Box Art
Game: Star Fox Adventures
First Released: September 23, 2002, Gamecube
Developers: Nintendo, Rare
Platforms: Gamecube
Rated: T, for Animated Blood and Fantasy Violence
First Released: September 23, 2002, Gamecube
Developers: Nintendo, Rare
Platforms: Gamecube
Rated: T, for Animated Blood and Fantasy Violence
How I Came To Play This Game
First Boss
I bought the game from GameStop myself. It was one of the best purchases I ever made at a store. I bought it along with a GameBoy Player and F-Zero GP: Legend, and I got Metroid Prime for free because of the buy 2 get 1 free deal was going on. I started to play it as soon as I got home.
Story
Genral Scales
Star Fox Adventures takes place eight years after Star Fox 64 on an ancient world of Dinosaur Planet, located on the side of the Lylat system opposite of the planet Corneria. Krystal, a vixen looking for answers to the destruction of her home planet, Cerinia, and the murder of her parents, lands on Krazoa Palace after receiving a distress call from the planet. She discovers that the planet had been attacked by General Scales and his SharpClaw army, and decides to help by collecting all of the Krazoa Spirits and returning them to the palace, which would supposedly tilt the war in the dinosaurs' favor and stop Scales. However, after releasing the first one, an unseen being pushes Krystal into the spirit's path, thus trapping her in a floating crystal atop the Krazoa Palace and thus trapped until all the spirits can be returned. Meanwhile, Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, and Peppy Hare receive a mission briefing from General Pepper to go to Dinosaur Planet and reattach pieces of the planet that had broken off, as the current state of the planet posed a threat to the welfare of the Lylat System. The team, realizing that they are low on cash and that the Great Fox and Arwings are in dire need of repair, not to mention the departure of Falco Lombardi due to boredom, decide to accept the mission. Fox flies to ThornTail Hollow and recovers Krystal's Staff, which she had dropped earlier due to being attacked by General Scales' floating galleon. Fox learns from the Queen EarthWalker that he must find the GateKeeper for each of the four areas that had broken off from the planet in order to gain access to them, and travel to those areas to retrieve the SpellStones, which must be placed in Force Point Temples to keep the planet together, and which had been previously removed by Scales, causing the planet to be torn apart. After being warped to Ice Mountain by the Warpstone, Fox meets the Queen EarthWalker's son and his new partner, Prince Tricky, in SnowHorn Wastes. Together, they free the GateKeeper to DarkIce Mines and travel there to retrieve the first SpellStone. After defeating Boss Galdon and getting the SpellStone back, Fox travels to the Volcano Force Point Temple, where he places the SpellStone. Upon leaving the temple, the Krazoa Spirit who was released by Krystal informs him that he must also collect the other spirits and release them at Krazoa palace in order to save Krystal's life. Now finding himself having to not only save the planet but the mysterious blue vixen as well, Fox collects the second Krazoa Spirit in Moon Mountain Pass and releases it. A scene is shown of him seeing Krystal for the first time, he is speechless at her beauty. He then locates the next gatekeeper, the queen of the CloudRunner tribe, at Cape Claw. He gains access to CloudRunner Fortress, encounters General Scales there for the first time, and loses to him in a brief struggle, allowing the general to escape. He collects the second SpellStone and releases it at the Ocean Force Point Temple back on Dinosaur Planet. Fox has a brief run-in with the LightFoot tribe, who accuse him of stealing an artifact from them. They attempt to execute him, but a CloudRunner fends them off, eventually forcing the tribe to let Fox free. Subsequently, Chief LightFoot orders Fox to break MuscleFoot's records in speed and strength. After that Chief LightFoot dubs Fox "an honorary member of tribe." Fox locates and collects the third Krazoa spirit in the LightFoot Village, and releases it at the palace. He then travels to the third broken piece of Dinosaur Planet, Walled City, after locating the powers of that area's GateKeeper, Tricky's father. Fox defeats the RedEye tribe there, including the King RedEye, in order to claim the third SpellStone. He travels back to the Volcano Force Point Temple once again to place the SpellStone where it belongs. He later ends up traveling to SnowHorn Wastes again, where he finds another Krazoa Shrine and collects the fourth Spirit there. After finding the final SpellStone, by defeating Drakor at Dragon Rock and placing it at the Ocean Force Point Temple, the planet does not reassemble. Fox realizes that he must release all the Krazoa spirits to bring the planet back together. He travels back to the Walled City, where he finds another Krazoa Shrine at the top of the large temple, and obtains the spirit there. Leaving Tricky with his father, he heads back to Krazoa Palace, where he releases the spirit and discovers that there had been another shrine right on the roof of the palace. He collects the final Spirit after confronting Scales (who, instead of facing off against Fox, is mystically killed by a strange being with a voice Fox deems familiar) there and releases it, however, instead of freeing Krystal, the Spirits enter her body and exit again. The crystal shatters, and Fox narrowly saves Krystal from falling to her death. She takes her staff back, and the two discover that the real enemy was not General Scales, but Andross, who reveals himself to them in the form of the Krazoa God (the same way he was portrayed in Star Fox 64) and warps out into space, threatening to destroy the Lylat System. Fox is horrified by this and chases after him in his Arwing, and defeats him with the help of Falco, who suddenly flies in to assist him, after being absent from the Star Fox team for years. After Andross is finally defeated for good, Falco rejoins the Star Fox team. Krystal flies over to the Great Fox in order to thank Fox for saving her. Fox gets shy and everyone laughs at him. R.O.B. detects that his temperature is rising and asks if he is OK, and Fox replies that he will be fine.
Pros And Cons
Story
Force Point Temple
The story finally is added onto. The first game was original, but the second game was a plot remake. Now we finally get some new story. I like dinosaurs, so I particually like this story. Also the makers didn't forget to add many elements from the Star Fox series.
Characters
The Star Fox Team
The old characters from the previous two games are kept. That is the most important thing at all. Also some new characters are added. I think the character Krystal as a love interest to Fox was a good idea, that way Falco wasn't alone on that matter.
Gameplay
Fighting an enemy
The gameplay is pretty much the same as the 3D Legend of Zelda games. You walk around in a 3rd person point of view, you attack with a melee weapon, you can roll ro go faster, and you auto jump off of ledges. However, gameplay from the Star Fox series was kept for traveling to the orbiting chunks of the planet. There, the controls are the same as the normal Star Fox games. However, the Arwing isn't as powerfull since you cand do charge shots.
Graphics
Opening a gate
The graphics are very realistic compared to the other Star Fox games. Just look at the fur on Fox's body, it looks so real. It just goes to show that graphics can look good on any console or game.
Music
The music is good since it keeps some of the old Star Fox tracks as well as some nice new music for the dinosaur planet. It fits the fell of the game since the world is primitive.
Releases
Box Art
Star Fox Adventures was released in North America in 2002, and was released in Japan days later. Pal regions saw a release two months later. The game has only been available on the Gamecube.
My Rating
I give this game a 10/10. The gameplay was almost exactly like Legend of Zelda, another game series I like. However, it also incorporated new ideas so that it wasn't a complete rip off of the style.