Star Fox 64 Trilogy Rambling Retrospective

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[@lordscorch3167]

If anyone has any questions like "what's the music at X:XX?" or such, ask here and i'll do my best to reply.

[@DAonYT]

Can I get the remix name at 38:49 please?

[@lordscorch3167]

@@DAonYT of course! you can find it on youtube by searching "Star Fox Assault Soundtrack - Intro" its just the intro version of the main theme, you'll know you have the right one if it is exactly 1 minute long, and has the funky synth beats within the first 4 seconds.

[@SmashBrosOdyssey64]

Gotta find the Star Fox 64 staff roll remix, thanks!

[@lordscorch3167]

@@SmashBrosOdyssey64 Look up "Star Fox 64: Staff Credits Orchestral Arrangement" by the Noble Demon. they have a TON of unbelievably beautiful remixes for a shit ton of games. HIGHLY recommend.

[@TheJadeFist]

"Feels like it starts at the climax of a Star Fox game that never happened" You know what, I'd like to see that game. It could be kinda interesting to have the final level kinda merge into the first level of Assault. Or maybe some off hand comments after destroying a base or something as the final mission but that the Cornerian military has tracked him Andrew Oikony and his fleet down to Fichina or what ever at the end.

[@lordscorch3167]

agreed. in fact for all the times Nintendo has remake'd 64, i would be interested in an Assault Remake. just have a prolog arc for the tutorial that is Andrew's rebellion.

[@jahmirwhite7807]

What about a Adventures remake? I still think that game has the potential to be re-build into a more proper Star Fox game. Y'know, with actually fun and challenging Arwing stages, ground combat, more vehicles to use than just the Arwing and third-person shooter combat rather than just the staff.

[@TheJadeFist]

Assault had one hell of a sound track that can't be argued against. Especially Sauria and the Star Wolf themes.

[@joeblow2286]

I like the comedic timing of your jokes, they made me laugh. Thanks!

[@TheJadeFist]

16:15 You can say Andrew is useless but you can't deny the fact he held on to the fight long after the fall of Venom. Sure he got randomly blasted by space bugs, but it's his fault the Corneran military was so woefully unprepared to defend against the Aparoids by exhausting so much of their resources to fight him. Which... is a good thing for a bad guy? /still bad for everyone.

[@lordscorch3167]

thats a fair point, however i will give my own overly researched lore-nerd counter point. from what we can gather from the opening, this is the first battle between Andrew's Venom remnant that has broken out; implied by the fleet commander in the opening's dialog, and pepper's briefing for the first mission. Andrew was able to do a lot with his fleet, and weaken cornaria considerably, but he didn't put the armada on the backfoot like his uncle did. he didn't push cornaria back at all (also weird that the fighting was at fortuna and not venom.) Andrew "useless?"...ok fair point he has *SOME* tactical/logistical knowledge to hold out in thr one fight we seen, and still get the upperhand when outnumbered. still the worst pilot in the franchise, and i stand by that.

[@TheJadeFist]

@@lordscorch3167 Fair enough, I guess it's useless like Slippy in the cockpit but actually useful otherwise like Slippy is for technical and mechanical abilities, and apparently with a rifle in hand as he jumps 10 feet in the air mercing chumps left and right yelling "NO MERCY" in that derpy ass voice of his. Cracks me up everytime. Even though I mostly play the japanese version, I still mentally insert that voice line. (on the space station level with Star Wolf outside, when you run past Slippy you can catch him in a fire fight as he jumps stupid high and yelling No Mercy!!) I might have to throw the game in later tonight, you've made me want to play it again.

[@lordscorch3167]

@@TheJadeFist ^^^ the fact that Slippy has canonically shot folks the fuck out in a gunfight no sweat is insane deeplore.

[@gamerraider889]

​@@lordscorch3167A late point: the time between Starfox 64 and Assault is give or take 9 years. Fox was 18 in 64 and 26 in Adventures according to manuals, and Krystal joining the team means there's probably another year at the most conservative estimation. Corneria spent those years hunting down the remnants of Androsses forces and bioweapons, so it's difficult to guess how many were in contact with Oinkonny and how many were rogue. t. read the comics and manuals a lot as a kid.

[@lordscorch3167]

@@gamerraider889 oh hell yeah boi! i can't believe i didn't think of getting the manual pfds for fun lore digs, thats a missed opportunity on my part.

[@kurokamina8429]

StarFox Assault was first and favorite Star Fox game and I very much agree with your take. Assault deserves more respect and I'm happy seeing it getting more of it in recent years.

[@TheJadeFist]

Ya, it really gets more hate than it deserves. I honestly have to admit I didn't like it back in the day, but now it's one of my favourite games of all time. If for nothing else than the music. The game just gives a bad first impression in terms of control scheme for the on foot gameplay, but you can change it in the options.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@TheJadeFist I recommend Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-sparked!, and Bot Vice there like Star Fox Assault in 2d.

[@Dal_9000]

Stumbled across this vid during my current hyperfixation with Star Fox that I get every now and then. Gotta say you did good work here. I also like your sense of humor and I hope to see more. Full length break-down of the homoerotic themes in the Star Fox series and how it relates to gateways into being a furry when?

[@lordscorch3167]

i'll do you better; *Podcast* on homoerotic themes and furry indoctrination.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@lordscorch3167 The reason for Zero's motion controls was for the game's co-op mode, where one players the Wii U pro controller and the other uses the game pad. I recommend Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-sparked!, and Bot Vice there like Star Fox Assault in 2d.

