i feel like a lot of these old properties like sonic and banjo need fresh hands onboard to get off the ground. That’s what something like Sonic Mania showed me.
I liked Star Fox Zero but miyamoto trying to reinvent the wheel is not what StarFox needs. Either is Banjo sitting in Limbo with Yooka-Laylee which I heard has improved since launch but wasn’t very good.
Fresh people or new inspirations for existing people.
SFZ did the exact opposite of what people wanted with Star Fox. After 3 games with added gimmicks(granted, I thought Assault was pretty sick), gameplay wise, people just wanted a more refined version of what the first 2 games had done, without too many on foot sections.
I think people at least liked the series getting new stories and the like, expanding the world. So instead of more of that, it's yet another re-telling of Star Fox 64's plot, but not with the control scheme people wanted.
It's the same reason why F-Zero wasn't brought back, if the gameplay doesn't change too much, they see no reason to go back to it. On one hand I like the desire to always innovate, plenty of series could benefit from those changes. On the other hand, some series only need quality of life changes and some modern elements like online multiplayer to be worth buying, like F-Zero.