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Star Fox Command

Star Fox Command lets you hop into your fight through a unique branching storyline of missions, all rendered in gorgeous 3-D. This game brings a whole new strategic element to the series, with a commander's…

70 3 August 2006

Star Fox Command is a shooter developed by Nintendo, released 3 August 2006 on Wii U and Nintendo DS.

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What Star Fox Command is

Star Fox Command is a shooter game developed by Nintendo and released in 2006. It is available on Wii U and Nintendo DS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Star Fox Command is a 2006 shoot 'em up video game developed by Nintendo and Q-Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The fifth installment in the Star Fox series, Command is the first installment released for a handheld, and supports the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, making it the first installment with online multiplayer. The game was re-released for the Wii U's Virtual Console service in 2015.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Star Fox series

Star Fox Command is the 14th of 26 entries we hold in the Star Fox series. It arrived a year after Star Fox: Assault. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008. Its critic score of 70 is 8 points below the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Star Fox Command holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Star Fox Command launched on 3 August 2006, within three weeks of Persona 3, Dead Rising, Civilization IV: Warlords and Virtua Fighter 5. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 3, Dead Rising, Civilization IV: Warlords, Virtua Fighter 5.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

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When did Star Fox Command come out?
Star Fox Command was released on 3 August 2006 for Wii U and Nintendo DS.

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