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Star Fox

Critic score1 critic
First release
Feb 21, 1993
Genres
Shooter · Action, Science fiction

Star Fox, released as Starwing in Europe, is a 1993 rail shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo, with assistance from Argonaut Software, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The first game in the Star Fox series, Star Fox follows Fox McCloud and the rest of the Star Fox team defending their homeworld of Corneria against the attacking forces of Andross.

Also known as StarFox, Star Wing

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Storyline
This game takes place in a binary solar system called the Lylat system, which is inhabited by humanlike animal races (e.g. foxes, frogs, dogs, birds, rabbits, apes, etc.). It contains the planets Corneria and Venom, representing good and evil, respectively. One can visit many other planets, asteroid belts, space stations, etc. while going through the course of the game. Which path the player chooses affects what places they will encounter. Andross, a scientist, has fled to Planet Venom after being banished from Planet Corneria, and has now declared war on Corneria and unleashed an enormous army to wreak havoc on the Lylat system. General Pepper, the commanding officer of Corneria's defense force, has decided to dispatch a prototype high-performance fighter aircraft called the "Arwing." However, lacking in time to train pilots for the new fighters, he summons the elite mercenary team Star Fox to defeat Andross. Fox McCloud, the leader of the team, is accompanied by his teammates Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, and Slippy Toad.Read more

This game takes place in a binary solar system called the Lylat system, which is inhabited by humanlike animal races (e.g. foxes, frogs, dogs, birds, rabbits, apes, etc.). It contains the planets Corneria and Venom, representing good and evil, respectively. One can visit many other planets, asteroid belts, space stations, etc. while going through the course of the game. Which path the player chooses affects what places they will encounter. Andross, a scientist, has fled to Planet Venom after being banished from Planet Corneria, and has now declared war on Corneria and unleashed an enormous army to wreak havoc on the Lylat system. General Pepper, the commanding officer of Corneria's defense force, has decided to dispatch a prototype high-performance fighter aircraft called the "Arwing." However, lacking in time to train pilots for the new fighters, he summons the elite mercenary team Star Fox to defeat Andross. Fox McCloud, the leader of the team, is accompanied by his teammates Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, and Slippy Toad.

Release dates
Super Famicom
Feb 21, 1993
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Mar 23, 1993
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Jun 03, 1993
All 5 release dates
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Aug 30, 1993
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Apr 1997
Age ratings
ClassInd L
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
rail shooter, shoot 'em up, parody, slot machine, frog
… All 27, spaceship, flight, space battle, on-rails, fox, talking animals, pilot, boss fight, anthropomorphism, platform exclusive, polygonal 3d, descendants of other characters, planet jumping, auto-scrolling levels, meme origin, shoot the core, gibberish, warp zone, nintendo switch online, fan translation - portuguese, super fx, player's choice

At a Glance

Critic Score
70

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 10 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 10 Oct 2026