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Star Fox 64, also known as Lylat Wars in Europe, is the third game in Nintendo's video game franchise Star Fox, and was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997.
The game is the second game in the series to be released since the original SNES sequel, Star Fox 2, was scrapped. Star Fox 64 was the first game to introduce support for the Rumble Pak.
Among the new features is the vastly hyped in-game sampled voice speech that has replaced the chatter from the original game. The original chatter referred to as Lylat in the language option-screen, can however be enabled. This feature is not available in the US-version of the game. The game relies much more heavily on dialogue than the original, and together with the cinematic sequences they drive the story forwards.
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
The wicked scientist Andross has been sent to exile on the deserted planet Venom, and one day strange activity is spotted from the planet. An Arwing-team consisting of Pigma Dengar, James McCloud (Fox's father) and Peppy Hare are sent to investigate. Upon their arrival Pigma betrays the team and James is captured while Peppy barely manages to escape back to Corneria. (James appears at the end of the game and helps Fox escape from Venom.)
Upon learning the news of Pigma's betrayal a new team is assembled consisting of Fox McCloud (the player), Falco Lombardi, Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare. Fox is the final hope of putting an end to Andross' madness and thereby securing the peace of the Lylat solar system.
A notable difference from the original game's story is that the Star Fox team, albeit being mercenaries in both games, already possess of Arwings when they are called to help defend Corneria whereas in the original game they are recruited to act as pilots for the newly developed Arwings.
The game features multiplayer support for up to four players simultaneously. You can choose to play using either the Arwing spaceship, the Landmaster tank or as the pilot equipped with a bazooka. The two latter modes, however, have to be unlocked.
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