Star Fox Armada To Debut At E3

According to IGN.com, the word is that Star Fox Armada for Gamecube will debut at E3. This is a Namco-developed title packing "flight-based missions and action-packed dogfights", and will be shown on the Nintendo stand either as video or a multiplayer-only playable demo. Looks like it should have a more traditional Starfox feel than Rare's Starfox Adventures, which was an action-adventure at heart, and only rebranded to include Fox McCloud partway through development.

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Re:Starfox, yowza

[jedigeek]

The original game was OK, but I seem to remember it lacking depth. F-Zero was another game that was technologically interesting at the time it came out, and the new one looks like a Wipeout fan's wet dream.

I think it's fair to say this version will be better, in terms of depth and gameplay.

Online Multiplayer?

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

Nintendo wants to highlight the multiplayer aspect? That's all well and good but is there an online prescence expected for the Gamecube? To me, if a game is multiplayer these days - that means network play - not four controllers plugged into the same console.

I have a network adapter for my PS2 and it's great!
I can't think of any Starfox-like games that are already available for the other consoles as online games so if Nintendo doesn't release it to play online, they're missing out.