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Star Fox has quickly become one of the fun Nintendo staples for each of its consoles, from his debut on the Super Nintendo right on through to the Wii U with Star Fox Zero.
Each one builds upon the familiar, rails shooting style to open area dog fights, while building up on new vehicles as well as mechanics.
In addition to the familiar Arwing, which is Star Fox’s memorable space craft, there are also the Walker which is a bird type running hopping transformation of the Arwing. The Land master is a tank design which can also perform on ground rolls from side to side adding much needed mobility to the force of destruction. The newest addition is the Gyrowing and Direct-i. This combo vehicle includes a slow moving but very mobile helicopter feeling hover craft which is attached to a small drone type robot which can collect items as well as hack computer systems.
Star Fox has also brought some classic friends along for the adventure this time around as well, including the tough guy falcon, Falco Lombardi, the troublesome Slippy Toad, and the tactician Peppy Hare.
The enemies are varied and a blast to mow through a galaxy of more then 9 locations. Also Star Fox Zero interfaces with the Fox McCloud Amiibo as well as the Falco Lonbardi figure. Both of which unlock new Arwing designs for Fox to use.
The controls do take some learning to master, but with the proper amount of trying and learning the game mechanics are easy to get into. My son was more drawn to the Star Fox Guard game, while Dad liked Star Fox Zero. For fans of the series you are going to have fun, for new comers this is also a nice way to get your feet wet in the gorgeous graphics and fast paced gameplay of a Star Fox dog fight.
Star Fox Zero is out now for the retail prices of $59.99 and includes a second tower defense type game called Star Fox Guard.
This game looks like a lot of fun with a fox! My son loves playing video games and he would be thrilled if I got it for him. Looks like a challenging game.
i love star fox
i cant wait to blast thru wave after wave of enemies only to have to take on huge bosses!