History YMMV / StarFoxAdventures

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler:Andross being [[HijackedByGanon revealed as the real villain of the game]]. Considering it was an eleventh hour addition to the game, there is ''no'' foreshadowing or buildup to it, and the game gives no explanation for how he came back after being killed in ''Star Fox 64'', with [[AllThereInTheManual the explanation being in a Japan-only manga set between the game and 64, explaining that the Andross in Adventures was a clone created by a rogue Cornerian officer]].]]

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler:Andross being [[HijackedByGanon revealed as the real villain of the game]]. Considering it was an eleventh hour addition to the game, there is ''no'' foreshadowing or buildup to it, and the game gives no explanation for how he came back after being killed in ''Star Fox 64'', with [[[AllThereInTheManual the explanation being in a Japan-only manga set between the game and 64, explaining that the Andross in Adventures is a clone created by a rogue Cornerian officer]].]]

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler:Andross being [[HijackedByGanon revealed as the real villain of the game]]. Considering it was an eleventh hour addition to the game, there is ''no'' foreshadowing or buildup to it, and the game gives no explanation for how he came back after being killed in ''Star Fox 64''.]]

** Neither game was originally conceived as they are in their released form. The developers at Rare intended to release ''Dinosaur Planet'' as a new IP before Shigeru Miyamoto gave them the idea of rebranding the game as ''Star Fox Adventures''. Nintendo themselves originally planned to create a direct sequel to ''the Wind Waker'' until, due to the latter's low sales, Aonuma asked Miyamoto for the game to take a different, more realistic direction and eventually turn it into ''Twilight Princess''.

** Neither game was originally conceived as they are in their released form. The developers at Rare intended to release ''Dinosaur Planet'' as a new IP before Shigeru Miyamoto requested them to rebrand the game as ''Star Fox Adventures''. Nintendo themselves originally planned to create a direct sequel to ''the Wind Waker'' until, due to the latter's low sales, Aonuma asked Miyamoto for the game to take a different, more realistic direction and eventually turn it into ''Twilight Princess''.

** [[InsaneAdmiral General Scales]] is the brutal leader of the [=SharpClaw=] tribe who wishes to rule Dinosaur Planet. With the aid of [[spoiler: Andross]], Scales steals the Spell Stones, slaughtering the [=EarthWalkers=] sent to stop him. This causes the planet to become dangerously unstable, threatening to affect the entire Lylat system if it explodes. Scales then imprisons the Gatekeepers as well as the [=EarthWalker=] Royal Family. Scales forces the [=SnowHorn=] Gatekeeper's daughter to open a Gate to [=DarkIce=] Mines by threatening to slaughter her tribe, and [[ExactWords fulfills his promise not to kill them]] by enslaving them in said mine. He conquers the [=SkyRunner=] Fortress and has his men beat and imprison the [=SkyRunner=] Queen. He releases the vicious [=RedEye=] Tribe into the Walled City, driving the [=EarthWalkers=] out of most of the City. He transforms Dragon Rock into a wasteland and performs experiments on dinosaurs to turn them into dangerous bioweapons. [[BadBoss Cruel even to his own tribe]], Scales stands out as one of Star Fox Team's cruelest foes.

* HarsherInHindsight: Over the course of the game, you can buy and later deliver Cheat Tokens to unlock cheats or special messages. The very last Token (buyable in the Ocean Force Point Temple once Fox is on the way to put into place the final Spellstone and then proceed to the last part of the game) unlocks the following message upon being delivered in the Warpstone's maze in Thorntail Hollow: "There is sorrow ahead. A close friend does not have much time left. It will be hard to accept but you will grow". In-game, this message is foreshadowing the farewell between Fox and Tricky, but becomes doubly somber when you remember that this game, released in September 2002, was the final game released by Rareware before their departure from Nintendo after they were bought by Microsoft, finishing a succesful partnership that released many popular video games in the past. The only consolation is that, as far as the ''Star Fox'' universe goes, Fox and Tricky met again in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault''.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Sadly, the game seems to be best, if not exclusively known for the ExecutiveMeddling that happened behind the scenes than for its own merits, though Creator/{{Rare}}'s departure from Creator/{{Nintendo}} sometime afterwards and eventually being bought out by Creator/MicrosoftStudios after this game certainly doesn't help matters.

