Star Fox 64 (スターフォックス 64 Sutā Fokkusu Rokujūyon?), known in Australia and Europe as Lylat Wars due to trademark issues, is a scrolling shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on April 27, 1997 in Japan, on July 1, 1997 in North America and on October 20, 1997 in Europe and Australia. It was later ported to the China-only iQue on November 21, 2003. Additionally, it is a reimagined remake of the original Star Fox, and the first to be released on the Nintendo 64. It was made available for download on the Wii's Virtual Console on April 2, 2007 in North America, April 17, 2007 in Japan and on April 20, 2007 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The planned second game in the series for the SNES, Star Fox 2, was canceled due to the upcoming release of the Nintendo 64, but some of its features were used in Star Fox 64, such as all range mode. It was the first game to introduce support for the Rumble Pak. The game received positive ratings from reviewers and critics who praised its smooth animation, detailed visuals, and use of multiple gameplay paths. It has been called one of the greatest games of all time.
RECEPTION:
StarFox 64 is considered to be the best SF game ever among fans. It also is considered to be the first game in the series, considering the original game not Canon. Many fans were disapointed by the following 2 sequals, but brought up by the 3rd sequal.
LEGACY:
Star Fox 64 is regarded by many as one of the greatest N64 games of all time, though it is still considered to be in the shadow of more popular games such as The Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64. Star Fox 64 was also the first game to utilize Nintendo's revolutionary Rumble Pak. It is believed by most fans to be the best game of the series. Also, the repetitive speech of Star Fox 64 is known for has recently become a sort of internet phenomenon, most notably Peppy Hare's infamous, "Do a barrel roll!" line.
REFERENCES:
1.The Katina level is almost a complete rip off/homage to the movie, "Independence Day"
2.Bill Grey is also a homage to a character in the movie's name.
3.The Sector Y level has many armies of mechs similar to many of the mobile suits from "Mobile Suit Gundam" for their beam rifles, shields and mobility. They even can be launched out from battleships in battle. One mech colored in red and is said by Peppy to be very quick reference any mobile suit used by Char Aznable because of its red color and quick mobility. Not only that, the boss however aside from the first two colored mechs is known to be white and launched from its own launch ship is a homage and resemblance to the RX-78-2 Gundam which is also from the same series.
i always moved that 64 logo arond and they all look around lololololol
jediforce64 3 years ago 42
i REMEMBER THAT!
StarFox64Soundtrack 3 years ago 14