[@Egobyte83]

Just a quick note on fighting Star Wolf in Starfox 64, if anyone didn't know yet: Since every Star Wolf member goes after their own personal nemesis, it is your job to help your team mates and sure, you can do that by simply shooting them down. HOWEVER.... bringing their health down to about half their healthbar will make them disengage, and if they do that, if you hit them just enough so that they break off their attack and then leave them alone... guess what... now your team mate begins hunting THEM down instead with new dialogue and stays on their ass until they go down. ^^ I always felt like that is how it should be, that it shouldn't always be about you pulling your team's asses out of the fire, but that they can pull their own weight too.

[@greenbean4422]

Is this true for all 3 encounters or just Katina?

[@Egobyte83]

@greenbean4422 Katina? Katina is the Independence Day-inspired level with the mothership. But yes, I do believe this mechanic is hardcoded into every encounter.

[@EvanSimmers]

This video is amazing and is something I whole heartedly enjoyed. I'll be keeping an eye out for more of your projects.

[@lordscorch3167]

thank you i'm glad you enjoyed! next project will be a bit shorter, but with the same format. hint at the very end for those with sharp ears.

[@Mac14329]

I love how it only took the Great Fox a few seconds to blow up the Aparoid city after it took Fox and the gang almost half an hour to take out the shield generators.

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Hey man, you don't see the power bill or the company fiscal projections to cover it; if you don't have to worry about going over your budget because it's the end of days you can accomplish anything

[@yesfredfredburger8008]

“Post-lawnmower Boomer” is the funniest goddamn shit

[@jpfoland01]

I had the promotional VHS for Starfox 64 (Sega and Sony henchmen kidnap a Nintendo Test Pilot and R&D scientist; threatening a Mario doll with a vice and a car battery to get them to talk about the game and the new Rumble Pak) as well as the official player’s guide for a good number of years before I actually got to own a copy of the game. Happiest Christmas ever, lol.

[@lordscorch3167]

i know what premotion your talking about. damn i should have used clips of it for the video, absolute meme gold vain.

[@TylerW44]

Really happy to see people giving Assault the love it deserves. Someday we'll surely get some follow up...

[@lordscorch3167]

one can hope, brother. one can hope.

[@awinter2807]

Check out the Star Fox Assault video by Lute as well!

[@sorkai2]

Thank you for this. Was a nice blast to the past

[@luigi180]

Ah I've said this a million times over the years now but this is the best type content on youtube. There's nothing like these videos where a turbo fan of a niche game spreads their passion in an hour+ heavily edited essay. Fan-fucking-tastic! The mid 2000's style music vid at the end is the cherry on top of this video's heart and soul.......

[@lordscorch3167]

I'm very glad you enjoyed and thank you for the incredibly kind words! Turbo fans hyper-babbling about their interest is the LIFE BLOOD of this little entertainment industry.

[@luigi180]

@@lordscorch3167 Theres a significant lack of passion left on this website. Keep up the good work mate!

[@4given-jc]

Really well made video! Randomly showed up in my recommended and hope this gets more views.

[@chefsnaker]

Great video, probably one of the best retrospectives on the franchise that I have watched. My only thing that I thought was missing was you should of probably expanded a little bit more on Dinosaur Planet N64 variant of Adventures. Only because it was literally Miyamoto that essentially derailed what would of been a great original Rare title and ended up injecting Star Fox into it. Which I mean don't get me wrong, I loved adventures as a kid. Though the history behind the development of that particular title is pretty interesting and is quite telling that was the last title they ended up developing for Nintendo before Microsoft's acquisition. Though, I digress. Great job and normally channels that just start out never have a banger first video like this, so the time commitment paid off tremendously.

[@lordscorch3167]

Thank you man, i'm glad you enjoyed! in the first draft of the script i had about 10-15 extra minutes of going into detail about dinosaur planet and the development getting completely changed just by Miyamoto walking in and going "FOX CHARATURE LOOK LIKE MY FOX", but in future drafts i ended up cutting it. frankly the entire subject and the original game itself could be its own hour long video, that rabbithole goes *deep.*

[@rawman44]

I'm only 13½ minutes into this and dude this is good content. You're actually funny. Subscribed already

[@lordscorch3167]

thank you, my man. i know that my sense of humor and vernacular aren't for all folks, but super warmed when my video finds kindred shitposters. cheers!

[@rawman44]

​@@lordscorch3167I don't see/hear enough of it anymore tbh

[@Weiti666]

Thank you for this fantastic video. I really would like to see the sequel covering Zero and Command. I think there were some great ideas and choices in there - Fortuna in Zero, for example, delivered on everything we know and love, like tight rail shooting, Wolf encounter, and an atmospheric buildup to the boss. Seeing a general analysis without only trashing the games would be most welcome. On a sidenote: I didn't mind that it was 1h40m long :) Looking forward to the next one!

[@lordscorch3167]

thanks brother. i'm glad you enjoyed! Zero/Command video will be way down the road but i have ideas for it. its funny you mention the fortuna mission because it is one of the standout missions for zero for me. as for command...i have...um...TWO positive things i can say about it...maybe more after i replay it after all these years.

[@sensoriko]

Gonna continue sniffing that hopium and consider this random KZbin recommendation as a sign that the rumored Assault remake is gonna happen.

[@lordscorch3167]

You and me both.

