Star Fox Assault Was Kinda Doomed To Fail...

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[@2changJRPGmusic]

Starfox assault was so amazing, my cousin and I spent so many hours taking turn in the single player mode and many more in the versus mode.

[@Zerbraxi]

It's a fun time! My friends and I had an absolute blast the night we recorded a bunch of the multiplayer footage for this. Despite many of its quirks and clear flaws, we had so much fun laughing and goofing around which the game does a great job of making possible.

[@Z95HeadHunter]

Assault is my favorite game in the series. It may be too late to save StarFox but it's not too late to give this game some love if you ask me. Also Krystal's big moment was sensing distress coming from Sauria and I'd argue that was a really cool moment for her character. She had other cool small moments too that don't get the recognition they deserved.

[@Zerbraxi]

For sure. It's a damn good time and deserves some love!

[@ImTheKingOfHyrule]

I know most people will say 64, but Assault has been my favorite Star Fox game for quite a few years. I wish the franchise could have continued in that direction.

[@Zerbraxi]

Despite 64 definitely being my favorite, I also wish Star Fox continued in the direction of Assault. I think it was only a matter of a second entry with that formula that could've been incredibly refined.

[@MarioLuigi25]

My personal favorite Star Fox game if I'm being honest. It had an amazing narrative and story and the ground missions are really a lot of fun! And of course, the amazing multiplayer it has. I spent countless hours playing it with my cousins. I would love to see this game get remastered/re-released for the Switch

[@Zerbraxi]

It has held up surprisingly well. This is easily the best narrative in the series up to this point, and probably in general, with also the best Arwing and Landmaster controls as well.

[@duncanharrell5009]

Probably helps only it and adventures even HAVE narratives. God Nintendo, the wasted story potential cause you idiots are stuck thinking like toy makers and have an irrational hatred of complex narratives…

[@TevyaSmolka]

I personally love Star fox assault it was really awesome and tons of fun.

[@Zerbraxi]

Don't tell anyone...but I had fun too :)

[@warioskapelli3100]

I remember 100% this game. All medals, all high scores. It was *EXHAUSTING* but at least I got Wolf and other fun multiplayer stuff!

[@Zerbraxi]

Those are the only reasons I pushed to get so much of it again myself.

[@DarthLenaPlant]

I loved Star Fox Assault for it's kick-ass soundtrack and how well it told the story after 64 and Adventures, but I do wish it had gotten a better continuation than whattever the hell Command was, ngl

[@Zerbraxi]

I think if the same team had a chance to make a direct follow up that we would've gotten a potential top of the series entry. I know Assault is really hit or miss for a lot of people, but I think the foundation here is spot on for something great.

[@thegreatestever913]

Command is literally a "choose your own route" game just like 64

[@altos5069]

33:05 "ALL PIZZAS, ONE TOPPING, 7.99" I spit out my drink 😂 Thank you for this gem I'm digging your content btw! Here's hoping your channel gets noticed.

[@Zerbraxi]

I'm so happy I could make you waste your drink! Lol. I hope you like what you find. Star Fox Zero will be out this year some time, but I'm trying to do a little extra with that one so it'll be a bit after some other videos

[@jackaufenhand5710]

Starfox gets plenty of love in the right circles.

[@Zerbraxi]

It totally deserves it! I pick on the franchise a lot at times, but it's genuinely out of love.

[@moriane.]

@@Zerbraxi He means the furry circles. Star Fox is very.. loved.. in those circles. So is Krystal.

[@Zerbraxi]

@@moriane. Oh...I definitely misunderstood that LOL!!

[@moriane.]

@@Zerbraxi Haha. No, that's totally understandable, mate. A lot of people don't talk about that circle.

[@Schooley96]

I am 100% biased. Assault was my first Star Fox game. I had a SNES when I was extremely young and remember seeing the original Star Fox on the packaging for the console and loving the puppet designs. My older brother bought us a gamecube and then my other older brother bought assault after playing it at a friend's house. I played it once and was immediately hooked. The story drew me in, I enjoyed the gameplay and multiple styles of play. I loved the music and it is by far my favorite video game soundtrack. Multiplayer I played a ton second only to smash. Again biased since my second star fox game was adventures (which I still like and may be my second fav game sound track) I was actually disappointed with 64, don't get me wrong it is a solid game but 64 was a back step for me. The story I was ok with but that was clearly not the focus, I still don't understand the ground movement in 64, was kinda weird and pointless so if I was gonna play multiplayer star fox it will be assault. All this being said I will play any star fox (except command) because I enjoy the series as a whole.

