History YMMV / StarFoxAdventures

* * TheScrappy: True, you don't have to be pressured into saving your companions, especially Slippy from getting shot down, but Slippy still has this, Even though he' voiced by Chris Seavor this time, he speaks with a jarring falestto.

* ThatOneBoss: Drakor is going to give a bad time to those who aren't used to ButtonMashing, especially since he and Fox are moving very fast through the battlefield during the fight.

** The day and night cycle, while common to adventure games, holds no positve merit here. The only thing that will happen at night is that the music will change and friendly NPCs will go to sleep. In some cases, these are the same NPCs that you need to talk to in order to advance the plot or solve a puzzle. A notable example is your first trip through the Snowhorn Wastes where you need to feed a Snowhorn two roots in order for him to give you the means to leave. When night comes, Fox can do nothing but stand around and wait for the sun to come up in order to advance.

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

* Haggling with the Shopkeeper. Given there's not really much of a mechanic to it aside from "try your luck and see if he'll sell you that 50 scarab item for 47 instead", the fact that 1) he generally refuses any offers more than 2 scarabs less than his designated price, which leads to 2) haggling hardly saves you anything at all in the long run unless you're particularly tight for scarabs and NEED him to come down on the price of one item so you can afford one more in one sitting, and haggling really just isn't much use at all, especially since if he refuses your offer three times in a row, he basically tells you to get lost. Given it's not too hard to find extra scarabs, and you could just make some more by playing the Shopkeeper's minigame, haggling probably won't ever really see much use in a game unless you just wanna stick it to him. Sometimes you MIGHT get lucky, but it's pretty rare.
* The day and night cycle, while common to adventure games, holds no positve merit here. The only thing that will happen at night is that the music will change and friendly NPCs will go to sleep. In some cases, these are the same NPCs that you need to talk to in order to advance the plot or solve a puzzle. A notable example is your first trip through the Snowhorn Wastes where you need to feed a Snowhorn two roots in order for him to give you the means to leave. When night comes, Fox can do nothing but stand around and wait for the sun to come up in order to advance.

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

* ScrappyMechanic: Haggling with the Shopkeeper. Given there's not really much of a mechanic to it aside from "try your luck and see if he'll sell you that 50 scarab item for 47 instead", the fact that 1) he generally refuses any offers more than 2 scarabs less than his designated price, which leads to 2) haggling hardly saves you anything at all in the long run unless you're particularly tight for scarabs and NEED him to come down on the price of one item so you can afford one more in one sitting, and haggling really just isn't much use at all, especially since if he refuses your offer three times in a row, he basically tells you to get lost. Given it's not too hard to find extra scarabs, and you could just make some more by playing the Shopkeeper's minigame, haggling probably won't ever really see much use in a game unless you just wanna stick it to him. Sometimes you MIGHT get lucky, but it's pretty rare.

** Krystal was originally meant to be the {{Deuteragonist}}, but was reduced to being a DamselInDistress.Even more egregious is that she had elaborate backstory in the original and her own sidekick, Princess Kyte. Even in the current draft, the story about her figuring out what happened to her homeworld, Cerinia, is not brought up again after the intro.
** General Scales could have been a threatening villain but [[spoiler:ends up being TheUnfought]].

* {{Applicability}}: Fox [=McCloud=] in this game is OnlyInItForTheMoney and aggravated by anything that prolongs his stay on Dinosaur Planet, in contrast to being the AllLovingHero in prior and later games. Many take this sudden shift as a mouthpiece for how Creator/{{Rare}} felt making the game, as ''VideoGame/DinosaurPlanet'' was reworked into a ''Star Fox'' game to bolster sales, with Fox’s impatience stemming from the rush to get this game completed before the impeding Creator/{{Microsoft}} buyout.

