Star Fox 64 3D is a remake of the N64 title Star Fox 64 with enhanced graphics, gyroscope controls, one cartridge download mode multiplayer and will provide the player the ability to include their own photo in game.
BlogAlthough the release of the Nintendo 3DS is still a ways off, there are already many promising titles announced for the system. I'm not sure how many of these will be lauch titles though.
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Check out these screens from StarFox 64 3D, the 3DS remake of StarFox 64. The screens successfully convey the graphical power of 3DS (if not the 3D effect), reportedly on par with GameCube. The Arwing craft is controlled using the analog nub, while additional maneuvers are mapped to the D-pad. Lasers, bombs, accelerate and brake are executed with the face buttons, and the bumpers, used to bank and barrel roll, round out the simple controls.
Designer Shigeru Miyamoto has been recorded as attesting to the aptitude of a Star Fox in the third dimension. Depth and distance in 3D worlds are sometimes hard to judge. Using Super Mario games as an example, Miyamoto said it's sometimes hard to even properly jump up onto a stump or hit a floating block. He assured the audience that the capabilities of the 3DS clear all of this up. [Joystiq] Read on
The 3DS will launch with a re-release of Star Fox 64.1
Previously released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997, Starfox 64 was a Nintendo developed scrolling space shooter, and was the first game on the console to support the Rumble Pak. It was named Lylat Wars in Europe and Australia and sold more than 300,000 copies within the first week of the US release.
