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==Reception==
==Reception==
Star Fox 64 received critical acclaim and was one of the top-selling games of 1997, second only to ''Mario Kart 64''. In the first five days of the game's U.S. launch, over 300,000 copies were sold, surpassing the record previously held by Mario Kart 64 and ''Super Mario 64''. Sales were considerably less in Japan, where it sold 75,595 copies during the first week of sale. The game also took the #73 spot in Nintendo Power's "Top 200 Nintendo Games Ever". GameSpot declared Star Fox 64 "an instant classic" and was impressed by the voice acting. Glenn Rubenstein, the reviewer, noted that the game is "a pleasure to look at" and liked the cinematic quality of the storyline. Although other reviewers such as IGN said that the game is "extremely repetitive" and that the music quality was not as good as the original Star Fox, they still praised the branching system and "intelligently designed levels" which compensate for those points.
''Star Fox 64'' received critical acclaim and was one of the top-selling games of 1997, second only to ''Mario Kart 64''. In the first five days of the game's U.S. launch, over 300,000 copies were sold, surpassing the record previously held by ''Mario Kart 64'' and ''Super Mario 64''. Sales were considerably less in Japan, where it sold 75,595 copies during the first week of sale. The game also took the #73 spot in Nintendo Power's "Top 200 Nintendo Games Ever". GameSpot declared ''Star Fox 64'' "an instant classic" and was impressed by the voice acting. Glenn Rubenstein, the reviewer, noted that the game is "a pleasure to look at" and liked the cinematic quality of the storyline. Although other reviewers such as IGN said that the game is "extremely repetitive" and that the music quality was not as good as the original ''Star Fox'', they still praised the branching system and "intelligently designed levels" which compensate for those points.


The Gamespot review of the Wii Virtual Console version of the game paints a similar picture. It earns a (8.3/10), praising for simple, enjoyable shooting gameplay, lots of voice-acting, nice to look at despite its graphic age and the added replay value in finding hidden paths, but found the lack of rumble support "alarming", especially since it was the first game to support the 64's Rumble Pak.
The Gamespot review of the Wii Virtual Console version of the game paints a similar picture. It earns a 8.3/1), praising for simple, enjoyable shooting gameplay, lots of voice-acting, nice to look at despite its graphic age and the added replay value in finding hidden paths, but found the lack of rumble support "alarming", especially since it was the first game to support the 64's Rumble Pak.


Star Fox 64 is listed as the 45th greatest game of all time by Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition in 2009.
''Star Fox 64'' is listed as the 45th greatest game of all time by Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition in 2009.
 
Nintendo of Europe released a [[Lylat Wars comic|comic]] based on the game.


==References to other works==
==References to other works==
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