[@Zerbraxi]

Star Fox Assault is definitely the best multiplayer experience the franchise has to offer. I also played A TON of it back in the day. Honestly, I'd probably play a handful of other Gamecube multiplayer games over it as time has passed, but I think it's multiplayer is often overlooked in the general discussion. I hope I was able to highlight it at least a little and show how while I have some issues with it, there's still a ton of fun to be had.

[@FormaThought]

Really thoughtful stuff! It's nice to see such an underlooked game get its due.

[@Zerbraxi]

Thank you! Command is next so let's see how that goes 🤔

[@WesDoesGames]

Glad to see some Star Fox Assault love! I thought this was one of those rare in-between games, where it's not great, but way better than people gave it credit for. I loved the flying levels, too bad there was only like 2 or 3 out of the 10 or so stages. Great video! Glad to see you're having a good time playing with yourself ;)

[@Zerbraxi]

It's definitely better than I remembered for sure. Mom always told me, "If they don't wanna play with you then just play with yourself." Truly a message that couldn't have been misinterpreted at all.

[@johnnyroberts3761]

Assault is easily the 3rd best game in the series, behind Star Fox 64 and the original. It may not be perfect, but at least the game has some kind of feel to what the first two games had.

[@Zerbraxi]

I think I also have the same ranking as you for the top 3.

[@100organicfreshmemes5]

You know, considering how few people actually owned a Wii U I would say Star Fox Zero's sales aren't bad at all. Definitely prefer Assault though, it isn't perfect but it's a straight upgrade from 64 in a few ways (mostly the graphics and story) and it did a great job making Krystal feel like a natural fit for the team. Being able to switch from on-foot to Landmaster to Arwing on the fly for certain missions is also really cool.

[@Zerbraxi]

I guess that relative to total console sales you're right that it's not that bad. Assault really is pretty good.

[@BadukScholars]

This is my first time seeing one of your videos. This was really well done. Editing, the jokes, presentation. Really awesome stuff. I can't believe your not a top KZbinr. I subbed, and im rooting for you. Going to watch a few more of your vids now.

[@Zerbraxi]

Thank you so so much! I hope you enjoy what else I have. Your support is incredibly appreciated 😊

[@patyos2]

Star Fox Assault the best Star Fox game also you can tell there was content they just did not had time to finish like Titania Desert and Zoness Sea Base not having missions in single player but at least we got the maps in multiplayer.

[@Zerbraxi]

I definitely grew to love it more after digging into it more than I normally would. I would love a follow-up to this formula

[@kurokamina8429]

You should watch Jetters canceled Star Fox games. He talked about cut content for Star Fox Assault

[@silverhowl9331]

I LOVE Star Fox Assault!! I periodically come back to it whenever I wanna plug in my GameCube again! This game was loads better than Adventures, and it had the gall to actually be fun and have a great story! Unlike many games today which aren't even that fun and lack a coherent story.. Assault with its graphics, fun gameplay, and great story just go beyond what I expect out of a game, it aged pretty well in that regard.

[@Zerbraxi]

I really wish we'd just get a sequel to this formula in particular. It had its flaws for sure, but I do think Assault had an incredible foundation built for itself

[@kurokamina8429]

​@@Zerbraxialso it's been on the rise. People are either giving it a second chance or discover it for the first time and liking it. Kit and Kryta recently played it and express their enjoyment in that video and the following video.

[@jebroiroij2176]

Found your channel from your Golden Sun videos, it’s a great time! Keep it up :)

[@Zerbraxi]

Hello!! I'm so glad you're having fun. I hope I can keep good stuff coming for ya 🙂

[@steftendo]

Assault is one of my favorite GameCube games! Please Nintendo give us something Star Fox in the future

[@Zerbraxi]

I've not lost hope yet. Something HAS to happen eventually.

[@thepixeltavern]

I remember getting this on launch day and absolutely loving it... until i completed it the same day and found out there were no alternative routes. So close to being what i wanted it to be but just too short

[@Zerbraxi]

Yeah, it's kinda wild that my entire campaign recording was like 4 hours and 15 minutes and I'm pretty sure I got up to make food during that time too somewhere in there.