** This game's version of the [[spoiler:Andross]] fight probably would have been considered a BestBossEver in a more traditional ''Star Fox'' game... too bad this isn't.
** Princess Kyte, one of the characters from the original Dinosaur Planet who was cut from Star Fox Adventures, was originally supposed to be a primary sidekick like Tricky but sadly got scrapped along with Krystal's expanded role. Even with Krystal's role reduced, Kyte being paired with Fox during segments of the game could have added interesting variety to gameplay and possible subplots to the game, such as expanding on the story of the Earthwalker and Cloudrunner tribe's rivalries by forcing her to get along with Tricky during the adventure, as well as adding more depth to Fox's interactions with the Queen Cloudrunnner, Kyte's mother.
** Randorn, Krystal's adoptive father, is among the characters from the original Dinosaur Planet cut for Star Fox Adventures. Even in the final draft, his presence could have been used to expand on the situation about Krystal's homeworld and backstory. Sadly here entire

** Going with *TheyWastedAPerfactlyGoodCharecter above, the rivalry between the Earthwalkers and Cloudrunners could have made for an interesting subplot after the Queen Cloudrunner mentions it in her introduction, it's almost never touched on again. Making this worse is the fact a Cloudrunner companion, Kyte, was intended to be in the game originally but was cut when Dinosaur Planet became Star Fox Adventures. Her inclusion could have shed more light on this subplot as well, possibly having to get along with Tricky, the other companion and Earthwalker Prince.
** Most of the cut lore and plot points from the original Dinosaur Planet. There used to be an entire backstory to Drakor, the Krazoa having a war with Drakor's race the Kamerians, as well about the greater universe and Krystal's original homeworld, Animus, having warring tribes. Practically none of these plot points were reintegrated into Adventures, other than maybe Drakor's boss fight.

** Krystal was originally meant to be the {{Deuteragonist}}, but was reduced to being a DamselInDistress.Even more egregious is that she had elaborate backstory in the original and her own sidekick, Princess Kyte. Even in the current draft, the story about her figuring out what happened to her homeworld, Cerinia, is not brought up again.

** Princess Kyte,one of the characters from the original Dinosaur Planet who was cut from Star Fox Adventures, was originally supposed to be a primary sidekick like Tricky but sadly got scrapped along with Krystal's expanded role. Even with Krystal's role reduced, Kyte being paired with Fox during segments of the game could have added interesting variety to gameplay and possible subplots to the game, such as expanding on the story of the Earthwalker and Cloudrunner tribe's rivalries by forcing her to get along with Tricky during the adventure, as well as adding more depth to Fox's interactions with the Queen Cloudrunnner, Kyte's mother.

** Krystal was originally meant to be the {{Deuteragonist}}, but was reduced to being a DamselInDistress.

** Princess Kyte,one of the characters from the oringal Dinosaur Planet who was cut from Star Fox Adventures, was originally suppososed to be a primary sidekick like Tricky but sadly got scrapped along with Krystal's expanded role. Even with Krystal's role reduced, Kyte being paired with Fox during secgments of the game could have added intersting variety to gameplay, as well as expanding on the story of the Earthwalker and Cloudrunner's rivarlies including an Fox's interaction's with the Queen Cloudrunnner, Kyte's mother.

* VindicatedByHistory: The game's reputation still isn't perfect, and still not up to the level of ''VideoGame/StarFox64'', but even those who dislike it are grateful for the fact that unlike ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'', which is seen as little more than a rehash of ''64'', this one at least ''tried'' to do something new and different with the series. This also applies to ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' as well.

*** When talking to an Earthwalker as Krystal, she will crouch down with her legs ''spread apart''.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The game has some very broken effects-heat distortion, water reflections, and floor reflections are incorrectly programmed, marring the graphics of an otherwise-graphically-impressive game.

** Drakor. [[spoiler:He originally was meant to be the BigBad, not Andross]], but was reduced to a random, ordinary boss fight with no dialogue.

** The shopkeeper is this to some people. He acts very friendly but his voice makes him sound ''very'' sinister. Compounding it is also [[https://youtu.be/U4YKQffdLCc?t=51s this line]] that wouldn't be too out of place in ''Film/{{Saw}}''.

** The [=RedEye=] Tribe, especially the [[KingOfTheDinosaurs [=RedEye=] King]].

** Drakor. [[spoiler:He originally was meant to be the BigBad, not Andross]], but was reduced to a random, ordinary boss fight.