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** Oikonny's Andrew's flagship transforms into a giant floating mechanical monkey head with two floating hands, in homage to his uncle.
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** It is mentioned that seventeen years prior to the events of the game, a single Aparoid encountered a Cornerian fleet and wiped it out in its entirety, leading the Cornerians to develop countermeasures intended for the Aparoids that gathered dust due to the Aparoids going quiet after that. This parallels the Battle of Wolf 359 where a single Borg Cube destroyed 39 Starfleet vessels, and the subsequent fallout of this leading to the creation of dedicated warships such as the Defiant class that then went unused for a time due to the Borg threat diminishing.
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** It is mentioned that seventeen years prior to the events of the game, a single Aparoid encountered a Cornerian fleet and wiped it out in its entirety, leading the Cornerians to develop countermeasures intended for the Aparoids that gathered dust due to the Aparoids going quiet after that. This parallels the Battle of Wolf 359 where a single Borg Cube destroyed 39 Starfleet vessels, and the subsequent fallout of this leading to the [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine creation of dedicated warships such as the Defiant class class]] that then went unused for a time due to the Borg threat diminishing.
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* Expy: The entire Aparoid race is one to [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Borg]].
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: The entire Aparoid race is one to [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Borg]].
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* Expy: The entire Aparoid race is one to [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Borg]].
** The Aparoids are a cyborg race of insects race from outside the normal sphere of space where the Star Fox games take place, just like how the Borg are a cyborg race of various assimilated species hailing from the Delta Quadrant. Additionally, the Aparoids also assimilate the biology and technology of their enemies and add them to their own, as seen throughout the game.
** It is mentioned that seventeen years prior to the events of the game, a single Aparoid encountered a Cornerian fleet and wiped it out in its entirety, leading the Cornerians to develop countermeasures intended for the Aparoids that gathered dust due to the Aparoids going quiet after that. This parallels the Battle of Wolf 359 where a single Borg Cube destroyed 39 Starfleet vessels, and the subsequent fallout of this leading to the creation of dedicated warships such as the Defiant class that then went unused for a time due to the Borg threat diminishing.
** [[spoiler: The source controlling the Aparoids turns out to be the [[HiveQueen Aparoid Queen]], with her goal being the assimilation of all life in the universe in order to add to the Aparoid's own "perfection". Nine years prior, Film/StarTrekFirstContact established the existence of the Borg Queen who's goal was the same as all Borg, that being to achieve perfection by assimilating other species. Additionally, the Aparoid Queen attempts to use emotional manipulation to break the Star Fox team by means of speaking to them in the voices of assimilated friends and foes. The Borg Queen uses similar tactics to manipulate both Data and [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Seven of Nine]].]]
** The Aparoids are a cyborg race of insects race from outside the normal sphere of space where the Star Fox games take place, just like how the Borg are a cyborg race of various assimilated species hailing from the Delta Quadrant. Additionally, the Aparoids also assimilate the biology and technology of their enemies and add them to their own, as seen throughout the game.
** It is mentioned that seventeen years prior to the events of the game, a single Aparoid encountered a Cornerian fleet and wiped it out in its entirety, leading the Cornerians to develop countermeasures intended for the Aparoids that gathered dust due to the Aparoids going quiet after that. This parallels the Battle of Wolf 359 where a single Borg Cube destroyed 39 Starfleet vessels, and the subsequent fallout of this leading to the creation of dedicated warships such as the Defiant class that then went unused for a time due to the Borg threat diminishing.
** [[spoiler: The source controlling the Aparoids turns out to be the [[HiveQueen Aparoid Queen]], with her goal being the assimilation of all life in the universe in order to add to the Aparoid's own "perfection". Nine years prior, Film/StarTrekFirstContact established the existence of the Borg Queen who's goal was the same as all Borg, that being to achieve perfection by assimilating other species. Additionally, the Aparoid Queen attempts to use emotional manipulation to break the Star Fox team by means of speaking to them in the voices of assimilated friends and foes. The Borg Queen uses similar tactics to manipulate both Data and [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Seven of Nine]].]]
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* PretenderDiss: In previous games, Andross was typically depicted as a giant floating head and [[GiantHandsOfDoom hands]]. In this game, Andrew mimics this by transforms his warship into a head and hands. Falco is umnimpressed.
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* PretenderDiss: In previous games, Andross was typically depicted as a giant floating head and [[GiantHandsOfDoom hands]]. In this game, Andrew mimics this by transforms his warship into a head and hands. Falco is umnimpressed.unimpressed.
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* FromBadToWorse: The whole story. First, the threat of Andross is about to be put to an end for all time (unless ''Command'' is believed to be canon) when suddenly an aparoid presumably kills him and attacks Krystal; its species appears years after one destroyed an entire Cornerian fleet. Then, the Star Fox team finds a Core Memory leading to their homeworld, only for Pigma to steal it. Then they find that aparoids can infect machines. Then they find that they can infect ''organics'', and [[spoiler:Pigma]] is assimilated and destroyed. Star Fox gets that all-important Core Memory, but then they have to rush off and save Sauria, which is being overrun by aparoids. They save Sauria, only to find that [[spoiler:they ''annihilated'' Corneria and began assimilating General Pepper while they were busy on Sauria]]. They finally make it to the homeworld, only for the aparoids to [[spoiler:''assimilate the Great Fox'', and for Peppy to perform a HeroicSacrifice to allow them into the homeworld interior]]. Star Wolf shows up to aid them, but then they [[spoiler:perform another HeroicSacrifice to cover Star Fox as they enter the deepest part of the core]]. Star Fox fights through the [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip psychological warfare]] of the aparoid queen, and hit it with the self-destruct program, only for it to [[spoiler:''not work'']]. Things are only righted after the ''final'' final boss battle.
