Star Fox Command

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

You don't actually have to use the dpad. You can also use the buttons and use the touch screen with your left thumb if you like. It seems to work fine.

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If the L shoulder button works that may be easiest.

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Originally Posted by PBMax

If the L shoulder button works that may be easiest.

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The L Trigger works, but I have an old fat DS and it feels kinda awkward. using the down arrow on the Dpad is easier for me, but YMMV. On the lites, the L trigger is a lot more comfortable.

Hrmmmm, I'd been seeing this in game stores around here since it just came out this last week. Guess maybe I'll wait a while though and see if I can get it for cheaper at the local used game store sometime soon.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/723/723646p1.html

Positive impressions of the import from IGN. People need to stop hating because it's different.

Lengthy new videos from IGN, my favorite is the moonbase battle. I think I am sold now:

http://media.ds.ign.com/media/826/826993/vids_1.html

I just wish they'd scrap dull yellow R.O.B. and use NES R.O.B. ya know? :p

I wish the enemy designs were better. They couldn't possibly look any more generic and lacking in personality than they do now. A flying circle with some triangles on the outside that shoots lasers from somewhere isn't the most compelling enemy. That was fine on the SNES because it's all that could handle, but here it just looks amateurish. I'm also not crazy about how middling and dull the encounters look, like the space combat equivalent of a random battle in an RPG (though that's pretty much what they are).

Everything just seems so slight and incidental. It looks well polished for what it is, I guess, but even Starfox 2 had Arwing transformations.

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Originally Posted by sethsez

I wish the enemy designs were better. They couldn't possibly look any more generic and lacking in personality than they do now. A flying circle with some triangles on the outside that shoots lasers from somewhere isn't the most compelling enemy. That was fine on the SNES because it's all that could handle, but here it just looks amateurish. I'm also not crazy about how middling and dull the encounters look, like the space combat equivalent of a random battle in an RPG (though that's pretty much what they are).

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No shit. This looks like it should be running on an Amiga 500, not the DS.

Which Starfoxes were developed by Argonaut? The first three?

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Originally Posted by sleeveboy

Which Starfoxes were developed by Argonaut? The first three?

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Star Fox 1, and the cancelled Star Fox 2 were developed by almost the exact same team made up of Argonaut and EAD staff. Star Fox 64 was developed by a different team at EAD with only a little bit of overlap.

Starfox has always had crummy little triangle/pod bogeys. Maybe slightly intentional to make the Arwing design stand out? That said though, I agree, these seem to show a real lack of effort and need some more personality. The visuals in general are a mixed bag between super FX chip and PSX.

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Originally Posted by Dylan1CC

Starfox has always had crummy little triangle/pod bogeys.

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Yes, but it was forgivable on the SNES because that's all it could render, and the enemies in the N64 game typically had a bit more going on design-wise than this. And both games were mostly on rails, which allowed for more controlled set pieces and layouts so the enemies themselves didn't have to carry as much of the weight.

The engine looks nice, and it's good to see that the frame rate is so smooth, but artistically this is pretty sad.