Go to www.holzkern.com/gillythekid and use my code gilly to get 10% off your purchase store-wide. Thanks again to Holzkern for sponsoring the video! So what's your favorite game in the series? Are there any entries you think are better than people give them credit for?

I always appreciated Assault for being the last Star Fox game tried to innovate on the gameplay without completely throwing out the formula. The Aparoids were both cool and kinda scary alternates to Andross and Star Fox and Star Wolf being able to team up together is just is a great idea.

It bugs me so much that a lot of people who try out Star Fox Assault don’t realize that you can change the default tank controls to a more modern setup using the c stick to aim.

Actually, Assult has multiple control schemes. The default is Tank but twin stick controls are an option

Timestamps for your convenience: 2:53 Star Fox 7:47 Star Fox 64 (+64 3D) 13:00 Star Fox Adventures 18:57 Star Fox Assault 24:06 Star Fox Command 29:44 Star Fox Zero (and Guard) 36:48 Star Fox 2

“Five Nights at Slippy’s” actually sounds scarier than “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” Just imagine; You’re in an enclosed room with barely any lights. You ran out of power because you closed the door trying to keep the green, slimy, bipedal mutant from getting to you. The doors? Open. Your defenses? Non-existent. Then, from the shadows of what was once your only hope (now unusable), you hear the faint, bone-chilling voice of what a child of the Grim Reaper would sound like say… *“AH! I’M HIT!”*

My idea for a modern Star Fox would be like 80% Arwing and 20% on-foot missions, kinda like a longer version of Assault with better ground control. Maybe introduce some of Fox’s Smash moveset as extra tools, like using the Reflector as a limited shield or using Fox Illusion to zip between cover or flash behind enemies for a few free shots before they realize where you went.

Not only did Krystal became fully integrated into SF, she effectively became the defacto lead female character of the franchise while Fara Phoenix (from a tie in comic to SF1), Miyu, Fay, and to a lesser extent Katt all fell by the wayside.

The number of times that Slippy says in Star Fox Adventures, "YOU MISSED A GOLD RING!" made me want to throw my controller at the TV

btw in Star Fox Assault you can choose your control style, you should of selected the standard Dual Stick shooter controls instead of tank controls lol Also Star Fox Assault has the best Multiplayer in the entire series.

I think Assault while nowhere near perfect would've been a good foundation for future entries if refined. Imagine a snappy and quick game that encouraged you to swap back and forth betwen Arwing, foot, landmaster, and back to arwing. Along with more levels themed around full on range mode

Star Fox is just like Paper Mario, in the sense that it arguably peaked with the first two games and was literally never the same since.

I wouldn't mind if StarFox Assault got a remaster like TTYD for Switch or the successor

I have to comment that the single most fucked up line in a nintendo game ever comes from Star Fox 64: Pigma's entry line when you encounter Star Wolf on Bolse is "Daddy screamed rreeeeaaaaal good before he DIED!" After selling out Fox's dad to Andross, to have the audacity to confront their kid and tell them their dad died like a bitch is just beyond evil.

I honestly think there is like a brain wiring thing with Starfox Zero that makes it fucking infuriating to play for most people. Since people who actually find the controls fine literally cannot grasp why so many people hate it. I kind of reminds me of how some of us just cannot use VR without getting motion sickness.

34:11 can I just say I hate it when people try to say you can turn off the motion controls even though you clearly can not. The control option literally defeats the purpose of an off option because it doesn't stay off. You want it off so you can aim and shoot in the traditional way, but the option in question literally activates when you don't want it to.

Starfox Adventures and Windwaker were my rainy day games as a kid. Great memories

I find it absolutely ironic that I've avoided all of Star Fox for most of my life, and the first one I ever played all the way through when I decided to beat the games, was Star Fox Command, I loved the game enough to beat it all the way, something I didn't do with SF64 and the original SNES game. I later hunted all the other games down and now own copies of every game in the series. The same thing happened on my FNAF journey: I started with one game, coincidentally the one most of the fans consider inferior and the most hated in the series, and I ended up loving it enough to buy the whole series. People have gone far as calling me "Not a real fan" because I joined the hype so late, but I gotta say, if I'm not a real fan, there never will be at this point, no? NEVER judge a game series by its community. They might collectively, mind-hive themselves into hating something you'll end up loving, or loving something you might hate.

