The Perfect Simplicity of Star Fox 64 | A Star Fox 64 Retrospective Review 

There are so many great quotes in this game, but which one do you think is the best? Reply with some of your personal favourites!

i always found the shot of them running with great fox flying behind them funny. Like someone just stole the ship and they are chasing after it on foot in desperation,

So many childhood memories from this game. I remember being a kid and for months not knowing how to get to Sector Y until my friend came over to show me a "secret passage" he heard from another kid on the playground. Then together we all watched Andross disintegrate not into a robot but into his brain form. That was such a wow moment from an incredible game.

It's honestly crazy how good this game is still, not only did it have a perfect foundation, but it's so polished

It is funny what you said about the waterfall being the secret ending because it was the normal ending to me as a kid. I used to feel so bad when Falco died that I would reset the Nintendo 64, and since I was kinda bad at the game, I used to reset a lot until I was able to save him lol. I dont know what happened, but one day I must have skiped one of those arches you have to fly through, so the game took me to the easy path, even though Falco was alive. I was schocked to see there was another boss on the level

still a amazing game to this day

I think the father son moment is even better than in Starwars.

Falco: "I guess I should be thankful." Well, it's a huge step up from "Mind your own business, Fox!!"

Wow the thumbnail and editing!

When I get a 3DS someday, I will 100% be buying the starfox 64 remake on it!

Honestly the hard ending of this game gives me goosebumps, loved the video man!

I played all of the games you mentioned in the beginning of the video! _"Never give up! Trust your instincts!"_

One thing I love about the original Star Fox 64 is that the boys at Nintendo actually left it deliberately vague whether or not Fox hallucinated/saw a vision of his father in his Arwing, because a tiny little speck of moving light is visible during the ending cutscene of the mission, flying at a distance and disappearing behind Great Fox, with the same color as the engine exhaust of the Arwings. A great little "It was a fantasy...or was it?" piece of mystery to close out the game on.

I remember finding the waterfall the first time it was actually shocking

At the end of the game when the screen turned white unexpectedly, as a kid it felt so long i thought the console froze up.... Till the dialog came thru. .... Seeing it again now, the white shows up what feels like a quick moment in comparison. ... Game is a 10/10! Excellent replay value and super fun.

Thank you for this childhood game that is near and dear to my heart.

Just played through this game for this first time last night on the easy route and wow. I cant stop thinking about it and want to get the true ending.

So back in '97 i wanted an N64, and i had to save up enough money to get one. I went to Toys R Us to get one once i finally did, but i only had enough to get the console. A few months later, i had saved up enough to get my first game, and Star Fox 64 had just come out not long prior. It's like it was meant to be. I already loved the original Star Fox and that boxart just spoke to me. Instantly fell in love with this game. Easily one of my favorite games of all time. Massively replayable and ridiculously quotable, gotta love it.

I have something funny to tell about this game. When I was a kid, I knew about the waterfall secret passage in the first level for a long time. And I also knew about having to save Falco. What I DIDN’T know was having to fly under the arches. Because a friend of mine that told me about the waterfall, he never told me about the arches. He probably did that by accident & didn’t know that was one of the requirements to reach the secret route. So for years, I tried to save Falco, but never tried going under the arches because nobody tells you to do so, and i couldn’t understand why I couldn’t get inside the waterfall. Years later I found out about the arches and I said “no way. THAT was the reason??” For the first time ever I was able to reach Aquas, the underwater level. And my mind was blown. The atmosphere was so good, the level was so unsettling due to it being almost completely in the dark, and the boss fight, oh boy. If I had to fight that giant clamshell monster completely in the dark as a kid, I would have shit my pants off. Awesome.

Starfox, Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario Kart, Diddy kong racing... It was a great time to be a young teen

The music added with the characters chiming in. It makes it chaotic but in a good way. It's not over chaotic where it it's just like shut up lol. Like the last line of defense. Or those dam missiles. Gives you a sense of urgency and danger. Very hard to recreate in modern games.

I just remember the feeling of accomplishment getting all the medals on normal difficulty. And then realizing you could do it all again on 'expert' mode and that there was actually a prize for doing so. Damn I hated losing my wing(s) in one hit in expert mode, though😅

This game was incredibly cinematic for it's time too.

