Play Star Fox Assault Early!

Jonbo298 · 01-27-2005, 05:28 PM

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January 27, 2005 - In a recently published Nintendo newsletter, the company announced that gamers can play the upcoming GameCube shooter Star Fox Assault early if they don't mind renting it. Evidently both Blockbuster and Hollywood Video will be getting playable versions of the game for rental purposes some two weeks before it actually ships to retailers.

Blockbuster and Hollywood Video will carry Star Fox Assault for rental beginning February 1, or in just a few short days. The title does not actually release in the US until February 15.

Star Fox Assault, developed by Namco, stars hero Fox McCloud and gang on an all-new mission that takes them into space, over the skies and even on land while doing battle with hordes of futuristic enemies. The title goes back to the roots of the series, serving up traditional scrolling shooter levels, but it also features a variety of ground-based missions where Fox can arm himself with weapons and control vehicles such as tanks. Assault boasts crisp, clean graphics and a four-player competitive mode.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/583/583126p1.html

Only a small stipulation but it'll be nice to see how well the game turns out since its going back to the roots of the series.

Typhoid · 01-27-2005, 05:34 PM

Starfox 64 was awesome. I loved it...I remember I would go to Blockbuster sometimes and just play it there.

Those were good days.

I would be willing to try this game out....if Only I had a cube.

GameMaster · 01-27-2005, 06:07 PM

I just hooked my N64 up a couple days ago and have been playing StarFox 64, how fitting? I hope we get to find out what happened to Fox's father after Fox defeats the real Andross from SF64.

Crash · 01-27-2005, 09:10 PM

"nothing, nothings wrong"

Star fox 64 was fun, but it was a big dissappointment for me....(even though I played it all day every day)

it just was too short....I hope this one takes more than 30 minutes to beat

dropCGCF · 01-27-2005, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I just hooked my N64 up a couple days ago and have been playing StarFox 64, how fitting? I hope we get to find out what happened to Fox's father after Fox defeats the real Andross from SF64.

Fox's father IS Andross.

Calling it before it happens.

Crono · 01-27-2005, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Starfox 64 was awesome. I loved it...I remember I would go to Blockbuster sometimes and just play it there.

Those were good days.

I would be willing to try this game out....if Only I had a cube.

Then buy a cube you bastard!

This game is looking pretty good, though. I remember back in the day when I used to rent SF64 and beat it the same night (the game was pretty easy, but there were many paths to take throughout the levels, I enjoyed that though).

I will definitely be renting this when it's out.

Ginkasa · 01-27-2005, 10:10 PM

Besides the fact that we actually see James and Andross in the same place (which is all the evidence against you need right there), I don't think Andross has any of the...eh...necessary organs.

/me shrugs and walks away

dropCGCF · 01-27-2005, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Link1130

Besides the fact that we actually see James and Andross in the same place (which is all the evidence against you need right there), I don't think Andross has any of the...eh...necessary organs.

* Link1130 shrugs and walks away

...holograms, dude....

Canyarion · 01-28-2005, 02:17 AM

Crash, don't give us that bullcrap that SF64 (or Lylat Wars) was only 30 minutes long. Sure, you could beat it within an hour, but the total time of fun you had with it.... like you said, all day, every day.
Just so many ways to beat the game.

And I don't think Andross is James McCloud.
BTW did you ever notice how there is a James McCloud in F-Zero X (and perhaps also GX)???

fingersman · 01-28-2005, 06:54 AM

Fox's father : "Never give up fox, you must use the force"
Starfox: "Who are you?"
Fox's father: "I am Andross, your real father"
Starfox: " NOooooooooooooooo, I don't believe it......"
Andross: "But it's true"

*volin music starts to play*
Starfox: " how come you never wrote me?*
Andross: " Well I was busy trying to take over the universe and stuff plus I had so many women I had to test and see if you were legit, you wouldn't believe how much I get harrassment for child care money"

Starfox: " Wait a second, you don't have the necessary tools for intercourse"
Andross: " Your right, I was lying, bwhahhahaaah"
*Andross drops an H bomb on Fox"
Starfox: " Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
*Slippy on the intercom*
Slipppy: " Fox....Noooooooo, Fox, Fox, Foxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!!!"

Yup that's how my storyline would go, I think Nintendo should hire me.

DimHalo · 01-28-2005, 09:37 AM

I'm still trying to kill Andross in Starfox Adventures

Null · 01-28-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Crash, don't give us that bullcrap that SF64 (or Lylat Wars) was only 30 minutes long. Sure, you could beat it within an hour, but the total time of fun you had with it.... like you said, all day, every day.
Just so many ways to beat the game.

And I don't think Andross is James McCloud.
BTW did you ever notice how there is a James McCloud in F-Zero X (and perhaps also GX)???

no he was right. WAY too short, and WAY too easy. it was a fun game, which is why it was dissapointing. if it was a crappy game no one would care. but since it was good, its dissapointing that it ends so quickly.

i beat the game the same day i bought it. maybe 2 hours out of it... i returned it same day too. hehe.

thatmariolover · 01-28-2005, 10:36 AM

While I agree it was way too easy, Starfox for the SNES wasn't that much longer. I could beat the difficult path in probably an hour (generally times would be the same for everybody since you go at a set pace, but boss battle speed changes a lot).

Hopefully this one adds a lot to the series.

Dyne · 01-28-2005, 01:58 PM

I never even touched the N64 version. I've only briefly seen it, too.

I think the SNES version was fantastic. Hopefully Assault is going to be as great as it was. I don't doubt Namco's abilities.

Vampyr · 01-28-2005, 04:57 PM

The N64 version was one of my favorite games for the N46. I played it almost constantly for days at a time, even after I beat it. I enjoyed just trying to see different cut scenes and earning new badges.

The game was short, but not too easy. If you wanted to get the highest level badge at ever world, you had to do some awesome stuff. And don't say "the game is too easy" until you've gotten all those medals.