Star Fox: Assault
Step into the guise of furry flyboy Fox McCloud as he returns to take on his deadliest enemy; wingmen Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare and Falco Lombardi are covering your back, as you take on hordes of intergalactic…
Star Fox: Assault is a shooter developed by Namco, released 14 February 2005 on Nintendo GameCube.
What Star Fox: Assault is
Star Fox: Assault is a shooter game developed by Namco and released in 2005. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Step into the guise of furry flyboy Fox McCloud as he returns to take on his deadliest enemy; wingmen Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare and Falco Lombardi are covering your back, as you take on hordes of intergalactic hostiles on land and in air. Hop into Arwings for aerial skirmishes and Landmaster Tanks for ground-based confrontations, or simply run around on foot dispensing laser justice; the searing single player adventure is a total blast, while the glorious four-way split-screen mode is sure to keep you and your friends coming back for more. With sniper rifles and rocket launchers, this is one Fox you don't want to mess with!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Star Fox series
Star Fox: Assault is the 13th of 26 entries we hold in the Star Fox series. It arrived a year after Doubutsu no Mori e+: D10 - Design Card: Fox no Mark. The next entry was Star Fox Command in 2006. Its critic score of 50 is 28 points below the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Star Fox: Assault holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 9% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 17 points below the year average. Players rate it 59, 9 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Star Fox: Assault launched on 14 February 2005, within three weeks of Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando and Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.
Official trailer
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