Oh boy, drumroll if the required Dinosaur Planet mention will happen🥁 Edit: Hurray! Now play the Restoration of the N64 game!

I don't understand why Nintendo can't figure out what to do with this series. It's really simple. Either make Star Fox 2 again, or make a linear game like Assault but have branching paths where you can choose which mission to go on with which character, and then they converge later on. For example, maybe there's a branch where the team splits up, with Falco going to Fichina and Fox going to Solar, and you get to pick which one you're going to follow, and then they meet back after afterwards. Also bring back Miyu, Faye, and Krystal. I have no idea why Nintendo is so allergic to female playable characters that aren't named Samus, aside from the obvious reason.

My biggest disappointment with Star Fox Zero was the fact that I never got to try the co-pilot mode. NOBODY WANTED TO TRY IT WITH ME! I really liked the game and I wish I got to try that mode with friends.

I love assault, it was so fun to play with friends where you could hop out of your arwing midflight to pull out a homing missile and fire at someone tailing you. I have no idea if it's competitive but we were all kids and it sure impressed us at the time. The campaign was also in my opinion pretty fun too, I liked the diversity of on foot, vehicle, and plane sections. It would be awesome to get a sequel but that's probably not gonna happen unless it's some indie inspired game

Star Fox reminds me of Terminator. They had one story, but wholly incapable of expanding on it, so we just get remakes of the first with slight changes to make them stand apart, but its mostly the same game every time.

Just a reminder that you can change your controls in Assault for modern dual analog controls if you keep complaining about the default controls. You're welcome.

I actually really liked the on-foot missions in Assault. The controls could have been better, yes, and I wish they would have tried this in a future game to improve them. Combined with the story and characters, Assault is actually my second favorite Star Fox game, after the 64 one.

You can change the tank controls in assault, maybe growing up with that game is why I almost instantly looked for control options when zero came out

Star Fox is probably the franchise I'd like to see use the "Capcom Test" of all things, release a collection on Switch with ports of all the previous games, while including ports of 64 3D and Command that are adjusted for normal controls and one screen. It's kind of a shame how people really enjoy it but haven't gotten more than like, 3 or 4 great games in 30 years.

I feel like almost everybody has a franchise or two where they're like "Yeah, I really like it!" but they actually only love one or entries, but the ones they do love, they love a lot. And that's perfectly okay. And yes, bring back Fay. We need so much more Fay.

Star Fox Assault is absolute Peak

"Star Fox has been threaded better than F-ZERO" Sure, I'd love to see another F-ZERO game someday but even more than a new Star Fox or F-ZERO game I'd love to see a third Startropics game but I'm probably alone on that.

I grew up with the SNES original and the StarFox Assault for the Gamecube and I love both. I was the only one in my family besides my uncle that ever managed to beat it on the hardest difficulty. I didn't fully understand the black hole warp until years later since I didn't know it cycled between 3 exits; I just thought it had one exit for a while depending on your entry point. I even looked up the secret stage and ending and verified it. I also throughly enjoyed the 10 missions of StarFox Assault and the multiplayer mode (which includes extra maps that aren't playable in the single player mode). I wasn't great at the versus mode and a bit disappointed by the lack of a coop mode, but I got all the silver medals and about half of the gold medals for the 10 levels, the silver medals unlocking an arcade game that I forget the name of. I had a great time with both but never got to play any of the other entries so thanks for the video!