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* FromBadToWorse: The whole story. First, the threat of Andross Andrew is about to be put to an end for all time (unless ''Command'' is believed to be canon) when suddenly an aparoid presumably kills him and attacks Krystal; its species appears years after one destroyed an entire Cornerian fleet. Then, the Star Fox team finds a Core Memory leading to their homeworld, only for Pigma to steal it. Then they find that aparoids can infect machines. Then they find that they can infect ''organics'', and [[spoiler:Pigma]] is assimilated and destroyed. Star Fox gets that all-important Core Memory, but then they have to rush off and save Sauria, which is being overrun by aparoids. They save Sauria, only to find that [[spoiler:they ''annihilated'' Corneria and began assimilating General Pepper while they were busy on Sauria]]. They finally make it to the homeworld, only for the aparoids to [[spoiler:''assimilate the Great Fox'', and for Peppy to perform a HeroicSacrifice to allow them into the homeworld interior]]. Star Wolf shows up to aid them, but then they [[spoiler:perform another HeroicSacrifice to cover Star Fox as they enter the deepest part of the core]]. Star Fox fights through the [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip psychological warfare]] of the aparoid queen, and hit it with the self-destruct program, only for it to [[spoiler:''not work'']]. Things are only righted after the ''final'' final boss battle.
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* LoneWolfBoss: Puns aside, Star Wolf and his team are the only bosses in the game that have nothing to do with the Aparoids, nor are they upstaged by them like Andrew was. In fact, the entire level is completely devoid of Aparoid activity.
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* MusicalNod: Many of the locations that showed up in ''64'' have their themes remixed for this game such as Katina and Corneria.
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''Star Fox: Assault'' is the direct sequel to ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', and returned more to the genre and gameplay of the preceding ''VideoGame/StarFox'' games ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'' and ''VideoGame/StarFox64''. It was released on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube in 2005. Continuing the trend of all ''Star Fox'' games (except ''64''), the game was not developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}} itself -- this time, ''Assault'' was developed by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]].
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''Star Fox: Assault'' is the direct sequel to ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', and returned more to the genre and gameplay of the preceding ''VideoGame/StarFox'' ''Franchise/StarFox'' games ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'' (namely ''VideoGame/StarFox1'' and ''VideoGame/StarFox64''.''VideoGame/StarFox64''). It was released on UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube in 2005. Continuing the trend of all ''Star Fox'' games (except ''64''), the game was not developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}} itself -- this time, ''Assault'' was developed by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and ''Videogame/StarFoxAdventures'' were [[LighterAndSofter much more relaxed and lighthearted]] than their predecessors on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. ''Star Fox Assault'' returned the franchise to a decidedly darker tone, roughly as dark as the [[Videogame/StarFox1 SNES]] [[Videogame/StarFox2 games]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and ''Videogame/StarFoxAdventures'' ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' were [[LighterAndSofter much more relaxed and lighthearted]] than their predecessors on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. ''Star Fox Assault'' returned the franchise to a decidedly darker tone, roughly as dark as the [[Videogame/StarFox1 [[VideoGame/StarFox1 SNES]] [[Videogame/StarFox2 [[VideoGame/StarFox2 games]].
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** In contrast to how most levels aside from Sauria and some new to this game are from ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', Fortuna is from the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'', which was subject to the ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' [[ContinuityReboot reboot]].
** The ''Star Fox'' logo returned to a visual style resembling the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'' from 1993.
** The ''Star Fox'' logo returned to a visual style resembling the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'' from 1993.
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** In contrast to how most levels aside from Sauria and some new to this game are from ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', Fortuna is from the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'', ''VideoGame/StarFox1'', which was subject to the ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' [[ContinuityReboot reboot]].
** The ''Star Fox'' logo returned to a visual style resembling the original''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]'' ''VideoGame/StarFox1'' from 1993.
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* {{Retcon}}: [[VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures Dinosaur Planet]] is called Sauria in the game. Curiously, this is what the planet was named in the original ''[[VideoGame/DinosaurPlanetRare Dinosaur Planet]]'' before it became ''Star Fox Adventures''.
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* {{Retcon}}: [[VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures Dinosaur Planet]] is called Sauria in the game. Curiously, this is what the planet was named in the original ''[[VideoGame/DinosaurPlanetRare Dinosaur Planet]]'' ''VideoGame/{{Dinosaur Planet|Rare}}'' before it became ''Star Fox Adventures''.
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* GunshipRescue: A brief one during the Corneria mission. When Fox is ambushed by Aparoids on the rooftop, Wolf of all people arrives piloting his Wolfen to save him.
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* ColorCodedMultiplayer: Red, blue, yellow and green for the multiplayer mode.
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* CoolGate: The Cornerian fleet uses a giant green portal projected by a trio of satellites big enough to fit the Great Fox to jump to the Aparoid homeworld.
* TeleportationMisfire: The first time Fox calls for a Landmaster to be teleported to him it materializes in the middle of a swarm of Aparoids, prompting him to comment that the targeting system is as "sterling as ever."
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* TransformingMecha: [[spoiler: General Pepper's Ace Custom flagship]] can change its form, with its battle form using its wings as melee weapons.
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** Oikonny's flagship transforms into a giant floating mechanical monkey head with two floating hands, in homage to his uncle.
-->''Falco:'' "What's this? Some Andross wannabe?"\\
''Oikonny:'' "Watch your mouth! I'll show you!"
** [[spoiler: General Pepper's Ace Custom flagship]] can change its form, with its battle form using its wings as melee weapons.
** Oikonny's flagship transforms into a giant floating mechanical monkey head with two floating hands, in homage to his uncle.
-->''Falco:'' "What's this? Some Andross wannabe?"\\
''Oikonny:'' "Watch your mouth! I'll show you!"
** [[spoiler: General Pepper's Ace Custom flagship]] can change its form, with its battle form using its wings as melee weapons.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Averted. There's only one level featuring dinosaurs, and they're all dead. Except for Tricky, who's all grown up and makes a short cameo appearance.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: For both pilots and vehicles, although vehicles do start emitting purple smoke at low health.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: For both pilots and vehicles, although vehicles do start emitting purple smoke violet particle trails at low health.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: For both pilots and vehicles, although vehicles do start emitting purple smoke at low health.
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** At the briefing regarding the aparoids' invasion of Corneria, General Pepper pleads with the team to help them quickly before the communications are suddenly lost. Peppy suggests that Pepper is in danger. He was right, as Pepper's flagship was hijacked by the aparoids while fighting them.
** At Corneria, Peppy saves General Pepper's life by smashing an arwing into the latter's flagship before it crashes, showing the elderly pilot's willingness to risk his own life to help his loved ones.
** At Corneria, Peppy saves General Pepper's life by smashing an arwing into the latter's flagship before it crashes, showing the elderly pilot's willingness to risk his own life to help his loved ones.