** [[InsaneAdmiral General Scales]] is the brutal leader of the [=SharpClaw=] tribe who wishes to rule Dinosaur Planet. With the aid of Andross, Scales steals the Spell Stones, slaughtering the [=EarthWalkers=] sent to stop him. This causes the planet to become dangerously unstable, threatening to affect the entire Lylat system if it explodes. Scales then imprisons the Gatekeepers as well as the [=EarthWalker=] Royal Family. Scales forces the [=SnowHorn=] Gatekeeper's daughter to open a Gate to [=DarkIce=] Mines by threatening to slaughter her tribe, and [[ExactWords fulfills his promise not to kill them]] by enslaving them in said mine. He conquers the [=SkyRunner=] Fortress and has his men beat and imprison the [=SkyRunner=] Queen. He releases the vicious [=RedEye=] Tribe into the Walled City, driving the [=EarthWalkers=] out of most of the City. He transforms Dragon Rock into a wasteland and performs experiments on dinosaurs to turn them into dangerous bioweapons. [[BadBoss Cruel even to his own tribe]], Scales stands out as one of Star Fox Team's cruelest foes.

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:General Scales]], whose fight against Fox only lasts for a few seconds til [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss]] shows up. Andross Himself sadly isn't the strongest last fight ever.

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:General Scales]], whose fight against Fox only lasts for a few seconds until [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss]] shows up.

* CompleteMonster: [[InsaneAdmiral General Scales]] is the brutal leader of the [=SharpClaw=] tribe who wishes to rule Dinosaur Planet. With the aid of Andross, Scales steals the Spell Stones, slaughtering the [=EarthWalkers=] sent to stop him. This causes the planet to become dangerously unstable, threatening to affect the entire Lylat system if it explodes. Scales then imprisons the Gatekeepers as well as the [=EarthWalker=] Royal Family. Scales forces the [=SnowHorn=] Gatekeeper's daughter to open a Gate to [=DarkIce=] Mines by threatening to slaughter her tribe, and [[ExactWords fulfills his promise not to kill them]] by enslaving them in said mine. He conquers the [=SkyRunner=] Fortress and has his men beat and imprison the [=SkyRunner=] Queen. He releases the vicious [=RedEye=] Tribe into the Walled City, driving the [=EarthWalkers=] out of most of the City. He transforms Dragon Rock into a wasteland and performs experiments on dinosaurs to turn them into dangerous bioweapons. [[BadBoss Cruel even to his own tribe]], Scales stands out as one of Star Fox Team's cruelest foes.

* GameBreaker: Not that the game is hard to begin with, but the staff's energy shield removes any kind of tension from certain encounters. The shield envelopes Fox in a dome of light that blocks [[NoSell all]] damage and it can be used indefinitely since, unlike other abilities, it isn't tied to your magic meter. Don't want to put up with dodging fire on the conveyor belts in the Dark Ice Mines? Use the shield and just ride them out. Don't want to keep running away from the Red Eye King? Use the shield and watch as he walks over you harmlessly.

* HarsherInHindsight: Over the course of the game, you can buy and later deliver Cheat Tokens to unlock cheats or special messages. The very last Token (buyable in the Ocean Force Point Temple once Fox is on the way to put into place the final Spellstone and then proceed to the last part of the game) unlocks the following message upon being delivered in the Warpstone's maze in Thorntail Hollow: "There is sorrow ahead. A valued friendship doesn't have much time left. It will be hard to accept, but you'll move on". In-game, this message is foreshadowing the farewell between Fox and Tricky, but becomes doubly somber when you remember that this game, released in September 2002, was the final game released by Rareware before their departure from Nintendo after they were bought by Microsoft, finishing a succesful partnership that released many popular video games in the past. The only consolation is that, as far as the ''Star Fox'' universe goes, Fox and Tricky met again in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault''.

* BreatherBoss: The Krazoa Test of Strength is significantly less brutal than either the Test of Fear, the previous Krazoa test, or the Lightfoot Test of Strength, which uses the same mechanics, both of which are listed below under ThatOneLevel.

