Topic: Star Fox 64 3D impressions

I'm getting this today.

Even if you don't use gyro controls, 3DS mode has the easier difficulty. You may want to try 3DS mode with button controls to see if you can do any better.

Some general hints: Don't be afraid to use your homing laser a lot. You even get extra hits if you use it to wipe out a clustered enemy formation. If you're in a level like Katina with friendly NPCs (apart from Falco, Peppy, and Slippy), just shoot everything that moves that doesn't have an F, P, or S indicator. Despite the court martial you'd receive in real life, there's no penalty whatsoever for shooting down friendly ships outside of your own squad. Even some passive objects like asteroids on Meteo will count towards your hits if you shoot them. Don't forget about the ability to replay levels you've already beaten as often as desired in Score Attack mode. I think a silver medal in Score Attack will carry over to a story mode medal, but I'm not sure.

As for Fichina, skip the Star Wolf cutscene to get time to get the jump on them as they enter the battle. Follow your teammates' on-screen indicators, and you'll usually find them being followed by a Star Wolf member. When Wolf is shooting at you from behind, do a somersault to confuse him and leave him open for blasting. Don't use homing lasers or smart bombs against them, as they are skilled enough to escape from homing weapons.

@stereoman If you want medals you need to hit everything with a charged shot. Aim for the middle of formations to wipe out everything. Meteo is possible, but pretty much everything needs to get shot. Also, you get 11 from the boss so you just need to be 11 off by the time you reach a boss to get the medal.

A near-perfect game due to the finishing touches applied to an already excellent classic. Also glad being rid of that awful name (Lylat Wars). 9.6/10

I still play this game, trying out all the different routes is going to take me a while.

@WaveBoy
It is decent, if you come from playing one the stronger 3D titles on the 3DS (like Pilotwings or OOT) it is going to look at little shallow.

The game has great graphics (look up SF64 on youtube to see a comparison) and brings back great memories. Although it felt a lot longer and harder when I was younger. That's what she said.

I'm looking to pick this up soon. I have it on 64 but it freezes quite a bit(especially on Venom) and I can't pass up those beautiful graphics. I never cared about the short length; the levels(and the different paths) plus the character's dialogue always made me go back for more.

@WaveBoy

Though I've heard people with quite the opposite opinion, to me, it has the worst 3D in terms of depth out of the games I own. That's PilotWings Resort, Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, Super Monkey Ball 3D, Dream Trigger 3D, Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions (well, one of the games doesn't display 3D at all....), StarFox 64 3D, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Super Mario 3D Land, and Sonic Generations.

I've also heard complaints about The Mercenaries 3D not having deep 3D, and maybe that's fair, but it still seems deeper than StarFox to me.

Loved IT! Sure it didnt have WiFi (A'hem.) Not a great 1st Game tho in my opinion

"I could care less about Replay value, i like to finish a game and that's that, no matter how short it is. "

I've seen this part a few times now, and I burst into laughing every time.

I remember when I found the warp zone on meteo. 10 years it was there and I never knew.

If you just want to beat the game before you work on perfecting your skills, make sure you play 3DS Mode with Circle Pad steering, and make sure you don't take the hard route to Venom.

3DS mode is easier I believe, 64 is the original challenge of the game.