Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1879 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: 45496737740
• Released on: 2007-01-26
• Rating: To Be Announced
• ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Nintendo don't usually drop the ball when it comes to sequels, but after the awful Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox Assault, the crew of the Great Fox have had a real struggle to remain relevant in the last few years. This new game though is by some of the same people behind the SNES original and the first successful attempt to drag the series back to its roots. The original Star Fox game was the closest any one has ever got to transposing the 2D gameplay of old school shoot `em-ups such as R-Type into 3D. As such all the levels were on-the-rails with tightly scripted enemy formations and set pieces. In this game though most of the missions allow you to fly in any direction (similar to all-range mode from Lylat Wars), which will still annoy fans - although at least all the action is restricted to your spacecraft for the first time in several sequels.

The controls for your craft actually work extremely well, with all movement achieved via the touch screen, combined with the button of your choice for shooting. What also works surprisingly well is the new turn-based strategic elements which frame every mission. These allow you to not only map out the movement of you and your allies' craft but also fire and repel missiles from your mothership. To top it all there's even a six player online mode - although like previous Star Fox games you do all end up just flying in circles the whole time. Overall though this is just enough to call of the hounds from what at one point seemed a very endangered franchise.
HARRISON DENT

Manufacturer's Description
Fox McCloud is back to battle a new evil that has emerged from the toxic oceans of the planet Venom. Join Fox in his advanced Arwing fighter as you defend the Lylat system from a massive invasion, with just a few wingmen for support. This action-packed game will have you battling an armada of hostile ships, both in the depths of space and high over enemy skies, and will test your strategic skills as you plan the perfect attack.

Players use the Nintendo DS's touch screen to manoeuvre their ship during daring dog fights. While flying, the screen not only acts as a radar - showing the locations of allies, enemies and items but is also used to steer your Arwing and drop bombs using strokes of the stylus. Players use the screen to speed up and slow down their ship by tapping the top or bottom of it. Another vital combat move performed by rubbing the touch screen is a nifty barrel roll, perfect for evading incoming fire during real-time combat.

The movement of your ship is not the only role that the touch screen plays in Star Fox Command. Players can draw up their battle plans and put their strategy skills to the ultimate test by using this screen. As commander, use the screen to draw the routes your fighter should take, then battle any enemies you encounter as you take over bases and strategically advance across the map. A master tactician will plan the best flight paths not only for themselves but also for up to four wingmen, making sure they plot the best course to intercept an enemy on the quick.

Featuring an extensive storyline, the single player mode includes over 30 levels to complete with a variety of different possible endings to achieve. After certain stages are completed, players will be given a choice about what to do next, influencing how the story ends. The Star Fox Command story mode also features over ten additional characters and ships to unlock to build your wingman support.

Featuring great multiplayer modes, Star Fox Command offers you the chance to find out who rules the skies by participating in dogfights with up to four friends via the Nintendo DS's wireless connection. Fancy taking on the world? With Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection you can! Battle it out against up to three other people from around the world and show off your supreme flying ability.

Customer Reviews

1 last thing about this
the gameplay si great but it couldve done with free play or skirmish instead of havin to go straight into campaign mode

one of the best flyers-no wait-one of the best lookers-ah hell-one of the best games on ds ever.
i bought this game a few days ago, waiting for medal of honor 2 and ferrari challenge to pop through my door, and hell am i glad i did.

the graphics are absolutely amazing, incredibly silky, smooth and fast, and swooping inbetween buildings to get away from the enemy on your back, then screaming throught the underground tunnels while barrel rolling, only to swoop out and blast you opponent out of the sky is to die for.

the action is fast paced and very well laid out. you start a mission on a map basicly, and you have to plot your craft(s) courses through the map, taking out enemies on the way, defending your mothership by destroying incoming missles (which can get slightly frustrating later on, but still doesent ruin the game in any way) and then going in for the mothership, flying through rings and doing an independance-day-style-suicide attack but with your shield up.

the gameplay differs in many different ways throughout the game, at one point you'll be destroying starfish-like ships with 2 hits, the next fish underwater with around 15 hits

the bosses after completing some missions are brilliant fun, and arent frustrating at all, they differ immensly, one time youll be destoying three rival ships whilst swooping inbetween buildings, the next youll be fighting a giant fish that expands as it gets weaker underwater, the next youll be fighting a giganto-mega-worm in the desert

the story is brilliant, with many twist and turns, inviting other characters to join in, and once you've completed the first story line (after about 2-3 days) you unlock new choices in the story, which unlocks new characters, missions and ships, branching out into around 9 (ish, ive been playing this game constantly for 6 days, and im halfway through the 3rd ending, which is getting challenging, which shows the game can please hardcore gamers who want to unlock everything) different endings.

Wi-Fi is also included in this game, which is a good feature, although it is quite simple, it will keep pulling you back in for more, as you franticly fight it out with 3 others in order to obtain a higher rank (the rankings go- Rank Z is lowest...Rank A is highest), a brilliant feature which most flying games miss out on.

SUMMARY:
forget freedom wings, blades of thunder, and all the other bog standard flyers out there on ds, only starfox command will give you the amazing graphics, storyline and gameplay that you're looking for. BUY THIS GAME NOW. I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD THIS GAME IS, IGNORE ALL THE BAD REVIEWS AND TRUST ME. YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

Good but...
I bought this game as the idea of being able to control the spaceship with the touchscreen controls seemed really interesting and appealed to me. The controls are a good idea and after a little experimentation (you get a training programme at the beginning and you can return to it for more practice) you get the hang of it.

The game in itself is quite good fun, with a nice storyline - even if the dialogue is a little on the cheesy side! The only downside to the game is the giving of save points only after a mission has been successful. In practice this means that you can have struggled your way through half a dozen individual fights in a mission and then fall at the last hurdle only to find that to have to go through the whole thing again. This can be exceedingly frustrating - especially as some of the levels are quite tricky.

Overall the game is good and has an added bonus of different endings. This is designed to make you play the game through again and again to see the alternate endings for the characters. On each play through the difficulty level is also raised so the game is more challenging.

Not a bad purchase - even if it is only for the novelty of being able to control your craft via the touchscreen - a feature of the DS that not many of its games seem to utilise!