and reminder, do not fear of SS' sales. and the Club Nintendo Q/A poll on SPM, Kensuke Tanabe referred about, is extremely bullshit. the co-producer of Color Splash said they're willing to do a TTYD remaster "if fans want it".
regardless of Zero's failure on having a good reception among Star Fox fans, railshooter fans in general, people who've played the 99% complete SF2 Beta rom, or fans of SF64, Star Fox 643D has proven that Nintendo is willing to put the series back to the former.
long ago Miyamoto said in a Iwata Asks interview that if people don't buy and enjoy Star Fox 643D, he won't be able to put the SF Wii development in place (becoming Zero) and reincarnate the Star Fox series.
web.archive.org
iwataasks.nintendo.com
as the failure that is SF Zero came to be and 643D gaining a Nintendo Select (know fact that Player's Choice given to games that succeed Nintendo's expectations.), 643D manage to pass Nintendo's expectations for it.
the Sly Clooper collection plays as another example to this as well.
If we're going to win back Paper Mario, we must try. (no defeatism involved)