I emulated this game when the last time I played it was 20 years ago. Then I like...beat it three or four times in a couple of days. I don't know why but it just works. And with save states I was able to fight Starwolf repeatedly. I did that dozens of times over those same two days.

They need to, and I hate admitting this, a prequel. Telling the story of James, Peppy and Pigma. That is a game I would buy a Switch for.

Perfect game and great review; I miss when video games were so unpretentious and no rail shooter has ever topped Star Fox 64 imo

Thank you for the tribute to THE game. ❤

ok,story time. i had this game..we lived in Germany during my childhood. during the balkan wars. in 98 we returned to a post war Bosnia (imagine fallout 4 just without gouls,supermutants and radiation..) one of my uncles loved to play star fox. to me it was always fascinating when adults play video games.. and my uncle was good at the game.like really good..also mario kart..that was a hit in my family..lots of good memories and family bonding...that uncle..offed himself few months ago... i love this game

honesty star fox 643D is I think the best version in the series as in it does have better looking graphics and some extra tweaks but it's essentially the 64 game looking better

I really feel like its a near-masterpiece.

I've played and beaten this game more than any other. It's practically perfect. Love the secret levels. You forgot one boss, the statue running in the tunnel.

Despite my lack of knowledge in the series, I enjoy this breakdown. :-)

This was incredibly well written. Well done.

12:56 If you let the clip continue, you'd see a shooting star above the Great Fox's rear left wing, that's James McCloud as it's only in this ending.

Not sure about perfect. Getting that medal for Sector Z is a fucking nightmare

Sound design, is some of what truely makes this game unforgettable. From the boss explosions, to the quirky dialog, the transmission pop in sound. Its all iconic. Also coming back to starfox after a more then a decade. I forgot just how iconic the lowest tier path is…. The robot of Sector X, and its arms flying though sections of the level, to the rediculously creative Train fight, were the boss is a train with a kite, al ending with one hell of a finnaly, low end venoms trenchrun into a gorilla temple is awesome!

I loved the screen at the end of the video

Perfect game

I recently picked it up to do all medals both normal and expert and man, what a blast!

Honestly I felt like the Star Fox limbo is because Nintendo keeps trying to make something of it that it's not. On rails, multiple routes, ships with freakin lasers and a ton of Falco sass. I feel like that's what most fans want, Starfox 64, but bigger without one off gimmicks trying to start the newest trend. I just want some freakin puppets with laser beams attached to their freakin ships.

I would be fine with ANOTHER remaster of this

100% great video.

Definitely in my top 3 favorite N64 games of all time, to me this is a perfect game. Still play it at least a couple times a year! Btw really great screencapture quality!

One of the best examples of great game design. "COCKY LITTLE FREAKS!" I quoted this line in gym class in elementary school and the teacher didn't like that at all.

I absolutely love this. Thank you So much for making this video. Here's to hoping for a brand new game in the coming years. Regardless, Starfox 64 in my heart will Always be one of The best games of All time! 🥰

One of the best endings in a video game.

This is probably my favorite 1st party n64 game. I say that fully knowing what im saying.

I was able to get all the medals once, all it really does is unlock hard mode and Fox is wearing a pair of sunglasses, the hardest medal for me was the one on Venom 1, Venom has two medals, the medal from Venom 2 (the one where Star Wolf comes back) is relatively easy

I want a new Star Fox on Switch or Star Fox 64 remaster!!!!

I wish you could skip the end scenes and credits, but otherwise, this game is a Masterpiece imo

Thanks for this video! I really wish they would do a good remake or predecessor.

Star Fox 64 is my favorite game. Nobody, not even Nintendo, has been able to replicate it. The only thing wrong with it is the frame rate, but it is pretty easy to look past in this one for the most part. The best game ever.

STAR FOX 64 IS THE GOAT It's genuinely my favorite game ever, I've probably put a few thousand hours in it over my lifetime

I have't watched the video at all, I just came here to answer the thumbnail, yes,! starfox 64 is a perfect game

SF64 was the genre perfected, they should have just kept the same core game and have new campaigns for the sequels.

