Star Fox 64
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Star Fox 64 (スターフォックス 64 Sutā Fokkusu Rokujūyon), known in Australia and Europe as Lylat Wars due to trademark issues, is a scrolling shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on April 27, 1997 in Japan, on July 1, 1997 in North America and on October 20, 1997 in Europe and Australia. It was later ported to the China-only iQue on November 21, 2003. Additionally, it is a reimagined remake of the original Star Fox, and the first to be released on the Nintendo 64. It was made available for download on the Wii's Virtual Console on April 2, 2007 in North America, April 17, 2007 in Japan and on April 20, 2007 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The PAL version of Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars) has an option of the Lylat language which is similar to the original Star Fox.
The planned second game in the series for the SNES, Star Fox 2, was canceled due to the upcoming release of the Nintendo 64, but some of its features were used in Star Fox 64, such as all range mode. It was the first game to introduce support for the Rumble Pak. The game received positive ratings from reviewers and critics who praised its smooth animation, detailed visuals, and use of multiple gameplay paths. It has been called one of the greatest games of all time
The music in Star Fox 64 was composed by Koji Kondo and Hajime Wakai
. Some of this music was used in the later games of the series.
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[edit] Background Plot
The evil Dr. Andross has defiled the Lylat system with his dangerous experiments. General Pepper banished him to Venom, a barren waste land that is believed to be unable to support life. When strange readings come from Venom, General Pepper sends the original Star Fox team, made up of James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar. But at Venom, Pigma betrays james McCloud and peppy Hare to Andross. James is captured by Andross and is supposedly killed. Peppy returns to Corneria. Years later, Andross invades Lylat and General Pepper sends a new Star Fox team, made up of Fox McCloud (James's son), Falco Lombardi,Slippy Toad, and Peppy Hare to stop Andross and end the Lylat wars.
[edit] Story
[edit] Stages
[edit] FIRST STAGE
[edit] 1. Corneria
level 1.The first level along all difficulty paths, this is the homeworld of Fox. The team must fly over the ocean route to Corneria City, repulse the invaders in the city, and proceed past it to fight a boss.
- Mission Complete: Go through this stage without saving Falco or going through all water arches then fight Granga (Meteo).
- Mission Accomplished: Save Falco, fly through all arches, then fight the Attack Carrier (Sector Y).
[edit] EASY PATH
[edit] 2. Meteo
level 2. While progressing towards Venomian forces, the team encounters the asteroid belt of Meteo. Many enemy fighters lie in ambush along the way.
- Mission Complete: Fight the Meteo Crusher (Fortuna/Fichina).
- Mission Accomplished: Go through all blue rings and warp (Katina).
[edit] 3. Fortuna
level 3.The Venom army has taken over a base on Fichina and planted a bomb there. When Star Fox becomes aware of this, Star Wolf shows up, commencing the most dangerous dogfight so far - with a running timer to boot!
- Mission Complete: Leave Star Wolf alone and let the bomb explode (Sector X).
- Mission Accomplished: Take out Star Wolf and let Fox take care of the bomb (Solar).
[edit] 4. Sector X
level 4. Andross has built some secret weapon and used it to destroy the base at Sector X. You must find and destroy this secret weapon. This is the only level where you can go to an easy level, a medium level, or a hard level.
- Mission Accomplished (1): Shoot and go through all 4 gates and warp (Sector Z). *
- Mission Accomplished (2): Take out Spyborg quickly (Macbeth). **
- Mission Complete: Slowly take out Spyborg and get Slippy slapped to Titania. **
(*) If you came from Katina, Bill will help you with the warp.
(**) If you face the secret weapon with Slippy out, he'll appear right before the battle.
[edit] 5. Titania
level 5. In order to rescue Slippy, you must use the Landmaster to navigate through the desert planet of Titania. After navigating through the desert, you rescue Slippy from one of Andross' bio-weapons. and head to Bolse.
- Mission Accomplished: Save Slippy and take out Goras (Bolse).
[edit] 6. Bolse
level 6. You have to destroy the Bolse station in order to get to Venom. After taking down the shield that's guarding the core, Star Wolf will appear if you haven't defeated them before in the game. If you did, you just need to shoot the many yellow spots on the core and blow the station away.
- Mission Accomplished: Destroy the Bolse satelite core.