[@thepixeltavern]

@@Zerbraxi wow i thought it was around 8 but damn 4 hours is pretty rubbish

[@shiethegal]

It's sad to know that after this game, Fox would be treated basically the same as Tails in SA2. His legs broken and his body crammed into a machine he's never allowed to leave.

[@Zerbraxi]

This is such a funny comparison, but unfortunately so true. I did find it pretty funny though that Sonic Frontiers directly addresses this issue so maybe...MAYBE my boy Tails will be back with a vengeance.

[@theglacier3367]

Man, you always push out such high quality content. I'm saddened that you don't get more recognition. Thanks for keeping up with the great videos

[@Zerbraxi]

I appreciate it so much. I'm already pretty dang grateful for the people who already watch but your kindness means a lot. If you liked this, then hopefully you'll be glad to know that I'm writing this comment while re-reading my script for Star Fox Command :)

[@theglacier3367]

Can't wait to see it@@Zerbraxi I played that one a lot back in middle school, especially with my friends during lunch, using DS download play. In any case, you got it! I'm grateful for content creators like you who put in the effort for no reason other than to share thoughts and memories on games, often ones which I once had a sentimental attachment to. I've almost always preferred watching content from smaller channels in recent times, as I feel that some of the larger channels lose sight of what made them great, not that I can fault them for it. Just the economics of channel development.

[@jasondeutschbein8102]

This might be the wrong place to say it, but this is the game that made me think there was undertones to Wolf and Fox. It fits the loss of his father, his awkward relationship with Krystal, and his antagonistic relationship with Wolf leading to these more begrudgingly friendly moments between them.

[@Zerbraxi]

Hmm, definitely not something I picked up on but an interesting view nonetheless

[@TheJadeFist]

The trigger killing your index finger is so true. It's why I have to play this game with my black or orange controllers. I got a silver one that's practically brand new, but the spring on the analogue trigger has more tension in it. Long sessions absolutely start to become painful, wish the sections where you rode wing-side just let me use the A button and left stick. Over all I wish the game let you pick different control schemes on the fly, or at least let me pick separately on-wing, tank and on-foot rather than forcing all 3 to share. Cause ya, dual stick is on the only way to make the on-foot enjoyable so it's a forced pick on the other two modes.

[@Zerbraxi]

Considering you can create different profiles for different players and those profiles can be chosen in both single and multiplayer, being able to choose different control methods for each vehicle would've been the perfect solution for this. My finger is still store after all this time.

[@kurokamina8429]

You don't have to spam the trigger. The game uses the analog trigger. If you click and hold halve way, fox would repeatedly fire his base laser.

[@TheJadeFist]

@@kurokamina8429 I know, but that doesn't work on some enemies, they require a charged shot, and even the half hold is uncomfortable after playing for a while. Arthritis probably doesn't help either.

[@mjm.6404]

I was so looking forward to this video. When I was first introduced to Star Fox via watching a let's play of SF Zero, I really enjoyed assault for it's story and it's mix of arwing and on foot missions. At least, as far as watching it. I still haven't gotten to play it but I'm hopeful that some day I will. And the story in this game! No Andross. Star Wolf being more than just an evil mercenary team to rival Star Fox. General Pepper himself as a boss. Peppy's big moment... I still think of all the games it has my favorite story. I wish we had gotten more like it... instead of the dumpster fire that was Command and Zero rebooting everything (though I still like Zero).

[@Zerbraxi]

There's still so much about Assault I still could've talked about and it really deserves the kind of "redemption arc" it's had over the years. Hardly perfect, and still no 64 in many ways, but the path it was starting to pave could've been a good one. I didn't talk much about Peppy's big moment, mostly because I actually think it gets a bit undone and changes it from a big moment to a bit of an inconsequential action that it didn't even really feel worth mentioning. Just my quick thoughts on that part though since I didn't bring it up in the video. I've not played Command before. I skipped it all those years ago simply because I couldn't afford to buy games at the time, but it's reputation has me incredibly interested...and worried a bit lol. I'm going to do my best to not let it all sway my experience and, knowing me, I'll probably try and highlight any positives to help it get at least SOME praise out there, but we'll see how the final result ends up. I hope it isn't too ugly...

[@mjm.6404]

​@@Zerbraxiso as someone who has only watched, not played Command, it does have some little moments of gold. And I can agree on Peppy's big moment. And Command kind of undoes some other moments in assault.

[@littlebadassgaming]

Holy shit. 1:29 guild wars mention. I just recently got back into it and this has gotta be blowing me away with this deja vu.

