Star Fox Adventures
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| Developer(s) | Rare |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) | September 23, 2002 |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
Star Fox Adventures is a Nintendo GameCube game in the Star Fox series released on September 23, 2002. It was developed by Rareware and published by Nintendo.
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Origins
Star Fox Adventures was originally planned for the Nintendo 64, as Dinosaur Planet, a game unrelated to the Star Fox series. The plot concerned Sabre (who became Fox) and Krystal, along with their sidekicks Tricky and Kyte (who disappeared entirely). Whether it was Rare who requested the Star Fox license or Nintendo who requested that Rare use it has not been conclusively shown, though rumors fly around of Miyamoto wanting Star Fox in the game. It is clear that the game was very far into production by the time it became a Star Fox title. Rare even went so far as to release MP3s from the unreleased game, along with numerous trailers of gameplay, much of which appeared in Star Fox Adventures.
About
Star Fox Adventures uses the gameplay engine of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Its graphics are sophisticated for its time. Also, similar to Ocarina of Time, Star Fox Adventures has a day-and-night phase, but a more accurate and gradual one. Also, a language called Dino is used, and that language concept is similar to that of Square Enix's Final Fantasy X, except that the letter Y is used only in proper nouns. The game also has a widescreen mode, designed for widescreen television monitors. It also happened to be Rare's last game for Nintendo, due to their subsequent purchase by Microsoft.
Storyline
Star Fox Adventures takes place eight years after Star Fox 64 on an ancient world called Dinosaur Planet, located on the side of the Lylat System opposite of the planet Corneria and called Sauria in Star Fox: Assault. It begins with Krystal, who also appears in Star Fox: Assault for the Nintendo GameCube, riding on a CloudRunner named Kite and then entering the airship leading to Krazoa Palace. An in-game tutorial occurs during the gameplay sequence with Krystal. A dying EarthWalker, who was killed by a SharpClaw, talks with Krystal about the distress call on Dinosaur Planet. Shortly thereafter, Krystal heads to the first Krazoa Shrine, and receives the first Krazoa Spirit by completing the test of observation. Then she exits to Krazoa Palace and releases the Krazoa Spirit. Shortly after that happens, Andross discovers the power of the Krazoa and traps her, who is able to channel that power, into a crystal shaped like a Hyrulian rupee, reducing her to Fox McCloud's damsel in distress. Therefore, Krystal depends on Fox McCloud for her life. In order to save Krystal, Fox McCloud must finish what she started, which is to find the five remaining Krazoa Spirits, which is part of the object of Star Fox Adventures.
Meanwhile, Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, and Peppy Hare in the Great Fox and have a briefing with General Pepper, but Falco Lombardi is missing, until the final confrontation. General Pepper talks with Fox McCloud again upon arrival to ThornTail Hollow, Dinosaur Planet. He tells Fox that his mission is to bring Dinosaur Planet back together. Chunks of Dinosaur Planet were previously torn apart; the sections are called DarkIce Mines, CloudRunner Fortress, Walled City, and Dragon Rock. Shortly after General Pepper has finished talking, Fox meets with the ThornTail nearby. Fox then picks up Krystal's staff, which fell from Krystal's hands at the very beginning of the game when Krystal was riding a CloudRunner named Kite. When he picks up the staff, he hears Krystal's voice instructing him how to use it, and Krystal informs Fox that she is in great danger and in the damsel-in-distress condition. Later, he finds out he must find the Spellstones which Scales took from the Volcano and Ocean ForcePoint temples (The former temple is located in Moon Mountain Pass. The latter temple is located in Cape Claw.) He must go to the floating worlds to retrieve two of each Spellstone (Fire in DarkIce Mines and Walled City, and Water in CloudRunner Fortress and Dragon Rock). He talks with Queen EarthWalker about the conflict involving Dinosaur Planet. He then goes to the WarpStone and warps to Ice Mountain. At Ice Mountain, Fox fought a gang of SharpClaws and then raced against SharpClaws and rescued Prince Tricky EarthWalker, who immediately becomes Fox's sidekick. Tricky EarthWalker needs Blue GrubTub Fungi in order to do his sidekick skills. Then they head to SnowHorn Wastes. Fox got his first Scarab bag. He paid 20 Scarabs to get back to ThornTail Hollow. Upon arrival, Queen EarthWalker falls ill. Fox had to go to the underground and obtain six White GrubTub Fungi, a medicine for EarthWalkers, and cured Queen EarthWalker of her illness. Immediately afterwards, Queen EarthWalker discusses with Fox and Tricky the conflict of Dinosaur Planet.
