Star Fox Adventures (2002) (VG)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Lee Schuneman

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Adventure | Action | Fantasy

Tagline:

Out of the cockpit... and into epic adventure!

Plot:

It has been eight years since Fox McCloud defeated the evil Andross. Since then, the Star Fox team has been on a slow downturn...

Plot Keywords:

Fox | Dinosaur | Star Fox | Ball | Snow

Cast

Steve Malpass	...	Fox McCloud (voice)
Estelle Ellis	...	Krystal / Queen Earthwalker / Mother Thorntail (voice) (as E. Ellis)
Kevin Bayliss	...	Prince Tricky / King Earthwalker (voice)
Chris Seavor	...	Peppy Hare / Slippy Toad / Chief Lightfoot (voice)
John Silke	...	General Scales / Warpstone / General Pepper / ROB The Robot / Garunda Te / Thorntail Tribe / Soldier Cloudrunner / Snowhorn Tribe / Cheeky Lightfoot (voice)
Steven Brand	...	Shopkeeper / Snowhorn Tribe / Thorntail Gatekeeper / Earthwalker Tribe / Creature In Well (voice)
Ben Cullum	...	Falco Lombardi / Gradabug / Krazoa / Hightop / Wounded Earthwalker / Blue Snowhorn (voice)
Dean Smith	...	Sharp Claw (voice)
Louise Tilston	...	Queen Cloudrunner (voice)
Duncan Botwood	...	Andross (voice)
S. Blair	...	Belina Te (voice)
Shaun Reed	...	Showhorn Tribe / Earthwalker Tribe (voice)
Chris Sutherland	...	Snowhorn Tribe (voice)
Louise Jacobs	...	Snowhorn Tribe (voice)
David McDermott	...	Earthwalker Soldier (voice)

Directed by
Lee Schuneman

Produced by
Joel Hochberg	....	executive producer
Satoru Iwata	....	executive producer
Shigeru Miyamoto	....	producer (as S. Miyamoto)
Chris Stamper	....	producer
Hiroshi Yamauchi	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Wise

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven Brand	....	assistant director
Shaun Reed	....	assistant director

Art Department
Kevin Bayliss	....	lead artist
Johnni Christensen	....	lead artist
Feargal Plant	....	artist
Keith Rabbette	....	lead artist
Dean Smith	....	artist

Sound Department
Ben Cullum	....	recording engineer: voiceover
Martin Penny	....	sound effects

Visual Effects by
Michael Cawood	....	senior animator

Animation Department
David McDermott	....	animator

Music Department
Robin Beanland	....	musician
Steve Burke	....	musician
Ben Cullum	....	composer: additional music
Jamie Hughes	....	musician
Grant Kirkhope	....	musician

Other crew
Graham Smith	....	software engineer

Production Companies

• Rare

Distributors

• Nintendo (2002) (Japan) (all media)
• Nintendo of America (2002) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

Dinosaur Planet (UK) (working title) (USA) (working title)
Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet (USA) (working title)

Country:

UK | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:T

Company:

Rare

Trivia:

The last game developed by Rare Ltd. for a Nintendo system. On the day of the game's release, it was announced that Nintendo sold its stock in the company back to Rare, which was immediately sold back out to Microsoft. Several games previously under development for the Nintendo Gamecube, including "Perfect Dark 0" and "Kameo: Elements of Power" were redeveloped as X-Box titles.

Quotes:

Krystal: I'm only here because of a distress call.
General Scales: A distress call? This whole planet's in distress!

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Does't Feel Much Like Star Fox, But Still Great Fun

Star Fox Adventures is very different from all of other Star Fox games. Most of the time, you fight on foot with a magical staff that has numerous abilities. There aren't very many arwing missions and they don't last very long at all.

The reason it is so different is because it wasn't originally meant to be a Star Fox game, but a game called Dinosaur Planet for the Nintendo 64. At the very last minute, they made it into a Star Fox game for the GameCube. It may disappoint some Star Fox fans because it's so different. However, the game makes up for it in just about every other area.

First off, the graphics are absolutely incredible. The areas in the game are not only beautiful, but the graphics make them look breathtakingly real. These are some of the best graphics I've ever seen on the GameCube.

The music is also fantastic. It's very peaceful sounding and coupled with the beautiful graphics, it makes you feel very relaxed. As a result, after playing this game, you just feel so much happier.

The graphics and music may be soothing, but there's plenty of exciting action. You get to fight enemies with the staff and use its numerous powers to overcome all sorts of obstacles. Like in the original Star Fox games, there are also arwing missions where you get to shoot down enemy ships in space.

In my opinion, this is one of the most fun, best-looking, and best-sounding games ever made. The fact that it was so different from the other Star Fox games didn't really bother me, but it may bother other fans. I still think you should give it a try.