[@aortaplatinum]

It's weird, due to F Zero 99 we're actually more likely to see THAT series revived, as opposed to the series Miyamoto fucked up twice, with the last time they did it being a critical bomb and a financial loss

[@orangeslash1667]

@@aortaplatinum In order to play StarFox Zero listen carefully, don't play the main story first. Go to training mode and spend about 8 hours learning the controls, because the motion controls are kinda complicated. There's a minus button that swap screens and you have the ability to turn the motion controls on or off in the pause menu. It's easier to shoot everyone in first person mode, where as all ranged mode is easier for avoiding enemies. The motion controls allows you to aim independently from the ship, but it takes more work. That is the point, because this is the first SF game with a ranking system on how many enemies you shoot. If the aiming was as simple as 64, the ranking system would be too easy. The game is like F-zero GX is that the game is demanding alot from the player. As for SF future, Miyamoto said he runout of ideas after Zero.

[@patrickvstheworld7017]

Absolutely loved the 64 trilogy. I’m one of those weirdos that thought Adventures was the best. As a kid, I remember being blown away after Assault’s ending and being so excited for the next game and how this storyline could continue. If only I knew 😂😢

[@lordscorch3167]

Bro same. at its peak i don't think any of us could have guessed where the franchise was going.

[@SilverXy7]

I greatly enjoyed your rambling about space furries.

[@AlexPetrulis]

This is the best StarFox retrospective on KZbin. Well done, Scorch!!

[@Nintendofan570]

I like this guy, he's going to be the next big KZbinr

[@lordscorch3167]

damn bro, thanks! heres hoping, if i can get the next vid out in the next less-then-a-year.

[@byleobb]

You legit deserve more views and subs. Just crossed my path with this vid via algorythm and holy, 1 hour and 40 minutes well spent. I'll forever defend SF Assault as a hidden gem and I'm happy to see people are sharing this train of thought as well. ❤

[@lordscorch3167]

Hell yeah brother! what i would give for a continuation.

[@zacariasc]

So glad to see more love for Star Fox Assault

[@nintendolife25]

Honestly, Assault has always been my favorite Star Fox game. It has the best story, music, design, and multiplayer in the entire series. It’s not perfect but man, I had loads of fun playing it. Thank you very much for reflecting all that in this video!

[@lordscorch3167]

thank you for the kind words man! glad you enjoyed!

[@LeonFisher-bs4uj]

Nice video😙 It really neat to hear you talk about starfox . I do hope you can talk about more about it and if interesting , try talked about other game franchise you have fond time with it .

[@SynestriaVI]

one of my favorite little end credits details for 64 is that slippy slowly falls behind during the running segment

[@DoctorLeft]

Despite some of the edgier jokes not being my cup of tea, your analysis is spot on. It gave me a new lens of analyzing this trio of games as a connected narrative. I'm subscribing and I hope to see whatever you rant about next. The audio at the very end makes me think I'll enjoy the subject matter.

[@lordscorch3167]

Thank you very much! I'm very glad that with edge or not, the video was engaging enough for you to stick through. that actually means a lot. life stuff has hit hard, but i've almost got all the recordings i need for the next video. so if/when i get enough free time i should be able to get the next one done in a shorter time, production wise.

[@yesfredfredburger8008]

This is a really great video. I’m no content creator, obviously there are some growing pains here. You had the confidence to finish this video, and it’s a really great product. It’s the sort of thing I might continuously overthink and never release. Thanks for making this. Subbed and looking forward to more

[@lordscorch3167]

Thank you brother! for real i fucked up big on the audio balance, but that issue is easily overcome now that i have the *slightest* idea of what i'm doing now. life stuff has put heavy delays on the next project, it IT WILL happen, at some point. thank you again for the sub and kind words, it means a lot!

[@capitalemm54]

Great video and fantastic humor. Very underrated channel, hoping for more content like this for different games!

[@lordscorch3167]

thank you my man!

[@spaceace9103]

Great video! Loved your commentary and most of the jokes landed for me.

[@redmagejack]

If I had a nickel for every video that came out this year and past my radar that praised and defended Assault I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but I’m pleasantly surprised I have two

[@mos3]

StarFox 64 is one of my favorite games of all time!! 14:20 love the menu theme. I think it might be inspired a bit by Vangelis’ “Entends tu les chiens aboyer? Pt. 1” they have a similar vibe imo

[@I-Rex232]

I believe the fact that General Scales refers to himself as both "tyrant and dictator" is a reference to T-Rex, Since the full name is Tyranosaurus Rex - Tyran meaning Tyrant, and Rex meaning king, so it could be an extremely clever reference for nerds lol

[@guero-gt]

I loved the video, helped me get a different perspective on Assault and Adventures which when I was a kid didn't understand much. Can you make a video of Star Fox appearing in StarLink Battle for Atlas? I think Ubisoft did a solid job there, even the DLC for Wolf was great.

[@lordscorch3167]

i hear great things on StarLink, but i'm gonna see if i can fit some sort of coverage for StarLink when i cover command someday.

[@Razo30000]

Loved this video, your presentation is fantastic. I was surprised you didn’t have more videos like these. Looking forward to maybe seeing a part 2 to this covering the later games. If you set up a Patreon I’d be happy to support more similar content 👍

[@YuumasLover-Zed]

1:33:40 DAMNIT! You had me for a minute there.