[@Zerbraxi]

I love Guild Wars so much! I haven't played 2 that much this past year, but I'm sure I'll be back to playing it since it usually goes that I take a break for like a year and then somehow live deep in it for the next year. I want to do a fresh account replay of the original game really badly at some point. Gotta make sure someone is still selling Althea's Ashes :)

[@Deckaio]

Well, my excuse for not playing it ... I always thought this was the re-branded version of Star Fox Adventures, the same way Star Fox 64 was released as Lylat Wars in Europe.😅 The on foot remind me a little bit of Jet Force Gemini. Based on this, I would have probably enjoyed it back then. Anyway, love the multi-player skit, keep it up 👍

[@Zerbraxi]

Oh that's funny lol. Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed 😊

[@Leedleleedle101]

9:15 it was because they wanted to make an arcade port of it

[@Zerbraxi]

I might not have painted the question correctly at that point in the video. It was meant more of a "Why not Nintendo since that worked so well in the past " and less of a "why Bandai Namco specifically ".

[@shiethegal]

Would it be wrong to say that Star Fox Assault is Nintendo's answer to Star Wars Battlefront?

[@Zerbraxi]

I don't know if I'd say it was directly it's answer to Battlefront specifically as that was also an answer to PC multiplayer games at the time. Considering Battlefront and Assault came out months apart though, it's definitely a great Nintendo platform alternative, though lacking in modes quite a bit compared to Battlefront.

[@luichinplaystation610]

Almost the perfect video for me it says almost what I want to say for so long and even you talked about Armada One thing.....about the hint NamcoAce Combat devs part, you put the controversial Ace Combat [Assault] Horizons instead of AC Zero or 6 I glad that Ace Combat 7 comes to Switch another AC game I hope it sells very well, along with that 3DS game finds a place on Nintendo To not forget how about a second video with you talking about the unlocks, the gold flags? You didn't show what happens after beating everything in the game Even showed that on foot sections comes from the multiplayer N64 days The part about Andrew Oikonny he's doing the same that his uncle and when you thought that they gonna repeat the same beat as 64 it comes the queen aparoid to change things Oikonny is not to be imitating that sentient A.I. robot failed Androzz project? from the scrapyard Sector X Starfox Assault Multiplayer Online for Nintendo Online imagine that Loved the attention to details Thank you

[@Zerbraxi]

Thanks for the comment and feedback. Random aside, I purposely use Assault Horizon every time I reference Ace Combat because of how much it bothers that fandom. I like most of the Ace Combats I've played and I always found the "controversy" around Assault Horizon to be as laughable as people complaing Star Fox can walk. So yeah...I'm just being petty and purposely trolling a little 😀

[@tarolatte6803]

One of the funniest facts of this game ia that Go Shiina, one of the main Namco composers at fhe time, couldn't make it to compose anything for this game because he was too busy making music for some Tales of titles and fucking IDOLMASTER 😭

[@Zerbraxi]

Tales series I can respect...but wtf is Idolmaster

[@tarolatte6803]

@@Zerbraxi Huge Japanese franchise where you can produce idols, and every single one of them has different skills. Mind you, this game was released and developed before AKB48 debuted.

[@kurokamina8429]

Ah I've been waiting for this video since your Adventures.

[@Zerbraxi]

Wow....that's so humbling...Thank you.

[@shreksnow1918]

Assault was my favorite game in the series because I really liked being able to jump in and out of vehicles, and it expanded the story. Admittedly, the dialogue is pretty cringe at times and the controls/gameplay are kind of scuffed. Luckily those didn’t really drag down the experience for me. Too bad Star Fox didn’t take what worked in Assault and 1/64 as a base to build on. My ideal Star Fox game would be that. If I could have any of the Star Fox games be remade I’d choose Assault. That way they’d be able to fix the various issues while remaining mostly faithful. If we got online multiplayer, and more maps/characters that would be really fun. I’d also want to see a side story that better fleshed out the game and makes it a little longer. Like maybe one that shows us what happened with Bill and Katt (maybe even throw in a few of Command’s characters despite the game’s flaws. Good luck on that video), or what happened with Star Wolf. Those would go a long way to justifying the price. Some guy is currently porting Nuke Town into Reach (he’s not done yet, but people have recreated various CoD maps in Infinite’s Forge and they work surprisingly well. Hopefully the rumors/leaks about Forge AI and Firefight are actually true. I’d reinstall the game if they added that), and Metroid Prime 2 maps into Halo 2. They work surprisingly well and I’m sure Assault’s maps (and maybe even 64’s multiplayer maps) would work really well. Hopefully someone ports over a bunch of Assault’s content. That would be really fun.