Star Fox Assault is my favorite entry in the series. The Story is obviously peak in the series but the gameplay is the really fun part. The on rail sections is obviously great but the on foot missions were really cool and would really benefit from a sequel or a reimagining of the game to polish its ideas. They are missions that took starfox 64 and took it to the next level by letting you switch between vehicles on the fly. Handling a situation however you want to handle it. In a way its an entry more in line with modern nintendos FREEDOM philosophy. Mario, Zelda, and pokemon going into this open sandbox where the player can go and do whatever how ever they want to. I am really happy that after Zero came out that people came back to these older entries and realized that they were treating them too harshly. Some even started to feel like Star Fox Assault had the right idea and it just needed a gameplay sequel. I really recommend giving Assault another go but using the duel stick control option the game provides when you create a user.

I love starfox assault. The multi-player was a favorite. I wish it was longer and had more story stages

A major issue with the series is that it's had so many different developers over the years (Argonaut Software, Rare, Namco, PlatinumGames). Nintendo needs to know by now what makes a Star Fox game great... on rail, loveable chatty characters, and quick replayable levels. I still have hope for the franchise.

I think part of the issue is that the entire Star Fox continuity has been massively complicated by the existence of Command. How do you continue forward from a game that has like a billion endings, other than just retconning the entire thing? Not that I (or probably most people) would be against it, but it feels like the creatives at Nintendo just don’t know what direction to take.

Nintendo actually did have a really amazing game that switched between an on rails shooter and on foot shooter on the 3DS, which quickly became my favorite 3Ds game of all time. Thing this is, it happened to be a Kid Icarus reboot by our lord and savior Daddy Sakurai of all things. Unfortunately, I don't see them doing that type of game anytime soon, but if they take elements from that game and mix them with Star Fox, I feel like we'd have a winner.

Miyu and Fay were essentially retooled into Bill and Katt, while Algy became Andrew. Although all of them are distinct enough to be separate characters.

29:35 “You have to play 400 times just to see the grossest Ken Penders ass renditions of the Star Fox cast.” Holy shit that line slayed me.

Even though both were neglected in varying degrees eventually , I wish Stunt Race FX, Star Fox’s lesser known sister game got more than just its one snes installment. Despite how it is clearly dated because of the hardware, I still admire the charm and style that they managed to squeeze in, and It always makes me sad that we’ll most likely never get anything else from it. Plus, its way too obscure for anyone to make a indie successor to. If you don’t mind the framerate, or can use an emulator to overclock it, give it a try. It’s definitely my favorite super fx game from its charm and content alone.

Time to do a barrel roll

Star Fox Zero I had a lot of fun with despite its flaws. A shame it hasn't got a Switch port like many of the other Wii U heavy hitters, it deserves a second chance at life

*I'LL. NEVER UNSEE THAT GIMME UNSEE JUICE*

I've actually never played any Starfox game EXCEPT Adventures. I didn't really know anything about the franchise and thought I was learning about it through that game. It wasn't until years later I learned the true story. Adventures will always hold a special place for me though. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

thanks for helping me find one of my childhood games! gonna love replaying starfox assault (i think... i hope)

StarFox was my first game I played when my aunt gave me her SNES back in highschool. It was such a wild impression of the SNES, and it's still one of my favorite games on the system. When I went to Portland Retro Game Expo a couple years later (where in fact, I believe I met you) I found a vendor selling Nintendo Power mags, and I specifically located an issue with a StarFox poster, and it's been on my wall ever since...

Assault is very underrated in my opinion, my nephews just loved playing the multiplayer mode with me so many times, there's a lot of options to play there, you can go on foot, on the Arwing or on the Landmaster, the storymode has way too many walking sections but in general is a pretty solid game and I loved they kept the story of the characters going rather than resetting it to the beginning like in Zero, it's not better than Zero but it's way better than Adventures and Command imo.

I just wish they weren't so gung ho on rebooting it so many times and retelling the first game's storyline. It felt so frustrating to find out Zero would retell Star Fox 1's story again. I wanted a new story with some of the later game characters appearing like Krystal.

I just want to say thank you. I have been looking into getting Star Fox Zero the past several days (late to the game I know) and this video comes out in the meantime. Yours is the only video I’ve seen that even bothers to mention that the motion controls can be switched off and that the screens can be switched with the minus button. Why does no one else mention this? Anyway, thanks again, and I’ll probably be picking up Star Fox Zero now!

