Star Fox series

The Star Fox series of games is a franchise of Nintendo.

Games

Star Fox

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Facing the wrath of the evil Emperor Andross, Fox McCloud and his Star Fox Team must battle their way through the various planets of the Lylat system to put an end to Andross' madness.

Developed by Argonaut Games, Star Fox was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993, and was quite bold in breaking technical barriers with the new Super FX chip. The chip simulated three-dimensional graphics, a first for console games.

Star Fox 2 (cancelled)

Andross survived his encounter with Fox and has returned to destroy Corneria. With an arsenal of new enemies and giant missiles aimed at the planet, Andross's insurrection is large enough to demand the attention of the Star Fox Team. With new custom Arwings, and a mothership, and rookies, the team must defend Corneria and take the battle to Andross himself.

It is still unknown why the game was never released. The beta has since been leaked, and a few people have been able to find a copy of it using an emulator. Nevertheless, many of the features introduced in this sequel were later implemented in the upcoming Star Fox 64.

Star Fox 64

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Many years have passed since the supposed death of James McCloud, the former leader of the Star Fox Team. Andross, a psychotic scientist and powerful dictator of the planet Venom, has built an army and unleashed an invasion onto the neighbouring planets of the Lylat system. Under direct order from General Pepper a new Star Fox Team, lead by James' son Fox, must battle their way through Andross' forces in hopes to stop him and save the Lylat system.

Star Fox 64 is a reimagined remake of the original Star Fox and is considered to be the starting point of the current Star Fox canon. The game included and introduced the Rumble Pak to the North American gaming audience. Full spoken dialouge also replaced the orginal game's Lylat Speak.

Star Fox Adventures

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Eight years have passed since the end of the battle against Andross. Having issues with money, the Star Fox Team is contacted by General Pepper to investigate problems on the distant planet Dinosaur Planet, after receiving a distress call. With Falco gone, the rest of the team agrees to do so and set forth on another adventure.

Star Fox Adventures was released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2002. The series took a very different turn in gameplay and style. Originally meant to be an entirely different game entitled Dinosaur Planet, the series was later branded with the Star Fox logo and given the Star Fox treatment of flying missions and the series' trademark characters. However, instead of a basic rail shooter that was common with its predecessors, Star Fox Adventures was much more of an action-adventure game, similar in genre to the The Legend of Zelda series. The game received mostly positive reviews, regardless of its radical departure from its predecessors.

Star Fox: Assault

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A year after the crisis at Sauria, a new threat haunts the Lylat and brings up images of past enemies: Andross. His nephew Andrew Oikonny has taken over his uncle's army and has begun to attack Corneria. To add to the threat, a new alien force has come to Lylat: the Aparoids. Bent on absorbing the life in the system, the alien invasion brings about devastation to the citizens of these planets, and the Star Fox team is forced to protect them, as long as they can stay alive themselves.

Star Fox: Assault was developed by Namco for the GameCube, the second title for the platform. The game emphasis returned to its roots with its trademark ship-based shooting. However, new features were added, such as the addition of on-foot missions. Assault was released to mixed reviews, with the main complaints being control problems, the short length of the main game, and the amount of on-foot missions.

Star Fox Command

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Andross have been defeated, but from the poisonous Venom Sea, the new threat is rising; The Anglars, lead by the Anglar Emperor. And that not all; Team Star Fox has been shattered, and Fox stands alone against the Anglars.

In Star Fox Command you can play with Team Star Fox for the first time on your Nintendo DS. You can play the game up to five friends wireless or using Wi- Fi connection. You can even save your voice and use it in-game. Enjoy unlocking all nine endings!

Future of the Franchise

Star Fox Wii

Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has shown interest in creating a Star Fox game for the Wii console in the future. As of now, only some details have been announced:

• The Aparoid Queen is discovered to have revived Andross before her death
• Andross now posesses Aparoid-infection capabilities
• Andross will begin spreading a new techno virus that converts everyone and everything it touches to serve him.
• Star Fox reforms and returns to combat Andross' latest invasion.(Well duh)
• Everyone is now older in a certain way, and Fox McCloud and Krystal have since reformed their relationship (to the point Fox may propose marriage during or at the end of the game).
• Star Wolf will also return, but will fight against Star Fox; due to being infected.
• Landmasters: It has improved armor, and also has a co-pilot seat for a rotating turret.
• H. Launcher: It can launch two missiles.
• Grenades: There are three new types; subspace implosion, sticky grenade and spread grenade.
• Machine Gun: It has a larger clip and has a longer barrel.
• Blaster: It's appearance has been changed to look more like a hand pistol.
• There is new personal armor upgrades.
• There are now space suits (to jump out of the Arwing in space) that last two minutes.
• There is also a Devastator Beam Rifle; which is 2x more powerful than current weapons.
• All vehicles can cloak.
• New co-op play is now included.
• New cheats (e.g. for melee combat etc.)

It is Called Star Fox Frontiers