With the added power of the 3DS, the polygon count and frame rates can be pushed further than they were on the N64 they were being pushed to their limits back then, and this is one reason for Miyamoto wanting to remake the game. It now has updated textures and lighting effects to go along with clearer and sharper visuals. More than just adding stereoscopic 3D though, the game has received a complete overhaul in graphics. In Star Fox 64 3D, the stereoscopic 3D will provide an added level of depth, which should allow players to gauge the distance between their ship and enemies far more easily, as well as the rings that are flown through and items. Whether this option will be included for the 3DS remake is unknown. An interesting touch was the ability to change the game’s English voices to ‘Lylat’ talk, an option only in the PAL versions of Star Fox 64, which made all characters speak in gibberish, as they did in Star Fox on the SNES. Fox and his teammates consistently speak during gameplay, as you meet a variety of NPCs, both friendly and those less so, with cinematic sequences creating a very movie-like adventure. The game was also very reliant on spoken dialogue to drive the story forward, and the N64 version was one of the first Nintendo games to utilise voice acting and a speaking central character.
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Laser upgrades and bombs scattered about the stages upgrade your ship mid-battle and successive damage can cause you to lose your wings, resulting in you being pulled down to one side slightly. The controls themselves were very responsive, with the analogue stick providing an extremely smooth and accurate means to piloting your ship, which give a great sense of floating through the air. Outside of the forward-scrolling stages, some levels put you into ‘all-range mode’, allowing you to freely move around an arena and perform all manner of loops and turns, activated with simple button presses. This determines which stages you will play next and therefore the level of difficulty. Slightly different to simply choosing the easy, normal or hard paths in the original Star Fox, Star Fox 64 has branches that can be taken in levels, with some paths being more difficult to find than others. Certain stages allow you to take control of a Landmaster tank or submarine to mix up the formula and tackle a range of different types of missions that provide you with strategic goals. Most stages of the game have you piloting Fox in his Arwing space ship and blasting your way through incoming enemies, before defeating the end-level boss. The basic premise is for team Star Fox to take down evil monkey scientist Andross after he launches an attack across the Lylat System. For those unfamiliar with the original or Star Fox games in general, Star Fox 64 is, for the most part, an on-rails shooter which sees you taking control of Fox McCloud, leader of a group of elite fighter pilots working as mercenaries for the Cornerian army.
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