Star Fox Command ds

Pros: Solid action; multiple endings; decent music; good use of touch screen

Cons: Strategy stages are hit-or-miss; inconsistent aiming for laser fire; minor graphics glitches; return of gibberish

The Bottom Line: Star Fox Command's action and atmosphere easily make it a game worthy of the Star Fox name and helps to remove the franchise from its recent doldrums.

Review: After a couple of mixed-reaction games on the Gamecube, the Star Fox team returns on the Nintendo DS with Star Fox Command-- a game that largely returns to the franchise's roots as a ship-based shooter-- and that will bring cheers from many ...

Pros: Online play, strategic element added

Cons: Short main story mission mode

The Bottom Line: Good game, though short. The online capabilites adds a lot fo replay value to the game.

Review: Star Fox Command brings the Star Fox francise to Nintendo's newest hand-held system, the DS. Like all the previous Star Fox games, the main character is Star Fox, leader of the Star Fox squardon, a psuedo-mercenary type squadron that assists the glactic ...

Pros: Great level of challenge; multiple story-lines; requires strategic thinking and plenty of shooting stuff

Cons: Awkward controls; too many restrictions on mission completion; some bad sound

The Bottom Line: Get it but be prepared to be thrown for a loop.

Review: StarFox Command combines the old-style shoot-em-up action of StarFox 64 with the strategic planning and decision-making of modern war games, and does so with flair and style. In this game, you control all the classic pilots of the StarFox team, from ...

Pros: Your hope that this is an actual Star Fox game where you shoot stuff...

Cons: ...is crushed by several poorly-implemented gameplay elements.

The Bottom Line: Whoever made this game, needs to go play Star Fox 64, and then come back and try to justify Star Fox Command to any fan of the series.

Review: I read the back of the box for this DS incarnation of the Star Fox games, and thought, "Hey, this looks like the SNES/N64 Star Fox, not the Legend of Star Fox games they've been making that don't even maintain the spirit of the originals in that you ...