Starfox is one of my favorite games ever. I actually did a walkthrough through Cornaria when I was in college. I recorded myself playing through the stage on a VHS and explained how to walk through the stage just by the sounds. I love this game so much

Congrats on the 100k subs!

I did NOT get notified about this upload! Thank god it just popped up in my feed a week later! Love some Gilly and StarFox

I think with a little tweaking, the Assault gameplay should be the basis moving forward for the series. I'd love to get more games like Assault. I love that game

10:30 - multiple overlapping instances of "fox get this guy off me," "i can't shake this guy," "what's taking you so long fox," that play during sector z and bolse as you try to get a medal, set to vietnam style flashbacks. On a positive note, i do remember one instance of one of my crewmates turning the tables on star wolf. Only problem was i couldn't get a medal for it lol.

Legit did not know about the swapping screens in starfox zero and that alone makes me want to re experience the game once I get my Wii u fixed or replaced. Because the controls and swapping between looking at the TV and the gamepad hurt the experience. and I loved so much of the game.

Loved Star Fox Assault as a kid 🙂

Ooooooooooo been waiting for an upload i love the vibe of your vids bro

I know Starlink battle for Atlas isn’t mentioned because it’s not a StarFox game, but it did have some good stuff. Especially the characters. It proves that StarFox could work great as an animated series

I've been on a StarFox binge myself lately and suddenly one of my favorite KZfaqrs makes a Starfox video. Funny how that works out. I figured the assault section would go like that. While it's not perfect assault was a blueprint that they SHOULD have gone with. A better balance of gameplay modes and more fleshed out objectives would have been perfect going forward but nope. Command had to exist Also can we stop pretending that ground control is THAT bad? It's got the same control screen as Metroid prime save for one button and even then there is a twin stick option. And while something like this shouldn't factor into a review I'm pretty sure most people who have never played assault before are going to emulate it so just, use the twin stick option and modify the controls in the emulator and it's fine. I also really enjoyed Star Fox Zero. Be on rail stuff is fantastic as always and the all range mode isn't super bad until it requires lock on precision

Very pleased to hear you enjoyed 2. It's probably my personal favorite in the series; the combination of arcade dogfighting with RTS elements is surprisingly engaging, especially on the higher difficulties. I think the broader problem Star Fox has is that it's a genre that has, unfortunately, fallen out of favor over the years. Shmups were a-dime-a-dozen during the NES and SNES days, and there were still a decent number of 'em in the N64/Playstation era. After that, they started to kinda die out, with other genres taking their place instead. Nowadays, that kind of gameplay seems to only crop up in indie titles and the occasional remake. That's also why I think Zero was doomed from the start - marketing such an out-of-vogue genre as a big-shot system-seller was never going to end well, even if the game itself wasn't saddled with the motion control issues. I'd call it a safe bet that, if we ever get another Star Fox game, it probably won't be a shmup - and if it is, it'll be a budget-title at best. Which kinda sucks.

While I never heard of the workarounds mentioned in the video, I did enjoy playing Star Fox: Zero anyway. Something I think could be neat for the next Star Fox game would be to bring back the different ships & playable characters from Star Fox: Command, but mix in the on-rails shooter gameplay from the main series.

You are in actuality, the 1st and only person I've heard talk about the control options.

As a kid, I had played the SNES and N64 ones and I was a big fan of Nintendo characters. But I hated the on rails gameplay haha I wanted to play them on foot like in Smash more than anything and Adventures and Assault are the ones that excited me the most. Still my favorites because of this bizarre reason

I remember you streaming StarFox Zero after it came out and you and I defending the game. Can't believe it's been 8 years... 😅

Cool, it's rare that I find a video that talks about these games in a way I can relate. For the most part. I'm more harsh towards Zeros failings, but still consider it better than the GC or DS games.