[@Ai-Saika]

Love the video, Actuallt LOVE Assult my fave Star Fox game And Love Krystal. Nice vid and nice to know other ppl notice how much of a AMAZIN game this is and should had been the basses to make Star fox games.

[@orangeslash1667]

I recommend Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-sparked!, and Bot Vice there like Star Fox Assault in 2d.

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

Btw, Star Fox would make a killer 99 game

[@jahmirwhite7807]

7:02 That's only mentioned in the old Nintendo Power comics made only to promote the original SNES game, but the thing is that it's non-canon to the later games. According to an old interview on Reddit, Fox's mom is very much still alive in the 64 continuity and is actually supporting her son from behind the scenes. The thing is that well, we never actually get to see her, considering she's the only relative Fox has left. Also, nice fanart, btw. Is there a link to that?

[@Whitesnake273]

It's worth mentioning Solar is actually a molten planet and Andross created Vulcain because Cornerian academies claimed there couldn't be life in Solar so he created him out of spite. Oh, and Andross indirectly created Sector Y

[@lordscorch3167]

oh thats metal as FUCK. its a shame how much old background stuff for andross actually just makes him seem like a badass with huge aura but they keep just writing him as a stock mad scientist. when i someday do my command video, gonna give you a shout out because this little fact is too funny to pass now that i know it.

[@Whitesnake273]

@@lordscorch3167 Thanks! Oh, and about Sector Y, it's because he created another Bolse near Corneria which...given how it's powered by bio-nuclear technology, exploded. Also you gotta give him credit, he literally knew Bolse was the easiest target to destroy in Venom's orbit so he created a whole fake pathway on the other side of the planet with a fake ancient temple (and golem inspired by Venom's ancient culture) on top of a fake lair with a fake version of himself, he literally thought no one would have the audacity to go through Area 6 which is conveniently located onto his palace so he bothered to do all of that, he's one of the most intelligent videogame villains EVER

[@lordscorch3167]

@@Whitesnake273 see, if there is another remake of Star Fox, THAT is the Andross i want to see. a super villain that creates contingencies on top of backup plans mostly out of boredom or just to run brain circles around people. that shits hilarious.

[@jiggy7719]

"Find it, genocide, sunset." tickled the fuck out of me Edited to add "Jew snoz" to that as well

[@jiggy7719]

I'd also like to add that I enjoyed this video quite a bit. Your commentary was entertaining and the autist rambling of a furry space game was very easy to watch. It's easy to get scared off seeing a small channel posting a nearly two hour video and assuming it won't be worth the watch, but I'm glad i stuck around. Really excited to see more content from you man.

[@lordscorch3167]

@@jiggy7719 thank you man, i appreciate giving me the shot! next project will (hopefully) be shorter

[@Lute01]

fucking awesome video dude

[@lordscorch3167]

thank you my man!

[@jahmirwhite7807]

7:08 Where did you got that Twitter post from? Just reading it makes me lol 😂

[@lordscorch3167]

the original post was Stephen King (Andross) beefing with Elon (Pepper) after Checkmarks became pay to win. i have a very big problem of spending an hour in photoshop to make a joke that will only be on screen for 3.2 seconds.

[@XHUERO3]

Great video. You got my sub.

[@lordscorch3167]

Glad you enjoyed my flavor of tism!

[@soundshinobi2629]

Bro please make more content like this, I watched the whole thing in one sitting

[@lordscorch3167]

thank you bro, that means a lot. i hope i can get the next one out within the year, heres hoping.

[@soundshinobi2629]

@@lordscorch3167 LETS GOOOOOO

[@ivanvz]

Clear act of aggression was what got me

[@ivanvz]

In conclusion Star Fox is a crossbreed btw sonic the hedgehog and ng evangelion

[@magiusfantasia5506]

This game has some of the best Replay Values of it's time. It felt like this game had just so much heart and soul poured in to it. Every time I beat this game, I always felt like this game was just so incredibly short for the story it wanted to tell. Luckily all of that was made up for with the multi-route system.

[@LukeHuntley]

Excellent Hitomi Tanaka reference! Lol accurate af!

[@TheDr502]