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** At the briefing regarding the aparoids' invasion of Corneria, General Pepper pleads with the team to help them quickly before the communications are suddenly lost. [[spoiler: Peppy suggests that Pepper is in danger. He was right, as Pepper's flagship was hijacked by the aparoids while fighting them.
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** At Corneria, Peppy saves General Pepper's life by smashing anarwing Arwing into the latter's flagship before it crashes, [[spoiler: showing the elderly pilot's willingness to risk his own life to help his loved ones.ones]].
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* FightingYourFriend: Who is the boss of the Corneria level? [[ZombieInfectee Aparoid Infectee]] General Pepper.
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* FightingYourFriend: Who is the boss of the Corneria level? [[ZombieInfectee Aparoid Infectee]] [[spoiler: General Pepper.Pepper]].
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* DeathAsComedy: When Fox dies, he falls onto his stomach and wags his (white-tipped) tail back and forth, showing his defeat like when waving a white flag. In the alpha version of the game, Fox slowly raises his tail, also like a white flag for surrender.
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** When Fox dies, he falls onto his stomach and wags his (white-tipped) tail back and forth, showing his defeat like when waving a white flag. In the alpha version of the game, Fox slowly raises his tail, also like a white flag forsurrender.surrender.
** Slippy goes down with a pirouette.
** When Fox dies, he falls onto his stomach and wags his (white-tipped) tail back and forth, showing his defeat like when waving a white flag. In the alpha version of the game, Fox slowly raises his tail, also like a white flag for
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* DeathAsComedy: The characters' deaths are shown as pretty comical:
** Slippy goes down with a pirouette.
** When Fox dies, he falls onto his stomach and wags his (white-tipped) tail back and forth, showing his defeat like when waving a white flag. In the alpha version, Fox slowly raises his tail, also like a white flag for surrender.
** Slippy goes down with a pirouette.
** When Fox dies, he falls onto his stomach and wags his (white-tipped) tail back and forth, showing his defeat like when waving a white flag. In the alpha version, Fox slowly raises his tail, also like a white flag for surrender.
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Massive example crosswicking, including new trope examples I've added and also exported to the pertinent pages during the process. Not having had the chance to play the game will always remain a sore spot, because I looked forward to playing it after finishing Adventures. Oh well, at least I was able to contribute to its TV Tropes page. Watching a longplay of the game on Youtube also helped. =)
* AgitatedItemStomping: In the versus mode, if Wolf O'Donnell loses, he will angrily throw his [[RayGun blaster]] onto the ground, grind it with his foot, and look the other way.
* AirstrikeImpossible: The final mission has you flying into the core of the Aparoid home world, where the Aparoid Queen waits for you. The mission isn't actually all that difficult, however, given that it's a fairly wide tunnel and the enemies all approach from the front.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The boss on Fichina can only be destroyed by shooting a bomb into it. The tons of enemies it spits out drop bombs more often than not.
* AirstrikeImpossible: The final mission has you flying into the core of the Aparoid home world, where the Aparoid Queen waits for you. The mission isn't actually all that difficult, however, given that it's a fairly wide tunnel and the enemies all approach from the front.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The boss on Fichina can only be destroyed by shooting a bomb into it. The tons of enemies it spits out drop bombs more often than not.
* ArrowCam: The Multiplayer includes an example of this with the rocket launcher setting. Both players must use Arrow-Cam missiles, leading to "Jousting".
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The gatling gun, as explained below, is an immensely powerful weapon that fires faster than any other weapon, including the machine gun. However, it has only half the ammo of the machine gun, and it chews through it much faster. Given its rarity, you won't be getting ammo refills, so you have to either use it quite sparingly and hope you'll see it again before the level's up, or blow it quickly.
** It's most effectively used against divebombing arwings and the rather cumbersome landmasters
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* AttackPatternAlpha: In the opening, a Lylat officer orders his units to use "Battle Formation V", as in the shape of the formation.
* AttackTheTail: Hitting a character's head or tail does additional damage. Especially Fox and Krystal are vulnerable to tail hits.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The gatling gun, as explained below, is an immensely powerful weapon that fires faster than any other weapon, including the machine gun. However, it has only half the ammo of the machine gun, and it chews through it much faster. Given its rarity, you won't be getting ammo refills, so you have to either use it quite sparingly and hope you'll see it again before the level's up, or blow itquickly.
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* BackFromTheBrink: The Cornerian fleet is about to be decimated by Andrew's forces before the Great Fox suddenly warps in, whereupon Star Fox basically wipes out most of Andrew's army in a matter of minutes. Later on, [[spoiler:the Aparoids attack Corneria itself and even nearly assimilate [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure General Pepper]]]] in Star Fox's absence. As soon as they arrive to take care of business, the crisis is quickly averted.
* AttackTheTail: Hitting a character's head or tail does additional damage. Especially Fox and Krystal are vulnerable to tail hits.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The gatling gun, as explained below, is an immensely powerful weapon that fires faster than any other weapon, including the machine gun. However, it has only half the ammo of the machine gun, and it chews through it much faster. Given its rarity, you won't be getting ammo refills, so you have to either use it quite sparingly and hope you'll see it again before the level's up, or blow it
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* BackFromTheBrink: The Cornerian fleet is about to be decimated by Andrew's forces before the Great Fox suddenly warps in, whereupon Star Fox basically wipes out most of Andrew's army in a matter of minutes. Later on, [[spoiler:the Aparoids attack Corneria itself and even nearly assimilate [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure General Pepper]]]] in Star Fox's absence. As soon as they arrive to take care of business, the crisis is quickly averted.
* BattleThemeMusic: Like in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', the same battle theme is used for most bosses; and whenever the player controls Wolf, it is his {{Leitmotif}}.
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* BeePeople: The Aparoids are a species with not just a collective mind, but a collective existence, all ruled over by a queen. The titular team of heroes take advantage of this to beat them by [[spoiler: injecting a virus into the Aparoid Queen, which sends it out to every other Aparoid and destroys them.]]
* BigBad: The [[HiveQueen AparoidQueen.Queen]] is the leader of the Aparoids who intends to [[AssimilationPlot assimilate]] all life in the Lylat System into herself.
* BigBad: The [[HiveQueen Aparoid
* BodyHorror: Pigma undergoes [[spoiler:a horrific transformation at the hands of the Aparoids, in which he is assimilated into a spacecraft, turning his whole body into a giant, mutilated, vaguely cybernetic (but mostly organic-looking) pig's face, kept safe in a metallic cube which can open and close, hiding or revealing said face]].
