STAR FOX
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Normally, FAQs won't give walkthroughs, but what the heck? It couldn't hurt!
{THE EASY ROUTE}
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>CORNERIA
Machine: Arwing
Level : Easy
BWeapon: Single
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : 1-Granga
2-Attack Carrier
You can survive with a Single Laser during the level. Oops, forgot to tell you
what the B means on BWeapon. It stands for "Best Weapon." It could be hard to
get the medal in this level, but you can always try again! First off, Slippy
already gets in trouble! Shoot the enemy off his tail. Continue on and on.
Make sure to destroy the robots that are knocking down the building. They will
give you a HIT+5. A little after the checkpoint, you will have to save Falco.
If you don't, you will have to beat the normal boss. Whenever you reach the
shore, you will find arches in the water. Go under them all to go into the
waterfall and beat the special boss. If you don't, you will have to go through
the regular route to the regular boss.
GRANGA (NORMAL BOSS): If you have the hyper laser, listen. Shoot one of his
legs off before you run into him. Then, fly to the mountains. Make a U-Turn
and when you see Granga, shoot him in the green box as fast as you can until he
blows up. This should only take 15 sec. to do. You will go to Meteo.
ATTACK CARRIER (SPECIAL BOSS): Destroy his arms off whenever they are open, and
then hit the middle of the carrier until it blows up. You should go to Sector
Y.
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>METEO
Machine: Arwing
Level : Easy
BWeapon: Twin-Hyper
Medal : 200 hits
Boss : Radgar
Hopefully all of you know why this "so-called" planet is called Meteo. 'Cuz
meteors and meteorites are shooting everywhere! To my knowledge, make sure to
keep Peppy alive. He warns you about the booby traps. Here's an example: After
the beginning flying meteors, Peppy will worn you that there are ships hiding
behind the big meteorites. The best way to get 200 hits in this level is to go
through the warp, otherwise get a Hyper Laser and shoot those meteors! This
level is not really a "walkthrough" level. Just expect to see more of the same.
RADGAR (NORMAL BOSS): This dude can be a pain at first! First of all, you need
to take out his shield. Do that by hitting the yellow triangles. Be very
careful of not hitting the shield too often. If it gets bright green, it will
let out a big laser shot. After you take out the sheild, shoot for the big
yellow diamond, but be careful of his laser beam. If it hits you and you have a
half amount of life left, about a 65% chance that you will die. After you do
that, you'll entirely destroy the back end of the ship. But, it's not over yet!
He'll turn his ship around. Destroy the two yellow rectangles. Be extremly
cautious! He will let out an extremely very powerful laser beam. If you get
stuck in it, you are dead for sure (or very darn close to it)! After you
destroy the yellow triangles, he will lose power and be blown up. You will be
heading to Fortuna.
WARP (NO BOSS - SPECIAL WARP): This warp is very easy to get through, and you
should be able to get the medal in Meteo. This warp should take you to Katina.
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>FORTUNA
Machine: Arwing
Level : Easy-Medium
BWeapon: Twin
Medal : 50 hits
Boss : Star Wolf Team
This should be one heck of an easy medal to get indeed. Just shoot 10 or more
ships before the Star Wolf team comes and then shoot the Star Wolf team down in
5 minutes. It's that simple!
STAR WOLF TEAM: These guys are the boss. Star Wolf, Leon, Pigma Dengar, and the
other dude (forgot name). If you defeat them and disarm the bomb, you will go
to Solar. If you fail and the bomb blows up, you will go to Sector X.
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>SECTOR X
Machine: Arwing
Level : Medium
BWeapon: Twin-Hyper
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : Spyborg
Oh boy! This planet has been totally destroyed...and totally armed with
enemies! This should be a very easy medal to get! Make sure to save Peppy in
the middle of the level--use a bomb to destroy them all. You won't hurt Peppy.
Remember, it's a SMART bomb! If you went to Katina before, Bill will show up
helping to go through the warp by shooting the tiles for you. Just shoot them a
couple more times and they will open for you to go in!
SPYBORG (BOSS): Here is Andross's Secret Weapon. Shoot the eyes only whenever
they glow yellowish. Whenever his head blows off, doesn't mean that he's dead!
He still has some more juice in him! Make sure to kill the rest of him off
before Slippy rushes in and gets slapped to Titania. If he doesn't get slapped,
you will go to Macbeth.
WARP (NO BOSS): There is also another route. To go to Sector Z. This warp is
not as easy as Meteo's warp, and you have about a 70% chance of losing a wing or
dying.
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>TITANIA
Machine: Landmaster
Level : Medium
BWeapon: Single Shot
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : Goras
You will end up here if Slippy has been sent flying here. Remember, you can
only go here and there is only one route out of here--defeating the boss. This
level can be very hard if you don't know how to control the Landmaster. Refer to
the instruction booklet on how to run it. Be careful of all the catuses, bombs,
and detonators! That's all the advice about this level that I know of.