Star Fox Assault only needed alternate pathways like SF64 did, and then it would've been the best SF game. Aside from that, Assault was an amazing evolution of SF64 in every way. With that said, although SF Assault had an engaging story line and as much as I like Peppy Hare... He should've died at the end of the game. By having him survive the explosion, it comes off like namco wussed out to avoid pissing off Star Fox fans. It felt like a Saturday morning cartoon ending. They didn't want to go all the way with this more serious entry in the SF series, I guess, but it hurt the game's story. For starters, that was a huge explosion. He's in the middle of space, where it's impossible to breathe. The Great Fox, the flagship that he'd normally evacuate into in an emergency, was reduced to a fireball of death and destruction. In such a scenario, Peppy would have no way to escape alive. So, how did he survive that? How did a helper spaceship arrive just in time to save him? Star Fox Assault was marketed as a darker and more cinematic and dramatic entry in the Star Fox series. The Aparoids are sold as deadly cybernetic insect parasites. We saw them turn Pigma into a giant puppet made of flesh and metal. After he blew up, he should've been dead after that. We see the same thing happen to the Sauria dinosaurs and Pepper, all of whom almost died as a result. These Aparoids are demons that are hellbent on sucking the life out of every living creature in the Lylat System. To emphasize how determined Peppy is to stop this destructive force of nature, the story should've shown Peppy crash the Great Fox into the planet's barrier to help the Star Fox gang invade the Aparoids' home world. But, as a consequence of this sacrifice, Peppy is dead and gone. The Great Fox is destroyed. Peppy gave his life so that millions of other people could live. That would've been a big character moment. Plus, this ending would've made Fox more sympathetic by making him more vulnerable. It would've made the final boss fight more momentous, as Fox's revenge against the Aparoids. Of course, after destroying the Aparoids, he'd realize that the Aparoids' destruction wouldn't bring Peppy back. The ending would've been a moment of sad irony. He flies powerful spaceships and mows down entire enemy fleets. He won a war against a mad scientist who had been causing all sorts of mayhem for 5 long years. He's saved the Lylat System and hundreds of planets many times. Like Pepper said, Fox is the only hope for the Lylat System when they're facing a massive threat. Yet, Fox keeps failing to protect the ones closest to him. He lost his dad. He lost his mom. Now, he's lost his mentor. That's heart-wrenching. But, what role could Peppy have played in the next game, had he been killed off in the last game? He could've been a ghost who gives Fox mentorship from beyond the grave, much like his dad James does or Obi-Wan Kenobi does for Luke Skywalker. In Star Fox Command, it would've made his decision to remove Krystal from the team somewhat more understandable as well. They could've established that he was terrified of the risk of losing another person who was important in his life.

[@lordscorch3167]

you hit the nail on the head, and i agree. it seems like Command was going off of the "true" ending of Assault but ignoring everything that happened. always hated that Peppy became the new general of cornaria, they should have had Bill be Pepper's successor being a young but inexperienced commander. you can even bring in Shears from the SNES trying to undermind Bill and making him a more impactful twist villain.

[@TheDr502]

@@lordscorch3167Yeah, I would've been fine with Bill becoming Pepper's replacement after Pepper fell sick from old age. In fact, there're a lot of interesting character developments that were introduced with SF Assault that were never mentioned again in this series. For example, it's fascinating how Wolf shows so much more respect toward Fox, his archrival, than Pigma, a former colleague of his. This game makes it clear that Wolf trusts Fox a lot more than he does Pigma. But, what happened? Before Assault, what made him see that Pigma was a toxic "friend"? What event caused this change in Wolf from "typical bad guy" to a seriously flawed individual who still has a difficult personality but actually has some moral standards who no longer wants toxic people in his life? Was he recovering from this incident, hence why he didn't appear in SF Adventures? Heck, Wolf was minding his own business until Fox invaded his base on the assumption that Wolf was still Pigma's buddy. He doesn't really feel like a bad guy in this game at all. For example, did Pigma nearly stab Wolf in the back to make a quick buck the same way he did to James? After that experience, did he realize that, unlike Pigma, Fox never stabs his friends in the back for a quick buck, hence why he starts to respect Fox for his loyalty to his friends? Why is this never talked about in Star Fox Command? Even more so, why the hell did they reboot the series instead of continuing with the story developments that were brought up in Star Fox Assault? A scene in Command or another future SF game that showed Pigma nearly getting Wolf killed would've shown how irredeemable Pigma was and, therefore, would've made his death in SF Assault a dramatic cautionary tale about how an endless pursuit of riches can cause your downfall. Just with a few minutes thought, right here are a number of plots that could be used in a multitude of new Star Fox games. Star Fox has a lot of potential, especially in the story-telling department. It could've turned into Nintendo's Star Wars, and it's too bad that the folks at Nintendo can't see that.

[@lordscorch3167]

@@TheDr502 the whole reason i made the video. Assault was a gift to continue the franchise in a new era. on your great points on Star Wolf; it also seems that Wolf is trying to stop the Aparoid plot in his own way. when you find the crashed-out Wolfens, that implies that Wolf was hunting down Pigma own their own. but why? well, then Star Wolf shows up in Cornaria to help Star Fox. this heavily implies Star Wolf was trying to stop the Invasion on their own but when things got out of hand they came out of the shadows and started helping Cornaria/Fox openly. hell, the fact that they seem to want to help the System **for FREE** is huge character development. by the time of Command? Naw Wolf just wants to embarrass Fox, beating him by shaming and disgracing him rather than by the merit of their skills. Panther cucks Fox and takes Krystal. est est. its such a damn shame.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@TheDr502 I recommend Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-sparked!, and Bot Vice there like Star Fox Assault in 2d.

[@littlebadassgaming]

To be fair.. The entirety of star wolf survive getting blown up 3 separate times. And even still came back in assault. It could have been seen as more of a surprise that peppy lived. Besides. Im pretty sure (correct me if im wrong.) That the apparoid queen uses the voices of peppy, pigma, etc as a form of mental assault. Plus. Im pretty sure that if falco, etc gets defeated during the fight, they also get used as voices. It's purely for shock value.

[@leonardodelimaferreira8509]

Easily one of the best videos I've ever seen in this platform, my dude you have a future, also, what do you think of Sin and Punishment? Both sequels are criminally underrated and would make a killer video, also Kid Icarus Uprising, as much as everyone sings its praises, no one cares to talk about its story

[@Optimusprime917]

Anyone know what the music at 1:40:59 is?

[@lordscorch3167]

Oblivion. the state of sound, not the Bethesda game.

[@JamelBambino]

This video was amazing!

[@trismatthews7693]

“Multi-staged, bad dragon, xeno flopper” This gives my life 😩😂

[@lordscorch3167]

words that should never be strung together unless for a youtube bit.

