
Well, I also mean SNES, I grew up with that too, but they're kind of the same thing and 64 was an improvement, especially graphically, so I see your point. It is a bit sad that's probably the only game in the franchise everyone immediately recognizes, but then again, that was the game I got for Christmas '97 with my N64; I love it.
As for their plans, that depends how SF has been selling, market research, yada yada, and I honestly doubt they'll go back to the Roots, when Star Fox was about following a black family through different periods of American history, so I probably wouldn't be sarisfied with the "mix of gameplay styles" style of gameplay they'd likely go with anyway.