[edit] MEDIUM PATH
[edit] 7. Katina
level 3. An assault is occurring on Katina. You must assist the Cornerian army (led by Bill Grey) in defending the base. After battling the enemies, the mothership appears to blow up the base. After the core appears, you have a short amount of time to blow it up.
- Mission Complete: The mothership's core is not destroyed in time and it destroys the base. Fox and Co. head to Sector-X.
- Mission Accomplished: The mothership's core is destroyed in time and the Mothership falls to the ground before exploding. Fox and Co. head to Solar.
[edit] 8. Solar
level 4. Solar is the star of Lylat. If you came from Katina, Bill helps you in the begining. The boss is some kind of enemy bio-weapon. Note that since you are flying above boiling plasma, the Arwings will take damage during the level.
- Mission Accomplished: Take out Vulcain carefully (Macbeth).
[edit] 9. Macbeth
level 5. Macbeth is the closest planet to Venom. It appears as a mass-machinery planet. You must take out the base there. Your approach to the base is following a supply train in the Landmaster, towards the end of the level you travel past 8 switches that open the lock on the train tracks, (If you came from Zoness, Katt shoots one for you) with Falco taking one off your hands.
- Mission Complete: Take out Mechbeth without shooting all 8 switches (Bolse).
- Mission Accomplished: Shoot all eight switches, the switcher, then Mechbeth will go to the enemy base called the fuel bunker (Area 6).
[edit] HARD PATH
[edit] 10. Sector Y
level 2. A battle is occurring in Sector Y. General Pepper asks Star Fox to win it. This is the only level with three bosses. You fight two robot shoguns and one piloted shogun.
- Mission Complete: Get under 100 points (Katina).
- Mission Accomplished: Get 100 points or over (Aquas).
[edit] 11. Aquas
level 3. This is the only level so far in the entire series where you use the blue marine. You (and supposedly Falco) pilot the submarine to search and destroy the bio-weapon beneath Aquas.
- Mission Accomplished: Destroy the underwater bio-weapon(named Bacoon, then head to Zoness).
You have unlimited torpedoes for the blue marine.
[edit] 12. Zoness
level 4. Andross's army has polluted Zoness's sea. You must find the leader and defeat him. You are assisted by Katt Monroe, who appears to know Falco. After destroying the enemy tanker fleet, Fox does battle with the pirate-like boss, Sarumarine.
- Mission Complete: If you are spotted by any searchlight (including the ones beyond the base), the searchlights will go red-orange and you will face more enemies, then head to Macbeth.
- Mission Accomplished: If all searchlights are destroyed, there will be fewer enemies and you will head to Sector Z.
[edit] 13. Sector Z
level 5. While heading through Sector Z, the Venom army sends 6 missiles towards the Great Fox. If you came from Zoness, Katt appears and helps to destroy one. If any of your teammates are not being chased by enemies, they will also destroy one.
- Mission Complete: Let one of the missles hit Great Fox (Bolse).
- Mission Accomplished: Destroy all 6 missles (Area 6)
- During the stage, Fox's Arwing can be completely repaired, including wings, by flying into the back entrance of the Great Fox.
- Each missile destroyed by Fox gives you +10 points
- There are 10 asteroids scattered around the stage, destroying one gives +2 points.
- ROB 64 will tell you when each group of missiles are approaching, and how close they are to the Great Fox.
[edit] 14. Area 6
level 6. This is the last outpost before you reach Venom. The Star Fox team flies straight through the middle of Andross' Defence Fleet. After making it through the 3 lines of defence, Fox destroys the planet crusher Space station named Gorgon before flying on to Venom.
- Mission Accomplished: Destroy the planet crusher Gorgon.
[edit] Final Stage: Venom
[edit] Venom Arriving From Bolse
The Starfox Team fights their way across the surface of Venom through wave upon wave of fighters, they fly through a temple defeating a rock golem boss before reaching Andross' base. Fox declares that he'll "go it alone" and plunges into the depths of the base deep below the crust of Venom. At the end of a long tunnel, Fox fights Andross, defeating him before fleeing the base as it begins to explode. it is revealed at the end of the credits though, that Fox only defeated an android form of Andross, and Andross' image is seen at the end laughing maniacally.
