Lylat Wars (N64)

This is the reincarnation of the excellent space shooter on the N64. You play once again the brave Fox McCloud who battles to beat your treacherous enemy the Ape guy. This puts you in that position once again as the commander of a group of expert pilots who fought opnly for money. If you played the one on the Snes this will revive all them feelings of blasting the hell out of everything. This version has enhanced graphics and the gameplay has been improved also. You are given control over 3 other pilots: the frog, the eagle and the rabbit. They all have names but to me they are animals.This time they actually TALK. Telling you what you should be doing ...  Read the complete review

It may be one of the first games made for the N64 but it is still one of the best. Fox McCloud and his band of assorted are animals are back. This time they're tougher, more talkative and their ships are good enough to appear on Star Wars. For those new to the genre, you pilot a team of four; they are part of an organisation that keeps the peace in a violet galaxy. Your latest foe is Andross. This evil ape wants to rule the galaxy and it is your job to work your way through the worlds he has conquered and destroy his henchmen on the way. As you can imagine, his guys have planes too. Most of the time they are easy to beat, but at other times ...  Read the complete review

After playing Lylat wars on the SNES I was pleased to hear there would be a sequel. However after completeing the game once in less then a week, I was totally unimpressed and galled. After paying fifty five pounds for the game you expect it to have at least a bit of fight in it. The possibilities for the game were endless. The finished game is easy perdictable and at times slow, this is of course repetitive. The games only redeeming feature is the air crafts handling and the graphics, (all though the graphics were at little rocky at times). Over all the game is uninspired and repetitive. Not a touch on how good the game could have been Nintendo ...  Read the complete review

Part of the Star Fox series and available for download on your Wii. Lylat Wars features Fox McCloud and a team that primarily consists of Slippy the toad, Peppy the hare and Falco, a falcon. There are also guest appearances from other old friends of the team, Bill and Kat. Star Wolf and his team of minions are trying to stop you from getting to Andross who has declared war in the Lylat sytem. If you choose to take the training option first you will have some time to adjust to the controls, you can return to the training option anytime you like and it lasts for an indefinite length of time. There are also options for those of you with 2 controllers in VS mode. ...  Read the complete review

Super Nintendo's "Starwing" (released in 1993) was an absolute revolution in gaming for it's day. "Lylat Wars" was released 6 years later on the Nintendo 64 and, sadly, did not cause such a stir. The game is set in a fictional system known as Lylat. Andross, an evil scientist is planning to conquer the system and must be stopped. Fox McCloud, and his team of trusty animal sidekicks are called in to save the day. Flying their principle fighter craft (known as "Arwings") they must battle through the Lylat system to reach Andross's homeworld. The game has two main modes of play: solo missions and multiplayer. The solo ...  Read the complete review