* BoomInTheHand: Grenades are among the vast arsenal Fox can pick up during an on-foot mission. Grenades can be held for a while before exploding, and will begin to give off a noticeable glow beforehand, visually reminding the player to toss it quickly before this trope can apply.
* BossBanter: The game manages to use this to disturbing effect during a few of its boss fights: in the Asteroid Belt, Pigma gets assimilated and suffers a LossOfIdentity, General Pepper is taken over in the Corneria stage and [[ICannotSelfTerminate ''begs you'' to kill him]], and then [[spoiler: the Aparoid Queen tries to break the team's spirit via using the information gained from Pigma, Pepper, Rob and Peppy, even going far enough as to use the voice of Fox's father, James. This ends up backfiring, since the Queen didn't do her research on James.]]
* BossBanter: The game manages to use this to disturbing effect during a few of its boss fights: in the Asteroid Belt, Pigma gets assimilated and suffers a LossOfIdentity, General Pepper is taken over in the Corneria stage and [[ICannotSelfTerminate ''begs you'' to kill him]], and then [[spoiler: the Aparoid Queen tries to break the team's spirit via using the information gained from Pigma, Pepper, Rob and Peppy, even going far enough as to use the voice of Fox's father, James. This ends up backfiring, since the Queen didn't do her research on James.]]
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* CatchAFallingStar: Peppy catches the falling ship of General Pepper with his own arwing, slowing the fall enough to save his life. Wolf also saves Fox this way, [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou since he wants to take him down personally]].
* ClimacticBattleResurrection: The game ends with one, as Fox's home planet of Corneria, General Pepper, and Peppy all die Disney Deaths in the final battles with the Aparoids. Thankfully, [[HijackedByGanon Andross is nowhere to be found]]. Star Wolf apparently pulled a HeroicSacrifice as well, but they aren't seen after the battle. Fox muses it is definitely possible; and while the other characters actually did appear to die, Wolf's team was last seen being chased by the enemy so bringing them back would be easy.
* ClippedWingAngel: The Aparoid Queen. Both of her first forms require that you blast off her armor and get through her defenses in order to deal damage. Her final one, while having powerful attacks that can pulverize you if hit, is relatively easy to dodge and all of her body is vulnerable.
* ColossusClimb: The boss of the second mission, whose form is loosely reminiscent of a SpiderTank, needs to be hovered onto with the landmaster tank, since its weak point is in the center of its flat top.
* ClimacticBattleResurrection: The game ends with one, as Fox's home planet of Corneria, General Pepper, and Peppy all die Disney Deaths in the final battles with the Aparoids. Thankfully, [[HijackedByGanon Andross is nowhere to be found]]. Star Wolf apparently pulled a HeroicSacrifice as well, but they aren't seen after the battle. Fox muses it is definitely possible; and while the other characters actually did appear to die, Wolf's team was last seen being chased by the enemy so bringing them back would be easy.
* ClippedWingAngel: The Aparoid Queen. Both of her first forms require that you blast off her armor and get through her defenses in order to deal damage. Her final one, while having powerful attacks that can pulverize you if hit, is relatively easy to dodge and all of her body is vulnerable.
* ColossusClimb: The boss of the second mission, whose form is loosely reminiscent of a SpiderTank, needs to be hovered onto with the landmaster tank, since its weak point is in the center of its flat top.
* CorneredRattlesnake: Used in the opening level. Team Starfox has been chasing Andrew through the entire level only for him to finally turn around and face them. Peppy even warns the team that you never know what a cornered beast might do. Andrew responds by [[TransformingMecha turning his personal ship into an Andross-like copy of himself]] to begin the boss battle. When he's in the brink of defeat, Andrew prepares to keep fighting back... and then an Aparoid kills him instantly.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The Aparoids, who are an {{Expy}} of ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s Borg, as the main villains of the game. They intend to have all life in the universe be assimilated to the Queen.
* DeathAsComedy: When Fox dies, he falls onto his stomach and wags his (white-tipped) tail back and forth, showing his defeat like when waving a white flag. In the alpha version of the game, Fox slowly raises his tail, also like a white flag for surrender.
* DeathFromAbove: Multiplayer mode features a rare but incredibly powerful weapon which invokes this trope. It is a cylinder that, when planted in the ground, fires a multitude of [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows colored rockets]] that spread out and bombard the local area. This weapon achieves the widest spread but lowest density if you plant it on the nose of an Arwing you're flying high in the air.
* DeathFromAbove: Multiplayer mode features a rare but incredibly powerful weapon which invokes this trope. It is a cylinder that, when planted in the ground, fires a multitude of [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows colored rockets]] that spread out and bombard the local area. This weapon achieves the widest spread but lowest density if you plant it on the nose of an Arwing you're flying high in the air.
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* DistressCall: Several missions begin with one.
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* DistressCall: Several missions begin with one.There are two distress calls, an ordinary one from Katina (naturally, a trap) and a telepathic one from Sauria (which is overrun by the time the team gets there, but there are still survivors).
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:General Pepper]], finding himself and his flagship taken over by the Aparoids, begs and pleads for Fox to kill him as quickly as possible, so that he can die with his identity and honour intact, rather than being assimilated.
--> [[spoiler:'''General Pepper''': You would make me an accomplice to these... fiends?!]]
--> [[spoiler:'''General Pepper''': You would make me an accomplice to these... fiends?!]]
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* FantasticAesop: At the end of ''Assault'', after the aparoid queen is defeated, Fox begins [[ContemplateOurNavels getting all philosophical]] about the bugs' motives, eventually coming up with; "She tried to bypass evolution by stealing souls. But you have to be born with one." The Star Fox team all nod approvingly at Fox's sage words even as the player {{Face Palm}}s.
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* EvilVersusOblivion: Star Wolf teams up with Star Fox to take on Pigma, and later the Aparoids, with this line of logic. Wolf and his crew may be much more morally ambiguous about the jobs they take than Fox, but they're not about to watch the entire galaxy get turned into a HiveMind.
* {{Faceship}}: In the opening stage, Andrew (the nephew of the late Emperor Andross) transforms his flagship into a gigantic replica of his head as [[ContinuityNod a homage]] to the final battle of ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', where you fought Andross (who was nothing more than a giant disembodied head and hands).
