It is no secret that the Super Nintendo was lacking the CPU speed area and was simply not capable of large polygon based graphics on its own. Nintendo solved this problem with expansion chips, much like they solved dissimilar problems on the original NES. One of the more popular expansion chips was the Super FX chip developed in conjunction with Argonaut. With the added power of the Super FX chip, Star Fox was able to be completed and resulted in a good foundation for a new franchise that Nintendo revives on a whim.
. Star Fox 2 is on the Super Nintendo Classic Mini and in English.
Star Fox has gone onto becoming a franchise of mistaken identities. There is an action role playing game style game (Star Fox Adventures on GameCube), Star Fox 64 (similar to the first and on Nintendo 64), a similar shooter by Namco (Star Fox: Assault on Gamecube
) and an on-line game on Nintendo DS (Star Fox Command).
There is a tech demo of Star Fox running on a stock Genesis (no add-on chips) available that is quite interesting.
There currently are no digital re-releases of Star Fox available so you will have to track down the original cartridge version to enjoy this classic. Grab a copy of Star Fox on eBay and enjoy it because they simply don't make games like this anymore.