[@Zerbraxi]

Assault definitely needs to be revisited, or at least expanded upon. Going back and playing it again it made me realize just how good some of the core ideas really are. Expand that narrative into a branching path system, or heck, tie it closer to the roguelite style of Star Fox 2 and have an adapting narrative around the events happening within the Lylat System at any given moment. There's so much potential that Assault paves the way for and it's unfortunately just left behind.

[@shreksnow1918]

Yeah. Too bad Nintendo thinks that they need to reinvent the wheel with each entry instead of just refining what works and building on that. Luckily, we’ve recently seen a bunch of Star Fox inspired rail shooters. Unfortunately, they mostly just take inspiration from the original and don’t really deviate from that. Having stuff from 64/Assault like tanks, on foot sections, all range mode, and a few other things would greatly enhance the gameplay. Hopefully we get an Assault inspired game at some point. I’m assuming that in addition to Command you’re probably going to cover Starlink since the whole selling point of that game was Star Fox characters being part of the Switch version. Good luck on those.

[@Zerbraxi]

@@shreksnow1918 I'll definitely be covering Command and Zero for sure. I also aim to cover Guard and a bunch more of the side games & fan projects like Super Weekend, Event Horizon, and maybe even just inspired games like Ex-Zodiac. Still not confident how I'll handle those but we'll see. As for Starlink, it's something I do WANT to cover, but I'm not sure where or when. I've never played it and am excited to try it. I'm sure I'll end up covering it eventually but it might not be in this same run of Star Fox videos. I also want to, and I always hesitate saying stuff like this in case I abandon the idea later, but I want to cover the Sin & Punishment games at some point close to around when I kinda "wrap up" this series of Star Fox videos. I think there's a ton of interesting comparison between them and their game design and Star Fox. I would also like to do Panzer Dragoon at some point for a similar reason, but I'm trying to mostly focus on Nintendo titles at the moment that I cover and I have to move on to another series away from Star Fox at some point lol. Though I have a feeling that I'll have plenty of fun stuff to work with around Star Fox since some of the fan projects are really neat!

[@shreksnow1918]

@Zerbraxi It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on those games. Too bad Zero and Command have various issues that drag them down (both those games are further proof that Nintendo never truly knew what they were doing with Star Fox, and were mostly just reusing ideas that came from the first two games). Hopefully you’ll have fun making those videos, covering the fan games, and other rail shooters. Good luck on that👍 I have a funny story regarding Starlink. Once I was at Walmart and in the electronics section there was the “Walmart Family Bundle” that had Mario Rabbids and Starlink for $30, while Mario Rabbids on its own was $50. You’d think it would be the other way around because that pricing makes zero sense😂. Mario Rabbids was really fun and I’ll probably get the sequel. Hopefully we get another one. I also hope that the people who made Starlink are allowed to make a Star Fox game that builds on the various things that worked with Starlink, and uses ideas from previous Star Fox games. It’s pretty weird how Ubisoft decided to cash in on the Toys to Life trend after it was dead. This is unrelated, but do you think you’d ever make a video on Star Control 2, or probably not? I haven’t played it. I’ve just seen several videos/retrospectives on the game and it definitely looks interesting. I like how crazy and weird all the aliens are. Hopefully the brothers who made it are able to get the legal issues out of the way so they can make the true sequel. It would be interesting to see what they have planned. There’s some weird thing where they technically own all the content in the games, and this one company owns the brand/name.

[@Zerbraxi]

@@shreksnow1918 Huh! That is kinda funny on the pricing. I'll be starting the scripting for Star Fox Command hopefully tonight to get working on that. I don't have Star Control on my list to do but I never say no because sometimes I just play something random and feel compelled to talk about it. That's kinda how all of this started quite honestly lol. I am looking forward to diving into the fan games and side projects a ton though. There might be a slight break after Zero just so I can get some space away from Star Fox for a little to stay in a creative head space. But ya, I'm excited to jump into it and all of the other games inspired by Star Fox like Starlink and Ex-Zodiac for example.