GORAS (BOSS): Now this is some boss. He looks like a dog! First off, shoot the
"paws". While you are shooting them, Slippy will be calling. After you shoot
the "paws", the whole body of Goras will come out. In one of his arms is
holding Slippy. Shoot that arm first, then the rest of them. Becareful of his
tail whip and strong laser. Hover over the tail whip and barrel roll out of the
way for the laser. Whenever his arms get shot off, shoot for his chest until he
dies. This can be a tough battle!
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>BOLSE
Machine: Arwing
Level : Easy-Medium
BWeapon: Twin
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : Star Wolf Team
This level is in all-range mode. Here is the step-by-step guide: First, shoot
the towers that is guarding the core. Until the towers are destroyed,
everything is force field--even the enemies! When the towers are destroyed, the
enemies will be unarmed, so you can shoot them down until the Star Wolf team
comes
STAR WOLF TEAM (BOSS): If you have beaten these guys in Fortuna, they won't show
up so now all you have to do is destroy the core bar whenever is comes up.
Otherwise, be prepared to fight them. I would use a Hyper Laser to beat these
guys, but hey, that's just me. They can be won by the Twin Laser. It may take
a heck of a lot longer!
(THE MEDIUM ROUTE)
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>KATINA
Machine: Arwing
Level : Medium
BWeapon: Twin-Hyper
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : Enemy Mothership
This level is also in all-range mode. You will meet your friend, Bill, here.
Help him out! There are two ways to get in it, and two ways to get out of it.
Whenever you destroy 10 ships, the Enemy Mothership will show up. Keep shooting
until the cool FMV plays.
ENEMY MOTHERSHIP (BOSS): Whenever the hatches go down, shoot them until they all
blow off. Then, shoot the core under 5 minutes. If you destroy the mothership,
you will go to Solar. If the mothership destroys the Katina base, you will be
headed to Sector X.
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>SOLAR
Machine: Arwing
Level : Medium-Hard
BWeapon: Hyper
Medal : 100 hits
Boss : Vulcain
No doubt about it--you are definitly in the eternal flames--and I don't mean the
opposite of Heaven! It's the sun, and you're gonna need the Hyper Laser to get
through this level. You could beat this level with Twin and it could be near
impossible with the Single because the Fire Birds can take the heat! Be very
careful of the flames. I always stay at the top of the screen until Bill comes
with the Supply Rings. You will meet him only if you defeat the mothership in
Katina. Otherwise, I just go right or left of the fire arches and the big
hills. Good luck in this level--and good luck with the boss!
VULCAIN (BOSS): There is only one way to leave this frying pan...and that is to
beat the boss! First of all, I want to tell you that this is not the Secret
Weapon. That is at Sector X. I think this is the fire mutant from some game I
played before--can't remember. Is it one of the Metroids?? Anyway, to beat
this dude you have to blow off the arms. You will know once the fire comes
flying out of his arm sockets. Then, shoot the head until his head blows off
and then he gets self-destructed. Be careful of his fire splashes at you.
Shoot the rocks that he spits out to get the Supply Ring. This is a tough
match--I think that's why Nintendo made the boss strategy easy.
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>MACBETH
Machine: Landmaster
Level : Medium-Hard
BWeapon: Single Shot
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : Mechbeth
If you like trains, this is the level for you! Katt will show up if you met her
in Zoness. The only objective of this level is to blow up all the train tracks.
Make sure you know how to use the hover technique for the Landmaster. If you
don't, it's this: R and Z button. Well, good luck, that's all really I have to
say about this level. Well, I do I have more. The way to blow up the train
into the Macbeth Base!
MECHBETH (BOSS STAGE): If you have chosen to beat the bird, here's what to do.
First of all, you have to blow off the legs and head. Once the fake head is
blown off, it'll use a very powerful laser beam at you. Be careful of that!
Then, you have to shoot the train's power unit whenever it is open. The energy
will go flying to the bird and hurt him so you can shoot him until he dies.
Repeat if you didn't kill him the first time.
MECHBETH (BLOW UP TRAIN STAGE): To destroy the bird plus the train and the
driver, shoot all the 8 switches, then shoot the switcher. Once you shoot it,
the switch will stick out. Shoot at the switch to make the train switch tracks.
