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I didn't see this posted yet(I searched and found nothing). Star Fox will be available for rental next week according to the Nintendo e-mail newsletter I received today. Should be good since we'll now know whether or not the game is worth it on the 14th(and those who ordered from Outpost can cancel if it sucks). Here's the quote from the e-mail, clicking it brings you to the starfox website, but nothing about this shows up.

Fox McCloud and the Star Fox team return to engage a grave new threat in the air and on the ground. Get an exclusive sneak peek of this hot new game by renting at Blockbuster and Hollywood Video Feb. 1-13! ...
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It better be a good game, otherwise this is just going to cut down on the blind purchases people would have made on the first day.
 
Any particular chain? I got some free rental coupons to use. I'm such a cheapass...Target had a bag of Bugles for $1 and they each came with a free game rental at Hollywood Video. Hee haa

oh duh it says blockbuster and hollywood video shut up
 
Wow, cool. With Blockbuster's No Late Fees policy...

But it says "sneak peak"? Does that mean it's not the full retail version? Or just their way of saying, "We hope then after renting you still buy it..."
 
bonesquad said:
Wow, cool. With Blockbuster's No Late Fees policy...

But it says "sneak peak"? Does that mean it's not the full retail version? Or just their way of saying, "We hope then after renting you still buy it..."
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I don't think they can put trial versions for rent, so I assume it's the full version. Capcom did a similiar thing with Maximo years ago
 
At least it's not exclusive. I remember Blockbuster in Australia buying all the Taz Express and Resident Evil 2 copies that were brought here. You couldn't buy the games.
 
Wario64 said:
I don't think they can put trial versions for rent, so I assume it's the full version. Capcom did a similiar thing with Maximo years ago
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It was a while ago, but Sega did just that with a trial version of Sonic Adventure at Hollywood Video... but that was 1999, might not be something they'd invest effort in now. Plus, might agitate gamers to rent a game at full price, but only get a partial game.

This seems odd, though, why allow it for rent early? Maybe the preorder numbers weren't promising, and they think this is a way to draw in people to try it, and presumably like it and buy it. Except when you're getting up to 2 weeks of a game rental at Blockbuster for a flat fee of around $7, it doesn't end up working that way, does it?
 
Fox McCloud and the Star Fox team return to engage a grave new threat in the air and on the ground. Get an exclusive sneak peek of this hot new game by renting at Blockbuster and Hollywood Video Feb. 1-13! ...
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Or maybe you get a demo disc when you rent another game? Nah, that's just hopeful thinking. :(
 
Demo disc and a rental, I can understand, but not an actual rental on the demo disc itself

Maybe someone can call/email and clarify
 
Matlock said:
I'll make a run down to the local Hollywood tomorrow, or sometime.
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The latest issue of Nintendo Power reviewed Star Fox: Assault, and gave it all solid ratings. It got 4 stars, 4 stars, 5 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars. The only complaint was cheesy dialogue, which has always been a Star Fox staple.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
The latest issue of Nintendo Power reviewed Star Fox: Assault, and gave it all solid ratings. It got 4 stars, 4 stars, 5 stars, 4 stars, 4 stars. The only complaint was cheesy dialogue, which has always been a Star Fox staple.
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does starfox have co-op? someone said so.
 
I believe it does have co-op.

And is it me, or does anyone else see the similarities between the ground levels in this game and Jet Force Gemini? If the ground levels are anything like JFG, count me in. Of course I'll rent first before purchase.
 
From the info I've receieved in our map at work (Game Rush) it is indeed the full game. I will double check today when I go in.
 
Well, at least well be seeing some reviews of the game before it ships from retailers (so people might be able to cancel their pre-orders).
 
Nintendo also had Diddy Kong Racing available two weeks early at Blockbuster. But I fail to see how a shooter is a good idea.
 
Does anybody know if this Starfox will feature the classic 'multi-route' style gameplay? According to NP there are only 10 missions, and it looks like they're played in succession, as in you no longer have the option to choose which levels you want to encounter as you did in Starfox and Starfox 64. If that's the case, I'm slightly disappointed.
 