[edit] Venom Arriving From Area 6
The StarFox team flies down directly over Andross' base, But before they can enter, a disfigured Wolf arrives in their new ships, the Wolfen II's, forcing the StarFox team to fight them before they can proceed. since the Wolfen II's are heavily upgraded, Bombs and Lock on lasers have no effect. After StarWolf have been shot down, Fox declares that he'll "go it alone" and plunges into the depths of the base deep below the crust of Venom flying through a maze of tunnels and corridors, Fox reaches Andross and fights him, after destroying his disembodied hands and head, Andross' 'True Form' is reviled to be a gigantic brain with bio-mechanical eyes. Moving into all-range mode, Fox destroys the eyes and then the brain. However, as he dies, Andross declares that:
"If I go down, I'm taking you with me!"
and self-destructs. Fox screams at his impending doom, but then out of nowhere, the supposedly dead, James McCloud appears to lead Fox out of the maze of tunnels, if Fox takes a wrong turn at any time, he runs into the fireball coming the other way and is destroyed. As they leave the Base, James praises Fox's efforts before disappearing, leaving Fox to wonder if it really was his father or not. After the credits, THE END is displayed, indicating that this is the canonical end to the game.
[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Controls
- Arwing - The player uses the Arwing for the 12 of the 16 levels in the game, and most of the rest series overall. It can store and fire up to 9 Nova Bombs, and it's lasers can be upgraded to twin and hyper, it can also perform special manoeuvres such as somersaults, half-loops and the famous barrel roll. However, you will have to help your team mates in all the levels you use it in.
- Landmaster - You use the landmaster to save Slippy in Titania and take out the base on MacBeth. You still have to save your team mates, but rarely. The Landmaster can fire bombs, but it's lasers cannot be upgraded except in Vs. mode. Also, it cannot barrel roll, instead rolling out of the way of attacks.
- Blue Marine - You use the Blue Marine on Aquas since the Arwings can't go under water. It has unlimited lock-on torpedos and it's lasers can be upgraded to twin and hyper, as well as being barrel roll capable, making the blue marine the most powerful of the three craft, however, it's controls are slightly sluggish due to being underwater.
- Fox, Peppy, Falco or Slippy - The Player can use them only in multiplayer ground-having stages, and only after unlocking them by earning a blue ribbon in each stage of the main game and then beating Expert Mode. The controls were a combination of C buttons to aim and the control stick to strafe and walk. B was for Bombs and A for shooting, and Z to jump.
[edit] Reception
StarFox 64 is considered to be the best SF game ever among fans. It also is considered to be the first game in the series, considering the original game not Canon. Many fans were disappointed by the following two sequels, but brought up by the 3rd sequel.
[edit] Legacy
Star Fox 64 is regarded by many as one of the greatest N64 games of all time. Star Fox 64 was also the first game to utilize Nintendo's revolutionary Rumble Pak. It is believed by most fans to be the best game of the series. Also, the repetitive speech of Star Fox 64 has become a sort of Internet phenomenon, most notably Peppy Hare's infamous, "Do a barrel roll!" line.
[edit] References to other works
The Katina level is almost a complete rip off/homage to the movie, "Independence Day" Bill Grey is also a homage to a character in the movie's name. On a related note, Slippy's reaction to the Bolse Fighters being shielded and the ending musical score for Star Fox were from Independence Day.
The Sector Y level has many armies of mechs similar to many of the mobile suits from "Mobile Suit Gundam" for their beam rifles, shields and mobility. They even can be launched out from battleships in battle. One mech colored in red and is said by Peppy to be very quick reference any mobile suit used by Char Aznable because of its red color and quick mobility. Not only that, the boss however aside from the first two colored mechs is known to be white and launched from its own launch ship is a homage and resemblance to the RX-78-2 Gundam which is also from the same series.
The Spyborg may be based off of V-ger from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
[edit] Multiplayer
3 modes of Multiplayer are available;
- Point Match, where the first player to reach a set total wins;
- Battle Royal, where the last player standing wins; and
- Time Trial, where the aim is to score a many points as possible in the set time.
The First two options have Corneria and Sector-Z as the possible stages, while the time trial has Katina and Sector-Z. At first, only the Arwing is available in Vs. mode, but the Landmaster is available after wining a medal on Venom in Normal Mode, and on-foot is available after beating Expert Mode.
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