[@trismatthews7693]

@@lordscorch3167 nah, I want it on a throw blanket for my living room. You know, to give the notion I am stable 🤪😂😂

[@lordscorch3167]

@@trismatthews7693 get a "live, laugh, love" style plaque with those words on it. perfect.

[@trismatthews7693]

@@lordscorch3167 put it next to a “think deeply…” plaque 😁😁😁

[@frankfranklin3365]

1:01:23 I remember this. I had nightmares about that freakin pig for months.

[@LeeerroyJenkins]

"You don't have enough SCARABS!!!" OH why did you have to remind me of that.....

[@LeeerroyJenkins]

1:00:37 no errors there, it musically tracks.

[@joeykeilholz925]

Epic I watched the entire video and the answer is "epic". Also fellow toodles sayer? Gang.

[@lordscorch3167]

Simpsons has done irreversible damage too my brain and vocabulary.

[@sssdrake]

This video heckin rules bro. I'm listening on my way to work and that's a mistake as I'm missing so many of your cheeky editing. im glad someone else out there has the balls to challenge the miyamoto design philosophy, hes great and made bangers but his style is so weird and nowdays it feels like it either sails to space or bombs completely, he killed star fox and put the last shovels worth of dirt on the wii u with zero. ill never forget he had the dumb useless camera zoom outs in boss battles in zero just cuz he "wanted it to look cool" even tho they dont help the player. forgive my piss baby tangent. Fantastic job. o7 o7 o7

[@lordscorch3167]

your piss-baby tangent is appreciated. based.

[@orangeslash1667]

You can use the minus button to have first person mode on the TV screen, if that helps you be more accurate.

[@gavincunningham6207]

Not gonna lie, Krystal's accent is 👌

[@lordscorch3167]

my only real requirements for any new Star Fox game is: 1: Krystal needs a British accent. 2: Falco needs a Brooklyn accent. 3: Peppy needs a Texan (or some variation of southern) accent. the characters just don't hit right otherwise.

[@teeonezee]

You are the literal walking definition of a Run-on Sentence.

[@lordscorch3167]

i choose to take that as a compliment, my words got strong legs.

[@MrTreespace]

Good video:)

[@jojonr619]

47:03 Oh. My. God.

[@Magnymbus]

I loved SF:A... The versus mode specifically was a big influence on my taste in multiplayer gaming. Some of the maps were so big that you basically had to use the vehicles to get around, but some of the ground weapons were so powerful that they could take out an arwing quite quickly. It became a cat and mouse. And they had different game types, my favorite of which was the sniper showdown... guess which one was my friend's least favorite? Maybe someday my space opera game will be more than a scuffed and disjointed proof of concept.

[@lordscorch3167]

couldn't have put it better. we can only hope for the future of Star Fox, if there is any real one at all.

[@summersetbanjo7440]

Think you might cover Starlink at some point?

[@lordscorch3167]

unlikely to play, but will likely research for future star fox vids. its got some pretty interesting stuff, subject wise.

[@aortaplatinum]

I left one of the previous price stickers on my copy of Star Fox Assault because the sticker shortens the name to STAR FOX ASS and between Command and Krystal I think that's a fitting summary of the series after 64

[@lordscorch3167]

Brutal and based

[@riftshredder5438]

As someone who loved Star Fox 64 even to this day, I was totally looking forward to more Star Fox games, when Adventures came out, I was skeptical at first, but when I actually played it, I loved it, and when Assault came out, I waisted no time, I bought it right away and played the hell out of it and unlocked everything in the game, and I still have my original copies of those games

[@lordscorch3167]

i have my copy of assault in one of those gamecube disc holders with a bunch of the other classics like melee and some of the peak mario parties. i need to find where the old case is.

[@riftshredder5438]

@lordscorch3167 it was always in my head cannon fan theory that the Aparoids were a bio weapon created by Andross but became Frankenstein's monster and rebelled against their creator and started their own conquest

[@orangeslash1667]

@@riftshredder5438 I recommend Star Overdrive as a successor to SF Adventures.

[@wombatkins]

Okay i chuckled at the gateway furry thing.

[@joshXnovak1]

12:52 RIP her career. Thank you for your cervix, Tanaka San 🫡

[@lordscorch3167]

me must never allow Tanaka's media to be lost. 😤👌

[@sidviscus]

tiktok - (comes into existence with 10 second videos) youtubers - (being the hipsters that we are, start making hours long content)

[@sparrowfox6943]

Subbing for that future video on you yelling about Command for an hour straight

[@lordscorch3167]

one day...one day...

[@tjwizzy]

Here before this blows up button right here

[@lordscorch3167]

heres hoping.

[@robertgosney5657]

Adventures was orginally designed by a different company that orginally wasnt a star fox game just like mario bros 2 orginally wasnt a mario game but just like nintendo decided to shoe horn the mario charcters mario lugio, toad and princess peach in as the playable characters in mario bros 2 they shoe horned star fox and company into this game making Star Fox the main character that is why the majority of the game playing is so much different from what we were used to. So Andross being shoehorned as the final boss was also a last minute change.

[@Aleph3575]

54:25 Was that the fucking BOB death sound from Marathon lol? 31:30 Ngl this is one of my favorite scenes in the entire game. The way Peppy just pops in always sends me laughing.

[@lordscorch3167]

Good ear!

