Decoyman
Bob-omb
Would it have been better than Star Fox 64 if the controls were improved? Probably not, and it still has the problem of every post-64 Star Fox game in that at its best it usually just feels like it lives in the shadow of its most definitive title, but man; when things actually "clicked" it felt cool as hell to transition between the Arwing and Walker like you're some space station infiltrating Transformer. Not a lot of games really capture that type of thrill, let alone even bother making rail shooters. I remember liking the Gyrowing stages too.
Sadly the controls and some of the overall design was so ambitiously maximalist in its Wii U gamepad reliance that I don't think they'll ever be able to port it without taking a sledgehammer to it. Rewatching the final boss made me realize how they'd basically need to redesign the entirety of several levels to circumvent the way many of its obstacles are conscious of the player's access to multiple perspectives. I don't know if a brand new Star Fox game is something I'd be excited about when 64 was already pretty much perfect, but I do sometimes wish Zero's better ideas got to shine in a modern feeling Star Fox game. It'd probably take a whole lot more direct design effort than Skyward Sword did but I wouldn't object to a "revision" type re-release.
Sadly the controls and some of the overall design was so ambitiously maximalist in its Wii U gamepad reliance that I don't think they'll ever be able to port it without taking a sledgehammer to it. Rewatching the final boss made me realize how they'd basically need to redesign the entirety of several levels to circumvent the way many of its obstacles are conscious of the player's access to multiple perspectives. I don't know if a brand new Star Fox game is something I'd be excited about when 64 was already pretty much perfect, but I do sometimes wish Zero's better ideas got to shine in a modern feeling Star Fox game. It'd probably take a whole lot more direct design effort than Skyward Sword did but I wouldn't object to a "revision" type re-release.