I haven't played Zero but the thing i think is that Zero is the video game equivalent of Cilantro where it's either delicious or tastes like soap just based on your body make up, in Zero's case your brain makeup. The bad or good qualities are hard to perceive a lot of the time because it literally just don't exist in the respective person's brain wiring.

I love Star fox so much it’s really awesome series and tons of fun growing up in my opinion.

Always happy to see Star Fox videos. Genuinely wish the series got more love!

Finally someone other than me who likes Star Fox Zero!

I feel like Star Fox Zero is due for an enhanced port. Having a more standard control scheme & some more original levels would do wonders for the game. Maybe even throw in the vs. multiplayer mode from the 64 game for good measure.

If you already own Starfox Zero highly recommend trying the co-op mode. Me and my brother had alot of fun playing it that way.

Well Gilly has another video out. time to watch the entirety of his channel...again...and finish with the new stuff. I'll be back in a week

Just last week I started making my way through the series, so it was so nice to stumble into this! If Assault had only a couple more flight missions I think people would consider it an all-time classic. And Command, to me, is a fun spin-off if you take it on its own terms. I think I'll try Starlink sometime, curious to see if it can scratch the same itch!

I enjoyed this, thankya. Subscribed.

*My Favorites:* Starfox 64 7:47 Starfox Adventures 13:04 Starfox Zero 29:52

33:46 There is a sense of irony to recommending players to change their control settings to get the most enjoyment out of Star Fox Zero, after complaining about the tank controls in Assault when that game offers a Dual Stick control method (which does have the issue of using R to shoot, which wouldn't be bad if it wasn't on the GameCube controller, but you do drop the tank controls). I would accept a remaster of either game to improve the controls however (and in the case of Assault, possibly expand the multiplayer even more). On that note, I do think it would have been neat if there was a brief overview of the multiplayer modes as well, since 64's multiplayer actually originated the on-foot gameplay of Assault (albeit in a more limited form), Assault has the most fleshed-out multiplayer with 16 stages (with 5 generic stages, 8 stages taken from the campaign, a stage around the Great Fox, and 2 stages on Titania and Zoness unique to multiplayer) and several items, Command drastically simplifying the multiplayer, and 64 3D following in suit by only having the Arwing sections of 64's multiplayer and only allowing other players through download play. There was also the Star Fox crossover with Starlink: Battle for Atlas that happened in 2018, which is drastically different from the other Star Fox games but still serves as their most recent appearance in a game outside of Smash Bros and is integrated into the story right from the start of the campaign. As for the future of the Star Fox series, there is hope since apparently Nintendo Switch Sports has some Star Fox data in the files, so hopefully we get a new game on the Switch's successor as a way to show what the new console is capable of.

I like how this was followed uo with Kit and Kryata making a video playing Assault and loving it. Followed up with the rise of rumors of Assault getting a remake or remaster.

I love Starfox 64, starfox Adventures, and Starfox assault.

Calling Command's characterization of every character as "The grossest Ken Pender's-ass rendition of the Star Fox cast" is just so validating and funny as all hell. Thank you for that. Also, thank you for being one of the few who understands that Zero is a net positive for the franchise and re-oriented the series in the right direction.

I really do hope that Star Fox Zero gets a second shot at life through an enhanced port, cause dang it it needs it. Aside from that a true sequel to Star Fox 64 is a must, it's many people's favorite Nintendo game including mine.

99% of Assault is on foot. Like, did you even play more than the first two missions!? 2 missions are entirely rail shooting, and 1 is mostly rail shooting with a short all range section for fighting the Aparoid Queen. The all-range Arwing and the LandMaster are both available in part or in entirety for all of 6 missions with one of those being entirely all-range Arwing combat in Orbital Gate. That's 9 missions where it is majority vehicles with some parts here and there where it is absolutely necessary to jump out and go on foot and not really for that long, with the exception being Corneria City. This is exactly where StarFox Zero came from lol. That game was awful, but I think it was kinda earned.