* FantasticAesop: At the end of''Assault'', the game, after the aparoid queen is defeated, Fox begins [[ContemplateOurNavels getting all philosophical]] about the bugs' motives, eventually coming up with; "She tried to bypass evolution by stealing souls. But you have to be born with one." The Star Fox team all nod approvingly at Fox's sage words even as the player {{Face Palm}}s.
* {{Faceship}}: In the opening stage, Andrew (the nephew of the late Emperor Andross) transforms his flagship into a gigantic replica of his head as [[ContinuityNod a homage]] to the final battle of ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', where you fought Andross (who was nothing more than a giant disembodied head and hands).
* FantasticAesop: At the end of
* ForcedTutorial: Characters will constantly tell you how to defeat bosses in the very same messages.
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* FromBadToWorse: The whole story. First, the aparoids appear years after one destroyed an entire Cornerian fleet. Then, the Star Fox team finds a Core Memory leading to their homeworld, only for Pigma to steal it. Then they find that aparoids can infect machines. Then they find that they can infect ''organics'', and [[spoiler:Pigma]] is assimilated and destroyed. Star Fox gets that all-important Core Memory, but then they have to rush off and save Sauria, which is being overrun by aparoids. They save Sauria, only to find that [[spoiler:they ''annihilated'' Corneria and began assimilating General Pepper while they were busy on Sauria]]. They finally make it to the homeworld, only for the aparoids to [[spoiler:''assimilate the Great Fox'', and for Peppy to perform a HeroicSacrifice to allow them into the homeworld interior]]. Star Wolf shows up to aid them, but then they [[spoiler:perform another HeroicSacrifice to cover Star Fox as they enter the deepest part of the core]]. Star Fox fights through the [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip psychological warfare]] of the aparoid queen, and hit it with the self-destruct program, only for it to [[spoiler:''not work'']]. Whew. Things are righted after the ''final'' final boss battle, but seriously; how bleak can things ''get?''
** Not to mention the aparoids appear once Andross and presumably all his minions except Oikonny are dead, and Star Fox is fighting Oikonny. Basically, the threat of Andross is about to be put to an end for all time (unless ''Command'' is believed to be canon) when suddenly an aparoid presumably kills him and attacks Krystal, and then the aparoids become the main threat to the Lylat system, but a much bigger threat than even Andross was.
* FromBadToWorse: The whole story. First, the aparoids appear years after one destroyed an entire Cornerian fleet. Then, the Star Fox team finds a Core Memory leading to their homeworld, only for Pigma to steal it. Then they find that aparoids can infect machines. Then they find that they can infect ''organics'', and [[spoiler:Pigma]] is assimilated and destroyed. Star Fox gets that all-important Core Memory, but then they have to rush off and save Sauria, which is being overrun by aparoids. They save Sauria, only to find that [[spoiler:they ''annihilated'' Corneria and began assimilating General Pepper while they were busy on Sauria]]. They finally make it to the homeworld, only for the aparoids to [[spoiler:''assimilate the Great Fox'', and for Peppy to perform a HeroicSacrifice to allow them into the homeworld interior]]. Star Wolf shows up to aid them, but then they [[spoiler:perform another HeroicSacrifice to cover Star Fox as they enter the deepest part of the core]]. Star Fox fights through the [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip psychological warfare]] of the aparoid queen, and hit it with the self-destruct program, only for it to [[spoiler:''not work'']]. Whew. Things are righted after the ''final'' final boss battle, but seriously; how bleak can things ''get?''
** Not to mention the aparoids appear once Andross and presumably all his minions except Oikonny are dead, and Star Fox is fighting Oikonny. Basically, the threat of Andross is about to be put to an end for all time (unless ''Command'' is believed to be canon) when suddenly an aparoid presumably kills him and attacks Krystal, and then the aparoids become the main threat to the Lylat system, but a much bigger threat than even Andross was.
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* FromBadToWorse: The whole story. First, the
** Not to mention the aparoids appear once Andross and presumably all his minions except Oikonny are dead, and Star Fox is fighting Oikonny. Basically, the threat of Andross is about to be put to an end for all time (unless ''Command'' is believed to be canon) when suddenly an aparoid presumably kills him and attacks Krystal, and then the aparoids become the main threat to the Lylat system, but a much bigger threat than even Andross was.
* GracefulLandingClumsyLanding: In the takeoff sequence, the first three pilots, Fox, Falco, and Krystal, all leap gracefully into their cockpits. Slippy, well known as TheLoad and least competent fighter despite being a GadgeteerGenius, faceplants into his.
* HiveMind: The Aparoids think collectively; further proven when the Aparoid Queen starts speaking weirdly.
* HordeOfAlienLocusts: The aparoids qualify due to the fact that when you fight the queen at the end, she insists that the entire universe and everything in it would be consumed by them.
* HyperspaceArsenal: ''Assault'' is the only other game in the series (the first being ''Adventures'') with "on-foot" segments, characters are capable of carrying multiple heavy weapons at once (including sniper rifles, miniguns, and rocket launchers) but the only one visible is the one they are currently using.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:General Pepper in Mission 7]]. The Aparoids have taken over his ship and threaten to take over himself as well. During the fight, he keeps asking to be killed before that happens. Subverted in that Peppy dives in to soften the ships fall and Pepper survives in the end. Also later in the game, [[spoiler:Peppy sacrifices the infested Great Fox to break through a defensive shield]].
* HyperspaceArsenal: ''Assault'' is the only other game in the series (the first being ''Adventures'') with "on-foot" segments, characters are capable of carrying multiple heavy weapons at once (including sniper rifles, miniguns, and rocket launchers) but the only one visible is the one they are currently using.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:General Pepper in Mission 7]]. The Aparoids have taken over his ship and threaten to take over himself as well. During the fight, he keeps asking to be killed before that happens. Subverted in that Peppy dives in to soften the ships fall and Pepper survives in the end. Also later in the game, [[spoiler:Peppy sacrifices the infested Great Fox to break through a defensive shield]].