Upon return to SnowHorn Wastes, Fox meets Garunda Te, the GateKeeper of Dark Ice Mines, at SnowHorn Wastes. Garunda Te tells Fox that much of the SnowHorn tribe was imprisoned to work at DarkIce Mines. A few years before the events of Star Fox Adventures but after the events of Star Fox 64, General Scales gave the SnowHorn tribe an ultimatum, and Garunda Te's daughter, Belina Te, agrees to obey the ultimatum, so that General Scales would not destroy the tribe, but enslave the tribe instead. Fox leaves for ThornTail Hollow and flies on the Arwing to Dark Ice Mines to free the SnowHorn tribe members there and get the first SpellStone. He returns to the main Dinosaur Planet and heads for Volcano ForcePoint Temple at Moon Mountain Pass, placing the first SpellStone in its rightful position. While at Volcano ForcePoint Temple, Peppy was studying about Fox's mission. He tells Fox about the ancient records of Dinosaur Planet. He tells Fox that the uncanny force on the planet is strong that it can break the planet apart.
After returning from the first trip to the Volcano ForcePoint Temple, he finds out at Moon Mountain Pass that in order to free Krystal, he has to finish what she has started, that is, to retrieve the five remaining Krazoa Spirits as well, as he was told by the Krazoa Spirit released by Krystal. Through that Krazoa Spirit, Fox hears Krystal crying and pleading for help. The Krazoa Spirit tells him that Krystal is in great danger and that she is depending on him for her life. At Moon Mountain Pass, Fox enters the second Krazoa Shrine and completes the Test of Combat and obtains the second Krazoa Spirit. He goes to WarpStone at ThornTail Hollow to warp to Krazoa Palace. WarpStone tells him that he cannot warp dinosaurs, so Fox had to explore Krazoa Palace without Prince Tricky, but Tricky can still hear him from ThornTail Hollow. At his first time atop Krazoa Palace, Fox finds Krystal being in damsel-in-distress condition and describes her as beautiful just before releasing the second Krazoa Spirit, as Peppy telepathically told him to do so.
After releasing the second Krazoa Spirit, Fox heads westward to Cape Claw. He had to pay 60 Scarabs to get there for the first time. After returning from the first trip to Ocean ForcePoint Temple, he is captured by the LightFoot tribe, being accused of theft of the LightFoot's treasure, but released by a CloudRunner. Fox said he put the treasure in its rightful position. The LightFoot tribe keeps a secret from the SharpClaw tribe. He comes to LightFoot Village, which is untouched by the SharpClaw tribe, to look for the third Krazoa, but he has to complete the LightFoot Tests before he can enter the Krazoa Shrine at LightFoot Village. The first LightFoot test is that Fox had to turn the switches around the LightFoot Village in the time allotted, based on MuscleFoot's time. The second LightFoot test is that Fox has to prove to be stronger than MuscleFoot. Then Chief LightFoot titles Fox an honorary member of the LightFoot tribe, and then Fox heads for the third Krazoa Palace. Fox obtains the third Krazoa Spirit by completing the Test of Fear. When Fox arrives back to ThornTail Hollow, he witnessed that the SharpClaw army extinguished the flames of the beacons, knowing that the ThornTail tribe is the afraid of the dark. Therefore, Fox goes to the FireWeed tree near the GateKeeper of DragonRock and places the FireWeeds on the beacons while Tricky breathes fire onto the FireWeeds to light the beacons. Afterwards, Fox goes to Krazoa palace and releases the third Krazoa Spirit on the middle level of the Krazoa Palace.
