The game is played from a third-person perspective with full camera control in most areas and the ability to use a first-person perspective for looking around a location, with the players able to use a widescreen mode, provided that their console is hooked up to a television set that has widescreen capabilities. The interface displays the player's health, controls, and timer. However, the voice acting and the departure from the traditional Star Fox-style gameplay received criticism.įox McCloud in combat with enemies. The game received mostly positive reviews, notably for its detailed graphics, new designs of characters including Fox, and its dynamic environments. Players take control of Fox McCloud, who is sent on a mission to visit a planet in the Lylat System and prevent its destruction. The game's story takes place eight years after the events of Star Fox 64.
The game was released on 23 September 2002 as Rare's only GameCube game and as the final game that Rare developed for a home Nintendo console before being acquired by Microsoft the day after Starfox Adventures released in the US. Its planned release on the Nintendo 64 was cancelled, with development ultimately shifting forward one hardware generation to the GameCube. Originally developed as Dinosaur Planet with Rare-created characters as the protagonists, Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto convinced Rare to redesign the game as part of the Star Fox franchise.
The game had a long development cycle starting in 1997. Star Fox Adventures is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo.