assault'' in 2005. The arcade version was never mentioned after the initial announcement, and a build of the game has yet to resurface.

==Gallery==
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==See Also==
*[[Starblade: Operation Blue Planet (lost build of unreleased arcade game; 2002)]] The only game confirmed to be in development for O.R.B.S.
*[[Star Fox (lost unreleased orchestrated soundtrack for Super Nintendo rail shooter; 1990s)]]
*[[Star Fox 2 (found complete build of cancelled Super Nintendo multidirectional shooter sequel; 1993-1995)]]

==References==
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