Star Fox 64 is my favorite game of all time, and I don’t even have any nostalgia from it, it’s just that good. I have sunk a lot of hours into that game, with my best run ever being a 1504, and then the next run I tied it exactly. I’ve played this game way too much. Also, for anyone wanting to improve, here are some basic tips: 1: Do whatever is in your power to get the hyper lasers on Corneria and not lose them ever 2: Charge shot groups of enemies, as when the game tells you hit +x, that means you are getting bonus hits, as when you destroy groups of enemies simultaneously with a charge shot, you get points for the number of enemies you destroyed plus the number of enemies that got caught in the blast (all the enemies that were hit but weren’t hit directly by the charge shot) 3: When it comes to shooting your laser, unless you can mash extremely fast, the better method of shooting is this: when you hold down the button to do a charge shot, the game fires 2 or 3 quick lasers before actually charging it, so if you can learn to time you presses just right, you can shoot extremely fast 4: Aside from the basics I just said, there are strategies to get the medals on each stage, so look them up

I'm halfway through the video and I wanted to add before I forget. If you get a medal on every level you unlock Master difficulty. I love this difficulty, if you hit an obstacle you loose a wing. Kind of brutal but once you get medals and all on master difficulty You unlock some cool things too, including a multiplayer mode where you can just play on foot and shoot each other with giant cannons similar to Star Fox assault on the GameCube. Using the Nintendo switch expansion with the N64 controller this game is an absolute cakewalk since you can save your game before every level and use the fully upgraded laser power-ups at the start of every level. It really makes the acquiring the metals for every level so much easier, almost to the point that it's cheating lol

Which version was your video captured from?

Funny, I played all of the games you mentioned at the start, Ocarina of time less so however since i was just a kid and i had no clue where to go, plus it was really scary.. :(

How did you get such a crisp coloring and vision of the game? Are you using any HD transformer? I assume you used the nintendo 64 console. Thanks for sharing your video.

I gave away my N64 a couple years ago to my cousin, who gave it to me in the first place, and all the games and controllers. But let me tell you.. if I ever make enough money to buy myself another N64 the first game I'm buying is Star Fox 64. I still play it on my 2ds but it just isn't the same as using those amazing old school controller. This game is still my favorite game to ever play.

Star Fox 64 is heavily inspired by Star Wars, the many planets you get to explore reminds me of George Lucas's creation.

Would you be shocked if I told you James is actually alive in 64? He leads you out as you head out 9/10 he’ll go straight out, 1% he’ll turn left or right When you head to cordina if you look in the top right corner you’ll see a shooting star. That’s James’s ship. When you read the storyline it says “captured” never says what happened to him.

Say what you will about Nintendo but they're definitely GENIUSES at making timeless games with heart and soul and "Starfox 64" is undoubtedly one of them. I loved the game in 1997, I still love it today (2024) Is it perfect? ​​Well, that's a broad term. I for one think it's AMAZING and I still play it occasionally and when I play it... I HAVE A BLAST ! ❤

How are you not going to mention expert mode at all?

The best Star Fox game Nintendo ever made. Let's all come back here in 20 years when this comment will unfortunately still be true.

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StarFox 64 is always the answer. Banjo kazooie is a close second but since I could play the superior version on XBLA / rare replay I don't care to view it as N64 property anymore

Why not review the 3D version instead?

SF64 is a masterpiece

I always hated this game. I should play it again.

I will say I some what disagree… the alternate path, is some what disappointing… mostly as it reads as Nentendo power bait… alot of these secret paths are not a natural assumption. Was disapointed to find out in adaulthood, it wasent point based and just knowing the secret.

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I wish star fox assault would get the recognition it deserves it's far better than star fox 64.

StarFox 64 looked like shit, when it was released. I couldn't stand how corny this game was, especially compared to the original.

Starfox 64 was is and always will be steaming hot garbage with garbage controls, the land master is unresponsive mainly in the thrusters, and slippy and peppy or even falco being on your team but not doing absolutely Shit the entire game literally. They don't shoot enemies they just fly around and whine in your ear that they need help. The flying is absolute dog shot especially in the free flying missions.