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: At one point in the penultimate level, Peppy Hare states "Fox, Krystal, Falco, Slippy... I'm proud to have served alongside you", although when asked what he means, Peppy claims he was just babbling. Turns out, it was foreshadowing [[spoiler:his attempted HeroicSacrifice where he rams the almost-Aparoidized Great Fox into the shield generator of the planet]]
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: During the fourth mission, Fox notes that the Katina Outpost that was sending a distress signal is far too quiet, and in preparation he draws his gun. A few seconds later, Fox is locked in as Aparoids begin showing up.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: During the fourth mission, Fox notes that the Katina Outpost that was sending a distress signal is far too quiet, and in preparation he draws his gun. A few seconds later, Fox is locked in as Aparoids begin showing up.
* KillEnemiesToOpen: As Fox goes on foot across the interior of the Aparoids' homeworld, he'll reach corridors and areas where the entrance and exit are blocked by life-force barriers, trapping him so the incoming Aparoids attempt to kill him. The barriers will only dispel once Fox dispatches them all.
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* LaughingMad: Pigma Dengar.
* LeatherMan: Wolf, ''so'' much this time around.
* LeatherMan: Wolf, ''so'' much this time around.
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* LastEpisodeThemeReprise: The game does this during its final boss fight with the theme heard when you turn on the game. It comes in triumphantly 43 seconds into the song. Even better if you can manage to [[spoiler:break off the Aparoid Queen's dragon head and have Fox shout, [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya "Here I come you evil space hag!"]]]]
%%* LaughingMad: Pigma Dengar.
* %%* LeatherMan: Wolf, ''so'' much this time around.around.
* LipLock: The briefings are edited to match the lip flaps to the dubbed voices, though this results in the characters being less expressive than in the Japanese version.
%%* LaughingMad: Pigma Dengar.
* LipLock: The briefings are edited to match the lip flaps to the dubbed voices, though this results in the characters being less expressive than in the Japanese version.
* MechanicalInsects: The Aparoids, which are an entire race of mechanical insects out to assimilate all life in the Lylat System.
* MillionToOneChance: The final battle has the FinalBoss mention a zero chance of victory for the protagonists. It is entirely possible to win the battle; however, the announcement of the zero chance is in fact an attempted MindScrew by the BigBad.
* MillionToOneChance: The final battle has the FinalBoss mention a zero chance of victory for the protagonists. It is entirely possible to win the battle; however, the announcement of the zero chance is in fact an attempted MindScrew by the BigBad.
* MixedAnimalSpeciesTeam: After Pigma was banned from Star Wolf with Oikonny quitting the team to follow on Andross's footsteps, Panther Carosso joined the team.
* MookMaker: The game features Aparoid hatchers and transfer devices that spawn enemies until they're destroyed.
* MookMaker: The game features Aparoid hatchers and transfer devices that spawn enemies until they're destroyed.
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** Wolf's outfit brought back the shoulder spikes that characterized his outfit in the unreleased ''VideoGame/StarFox2''.
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** Wolf's outfit brought back the shoulder spikes that characterized his outfit in the ''VideoGame/StarFox2'', which had been unreleased ''VideoGame/StarFox2''.until 2017 (12 years after the release of ''Assault'').
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Peppy has [[spoiler:an Apparoid infection on his right arm, receives a few explosions in the face and has the Great Fox blow up with him in it]] and he [[spoiler:appears in the end with only an injury in the face]].
* NoSell: There are enemies in the on-foot segments that are immune to Fox's machine gun, and can only be defeated with a stronger weapon like the rockets. Peppy makes sure to remind Fox of this when he's shooting at an enemy with the wrong weapon.
* NostalgiaLevel: Several missions take place in planets that were visited in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', while another one takes place in Fortuna from the original ''VideoGame/StarFox1'' (albeit previously unexplored in the continuity that began with ''64'', so it also doubles as MythologyGag), and yet another in Sauria from ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' (implied to be close to Walled City, due to the pyramidal ruins). Considering the ''very'' high stakes raised by the threat of the Aparoids in all of Lylat System (even surpassing that of Andross in previous games), this trope is fitting for the game.
* NoSell: There are enemies in the on-foot segments that are immune to Fox's machine gun, and can only be defeated with a stronger weapon like the rockets. Peppy makes sure to remind Fox of this when he's shooting at an enemy with the wrong weapon.
* NostalgiaLevel: Several missions take place in planets that were visited in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', while another one takes place in Fortuna from the original ''VideoGame/StarFox1'' (albeit previously unexplored in the continuity that began with ''64'', so it also doubles as MythologyGag), and yet another in Sauria from ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'' (implied to be close to Walled City, due to the pyramidal ruins). Considering the ''very'' high stakes raised by the threat of the Aparoids in all of Lylat System (even surpassing that of Andross in previous games), this trope is fitting for the game.
* OddballInTheSeries: Though not to the same extent as its predecessor ''Adventures'' (an oddball itself), the game still presents on-foot segments, and this time in the form of ThirdPersonShooter areas, with so many missions based around them that there are only a small handful of the on-rails segments that the series is known for.
* PlasmaCannon: There's a plasma cannon that Fox uses in two missions while riding on a teammate's wing, it's about the size of a rocket launcher, is very powerful, and fully automatic.
* PretenderDiss: In previous games, Andross was typically depicted as a giant floating head and [[GiantHandsOfDoom hands]]. In this game, Andrew mimics this by transforms his warship into a head and hands. Falco is umnimpressed.
-->"What's this? An Andross wannabe?"
-->"What's this? An Andross wannabe?"
* ResistanceIsFutile: The Aparoids, apparently inspired by the Borg of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fame, spout lines like this. Well, the Queen and Pigma do, the rest aren't much for talking.
* ResistTheBeast: General Pepper [[spoiler:is infected with [[TheVirus the Aparoid infection]], and has to be fought in a boss battle. The whole time, he tells Fox and crew to just finish him off, ending with "never thought I'd be fighting all of you" before the process takes him over completely]].
* RespawningEnemies: The game handwaves it with generators that will teleport in enemy reinforcements, and actually makes a point about airborne enemy presence being possibly overwhelming for your teammates due to this, so if you take too long, you'll have to take to the skies and shoot down baddies for a while. Unfortunately, a large number of generators can only be reached by foot or tank.
* ResistTheBeast: General Pepper [[spoiler:is infected with [[TheVirus the Aparoid infection]], and has to be fought in a boss battle. The whole time, he tells Fox and crew to just finish him off, ending with "never thought I'd be fighting all of you" before the process takes him over completely]].