[@ivanvz]

third controller settings may be kinda intuitive I guess

[@bluevu5763]

Scorch, have you played Kid Icarus Uprising? It was "meant to" be a Star Fox game at first, from what I've heard. It shows some similarities to Star Fox. If not, try it out!

[@lordscorch3167]

oh i LOVE uprising, honestly still waiting for a new instalment for it as well because it deserves it.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@lordscorch3167 I recommend Owl Boy, and Prince of Persia the Lost Crown for Kid Icarus successors. For games like SF 64 there's, Ex-Zodiac, Astrodogs, Gridd Retroenhanced, Whisker Squadron: Survivor, Project Nimbus: Complete Edition and ROGUE FLIGHT.

[@janderson6756]

Banger ass video

[@gavincunningham6207]

You shouldn't worry about Nintendo cancelling your KZbin channel over playing small segments of their music in your video, 'cause my whole KZbin channel is dedicated to reposting music (It's the easiest way to grow my KZbin channel), & I haven't been striked once.

[@lordscorch3167]

yeah i was surprised that i didn't even get a minor claim or anything. at the time that i started the video Nintendo started their "seasonal hunt" of doing random take-downs, so i was a little paranoid. but repost channels did give me hope that my video would be safe, and it was!

[@monsieursp00ky44]

Wanted to see a good star fox video, ended up finding one that gave me the 'ick, so finding this later on is one Hell of a pleasant surprise, especially from a teeny channel. To start I adore at least conceptually covering the groundwork of the "trilogy" and its quirks. Calling Assault "Space Opera" immediately is some ✅✅✅ and tells me I'm watching a real art-British cigarette talk about something he's in love with, although the pacing does occasionally drag on. It feels slow and more like just recounting the plot of each game, particularly when discussing Adventures. It would have been nice to have some more discussion on the development of each game, even if it's something most people into this series already know, like how Adventures was originally Dinosaur Planet and how funny that turned out. I'm not sure Namco was even brought up once during the entire Assault section, with the exception of the composers, despite, well, making the game. Speaking of funny I really like most of the gags, some don't land but that's just normal, the Landmaster crashing into screaming aparoids had me almost wake up my neighbours. I won't make the comparisons to KZbinrs you probably took influence from but the DNA is definitely there in a good way while still having your own identity. I'd love to see you tackle the other games you mentioned in this vid (Command, Zero, heck even Super Paper Mario) since that's relatively untrodden ground. As someone who also was exposed to Krystal and Disney's Robin Hood way too young (by the way there's an alternate timeline where I didn't discover those and didn't become a furry, I fear your time may come soon despite your best ability), I do hope Nintendo does *something* good with this franchise, but at this point I'm just glad we're not into F-Zero. 7/10 Not enough Wolf/Fox shipping, eagerly awaiting more chinese cartoon references and analysis of bizarrely complex nintendo franchise entries.

[@lordscorch3167]

I am very glad you took the time for such a kind and honest review of the video, and I gladly welcome such criticism. Pacing is a bitch in a half when it comes to such a long video, I only did 2 drafts and that's on me. I really wanted to cover assault so I actually cut a lot of stuff from it, you can see me reference dinosaur planet towards the end of adventures, but I agree it deserved more. I knew I was going to be more of a "vibes" content creator rather than just dry history, but Namco did deserve more mention at the least, akin to how I covered Rare. I'm pleased that you enjoyed and even found the vid in the first place, and I agree with the furry accusation...the bell tolls. thank you, my man!

[@shinon748]

Hitomi mentioned. Someone is also a man of culture i see.

[@robertgosney5657]

Have you ever thought there in game names might be like thier Avaitor Call Signs "Star Fox" McCloud "Peppy" O Hare "Slippy" Toad and "Falco"

[@vp_wrld]

Okay so this vid convinced me to FINALLY look into buying Assualt. So I went and did a google search of the game and apparently Eurogamer randomly dropped an article about the game…in 2024. How random is that?😂

[@vp_wrld]

Update: it sucks 😂😂 sold it like 2 days after buying it

[@orangeslash1667]

@@vp_wrld For games like SF 64 there's, Ex-Zodiac, Astrodogs, Gridd Retroenhanced, Whisker Squadron: Survivor, Project Nimbus: Complete Edition and ROGUE FLIGHT.

[@LittleBeanGreen]

IT'S TIME FOR US TO GO NOW.

[@gavincunningham6207]

Finally, another Star Fox Assault fan, I've watched other Star Fox retrospectives & most of them were 64 fans sh*tting all over Assault & Adventures, Adventures I get, but Assault, really? The game is really good.

[@mrweasel7080]

Gateway furry. Poetic

[@fbi-chan9032]

Wait are we not gona talk about starlink version of star fox or that don't count

[@lordscorch3167]

never played the Starlink games, so i didn't really know where to start with that. it is an interesting note in Star Fox's 3rd party chapter, i will admit.

[@seanlewis163]

it is very accurate to compare StarFox to Gundam n you did VERY well here. thought you'd been making long forms for years. (tho i guess you technically have with how long you said this took 😂😂)

[@lordscorch3167]

that is VERY high praise and I thank you for it! still really proud, and hoping to get the motivation to finish the next project in a shorter time. i really don't want to become a content creator that only uploads once ever 2 blue moons, but time has not been a ally.

[@seanlewis163]

@@lordscorch3167 give yourself grace bro. Ik where you're coming from 100% but let yourself breathe as much as possible. Pressure makes diamonds but it also makes cracks. So don't give yourself too hard a time about your time.