[@hammer1349]

Having a linear story isn't always a bad thing when it comes to repayability. A good story will keep people coming back, supported by good gameplay and it will endure for a while. Ive played the Halo games countless times but only played Halo 5 and Infinite campaigns once because the story for each one was pretty shallow and crap. I'd probably play assault many times over just for the story and potential difficulty differences

[@Zerbraxi]

Linear is definitely not bad by default. No way. My worry with Assault is its linear, incredibly short, and lacks meaningful variety. I wonder if a more arcade experience unlocking after completing the story once could be the perfect compromise here.

[@hammer1349]

@Zerbraxi from what I've seen, a major flaw is lack of objective variety. The on foot levels generally are go here and kill this, "this" being the same thing pretty much every level.

[@Zerbraxi]

Ya, you pretty much summed up on foot quite well. This is where a sequel or followup could've done a lot I think since the groundwork was already laid now

[@ivanzoneBR]

I wanted to ask you something, do your Pokemon Uranium video have spoilers for the game? I wanted watch and comment on that video, because I been playing Pokemon Uranium recently and I want to know if I can approach that video without being spoiled.

[@Zerbraxi]

If I remember correctly there are some mechanical spoilers and some examples of pacing issues around specific areas of the game that I do go into some "spoiler lite" such as a gym mechanic. However, and I really hope I'm not wrong if I am, but I don't recall going deep into the story of the primary antagonist. In general I try not to dive deep into details of the narrative in my videos because if someone watches it and decides to play the game I covered then I still want them to have some surprise and thrill. Typically if I'm about to dive deep into a plot, which I've done a couple of times, I try to call it out beforehand but I don't recall doing any significant story spoilers in Uranium. There are definitely Pokemon design spoilers though and I know that can be touchy for some which I totally understand. I hope that helps.

[@noahthompson3098]

this dude is a knockoff scott the woz

[@Zerbraxi]

Considering the first video I made with this character in this style was in 2013...I'm more like a knock off PBG or something if anything.

[@noahthompson3098]

Im just hatin for no reason bruh, i watched the whole video and liked it a lot, and i watched you star fox adventures one too. Keep up the good work@@Zerbraxi

[@Zerbraxi]

@@noahthompson3098 It's all good. I'm all for making fun of myself. Funny enough though, I actually mention Scott specifically in the new video I'm releasing hopefully this weekend so....maybe you're kinda right? LOL Glad you enjoyed the videos! I hope you like some of the other stuff I have too. Enjoy the rest of your week :)

[@wolfgod6443]

22:18 At risk of sounding like an advert, that sounds like Star Fox Event Horizon, a mod for Freespace 2. I'm surprised the short length of only 10 missions wasn't brought up. That always feels like the main elephant in the room. I mean, now that the whole "on foot missions suck" phase in the fanbase has passed (sort of). The multiplayer has one crippling weakness, no CPUs. I think it's at its best with 4 or at least 3 players. 2 makes the match feel empty and can be one sided, and you can't play alone whenever you want. My takeaway from the first mission is that there's only so many "good designs" you can put in a space shooter when designing enemies. Blowing up big space ships and starfighters is eternal. Beyond the first mission, the Meteor boss is just the Area 6 boss and the Orbital Gate is just Sector Z. I do think Command and SF2 technically had more creative enemies and maybe even bosses than Assault, but let's be honest that doesn't seem to have done them any good.

[@Zerbraxi]

Oh don't worry. I have Star Fox Event Horizon on a list for a video I'm hoping to make after I get through the whole series. I would like to cover a lot of surrounding projects around the Star Fox universe that isn't mainline games to be a bit more "targeted at core fans" so to speak. Yeah, I think I make like 1 mention in a single line about the length but it's because the length itself doesn't actually bother me that much. I appreciate the smaller, more tight knit approach, though 10 missions is definitely pretty small considering even 64 had 15 levels I believe. Doing these videos is always difficult in finding the balance of trying to bring up new things while also hitting on the common threads. I tried focusing more on the issue being the lack of variety and replayability as personally those are the larger sacrifices to the single player experience over the mission quantity alone. I was originally going to mention the no CPU's because it's completely unforgivable, especially in the era it was released. If it wasn't for the fact that I completely rewrote the entire multiplayer section after playing it all with my friends to be more of the skit, it's a point I would've touched on for sure. I couldn't agree with you more on that one. Touching on the level design limitations of a genre is always difficult because we've seen in the past that the limitations can be completely shattered with a new game. Perhaps Star Fox is in a weird place because Space Shooters aren't a very competitive market so perhaps creativity isn't flowing as aggressively as other genre's, but I hesitate to stamp that opinion because I don't feel it's true. I haven't ever officially covered the series, but I think of Sin & Punishment as well as Panzer Dragoon a lot when I play Star Fox nowadays. There's a ton of interesting variety that Star Fox could learn from, and I have a feeling I'll be mentioning Sin & Punishment Star Successor quite a bit when I get to the Star Fox Zero video. It'll definitely get mentioned at least for sure. Thank you so much for the comment! It's always a pleasure chatting with everyone.