* RespawningEnemies: The game handwaves it with generators that will teleport in enemy reinforcements, and actually makes a point about airborne enemy presence being possibly overwhelming for your teammates due to this, so if you take too long, you'll have to take to the skies and shoot down baddies for a while. Unfortunately, a large number of generators can only be reached by foot or tank.
* RocketTagGameplay: There are several multi-player game modes that result in this, such as Rocket Launcher fights and Sure Shot Scuffle which renders every shot a one-hit kill. Then there's Sniper Showdown, which limits weapons to only Sniper Rifles but gives them infinite ammo. Sniper Rifles are also probably the most powerful weapon, one-shotting anyone unless you have a low Pilot Skill and your opponent has high health (i.e. Krystal Vs. Wolf) but even then it's still just one more shot. And unlike most shooters, you don't need a headshot, as long as the bullet hits, bye bye goes the healthbar.
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* SecretCharacter: Wolf and Peppy in Versus Mode.
* ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: The final boss.
* ShoutOut: The aparoids, in a last-ditch effort to prevent the completion of the aparoid self-destruct program, has various missiles that are both sent via hyperspace wormhole and implied to be powerful enough to destroy a planet should they target it (especially the largest segmented one), similar to the particle disintegrator warheads fired by the Galaxy Gun in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''.
* ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: The final boss.
* ShoutOut: The aparoids, in a last-ditch effort to prevent the completion of the aparoid self-destruct program, has various missiles that are both sent via hyperspace wormhole and implied to be powerful enough to destroy a planet should they target it (especially the largest segmented one), similar to the particle disintegrator warheads fired by the Galaxy Gun in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''.
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* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: The game's cover shows Fox aiming at the camera that is following him.
* SecretCharacter:Wolf and The Multiplayer mode lets you play as the core Star Fox team, but Peppy and Wolf O' Donnell can be unlocked. The latter has the same total stats as Fox, but has three maxed out skills (a maxed out speed in Versus Mode.
particular that lets him run around all the other characters).
* ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: Thefinal boss.
FinalBoss tries to pull this, although only with voices from the various people that died (or are presumed dead) during the storyline, including Fox's father James. Which is the clincher, since Fox knows that "[[OutOfCharacterAlert my father would]] ''[[OutOfCharacterAlert never]]'' [[OutOfCharacterAlert tell me to give up!]]"
*ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** The aparoids, in a last-ditch effort to prevent the completion of the aparoid self-destruct program, has various missiles that are both sent via hyperspace wormhole and implied to be powerful enough to destroy a planet should they target it (especially the largest segmented one), similar to the particle disintegrator warheads fired by the Galaxy Gun in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''.
* SecretCharacter:
* ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: The
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** The aparoids, in a last-ditch effort to prevent the completion of the aparoid self-destruct program, has various missiles that are both sent via hyperspace wormhole and implied to be powerful enough to destroy a planet should they target it (especially the largest segmented one), similar to the particle disintegrator warheads fired by the Galaxy Gun in ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire''.
* ShowsDamage: Like ''Star Fox 64'', this game shows this kind of damage when the Arwing is low on shield, in this case by way of violet particle trails. The lower the shielding, the more frequent it becomes.
* SingleBiomePlanet: As usual, most planets in Lylat system except Sauria lore-wise (even then, unlike in ''Adventures'', only a specific region of it is visited this time, serving as a GreenHillZone level combined with TempleOfDoom). Of special note is Fortuna, which returns from the original SNES game and is very Earth-like, complete with plant-filled plains and expanses of water.
* SinisterGeometry: The structures on the Aparoid homeworld are symmetrical. The Aparoids are bent on assimilation.
* SingleBiomePlanet: As usual, most planets in Lylat system except Sauria lore-wise (even then, unlike in ''Adventures'', only a specific region of it is visited this time, serving as a GreenHillZone level combined with TempleOfDoom). Of special note is Fortuna, which returns from the original SNES game and is very Earth-like, complete with plant-filled plains and expanses of water.
* SinisterGeometry: The structures on the Aparoid homeworld are symmetrical. The Aparoids are bent on assimilation.
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* TheStinger: After the credits, [[spoiler:Star Fox successfully escapes the Aparoid Homeworld and they soon discover that Peppy and ROB 64 have survived the destruction of the Great Fox]].
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* TheStinger: After the credits, [[spoiler:Star Fox successfully escapes the Aparoid Homeworld SlippySlideyIceWorld: Fichina, like in previous games. The dense snowfall and they soon discover that Peppy fog make visibility difficult.
* SniperRifle: The Sniper Rifle is lethal regardless of where you hit. It's only limited by coming with low amounts of ammo andROB 64 have survived the destruction of the Great Fox]].requiring you to be zoomed in.
* SniperRifle: The Sniper Rifle is lethal regardless of where you hit. It's only limited by coming with low amounts of ammo and
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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Remember the ThornTails that Fox worked so hard to save numerous times in ''Adventure''? When we first see them in this game, they have been killed by the aparoids.]]
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* TheStinger: After the credits, [[spoiler:Star Fox successfully escapes the Aparoid Homeworld and they soon discover that Peppy and ROB 64 have survived the destruction of the Great Fox]].
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome:[[spoiler: Remember [[spoiler:Remember the ThornTails [=ThornTails=] that Fox worked so hard to save numerous times in ''Adventure''? ''Adventures''? When we first see them in this game, they have been killed by the aparoids.]]]]
* SuperPersistentMissile: Predator Rockets. These are one of the few, if not the only, weapon that will hunt down Arwings and Wolfens even if the target does a loop.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Pigma is disturbed to find that he's talking in his sleep. [[spoiler:considering that it's because he's [[NightmareFuel being assimilated by the Aparoids]], it's for good reason.]]
* TechnicolorDeath: The Aparoid Queen falls into the core of the Aparoid Homeworld and is vaporized in a flash of blue light, letting out a horrifying synthetic screech as it bursts apart.
* TheBattleDidntCount: You very clearly defeat Star Wolf by shooting down their ships, causing them to explode, but they are perfectly fine in the immediately following cutscene.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome:
* SuperPersistentMissile: Predator Rockets. These are one of the few, if not the only, weapon that will hunt down Arwings and Wolfens even if the target does a loop.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Pigma is disturbed to find that he's talking in his sleep. [[spoiler:considering that it's because he's [[NightmareFuel being assimilated by the Aparoids]], it's for good reason.]]
