Star Fox Adventures is a game on a grand scale and a fantastic next-generation debut for such established and well-loved characters - which will also be remembered as Rare"s very first GameCube title. Keep an eye out for its release later in 2002.
Star Fox Adventures is massively improved over its Nintendo 64 predecessor. The game"s environments are bigger, feature crisp, detailed textures and are overflowing with dinosaurs, trees, streams, grass, and rock formations, not to mention man-made structures, temples and pyramids. In the E3 2001 demo we played, though, it was clear that the engine was based on groundwork initially laid down for a Nintendo 64 product. Some of the polygon objects and textures were of lower quality while others seemed more fitting of a GameCube title, for example. A comparison of environments between the N64 and GameCube versions showed a marginal difference in some areas, whilst others highlighted magnificent upgrades with higher-poly models, crisper textures and beautiful, transparent, animated water effects.
Features:
- Play as Fox McCloud in his first adventure since Star Fox 64; also features classic team members Slippy, Peppy and Rob the Robot.
- Explore a vast, gigantic 3D world filled with forestry, animals, puzzles and enemies.
- Use a shape-shifting shaft to project blasts and change into different beings.
- Walk, run, jump, roll, strafe and lock onto enemies with a targeting system.
- Battle on land, in the water, or up in space using Fox"s trusty Arwing.
- Devise ways to best huge bosses hundreds of feet taller than Fox and friends.
- Command a trusty sidekick triceratops named Prince Tricky, and meet up with a female ally named Krystal.
- See breathtaking environments filled with lavish effects such as shimmering water, real-time lighting, shadows, intentional background blur and an advanced facial animation system
- Tons of in-game speech and well-composed musical scores