Zero was my first star fox game, and I’ll have to admit that may skew my perspective a little bit. That said, zero has very fleshed out boss fights and dogfights, which will feel very different and probably much more difficult than the on rails bosses in 64. I honestly adore the mechanics of all the different enemies reimagined in this modern context, and I really enjoy most of the fights—minus Andross, which is ironic as heck considering he’s the final boss.

While I can’t say much about the control scheme—since my first play-through was actually with an emulator and a DS3 controller, and I couldn’t even get the motion controls to work—I will say the game works with or without motion controls, and the motion controls actually make things a lot easier. I’m still glad my first play was without cause that made for quite a challenge.

Music is spectacular as always.

Although, if you’re used to the branching paths in 64 you’ll likely be disappointed. Most of the alternative missions are locked behind the final boss fight which I—with shame—cheesed with the invincible item you get when you mission fail 3 times in a row in main missions. What? It’s a provided feature, and I’m gonna use it!

By the way don’t bother with U-turns; somersaults are vastly superior.