* TechnicolorDeath: The Aparoid Queen falls into the core of the Aparoid Homeworld and is vaporized in a flash of blue light, letting out a horrifying synthetic screech as it bursts apart.
* TheBattleDidntCount: You very clearly defeat Star Wolf by shooting down their ships, causing them to explode, but they are perfectly fine in the immediately following cutscene.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:General Pepper]], who begs for you to kill him during the entire fight as his body and ship are controlled by the aparoids.
* TransformingMecha: [[spoiler: General Pepper's Ace Custom flagship]] can change its form, with its battle form using its wings as melee weapons.
* TransformingMecha: [[spoiler: General Pepper's Ace Custom flagship]] can change its form, with its battle form using its wings as melee weapons.
* VillainousRescue: In the Corneria level, Fox is about to get into his Arwing and rejoin his teammates in the skies above after destroying several radar jammers. Suddenly, the ship is destroyed and he's surrounded by Aparoids, only to be saved by none other than Wolf O'Donnell and the rest of Team Star Wolf. Wolf says that he's only helping Fox because he plans to kill him later, though [[{{Tsundere}} Panther and Leon seem to think otherwise]].
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* WarComesHome: Played straight with a level called "War Comes Home" in which the Aparoid Army launches a devastating attack on Corneria, the home planet of Fox and other pilots on his team. By the time he gets there, the battle is pretty much lost and the Aparoids are running cleanup on the cities below. Fox has to fight his hardest to drive them off with minimal support. Ironically, this occurs just after a mission Fox takes to defend Sauria, the homeworld of his teammate and love interest, Krystal.
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* WarComesHome: Played straight with a level called "War Comes Home" in which the Aparoid Army launches a devastating attack on Corneria, the home planet of Fox and other pilots on his team. By the time he gets there, the battle is pretty much lost and the Aparoids are running cleanup on the cities below. Fox has to fight his hardest to drive them off with minimal support. Ironically, this occurs just after a mission Fox takes to defend Sauria, the homeworld of his teammate and love interest, Krystal.Krystal.
* WeatherControlMachine: Inverted in the fourth mission, where the machine keeps the frequent blizzards on Fichina in check, and needs to be repaired before the planet becomes completely uninhabitable again.
* WeatherControlMachine: Inverted in the fourth mission, where the machine keeps the frequent blizzards on Fichina in check, and needs to be repaired before the planet becomes completely uninhabitable again.
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* WhamShot: Oikonny gets taken down by a beam out of nowhere, [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains establishing the aparoids as the main villains]].
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* WhamShot: Oikonny gets taken down by a beam out of nowhere, [[MakeWayForTheNewVillains establishing the aparoids as the main villains]].villains]].
* WintryAuroralSky: When Fichina's planetary wheather is stabilized once again during the fourth mission, the snowfall ends and the night sky clears up, revealing a beautiful green auroral belt. Unfortunately, Fox won't get to enjoy it, as by that point the Aparoids begin to counterattack and he has to retaliate from Falco's Arwing (and later from his).
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* WintryAuroralSky: When Fichina's planetary wheather is stabilized once again during the fourth mission, the snowfall ends and the night sky clears up, revealing a beautiful green auroral belt. Unfortunately, Fox won't get to enjoy it, as by that point the Aparoids begin to counterattack and he has to retaliate from Falco's Arwing (and later from his).
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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Remember the ThornTails that Fox worked so hard to save numerous times in ''Adventure''? When we first see them in this game, they have been killed by the aparoids.]]
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* FungusHumongous: The main form of life on the portion of Katina visited in this game (its previous appearance involved a battle on a more arid part of the planet).
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Sauria'' mission, it is suggested by Slippy and Peppy that the [=SharpClaw=] and [=CloudRunner=] tribes may have been driven to extinction by the aparoids.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Sauria'' Sauria mission, it is suggested by Slippy and Peppy that the [=SharpClaw=] and [=CloudRunner=] tribes may have been driven to extinction by the aparoids.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Sauria'' mission, it is suggested by Slippy and Peppy that the [=SharpClaw=] and [[=CloudRunner=]] tribes may have been driven to extinction by the aparoids.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Sauria'' mission, it is suggested by Slippy and Peppy that the [=SharpClaw=] and [[=CloudRunner=]] [=CloudRunner=] tribes may have been driven to extinction by the aparoids.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Sauria'' mission, it is suggested by Slippy that the [=SharpClaw=] tribe may have been driven to extinction by the aparoids.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the ''Sauria'' mission, it is suggested by Slippy and Peppy that the [=SharpClaw=] tribe and [[=CloudRunner=]] tribes may have been driven to extinction by the aparoids.
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* WarComesHome: Played straight with a level called "War Comes Home" in which the Aparoid Army launches a devastating attack on Corneria, the home planet of Fox and other pilots on his team. By the time he gets there, the battle is pretty much lost and the Aparoids are running cleanup on the cities below. Fox has to fight his hardest to drive them off with minimal support. Ironically, this occurs just after a mission Fox takes to defend Sauria, the homeworld of his teammate and love interest, Krystal.
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* BoomHeadshot: The sniper rifle does bonus damage if it hits someone in the head, however it also does so much damage in general, Wolf is the only character with a health score high enough to survive a shot from it in general and thus requires a headshot.
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* RadarIsUseless: {{Invoked}} in the mission "War Comes Home" when the Aparoids unleash radar jammers to block the heroes' counterattack. Fox has to manually destroy each jammer with a sniper rifle, and the radar becomes more reliable with every one taken out.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and ''Videogame/StarFoxAdventures'' were [[LighterAndSofter much more relaxed and lighthearted]] than their predecessors on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. ''Star Fox Assault'' returned the franchise to a decidedly darker tone, though not nearly as dark as the [[Videogame/StarFox1 SNES]] [[Videogame/StarFox2 games]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and ''Videogame/StarFoxAdventures'' were [[LighterAndSofter much more relaxed and lighthearted]] than their predecessors on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. ''Star Fox Assault'' returned the franchise to a decidedly darker tone, though not nearly roughly as dark as the [[Videogame/StarFox1 SNES]] [[Videogame/StarFox2 games]].
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* RememberTheNewGuy: When we first see the Aparoids, the first statements in the game uttered about it appear to sound as if that the Lylat system has dealt with them before.