[@lordscorch3167]

@@seanlewis163 i appreciate bro, thank you for the kindness!

[@paulrose1634]

A modern SF game with 64's routes (but maybe the number of missions zero has still), zero''s approach to how the landmaster performs and the arwing getting the walker powerup at some point via a point i'll make below, Assault's approach to storytelling and cinematics as well as modernizing its multiplayer to the level modern hardware would allow for (ALSO see below for bigger point) could me the marquee product financially that Nintendo would want it to be. Having the gimmick of being able to fully customise your arwing to different potential outcomes depending on the route you take, a-la a roguelike, would provide a verrrrrry meaty framework for my second gimmick. As an aside too, having the walker be a first level upgrade, and potentially it then evolving into the way General Pepper's ship becomes a full mecha OR having it become more animalistic like the wolden in ZERO on an upgrade tree, is the level of complexities they could aspire to in order to have a satisfying experience. Command begrudgingly has great designs for their ships and fun concepts this would echo too, like your upgrades impacting the types of blasters your arwing is capable of, its handling, deciding if you want to alot more engine strength to the shields or the engines between missions like its f-zero, all the modifiers of the core Starfox gameplay toolbox being tweakable for the player would keep its arcadey gameplay, but raise the skill ceiling to something that can catch a competitive scene, and you can make money off this game just from sponsored e-sports events marketing this game for nintendo months after its release. Having it be nintendo's flagship multiiplayer action game! I am imagining if you made something well optimized for the switch 2 that allowed for say, 32 player lobbies of team deathmatches featuring vehicles and a refined on ground combat system which builds off of Assault's weapon roster, you would immediately be cooking. Hell, put it on the Splatoon 3 engine if you really wanna build off of it as multiplayer first, because I think that foundation of gameplay first would still hugely apply. The x factor though I think personally, would be a squad based 4v4 mode that takes heavy inspiration from the classic Star Wars battle front mode: Galactic Conquest. Having your teams battle back and forth for control of the lylat system and having the winning team every match get an upgrade from the various options available during the campaign itself with each victory, could be a very fun game mode I feel to help give this some more legs to stand on (pardon the unintentional walker pun!) I think basically, if Command never happened and we went from Assualt to Zero, a theoretical variant of Command that came out on the switch with all my aforementioned traits it would have a large potential upside for big N! Ultimately it's a pipe dream, but not impossible to imagine Star Fox coming back this way. Underselling big name nintendo IP's have been thriving on the switch and Assault at minimum should get this treatment too, because I wanna see Assault look and play as good as possible!

[@lordscorch3167]

Solid idea, a Star Fox X Battlefront would make the 10 year old in me sing. also love your idea of the Ar-Walker getting an evolution to the point of getting a Pepper mech, because honestly i fucking love mechs, and Pepper's Flagship's design goes hard. first thing i can imagine is making Pepper's mech with (i think it was Leon's blaster?) the shotgun Wolfen blaster from Command. and now we got Armored Core in Star Fox. I'm with you in that I hope and dream for a Star Fox comeback. who knows? maybe next gen we will get a grand return with some heart put in it.

[@eggsandbacon5189]

I know you said you didnt mean for this to be so long, but as someone who listens to shit like this while im working for hours at a time, this rules! Gave me a new perspective on the series, so ty

[@lordscorch3167]

hell yeah man, your very welcome! and thank you for the kind comment!

[@YuumasLover-Zed]

1:20:30 Said less like a furry and more like Elmer Fudd

[@chancegg00]

Subbed

[@lordscorch3167]

[@Forkhorse_]

Video was meh. Thumbnail is great, tho. Have a sub.

[@ConfusedSoup]

💙💙💙💙

[@Raycloud]

Sound balance.

[@lordscorch3167]

true, my greatest weakness.

[@maxfightmaster4832]

So there's a tie in manga to Star Fox Adventures that was packaged with the Japanese version of the game called "Farewell Beloved Falco" that explains events that happened between 64 and Adventures; most notably that the Andross in Adventures is a clone. His reveal in the game is still dumb though.

[@ocarinalover1214]

Star Fox 64 soundtrack had no reason to be this good back in the day. Almost makes me want to try Ace Combat.

[@lordscorch3167]

Ace Combat is incredible. its basically "what if military flight sim but Metal Gear Solid melodrama?" and its so good. Project Wingman too.

[@shinon748]

They're amazing. My love for Star Fox 64 as a kid eventually led me to try and fall on love with Ace Combat when I got a PS2 growing up. Since I was looking for a game with similar gameplay.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@shinon748 Ace Combat 7 is on Switch.

[@raydur159]

Please make more vids like this

[@lordscorch3167]

life stuff has come up + my on-brand procrastination, but there will be more.

[@raydur159]

@@lordscorch3167 I watched several star fox retrospectives in the last week and this was my favorite. Your humor made it great

[@lordscorch3167]

@@raydur159 thank you man. its honestly crazy to see that its my first real video and its still getting an average of 1000 views a month.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@raydur159 Did you see wizawhat's Starfox retrospective????? He did a very good job

[@monsieursp00ky44]

ayo neighbor there's a Starfox 64 PC port ala OOT & Mario 64, check it out, it's cool as an abandoned siberian fridge

[@howlingwolfawooo8129]

“I’m not a furry” x to doubt.