The N64 version of Dinosaur Planet being scrapped was one of the biggest crimes Nintendo committed. After playing through Dinosaur Planet after it was found, it felt like a childhood game that I never actually played

That thumbnail art though

Nintendo has often said they have no interest in revisiting a franchise unless they can do something completely unique for it. This, I think, is why they struggle so much with Star Fox. The first game solidly established the concept, 64 perfected it, and since then... they've had no idea what the hell to do with it. I fear it's going to be a long time before they try again with it. But I really wanted to comment because I love that you defended Zero. Star Fox Zero is my second favorite SF game after 64, and one of my top Wii U games. I'm one of those people who will die on the hill of how good is it. I know the game isn't perfect, and I get it, the controls don't do it for everyone, but for me they just clicked right from the start and I love the game not in spite of the controls, but because of them. Many of the levels are some of the best in the series IMO, and the game play is mostly spot on. The game also has an absolutely amazing pilot/gunner co-op mode.

Skims video - doesn't see any mention of Starlink: Battle For Atlas. Searches comments - doesn't see any mention of "Starlink". Really, now? As far as I'm concerned, that's a Star Fox game. It at least deserves a mention!

Gilly remembers Starfox...too bad Nintendo doesn't.

Only played a little bit of Star Fox Zero, but I kinda like the Gamepad gimmick. Really gives the immersion of being put in a cockpit. Having to multitask can be annoying, but we don't have enough games that give a unique experience. Closest I felt to a VR game or a game like Steel Battalion. That said, the criticism of it having no true multiplayer is completely valid. That's the only criticism I agree with so far.

I don't understand the handheld aversion

"I don't mind the controls in star fox zero" The one thing that makes the game unplayable 😵‍💫

I’ve been thinking of playing a starfox game.

Never tried SFZero because I never touched a Wii U, but hearing you can change the control schemes and use just one screen to play makes me wanna try it on an emulator.

I'd love an anime show or a movie of Stair Fax.

Star Fox Assault you can change the controls to that of a more traditional twin stick 3rd person shooter, and if you don't playing you're it wrong. I blame the developers for having the option semi hidden, and you can't change it in the middle of a mission, and it should have been default anyways. But you don't have to play it with the tank controls, and it's far less frustrating and makes the alot of the hate for those portions of the game vanish. Don't get me wrong, I think the game could have put more of an emphasis on the Arwing, but it's still a great a game.

21:19 shooter controls were still being figured out at that point, it wasn't until years later that the standard was fully set But according to interviews they said they did this make it easier for japanese audiences. Also the game does have other control options like the now standard Duel stick control scheme. I'm assuming when you played you went to guest mode which I believe automatically sets it to the tank controls or you made a user and just didn't pay attention to what the controls were for. Not to be rude.

A couple things to note, There are mods for the original Star Fox to make it run at a proper framerate and not 5 FPS and even if Star Fox 64 3D looks a lot prettier, the voice acting took a major hit.

Okay, here me out… give the IP to Camelot and have them pull a Panzer Dragoon Saga. Make a fantastic turn-based RPG where the battle system incorporates the air fights. It’d probably make a lot of people mad, but it’d be hilarious if it ended up being the best game in the series.

I always find it weird how Star Fox fans (myself included) are really just fans of one of his games and maybe Smash Bros.

Loved Starfox 64 3D. One of the games were the 3D felt great, and it made GREAT use of the 3DS amazing gyro. I also am of the opinion that portable systems are far superior to any home console. I used to play Starfox 64 3D up in a tree, just chilling there and being fully immersed - something a TV-screen would never be able to do. Heck, even a Switch is too big to comfortably play like that. I really hope they'll start doing fully portable systems again, that can fit in your pocket. It really is the optimal way to play any non-online game, imo, but I don't really see that happening anytime soon.

Here I was thinking Gilly hadn't uploaded in 8 months, turns out KZfaq just hasn't been giving me notifications. Good to know the bell still doesn't work.

Something i only found out recently thats not a barrel roll 😅 its sometimes called an aleron roll if i spelled that right but anyway a barrel roll is basically a summersault going around vertical like a barrel lol makes sense when you realise that

We need a new Starfox game!