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I think SFA should have focused around a new hero, but then it probably wouldn't have sold as well. They had to make some sort of money right? We all perhaps tire of the Next Halo or the Next Mario game, because essentially they're kind of the same, but that's what we want, because if they aren't, boy do we rate it wtf.
SFA was an OK game that should be merited as what it is as opposed to what it isn't, which we tend to too often do nowadays...
10/29/09
Playing it again, it IS a mediocre action adventure. The flying portions are PAINFUL because there is nothing interesting to them. The flying portions are lame side missions... Flying is a SIDE MISSION in a STARFOX GAME!?
And the combat wasn't very unique at all either, you spam one button to swing you staff and hold a direction to swing it in a slightly different way.
The only redeeming qualities I'd say this game had were it's graphics and the voice dialogue. The graphics were well done and the dialogue was annoying, yet catching and well written. The way it should be!
All-n-All, felt very unpolished as a Nintendo game and just wasn't Starfox... and I swear, when I was done, I was happy just to never have to collect "fuel cells" to pilot my Arwing... Yeah... that's what I need in a starfox game, a Gas Budget. #gamecube
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Rare lost their magic near the end of their relationship with Nintendo. Their last several games just couldn't hold a candle to my favorites: Blast Corps, GoldenEye, and Banjo-Kazooie. #gamecube
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As a game, it was solid, but it certainly didn't do anything new, and at the time just made me want either a Zelda game or a Star Fox game, not an awkward hybrid of the two. #gamecube
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Just an example (definitely not exact): You have to find 4 magic stones to kill Andross but to find those stones you gotta find 5 amulets for each magic stone but an evil guardian is protecting those amulets that you need so you have to kill the boss but to get to the boss you have to cross lines of fire, poison, spikes, and evil dinos. and from there we will occasionally throw in a thumb busting challenge that will require you to cuss out every word in the dictionary and then making you make up your own cuss words. All this was between me and getting to the next point of the plot. And this is what i hated about this game and many others. If the game is telling me to do something that has nothing to do with the plot, then why should I have to do it? #gamecube
10/29/09
@Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: Penny Arcade put it exactly how you have! #gamecube
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It was extremely memorable back then. I'm not sure what happened, I doubt anyone cares for the series like they use to and it doesn't seem like Nintendo is going to bring back the good days anytime soon but I'll always have that Macy's memory. #gamecube
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Star Fox adventures however took the term 'collect-a-thon' to a whole new level. #gamecube
10/29/09
Maybe someday will get that Luigi's Mansion 2 on the Wii console. #gamecube
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The Voice acting felt just right for a Adventure game as well. (Did any of you feel like you bought the game in the wrong language on your first playthrough? I sure did when I first heard the Dinosaur language lol)
Also the game was nicely spaced out with varied Dungeons to keep you busy. Also the ending was a shock yet predictable at the same time (won't spoil it for people who haven't played it yet though)
Overall Starfox Adventures was a small glimmer of hope for people who believed in the Rare from the N64 days. A classic that should be played by everyone (dirt cheap these days as well) #gamecube
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I also ment the dungeon layouts as well Stephen, they felt like a great alternative to Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. The only downside though was the dismal and repetitive combat. #gamecube
10/09/09
I don't see that sort of controversy around Metroid, though. It's great but not Kane great.
I still hold that the greatest video game of all time is SMB3