Who made it?
Bayonetta and NieR:Automata developer PlatinumGames, who additionally made Star Fox Zero on the Wii U, with the assistance of Nintendo. It began out because the ‘Venture Guard’ prototype earlier than Nintendo retooled it with the Star Fox workforce.
What is the premise?
You are enjoying as Slippy Toad, the space-faring amphibian, in a Tower Protection sport. As an alternative of capturing up spaceships, you are as an alternative defending bases which can be owned by Slippy’s uncle, Grippy Toad. It is advisable be careful for assaults from Fight and Chaos robots — which assault the towers and distract you, respectively — all out of your monitor.
It is one of many intelligent (and few) video games on the Wii U that truly utilises the GamePad to actually nice impact.
Why ought to I play it?
In the event you’re a Star Fox fan, this needs to be a no brainer. However regardless, Star Fox Guard is totally completely different from some other Star Fox sport that got here earlier than it, so it is a actually attention-grabbing piece of historical past within the franchise.
Altering up the on-rails shooter gameplay to a tower protection sport is a straightforward however impressed selection, and it additionally demonstrates PlatinumGames’ expertise with the Wii U GamePad. The marketing campaign itself is likely to be fairly easy, however there are 100 missions to maintain you and your amphibian mates busy. It is an underrated gem.
The sport was initially bundled with the primary print run of PlatinumGames’ different Star Fox sport, Zero, on a (separate) bodily disc, so it should nonetheless technically be findable as soon as the eShop closes. Nintendo additionally produced a standalone boxed model, though that was actually only a code in a field.
So, to be 100% clear, you can nonetheless discover the unique Zero-bundled disc model secondhand. However who needs to sit down round and look forward to postage all day when you will get defending straight away?
How a lot is it?
$14.99USD / £12.99 / 14,99€ on the Wii U eShop — a steal for 100 missions, for certain.
We’ll be again quickly with one other 3DS or Wii U eShop advice as a part of this ‘Countdown’ sequence. Tell us under if you happen to’ve already received this in your assortment and share your ideas. Additionally, be at liberty to appoint different video games — we simply would possibly spotlight these within the coming days, too.