I honestly was not expecting them to branch out into other IP beyond DK. With this introduction it does feel like they are heading towards a Smash Brothers movie. That aside, I would love a Star Fox franchise to exist again. Looking forward to the new rumored game.
I feel like it was supposed to be a surprise, hence the almost total lack of StarFox stuff in the trailers, but then people who looked really carefully at the trailer noticed a leg that looks like Fox’s and posted it all over social media, so Illumination (and Nintendo maybe) decided to embrace the publicity.
On an personal sidenote, when Nintendo and Illumination announced their partnership, I threw together an outline of how I would do it. I would have adapted Galaxy as the grand finale, and would have also brought in Team StarFox (and also the Triforce bearers). Heh.
Anyway, I kind of suspect they’re doing Galaxy precisely because it lets them introduce the StarFox characters relatively seamlessly. The heroes chase Bowser across the galaxy, somebody says they’re going to need help, and Rosalina says she knows just the team… Then if reception is positive, they can spin off Team StarFox into their own movies.
Hmm. Perhaps the second Zelda movie will see Samus land in Hyrule.