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Star Fox Command (Nintendo DS) | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3295
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Rating: Universal, particularly children
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
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Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: ntr p asfe
Model: 45496737740
UPC: 045496737740
EAN: 0045496737740
ASIN: B000FW64OY
Release Date: January 26, 2007
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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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
1 last thing about this February 25, 2008
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. February 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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... November 4, 2007
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!
 Fun and boreing in equal parts, fine as long as you get it cheap April 17, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'll address this review to 2 groups: people who've never played a Star fox game before and thus bring no emotional bagade to this game, and those who fell in love with the francise back in the SNES and N64 days.
Let's call the first group "the lucky ones".
Ok lucky ones,
what you have here is a mix between a 3D sci fi shooter and a turn based strategy game. Not a mix you usually find which makes this a fairly unique game. You and your enemy take turns moving your troops around a map then once they engage the enemy you are treated to a 3D flying and shooting section in an enclosed area which you pilot via the touch screen (instead of the usual automatic animated battles, ala Advance Wars).
Inbetween missions there are the usual 'talking head' episodes to move the story forward, a standard in every handheld turn based strategy game. The story is run of the mill and the dialog is boreing at times. The map sections start out simple and get more complicated. The early maps are a chore to play through a second time. The skip-able training mode only covers the 3D combat so you are stuck with these irritating maps, something that put me off replaying the game more then once.
The 3D combat sections work fine, they are a little to short and a very repeatative but they are enjoyable and offer some solid blasting action. The 'boss' dog fight sections are by far the best moments in the game. The muliplayer dog fights are more fun then the single player game and can be played over local wireless or online.
Overall this game is fairly unique among the DS catalog and there is some fun to be had here. It's not worth the full asking price because the story mode is too short and the strategy elements are sub standard. But the multiplayer is a lot of fun and when the 3D sections are good they are very good. Either buy this if it's cheap or persuade a friend to get it and then borrow it from them to check it out for yourself and see if it's your type of thing. There is fun to be had here, but I couldn't recommend it.
OK, now here's the review for the old school Starfox fans.
File this game under Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox Assault and pretend it doesn't exist. Dust off your Snes or your N64 (or wait for the Wii virtual console releases) and play the first two games again. This is Nintendo's 3rd attempt at doing something different with this franchise and their 3rd failure to publish a game that is anywhere near as much fun or as charming as the old school on the rails shooter and it's first sequel. It's a real shame. Forget about the unusual choice of including strategy elements in a Starfox game or boreing story, the flying/shooting sections just aren't anywhere near as good as they should be. The 3D grapphics are pretty naff too, the enemies have a lot more incommon with the baddies made of primary coloured triangle in the Snes game then the rich texture and design of the N64 game.
Here's hoping Nintendo goes back to the original formula for the next Starfox game!!!!
Not lylat wars DS... February 11, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When you get the game, remember this, it is not lylat wars DS. In fact forget the whole thing is star fox, and leave your mind open to the new ideas it brings. The strategy elements suits the Star fox series really well, and the stylus control is near perfect. The online dogfights are pretty cool, and is so much fun I play I almost forgot to check up on my Animal Crossing town. The main game is pretty decent, although rock hard and really short. The graphics are impressive, some of the best the DS has seen. The fights aren't too bad, but the computer is very good, providing a challenge but making it a bit more boring.
Overall the expierience is good, but not astounding or ground breaking as past Star foxes' were. Worth a week of playing.
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