It will then run into the Macbeth Base and then both the train and the base will
blow up. Make sure to have the Rumble Pak(tm) because you can really feel the
rumble if you have fresh bateries! You will also get a nice HIT+50 bonus {:^)
(THE HARD ROUTE)
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>SECTOR Y
Machine: Arwing
Level : Medium-Hard
BWeapon: Twin-Hyper
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : Shogun Guards & Shogun
Wow! There are three bosses: 2 Shogun Guards and the original Shogun dude. I
won't explain how to beat them until a little bit later. I want to tell you
that this level is filled with robots. If you watched the beginning FMV
sequence, you will see that their laser guns can really hurt you, so that's why
I also put this as Hard. Also, you can beat this with Twin Laser for sure, but
it is 10x as easier with the Hyper Laser. This should be easy to get 150 hits
if you count the boss. Hey, you got a total of HIT+19 there!
SHOGUN GUARDS (MID-BOSS): These guys aren't the real boss, OKAY! I put "(MID
BOSS)" there, all right! So stop e-mailing me about it {:^<> Now, to beat
these dudes--just shoot them until they blow up. They both share the same boss
meter, so Nintendo made a little easier for you. Sly dogs!
SHOGUN (BOSS): Do the same thing with this boss like you did with the other
bosses. If you scored over 100 hits at the end of the level, you will be
heading to Aquas, my next level walkthrough. If you don't, you will be heading
to Katina.
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>AQUAS
Machine: Blue-Marine
Level : Hard
BWeapon: Twin
Medal : 150 hits
Boss : Bacoon
If you do not know how to run the Blue-Marine, read the following.
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HOW TO CONTROL THE BLUE MARINE:
A=Shoot Laser B=Shoot torpedo R/Z=Barrel Roll
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That's all there is to it! Now, if things get all wacky, press A, B, and Z all
together. Remember--you have unlimited torpedoes, so that's why you can just
use the torpedoes to beat the level, but you need some strong laser to beat the
boss. Twin will do. Hyper is faster. This level is very difficult to beat, so
if you are having trouble, look in: Nintendo Power-Volume 99 (the GoldenEye 007
issue) or the Star Fox 64 Player's Guide. My advice is always use the barrel
roll to beat the level. And use the torpedoes on the enemies! Good luck!
BACOON (BOSS): The shells mouth is being protected by barriers. Shoot them
until they turn colorful, and then use a torpedo on one of them. Do the same
thing on the other one. Next, shoot the tubes to get more hits. And whenever
the mouth opens, shoot the cover to the eye until it disappears. Then, shoot a
torpedo in the eye. Repeat until he dies. After you beat the level, you will
go to Zoness no matter what!
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>ZONESS
Machine: Arwing
Level : Hard
BWeapon: Hyper
Medal : 250 hits
Boss : Sarumarine
This level could be one of the hardest levels of the whole game. Katt will show
up sometime in the level. Trust me--she is a pain! You will have to cross
strong ships over sea and on sea. Make sure to get 3 Shield Rings to increase
your shield gauge. On the decks, make sure to destroy the boxes to get the
items from them. This level cannot be walkthroughed because it continues on
just continuosly until you find the toxic wastes. That is why the sea is so
polluted. And now, the boss.
SARUMARINE (BOSS): Here is how you defeat the tough boss. Use a bomb to destroy
the smoke stacks on top of the submarine. Next, destroy one of the launchers.
The sub will turn around. Once the crane is picking up the launcher, shoot the
crane 3 times with a bomb before the launcher comes back up. Then, the sub will
turn around. Blast off the other launcher. Now, this is why you NEED the Hyper
Laser. Shoot the ship with your laser until it the ship is sunk. If you have
the Twin Laser, it will take you up to 5 minutes to take down the ship and with
the Single, it will take at least 7 minutes. If you destroyed the enemy search
lights, you will be heading to Sector Z. If you have not destroyed all of the
lights and was spotted, you will be heading to Macbeth.
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>SECTOR Z
Machine: Arwing
Level : Hard
BWeapon: Twin-Hyper
Medal : 100 hits
Boss : None
This is the only level with no boss. It just has 5 missles coming toward the
Great Fox and trying to destroy it...DESTROY IT!!! Oh boy! If you need help,
read the following.
THE ATTACK OF THE GREAT FOX (NO BOSS): First off, you have to destroy the first
wave of missles which include a total of 2 missles. Destroy them off. Your
teammates will probably help you if they aren't busy or being chased by an
enemy. Then, the second wave will come out with a total of 3 missles. Do the
process once again. If you have met Katt in Zoness, she will come and shoot the
missles with you, too. If the Great Fox doesn't get hit, you will go to Area 6.
If the Great Fox gets WHAMMED!, then you will go to Bolse.
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>AREA 6
Machine: Arwing
Level : V. Hard
BWeapon: Hyper
Medal : 300 hits
Boss : Gorgon
The level is determined to be the hardest level since there are a lot of
enemies, and since there are a lot of enemies, the medal meter has to be large,
so Nintendo has put you to the test--nab 300 hits to get the medal! Of course,
the easiest way is to hit the satelites, right? WRONG! Just concentrate on the
groups of enemies. You can shoot some of the satelites, but not all of them you
see. This level is also very long, so it is important to get 3 sheild rings and
the Hyper Laser. It also wouldn't to have some extra lives. After you complete
the basic stage (line 1) you will reach the ships. After you went through half
the battle of the ships, you will reach the last line (line 3) you will run into
harder ships and you will run into the boss, Gorgon.
