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Re: Opinion: What's The Best Star Fox Stage, And Why Is It Sector X?

Sammycrow

Ooh, not a perspective I've heard before! They've certainly done Sector X nicely in the remake - perhaps the most gorgeously lit stage of them all in a game with some stiff competition.

It's pretty much always been Zoness for me. Beautifully haunting music, wonderful rippling waves, a genuinely exhilarating stealth mechanic with the search lights - and that perfectly pitched pirate captain boss who stuffs your pockets with all the bombs you could ever want for Area 6. For as flat of a character as she was originally, I always enjoyed Kat and Falco's banter too - and she's extremely helpful to take going into Macbeth (a close second-best for me).

Lots of excellent stages in 64, but Zoness is my ride-or-die. It's everything I love about Star Fox in a single stage. So so happy with what they did with the new version as well. The new boss death line feels like it should have always been there!

Re: Footage Of The Cancelled Nintendo DS Game Black & White Surfaces Online

Sammycrow

I picked up Spore Creatures a couple months ago on impulse, and as suspected, it has a lot in common with this title! It definitely uses the same engine for the overworld exploration.

EDIT: Just did some cursory research - it looks like EA handed Spore Creatures over to Griptonite (a popular choice for handheld adaptations of console titles), whilst Full Fat were responsible for the following year's game, Spore Hero Arena! I wonder how much overlap there was between all these projects.

Re: Hardware Classics: Nintendo 64

Sammycrow

Such a fantastic console! I'm only a wee teenager now so I never experienced the thing during its heyday, but the fact that it was the last home console to run on the aging cartridge format always intrigued me. I've been collecting for over 2 years now (28 games strong, with Star Fox 64 my top pick) and my appetite for the '64 is more voracious than ever! I'd argue it's never been beaten in terms of a truly gripping multiplayer experience, and so many games pushed the thing to its extremes, particularly near the end. Long live the King!