Tritroid said:
Does anybody know if this Starfox will feature the classic 'multi-route' style gameplay? According to NP there are only 10 missions, and it looks like they're played in succession, as in you no longer have the option to choose which levels you want to encounter as you did in Starfox and Starfox 64. If that's the case, I'm slightly disappointed.
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You could choose the levels?! I was never able to. You always had to play them in succession, and the way you beat the levels decided which way (easy, medium, hard) you went. Kinda like in Outrun...
 
You mean to tell me that there are 10 mission, period!?!





And out of those a couple of walk and tank mission?! I sure don't hope so. Because if that's all Namco was able to produce in those years, they don't even deserve my money! (wants Arwing missions alone)
 
Translatation: It's so short, anyone should be able to beat it in a rental.

I mean, we complained that Ace Combat 4 was short, and it had a whopping 18 missions.
 
it's not a rail shooter. it's a potpourri of rail shooting, off-rails shooting, off-rails tank shooting, and third-person furry shooting. with only ten missions, i wonder if the rail shooting component -- the only component that interests me -- can possibly be substantial. between the prodigiously bad art and the genre shift, starfox assault seems like deliberate sabotage.
 
Nah, I hate Panzer Dragoon for just plain sucking :p



And StarFox was always about the multiple paths, same way Mario was about jumping
 
Midway did this with MK4 back in 1998. I rented that for like a full week before it came out.


I want SF to be really good. I wish it was just all rail shooting levels.
 
Hooker said:
You could choose the levels?! I was never able to. You always had to play them in succession, and the way you beat the levels decided which way (easy, medium, hard) you went. Kinda like in Outrun...
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In SF64, if you beat a level and satisfied whatever condition (hit all the switches in the train level, knocked out the big ship in the ID4 level, etc) there was to access a different branch, you could choose to either go the "special" route or the regular one once you got back to the map.
 
This seems a strange marketing idea to me unless it's replay value is obvious and their rather confident in the final product overall. Otherwise, you don't take this sort of chance before release...like the opposite of witholding review copies, etc.
 
Musashi Wins! said:
This seems a strange marketing idea to me unless it's replay value is obvious and their rather confident in the final product overall. Otherwise, you don't take this sort of chance before release...like the opposite of witholding review copies, etc.
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I smell a bomb for this title :/

It's time for nintendo to take charge of starfox themselves.
 
I believe Namco worked on the multiplayer aspect of this game first and then did the single player second. So it may be more of a multiplayer oriented title.

I don't see the logic in allowing early rentals unless you thought you had a good product. GameSpot and IGN's recent hands on with the game have been positive.

So I'm looking forward to it, and getting to play it early, since when is that a bad thing? I hope Nintendo does this with more titles.

I look at it this way, there's a chance that Star Fox Adventures could have been the only Star Fox game to grace the GCN. To me, getting this title was a pleasant surprise and I'm looking forward to it. I don't think it'll top Star Fox 64 for me, but I loved Star Fox 64. Absolutely one of my favorite games from the last gen.
 
So anyone got any more info on this? I'll rent it tomorrow if my Hollywood Video is indeed getting it
 
http://www.blockbuster.com/homepages/LoadLandingPage.action?channel=Games
Star Fox®: Assault
Fox McCloud is back in action on GameCube, taking the Star Fox team on an epic quest to protect the galaxy from a new and powerful threat.

Fly it before ANYONE can buy it!

Be the first in your neck of the galaxy to test-fly Star Fox®: Assault for Nintendo GameCube. The flight of a lifetime is at a Blockbuster near you! Don't miss this special pre-release test-flight opportunity!
Available for RENT Feb. 1 - 13, 2005.

http://hollywoodvideo.com/games/default.aspx

Star Fox: Assault - (Feb 1) The Star Fox team is sent in to eradicate this growing menace, but what begins as a standard combat mission quickly takes a dramatic turn. Legendary team members Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, and Falco Lombardi join forces to form the most formidable team in the history of this celebrated series: the Star Fox Armada!
 
For Mechanics and Gameplay: Star Fox >> Panzer Dragoon
For Presentation and Art: Panzer Dragoon >>> Star Fox

I love both series though, Panzer just *slightly* more.
 
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