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| In addition to playing the main game in Expert Mode, there is also an "Expert Mode" option for the sound settings. This mode is a sound test which allows the player to listen to tracks of music from the game. | | In addition to playing the main game in Expert Mode, there is also an "Expert Mode" option for the sound settings. This mode is a sound test which allows the player to listen to tracks of music from the game. |
| == Versus Mode== | | == Versus Mode== |
| Simply called '''VS''', the versus mode in ''Star Fox 64'' is a rather simple one.
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| ===Game Modes===
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| First, the players choose the Game Mode. There are three different Game Modes to choose from.
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| *'''Point Match''': This is the basic mode, in which the player, who is the first one to shoot down the set number of other players, is the winner. The number of required kills can be set from one to five. | | *'''Point Match''', where the first player to reach a set total wins. |
| | *'''Battle Royal''', where the last player standing wins. |
| | *'''Time Trial''', where the aim is to score as many points as possible in the set time. |
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| *'''Battle Royal''': This is a very simple mode, in which each player has only one single life. The winner is the last man standing.
| | 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, but the Landmaster is available after winning a medal on Venom in Normal Mode, and pilot is available after gaining a medal on Venom in Expert Mode. |
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| *'''Time Trial''': This is a time-based mode, in which the players have a set number of time to shoot down enemies. However, if a player gets shot down by another player before the end of the match, his score resets back to zero. The player with the highest score at the end of the match is the winner. The time limit can be set from one to five minutes.
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| ===Characters===
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| After choosing the Game Mode, the players choose their Handicap, which can be set from one (no Handicap) to three (significant Handicap). The higher the Handicap the shorter the [[Shield Gauge. The players also choose one out of four Characters, which is determined by the controller slot in which a player's controller is plugged into. The screen is also divided into four equal rectangles between the players. In two and three player games, the unoccupied fourths of the screen will display various camera angles of players. The camera also kicks in Battle Royal if there are more than 2 players left and a player is shot down. The fourth of a screen each player gets is also determined by the controller slot.
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| *Player having the controller in slot 1 is '''[[Fox McCloud]]''' and gets the upper left fourth of the screen.
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| *Player having the controller in slot 2 is '''[[Peppy Hare]]''' and gets the upper right fourth of the screen.
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| *Player having the controller in slot 3 is '''[[Slippy Toad]]''' and gets the lower left fourth of the screen.
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| *Player having the controller in slot 4 is '''[[Falco Lombardi]]''' and gets the lower right fourth of the screen.
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| The characters are in no way different from each other gameplay wise, so they only differ by their looks.
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| ===Stages===
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| After choosing their characters, the players set the number of required kills if they are playing Point Match or time if they're playing Time Trial. There are no this kind of special options when playing Battle Royal. In the same window comes the Stage selection. There are a whopping three stages in ''Star Fox 64'''s Versus Mode. To make things even worse, there are only two stages to choose from per Game Mode. If you reach the edge of the Stage, you will warp to the other side.
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| *'''Corneria''': This stage is available in Point Match and Battle Royal. There are only some pyramids and buildings on this otherwise simply flat stage. The players have no vehicle restrictions.
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| *'''Sector Z''': This is stage is playable in every Game Mode. There is some space junk on this stage, but not much else. It highly resembles its Main Game's counterpart. Since the stage is situated in space, the Arwing is the only vehicle available here.
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| *'''Katina''': This stage is inaccessible outside Time Trial. It is very much like Corneria, but has only one giant pyramid in the center of the stage, much like in the Main Game. The players have all the vehicle options available.
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| ===Vehicles===
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| After choosing the stage, the battle is almost ready to start. The players now have five seconds to choose one of two vehicles or to not use one. If nothing is chosen within the five seconds, it will be randomized.
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| *'''Arwing''': The player fights with an [[Arwing]], which has an advantage over the other two options, for its flying capability and speed, which the other options more or less lack. The Arwing is chosen with the A Button.
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| *'''Landmaster''': The player starts the battle with a Landmaster anti-aircraft tank, which can dodge by rolling as well as hover for small periods of time. The Landmaster is chosen with the B Button.
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| *'''On foot''': The player has no vehicle at all and their character fights with only a huge blaster on their shoulder. The characters are also very slow without vehicles. The on foot option can be chosen by pressing the C up Button.
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| ===Power Ups===
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| After the vehicles have been chosen or the five second time limit has passed, the battle starts. There are two different power ups available. They highly affect the outcome of a battle. Only one of each upgrade appears on a stage at a time.
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| *'''Laser''': The Laser of your character gets its firepower doubled. The player with this has a serious advantage over other players.
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| *'''Smart Bomb''': The [[Smart Bomb]] is a one use, enormous damage causing bomb. Lock onto another player and use the homing feature to guide the bomb into its target to cause some serious damage.
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| == Items == | | == Items == |
