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Eight years have passed since Andross was finally overthrown by the daring Star Fox team. Following the celebrations, Fox McCloud and friends returned to the only life they knew - an endless patrol of the Lylat system, guarding against ongoing threats to their territory.
Boredom soon struck, causing Fox's close friend Falco Lombardi to simply disappear, leaving only rumour to suggest that his lone-wolf nature had finally led him to pursue a more free and profitable life.
Then Slippy Toad traded his pilot's wings for a place in Weapons R&D, demonstration a natural flair for invention, while Fox's old friend and mentor Peppy Hare retired from active flight duty to concentrate on a role as a navigator and general adviser.
The Great Fox itself had also seen better days. Keeping a ship of that size in prime condition cost serious money, and well-paid jobs for fighter pilots and mercenaries were increasingly difficult to come by.
So it was that Fox and co. found themselves drifting through the galaxy, waiting and hoping for General Pepper's hologram to pop up with just the kind of high-stakes, high-reward mission that they might need…
—Instruction Booklet

"Star Fox Adventures" is an action-adventure video game developed by Rareware and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube as part of the Star Fox series. It was the final game developed by Rare for a Nintendo home video game system, before the company was acquired as a first-party developer for Microsoft's Xbox division. It is the third game in the series, succeeding "Star Fox 64".

The entire game takes place on the world of Dinosaur Planet (later renamed "Sauria" in "Assault") on the edge of the Lylat System, where the entire planet is breaking apart and four pieces of important territory are suspended in orbit, caused by the tyrannical General Scales and his SharpClaw army. In order to return to the pieces of land back to the celestial body, General Pepper hires the Star Fox team to recon and restore the damaged world to prevent it from destruction.

Featuring Fox as the central protagonist, he must use his both his own pro adventurer and Arwing skills to travel between the four lands and Dinosaur Planet to adventure across them. Along with the vital SpellStones and powerful Krazoa Spirits, Fox will need to gather a collection of important items and artifacts to progress further across the natural woodlands and civilisations on Dinosaur Planet. These areas include various terrain and climates, such as the grassy hub of ThornTail Hollow, alien-like Moon Mountain Pass, the icy terrain of SnowHorn Wastes, and seaside Cape Claw.

Rather than using traditional militaristic weaponry and vehicles, Fox can use the useful offensive and defensive skills embedded within the powerful Staff left behind by Krystal. Although it seems like Fox is on his own at first, Prince Tricky, the heir to the EarthWalker throne, joins Fox's side and can always turn to his helpful abillitles during his adventure, while also counting on the reliable Star Fox team members, Slippy, Peppy and ROB, but Falco has gone his seperate ways for the time being.

Fox will also need to interact with a numerous amount of residential dinosaurs and prehistoric characters to learn about the primitive world, for example, the competitive ruling EarthWalker and CloudRunner tribes, peaceful ThornTails and elusive LightFoot tribes, and times will call for him to defeat many hostile enemies, like the antagonistic SharpClaw and savage RedEye tribes.

Gameplay

Controller
Button Adventurer Arwing
Gamecube Button Start
Communicator Communicator
Gamecube Control Neutral
Movement Steer
Gamecube Button A
Attack, Use, Talk Laser Blaster
Gamecube Button B
Cancel Action Smart Bomb
Gamecube CStick Neutral
Inventory Select N/A
Gamecube Button X
Roll Brakes
Gamecube Button Y
Assign Inventory Boost
Gamecube Button Z
Headview Barrel Roll
Gamecube Button R
Staff Shield Sharp Turn / Roll Roll
Gamecube Button L
Camera Focus Sharp Turn / Roll
D-Pad
P.D.A. N/A


Trivia

  • This is the so far only non original Star Fox game to not feature Wolf O'Donnell and Star Wolf.
    • This is one of the few Star Fox games in Japan to have no Japanese dialogue. Everyone in the game speaks the original English and Dino languages.
  • "Adventures" has been noted for its similar gameplay to The Legend of Zelda series. The game has the same combat style of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The puzzles are also very similar to a few games in the Zelda series, the automatic jumping similar to how Link jumps, and the first-person aiming similar to how Link aims his arrows.
  • This was the first and only "Star Fox" title Rare has made and the final Rare game made for a Nintendo home console.
  • The ESRB rating's reasons for it being rated T stated that it had animated blood. The only instance of blood in the game is if the player whacks Tricky a few times with the staff.
  • In the opening of the game on Fox's monitor, footage clips of different areas in the game are played, but largely without voices, just a few sound effects from the game.
    • In the Kiosk version, there are different clips set to play, which includes voices, such as Krystal's scream when she's captured in the crystal, General Scales' laugh, and a different King Red-Eye screech.
      • The monitor also has a 'Nintendo' logo at the bottom, but it's covered by the Copyright text.
  • This is the first game in the series released under the titular Star Fox name in Europe and Australia. The previous games were released as "Starwing" and "Lylat Wars" in those regions.

Names in Other Languages

Language Name
Japanese スターフォックス アドベンチャー, Sutā Fokkusu Adobenchā

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