Star Fox 0 is a video game that was released in 2016 by Nintendo and developed by Platinum Games, this particular game would be something like a reboot of the franchise that would have new content. At the beginning, when it was announced, it was a game that caused a lot of excitement since we didn´t have a Star Fox game for many years, many people were very excited by the announcement. Finally, when Star Fox 0 came out, it had a lot of mixed opinions about the way it is played and the visual aspect, this section will be explored later. As for me, I liked the game very much and I feel it´s one of the best of the Wii U.
As I have mentioned earlier, Star Fox Zero is a reboot, so the story is rebooted and to be more exact since the events of Star Fox 64, since both narratively and playably, the game grabs Star Fox 64 as a base in the one to hold onto. The game tells us about how James McCloud is killed and betrayed by Pigma, a former member of James's squad, all this is Andross's plan to conquer the Lylat System, thankfully, Andross's plan was discovered and he was banished to Venom. Fox, after his father´s death, decides to train to be an airwings pilot just like his father and forms his own team, Team StarFox, made up of Falco, Peppy, Slippy and Fox.
Star Fox 0 has a somewhat peculiar gameplay that I will proceed to explain. We will use Fox in our airwing to defeat our enemies from space, our arwing will have shots, bombs and movements that allow us to speed up. Anyway, it turns out that this game tried to give this gameplay a curious twist, since on the Wii U gamepad we will have a first-person view of Fox.
Meanwhile, on the television we will have the same view as always, the usual one that is usually seen in Star Fox games. The funny thing is that we will have to be aware of both the gamepad and the television, since the gamepad is not there only in case we want to play comfortably portable, rather, it works as an indispensable complement. In addition to this, the Fox airwing will move according to the movements we make with the gamepad, but if you like, you can deactivate the motion sensor in the game so that you can move the airwing only with the joycon. Although I found it quite fun to play like this, there were many people who hated this game mode, saying that it made them dizzy or that it was just tedious to play like this, which is why the game received a lot of pests.
Our airwing will be able to change shape during the game. That is, already in the second of the game we can use the airwing walker mode which, as the name indicates, we can move with our airwing in land territory with metal legs, this mode is normally used when we have to travel small spaces, if you are not used to it, using this mode can be quite frustrating but once you get the hang of it it is very useful.
There are other modes as well, for example, our airwing can become in Gyrowing, which is a ship that flies very slow, it is normally used in stealth missions, since it throws a very small robot that can hack systems, we can also use this robot on some enemies, thus hacking them and making them unusable. In my opinion, this is the worst mode of airwing and honestly I did not enjoy it very much, rather I felt it even uncomfortable to play.
Finally, we can play with the Landmaster, not too much as usual but enough to feel satisfied. The Landmaster is very useful to go through areas such as deserts, despite being slower than the walker mode, it is very useful, allowing us to move quickly while we shoot our enemies, we can also float in the air for a few brief moments.
The overworld of this game is the entire Lylat System, which by the way resembles that of Star Fox 64. It is not a very extensive overworld and honestly the planets are quite short and the same goes for the duration of the game which is not very long. , you can complete it in about 5 or 6 hours. Anyway, although there are not many planets, I have to say that they ooze quality and I enjoyed visiting them.
Star Fox 0 was harshly criticized for its visual appearance that despite looking great, it was not even at the height of what a Wii U game could give graphically, personally I think this is due to the whole issue that the game go to 60 fps on the gamepad and television, it looks good but you can see that there are parts that are polished and others that are not.
I really feel like this is one of the most underrated games that the Wii U has, I can understand people's dislike of the way you play, even so, it doesn't take long to get used to it and overall it's a lot of fun, I don't know if It is at the level of Star Fox 64 but it is certainly a very good game and a great Star Fox, it is sad to think that due to its low sales it will not have a sequel, in case I doubt very much that this game will reach Nintendo Switch.
