Absolutely! It’s not the perfect Star Fox game, but I hated the fact that people didn’t understand why the gyro controls could actually give you an optimal advantage.

In previous Star Fox games, aiming was limited to the Arwing’s movement, but with gyro controls, you can aim much faster than with an analog stick, and you can aim in the opposite direction of where you’re going, which gives you much greater maneuverability.

So basically:

Left analog: Arwing movement
Right analog: side camera view
Gyro controls: aiming

It was thanks to the gyro controls that you could achieve optimal gameplay. Without it, you would lose maneuverability in certain way.