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** Most of Tricky's soundbites. "A ''bad'' guy!" "Look at ''this''!" "I'm ''hungry''!" "There's ''some''thing ''near''!" "LetsPlay!"
** The screeching laughter of those swooping enemies.
** According to reviewers such as WebVideo/JonTron, anytime a character speaks [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign in Dinosaur Planet's native language]] only for them to suddenly delve into perfect English.

* CompleteMonster: [[InsaneAdmiral General Scales]] is the brutal leader of the [=SharpClaw=] tribe who wishes to rule Dinosaur Planet. With the aid of Andross, Scales steals the Spell Stones, slaughtering the [=EarthWalkers=] sent to stop him. This causes the planet to become dangerously unstable, threatening to effect the entire Lylat system if it explodes. Scales then imprisons the Gatekeepers as well as the [=EarthWalker=] Royal Family. Scales forces the [=SnowHorn=] Gatekeeper's daughter to open a Gate to [=DarkIce=] Mines by threatening to slaughter her tribe, and [[ExactWords fulfills his promise not to kill them]] by enslaving them in said mine. He conquers the [=SkyRunner=] Fortress and has his men beat and imprison the [=SkyRunner=] Queen. He releases the vicious [=RedEye=] Tribe into the Walled City, driving the [=EarthWalkers=] out of most of the City. He transforms Dragon Rock into a wasteland and performs experiments on dinosaurs to turn them into dangerous bioweapons. [[BadBoss Cruel even to his own tribe]], Scales stands out as one of Star Fox Team's cruelest foes.

* CompleteMonster: [[InsaneAdmiral General Scales]] is the brutal leader of the [=SharpClaw=] tribe who wishes to rule Dinosaur Planet. With the aid of Andross, Scales steals the Spell Stones, causing the planet to become unstable. Scales then imprisons the Gatekeepers as well as the [=EarthWalker=] Royal Family. Scales forces the [=SnowHorn=] Gatekeeper's daughter to open a Gate to [=DarkIce=] Mines by threatening to slaughter her tribe, and [[ExactWords fulfills his promise not to kill them]] by enslaving them in said mine. He conquers the [=SkyRunner=] Fortress and has his men beat and imprison the [=SkyRunner=] Queen. He releases the vicious [=RedEye=] Tribe into the Walled City, driving the [=EarthWalkers=] out of most of the City. He transforms Dragon Rock into a wasteland and performs experiments on dinosaurs to turn them into dangerous bioweapons. [[BadBoss Cruel even to his own tribe]], Scales stands out as one of Star Fox Team's cruelest foes.

* GameBreaker: Not that the game is hard to begin with, but the staff's energy shield turns removes any kind of tension from certain encounters. The shield envelopes Fox in a dome of light that blocks [[NoSell all]] damage and it can be used indefinitely since, unlike other abilities, it isn't tied to your magic meter. Don't want to put up with dodging fire on the conveyor belts in the Dark Ice Mines? Use the shield and just ride them out. Don't want to keep running away from the Red Eye King? Use the shield and watch as he walks over you harmlessly.

* GameBreaker: Not that the game is hard to begin with, but the staff's energy shield turns removes any kind of tension from certain encounters. The shield envelopes Fox in a dome of light that blocks [[NoSell all]] damage and it can be used indefinitely since, unlike other abilities, it isn't tied to your magic meter. Don't want to put up with dodging fire on the conveyor belts in the Dark Ice Mines? Use the shield and just ride them out. Don't want to keep runnign away from the Red Eye King? Use the shield and watch as he walks over you harmlessly.

* GameBreaker: Not that the game is hard to begin with, but the staff's energy shield turns removes any kind of tension from certain encounters. The shield envelopes Fox in a dome of light that blocks [[NoSell all]] damage and it can be used indefinitely since, unlike other abilities, it isn't tied to your magic meter. Don't put up with dodging fire on the conveyor belts in the Dark Ice Mines? Use the shield and just ride them out. Don't want to keep runnign away from the Red Eye King? Use the shield and watch as he walks over you harmlessly.