Amazing Reviews: Star Fox 64

My N64

Star Fox 64
You can buy it by clicking on the picture.

It's always good to turn back on my N64 and play this game again. And I also thought since Star
Fox 64 3D was coming out, I'd review the original.

The story is about trying to stop the evil scientist Andross from taking over the world.

To move your ship, just move the control stick where you want. (I don't have the Virtual Console version, so I'm not sure if they're the same). To shoot, just press the A button and you can hold the A button to charge up your shot which will also lock onto enemies. If you press L or R twice, you can do a barrel roll which will prevent any shots from hitting you and helps you turn quicker. If you press the R button, your ship will tilt right, if you press the Z button, your ship will turn left. If you press the B button you will use a bomb which helps destroy large groups of enemies. However you need to collect those powerups with the lette B on them. Those are basically bomb ammunition. If you press the left C button, you will do a boost which helps you get by tight spaces. If you press Down and the left C button then you will do a somersault. If you press Down and the down C stick, you will do a.....backflip? Not sure of the exact name, but it is almost like the somersault except it turns you around.

Picture of gold and silver rings. They are not exactly as
they appear in the game.

Sometimes when you destroy an enemy, you will see a ring. Silver Rings restore your health a little, Star Rings restore your health a lot (they're rare though), and Gold Rings restore almost all your health. If you collect three Gold Rings, your health will increase (but only for the stage you're on). If you collect six Gold Rings, you get an extra life.

Star Fox 64 is an enjoyable game. It's short, but you WILL want to replay it again. Building up a different score every time, trying to do better, beating it faster, it's great fun. There are also multiple paths that you can take which lets you beat the game differently. However I have two problems with the game.

The first one is that the game is VERY frustrating the first time you play it. It's a very high difficulty game, but after you beat it once, you get used to it.

The second one is that the boss fights are...well.....they're just really easy. Even the final boss was easy, even on my first try. The first boss you can beat in about 10 seconds if you know how. It's not really a complaint, just something I had to say.

Star Fox 64 is a great game that is very fun. I still play it today and I love replaying it.

Star Fox 64 gets a

9.4/10  A great game to have in your collection


Until next review....


You can get Star Fox 64 here: Star Fox 64