Star Fox: Command for Nintendo DS Reviews by Gamers

Anyone who rates this game less than a 9 is sorely mistaken. The first two star fox games were among the best of their respective generations. I still remember shooting out of the base in the opening sequence of the first game, and the many many hours spent in Star Fox 64's multiplayer, somersaulting and u-turning and wishing that the graphics and controls could live up to the potential of an excellent 3-D flying and dog fighting experience.

A decade later, Nintendo has finally delivered that game. At its core, the gameplay of Command is equivalent to that of the originals. The lack of on-rails missions is not the egregious diversion from the series's roots that the detractors claim. To the contrary, the 3-D plains are the logical progression of the formula. I can only guess that these same nay-sayers would be crying about the game's lack of progressiveness had the on-rails segments been retained.

Moreover, the core-collecting element breaths depth, breadth, and variety into the game. Much like New SMB, you can fly through it or savor it.

The strategy part of Command adds to this. You can choose how difficult you'd like the game to be by choosing how many items to pick up, which characters to send on which missions, how often you want to use missiles, etc. It isn't supposed to be a "strategy game" tacked on as an after-thought. It lets the player decide what kind of game Command will be.

And then there are the controls. Now, my first impression was that this is the closest I've been to playing a Wii game. Replace the stylus with the remote, and you're there. Barrel rolling feels like barrel rolling. Doing a sharp turn, well, you get the idea.

Add a decent story, perfectly terrible yet enjoyable dialogue, and the longest lasting appeal of any DS game, and you've got darn close to a 10.

If you still disagree, go pick up a That's So Raven game. You'll probably enjoy the heck out of it, since you clearly live in the bizarro universe.