GORGON (BOSS): This will be run into steps, OK?
Step 1 - Defeat the three tentacles
Step 2 - Shoot at the core until it turns red (it will then shoot a strong
laser, so be careful)
Step 3 - Gorgon will then shoot out enemy ships so destroy them (it will then
shoot a strong laser, so be careful)
Step 4 - Defeat the three tentacles to open the saucer
Step 5 - Shoot the core until it blows (repeat if you didn't destroy the core)
After you beat the boss, you will be headed to Venom (Stage 2)
(VENOM)
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>VENOM (STAGE 1)
Machine: Arwing
Level : Medium
BWeapon: Twin-Hyper
Medal : 200 hits
Boss : 1-Rock Dude
2-Andross
Arrival: From Bolse
If you didn't get to Area 6, you will have to go to Venom 1. This place is not
in all-range mode, so you have to shoot a lot of the Venom ships. They are
totally spreded over the Venom land, so it should be easy to get 200 hits. Just
make sure to have some bombs with you. Otherwise, just try to shoot most of the
ships down.
ROCK DUDE (MID-BOSS): Once you enter the temple, a rock dude (unknown) is
running away from you. To destroy the dude, shoot off is body parts until his
head and body turn red. Shoot them until the dude falls apart and crumbles.
TUNNEL (ROUTE TO ANDROSS - NO BOSS): This is just a tunnel to go to Andross. It
also has some power-ups, so make sure to grab ahold of each one.
ANDROSS (FAKE BOSS): Yep, this is the faker, but at least he is the final boss.
Here's the easiest way to defeat him is to shoot one of his eyes. Once one hand
is itching an eye, shoot the other hand. If you have the Hyper Laser and you
have shot fast enough, the hand should blow off. Do same thing to an eye. He
will not itch it so shoot the hand fast until it blows off. I would shoot the
right hand first, because he would then use a magic laser attack on you if you
don't destroy the hand. Then, after the hands are gone, destroy the face by
shooting it. Then, the face will be destroyed, uncovering a fake face machine.
Shoot it until that blows up. You have beaten the game...sort of. After the
credits, you will see the face of Andross in the sky, and he will also laugh,
telling you that you haven't beaten the whole game. Now try to go to Venom 2!
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>VENOM (STAGE 2)
Machine: Arwing
Level : Hard
BWeapon: Hyper
Medal : 200 hits
Boss : 1-Star Wolf Team
2-Andross
3-Andross's Brain
Arrival: From Area 6
Let's get started with the bosses because this is all-range mode, and once you
enter, the Star Wolf team will invade.
STAR WOLF TEAM (MID-BOSS): If you have beaten these guys in Fortuna, so what?
They are now rebuilt and some of their bodies are computer-generated. Use the
same strategy to defeat these characters. The medal will be easy to get if you
have the Hyper, because one enemy will be a HIT+50 if you beat him under 3
minutes! After you beat them, Fox will go in through the tunnel.
TUNNEL (ROUTE TO ANDROSS - NO BOSS): Through this tunnel, there is a route to
get totally equipped and I'm notta telling...oh, all right. I will! The route
is: <--, -->, <--, <--, -->, -->. Then, you will face the real Andross!
ANDROSS (FINAL BOSS - PT 1): Defeat this Andross exactly like the one in Venom
1. See that above.
ANDROSS (FINAL BOSS - PT 2): The screen will turn into all-range mode while
Andross releases his true form--a brain. Now, he says that he has the "brains"
to rule the Lylat System...and kill you! Kill him first by destroying the two
"things". Hit them until they blow up. If forgot how much HIT points. I think
about HIT+3 or +4. After you destroy those, shoot the backside of the brain
until Andross dies. Make sure to remember that he disappears whenever you hit
him. Don't run into his veins--they can really destroy you! After you deliver
the last hit, his veins will grab you and he will kill you with him. After he
dies, you realize that you aren't dead. You were saved by...you father!?
THE "REAL" ENDING (OUT OF TUNNEL - NO BOSS): The last objective of the game is
to follow James McCloud (your father's ghost). You cannot hurt him in any way,
so don't try it. If you hit him with a Hyper Laser, he might turn red but that
won't harm anything. He goes very fast, so use your boost as much as you can.
Make sure you can tune into the speed of this. After you exit the tunnel, you
have beaten the game. Your teammates will congradulate you on your bravery.
Congratulations! You have beaten the MAIN GAME version of Star Fox 64! Only
true Star Fox people can beat the game in EXPERT version, so are you ready?
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