[@lmno567]

10:34 If only Project ACES was part of that development team. However, they were probably busy with the Ace Combat Zero at the time. Great , now I want Star Fox/Ace Combat hybrid game (outside of the closest thing being Starlink: Battle for Atlas specifically on the Switch).

[@Zerbraxi]

For real! I know DFM was a bit controversial at the time Assault Horizon came out by imagine being in an Arwing at the intense high speeds you get with Ace Combat and hoping in and out of DFM to take down enemies in All Range Mode....man...there's a gem here that I think you just stumbled upon.

[@snethss]

Keep making videos!!!

[@Zerbraxi]

You are insanely kind. I'm gonna ride this high all day from that 😊

[@danielramsey6141]

7:21 yeah this was definitely before the age of the internet. Still, I honestly think people would also have the same reaction towards these trailers. How fucking sad is that!

[@Zerbraxi]

If the next ever Star Fox trailer ever shows that Fox has legs...I think people might burn their Switch's in protest.

[@Soetnowzen]

Because the linjarity of Assult then I always thought it was a worse Star Fox 64 :( Even the story just felt like a copy and maybe that was because of the bosses

[@Zerbraxi]

It was probably a combination of the bosses, enemy design, and dialogue. Those things definitely make it feel redundant in areas. Even the theme of "never give up, trust your instincts" from 64 is similar to the theme of "don't hesitate, when the time comes just act" from Assault. Though some of the details explored around the Aparoids along with having characters like Pepper and Wolf play such major roles makes me enjoy this narrative the most thus far.

[@Soetnowzen]

@@Zerbraxi I agree that the Aparoids were the best part, but wouldn't it be so cool if you could save people based on the branches you would take in a second play through

[@ivanzoneBR]

I recently wanted to try this game, but since I'm trying to play less, uhh 🔄detalume games via 🐬, I will probably not get it anytime soon, unless Nintendo brings it to the switch and since its likely to expect Gamecube games on Switch now, Star Fox seems very plausible.

[@Zerbraxi]

I would love to see more Gamecube games get brought forward to the modern systems via any official means. Chibi Robo deserves the love!

[@Meanbean-uj4kp]

Starfox 64 is a great game. But it was kind of the nail in the coffin for starfox in that style cause, aside from a new story, pure arwing gameplay would get boring after the 3rd time.

[@Zerbraxi]

Do you really think so? I'm not sure I can fully agree. From playing the games back to back to back, including the second game, 64 was the third arwing game in my playthroughs. I don't think this would really apply to other genres either. I do think overall I get your sentiment though. The obvious innovation is to explore outside of the Arwing with on foot or the walker for example. However, I still think there could be cool stuff to explore within that rail shooter framework. We've seen some neat ideas from the likes of Panzer Dragoon or Sin & Punishment for example. While they aren't "arwing" they do follow the same design fundamentals as Star Fox and have done some cool stuff. Or I'm just being too optimistic lol

[@Meanbean-uj4kp]

@Zerbraxi there is definitely more to explore with the on rails games. But nintendo unfortunately won't and keeps handing it to different companies, which loses the progress made. A starfox game I would like to see combines the elements of assault with 64.

[@kurokamina8429]

​@@Zerbraxi for real, people used Bayonetta 2s starfox section to show what platinum can be a great starfox dev but what I saw was new ideas. People were too focused on them recreating the play style they ignored the different mechanics used. The slow motion dodging and even time stopping sequences. They are Bayonetta related things but it's an example of spicing up the on rail gameplay without a hardware gimmick.

[@Tailstraw_xD]

Nintendo kept doing experimental, different things with Star Fox during this era, and never really stopped. I think they were chasing after Halo with Assault, but wound up with a watered down, bargain bin version of Halo with a star fox skin attached.

