Star Fox Zero
| Star Fox Zero | |
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North American cover art
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| Developer(s) | |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
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| Producer(s) |
Shigeru Miyamoto Tadashi Sugiyama Atsushi Inaba |
| Designer(s) | Hirono Sato Akiteru Naka Ryoya Sakabe Kazuhide Kawamura |
| Programmer(s) | Kenji Higashiyama |
| Composer(s) | Hiroshi Yamaguchi Yukari Suita Hitomi Kurokawa Naofumi Harada Rei Kondoh Keiki Kobayashi |
| Series | Star Fox |
| Platform(s) | Wii U |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 7/10 |
| Famitsu | 35/40 |
| Game Informer | 6.75/10 |
| GamesMaster | 82% |
| GameSpot | 7/10 |
| GamesRadar |    |
| Giant Bomb | |
| IGN | 7.5/10 |
| Nintendo Life |   |
| Nintendo World Report | 8/10 |
| Metro | 8/10 |
| Shacknews | 6/10 |
Star Fox Zero is a 3D scrolling shooter video game developed by Nintendo and PlatinumGames for the Wii U. The sixth installment in the Star Fox series, Star Fox Zero was stated by lead producer and supervising director Shigeru Miyamoto as being neither a prequel nor a strict remake of Star Fox 64, while Nintendo later reiterated it was not a prequel while also stating that it was also not a sequel. A standalone tower defense game, Star Fox Guard, was bundled with Star Fox Zero as a separate disc in Zero's initial print or as a digital download code in later prints. After a delay from November 2015, the game was released worldwide in April 2016, to mixed critical reception.
Star Fox Zero largely follows the gameplay of its predecessors, predominantly Star Fox 64, in which players control Fox McCloud as he pilots his Arwing craft through various levels. The game is controlled using the Wii U GamePad, with the left control stick used to maneuver the craft while gyroscopic controls can be used to aim weapons. A cockpit view is displayed on the second screen to assist with aiming.
Some of the game's vehicles can transform in certain situations. For example, the Arwing can transform into the Walker which was first seen in the unreleased Super NES video game Star Fox 2, which lets the player freely walk around on platforms. The Landmaster can transform into the Gravmaster, which can perform extended aerial maneuvers. A new vehicle introduced to the series is the Gyrowing, a drone-like helicopter which can lower a small robot that can enter small spaces and hack into computers. Players can also add laser upgrade and smart bombs to their ships. Special techniques, such as charge shot, barrel roll, Somersaults, U-Turns and rapid turn, can be performed. Two gameplay modes are featured in the game. The Scroll Mode puts the player in a predetermined path, while the All-Range Mode allows the player to move freely in a mission. If players lose all their ships in a mission, they must restart the entire mission in order to proceed.
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