Characters
Major
- Fox McCloud — the good-willed, brave, and vigilante fox leader of the Star Fox crew.
- Krystal — beautiful and spiritual fox, frozen in a heroic attempt to stop General Scales.
- Prince Tricky — son of the Queen earth walker, heir to the throne, and sidekick to fox on his quest.
- General Pepper — Fox's canine mission advisor.
- Slippy Toad — the inoccent, helpless frog mechanic that's a whiz with machinery.
- Peppy Hare — a seasoned and wise war veteran.
- General Scales — a malicious dictator/tyrant of Dinosaur Planet and king of the SharpClaws.
- Andross — cruel ape ruling over the Lylat System.
Minor
- Falco Lombardi — a buddy of Fox's that left the team several years ago, only to make a slim appearance towards the end of Star Fox Adventures.
- ROB the Robot — a robot aboard the Great Fox who serves no real purpose in this game.
- Queen CloudRunner — snobbish and highly queen of all the air roaming dinosaurs.
- Queen EarthWalker — the queen of all the earth dinosaurs, who is in need of Fox's and Tricky's assistance.
- Warpstone — a giant rock found in ThornTail Hollow capable of warping Fox to different locations.
- Shabunga ShopKeeper — the floating dinosaur who manages a shop at ThornTail Hollow and is known collecting Scarabs (the currency of Dinosaur Planet).
Tribes
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Star Fox Adventures features several tribes, which are the EarthWalker, CloudRunner, ThornTail, SnowHorn, LightFoot, RedEye, and SharpClaw tribes.
- EarthWalker - The EarthWalker tribe's home is Walled City, which was separated from the main Dinosaur Planet, due to an uncanny force that was too strong. Prince Tricky, Fox McCloud's sidekick in the game, is an EarthWalker. The King is a Styracosaurus, the Queen is a Protoceratops, and their soldiers are Triceratops.
- CloudRunner - The CloudRunner tribe's home is CloudRunner Fortress, which was also separated from the main Dinosaur Planet in the same way as Walled City and also which was overrun by the SharpClaw tribe. At the beginning of Star Fox Adventures, Krystal was carried by a CloudRunner named Kyte. Kyte and Krystal got separated later at the beginning. Much later in the game, Fox finds Kyte in Dragon Rock. The Cloud Runners resemble Pteranodons.
- BoneHead - BoneHeads are a wingless relation to the CloudRunner tribe and live amongst them in CloudRunner Fortress. GradaBug, the chief technician of CloudRunner Fortress, is the only BoneHead we see in the entitre game.
- ThornTail - The ThornTail tribe's home is called ThornTail Hollow, the place where Fox lands his Arwing when going to Dinosaur Planet. The GateKeeper of Dragon Rock is a ThornTail. They resemble Nodosaurus.
- SnowHorn - The SnowHorn tribe lives mostly in SnowHorn Wastes. Much of the SnowHorn tribe is incarcerated by the SharpClaw tribe to work in DarkIce Mines, which was separated from the main Dinosaur Planet and overrun by the SharpClaw tribe. They resemble Wooly Mammoths.
- LightFoot - The Lightfoots live in Lightfoot Village. There is a Krazoa Shrine which Fox must find in the village. By Chief LightFoot's order, Fox must complete the LightFoot tests before he can enter that Krazoa Shrine.
- RedEye - The only meat-eating tribe, General Scales put them in the Walled City. As a result the RedEye overran Walled City. The RedEye King is the boss of the Walled City. The RedEyes look very similar to Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- SharpClaw - The SharpClaw tribe is the evil military tribe who wants to govern Dinosaur Planet. They resemble humanoid dinosaurs. Millions of years before the birth of Fox McCloud, the second moon of Dinosaur Planet crashed into ThornTail Hollow, carrying with it strange mutant creatures from outer space. Subsequent mutation led to the emergence of the SharpClaw tribe. Moon Mountain Pass, where the moon crash is located, is the SharpClaw tribe's home.
See also
External links
- Official site (http://www.starfox.com/adventures/)
- GameTab reviews (http://www.gametab.com/gcn/star.fox.adventures/1015/)