[@Tailstraw_xD]

Lol and if you couldn't tell from my PFP, I'm a real big Star Fox guy

[@Zerbraxi]

This was definitely the era of the multiplayer shooter. Not just Halo either but stuff like Call of Duty 2, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Metal of Honor Frontline. I can't blame them for trying but it almost seems like there was a lack of direction of whether to make a traditional Star Fox game or a multiplayer focused title. I almost wish they just committed to one or the other though I can't say I hate what they ended up making. Flawed with an identity crisis but still a bit fun.

[@Tailstraw_xD]

@@Zerbraxi Yeah, I'll drink to that. My running theory is that Halo 2 releasing in the middle of Assault's development had a direct impact on the game's focus. There are just so many superficial similarities that tend to come from trying to copy another studio's style.

[@shreksnow1918]

Some guy recently ported over Metroid Prime 2’s maps into Halo 2 and they work surprisingly well. Hopefully someone ports over Assault’s maps. That would definitely be fun.

[@jokerzwild00]

Gaming was an embarrassment of riches back in the day, and we all took it for granted. We assumed that high quality games would continue to flow forever. More and more advancements and innovations, new IPs and classic characters used in great new ways that change and even create whole genres with each new game. Little did we know, a big fat loaf of stagnation with a side of monetization was cooking up, ready to be served in the 2010s, and then even moreso into the 2020s. And it's been like this for so long, that tons and tons of younger people (and complacent old heads) just accept the way things are as being normal. More games and consoles are being sold now than ever before in history. People eat up remakes, remasters, stale sequels and monetized live service garbage. Of course that's what we keep getting, because thats what people keep buying. We get what we deserve.

[@Zerbraxi]

There's a lot to say on this topic, but I'll probably need an entire video to go over this.

[@krismichaeldreemurr7818]

I loved the game, eddit I hate they chaged the voice actors of Fox, Slippy and the the other two

[@Zerbraxi]

You had my dying at "the other two" LOL I especially miss the original Slippy voice

[@kurokamina8429]

I don't think there voices would work with Assault. I'm trying to imagine Assault slippys saying his lines 64s slippys voice and it just doesn't work at all. Actually this goes for everyone except falco, I think the Assault voice actor and 64 can be interchangeably because of how close their voices are. It's really hard though since we haven't seen the 64 voice actors be I a game were there voice acting is dated or is trying to recreate that dated performance. (Not that I think that they're voice acting is bad, it aged well in 64 because of its story esthetic).

[@lmno567]

This game was definitely not the worst entry, but definitely not one of the best either. It is a fun time on the first time. I really didn't want to replay the on foot sections and those were a significant chunk of the game. This game would have definitely benefited from online connectivity, because as much fun as the multiplayer looks, you are essentially walled off from it of you don't have 3 other players to play with (which was my circumstance at the time). Since almost all unlocks pertain to multiplayer, there isn't that much of an incentive to 100% the game if you can't use the unlocked content.

[@Zerbraxi]

These are great points for sure. It's quite a back and forth in terms of pros and cons for Assault. I fully agree that replaying it isn't much of an experience especially considering just how addicting the replayability of Star Fox 1, 2, and 64 all is. How they didn't make bots for the multiplayer though will always leave me confused.

[@thegreatestever913]

Foot missions >

[@Dezsi]

Huh! I just subscribed! How about that? 🙂

[@Zerbraxi]

You've made my entire day. Thank you so much for the support!

[@thequestbro]

Topic: Interesting Presentation: Good Jokes: Awful. Bruuuuuuuh. You will look back on this video and turn into that baby on the Lemonheads box. Stay on topic, brother.

[@Zerbraxi]

I have been staring at a picture of the Lemonheads box for the last 2 minutes and I have absolutely no idea what it's supposed to mean.

[@Zerbraxi]

Update: Just purchased a box of Lemonheads from Amazon to hopefully decipher the meaning of this comment.

[@thequestbro]

@@Zerbraxii got the wrong candy. I don't remember which one it was.😔 Regardless. I found this video very hard to watch. You have a great presentation, but the constant gags and segways into irrelevant stuff kinda kills it. I reaply wanted to hear more about Starfox Assault. Don't give up though. I see this channel getting pretty big. You got good editing.

[@wlliamson53]

Command was the game that sucked

[@Zerbraxi]

It's next on the list...and I never played it before...To say I'm nervous is an understatement. I tend to try and point out the positives over the negatives, and may still do so to provide a counter view, but I'm bracing myself.