492: Retronauts Episode 492: Star Fox, Part Two

Retronauts

Games, Leisure, Technology, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2022

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the '90s, Star Fox transitioned from technical showpiece to extremely reliable rail shooter; but in the following decade, Fox McCloud and the gang didn't fare nearly as well. The 2000s saw the Star Fox brand transform into a sandbox for gameplay ideas, with each attempt disappointing players still chasing the high of Star Fox 64. Then, the series went into hibernation for a decade, only to emerge when the Wii U desperately needed a hit. Still, one question remains: are these various tamperings with the Star Fox formula really all that bad?

On the finale of this two-part series, join Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, Diamond Feit, and Kat Bailey as the crew barrel rolls into the back half of the Star Fox library to explore the lower moments of Nintendo's most tortured IP.

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0:00.0	RetroNots is part of the HyperX Podcast Network.
0:02.7	Find us in more great shows at podcast.hyperx.com.
0:07.0	This week on RetroNots, Crystal Awaken Something and all of us.
0:10.0	Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of RetroNots.
0:34.7	I'm your host for this one Bob Mackie and we're covering Star Fox once again on this podcast
0:39.3	because we are in the month of Foxtober, the very last day of Foxtober if you're on
0:44.1	Patreon by the way you should be.
0:46.0	But yes, this is the second part of our Star Fox Retrospective.
0:50.2	Last time we covered the first three games of the series and this time we're covering
0:53.4	a much more rocky and experimental period for the Star Fox series, the 2000s and beyond
1:00.0	before I continue, who is here with you today?
1:02.2	In the same room, who's normally here with me today?
1:04.4	Hey, it's Henry Gilbert and in one of the secret endings, I'm married to Slippy.
1:08.9	Ooh, I want to see the illustrations of this.
1:11.8	Who is our other Bay Area correspondence?
1:14.8	Hey, it's me, Farah Fienic Stan, Cap Ali.
1:18.2	And who do we have in Japan?
1:19.4	The same crew as we had the first time.
1:21.4	Who else is here today?
1:23.0	Shumuluma, Denim and Fight, Mikalekahai Mikalekahai Niho.
1:26.7	That's what they say, that's the language in Star Fox adventures.
1:29.7	It's a real language folks.
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