History YMMV / StarFoxZero

** A framerate analysis video by Digital Foundry found that occasionally the framerate can dip below 60 during really effects intensive battles. This only caused the debate regarding the game's use of the [=GamePad=] to intensify, as some claim that the framerate dips are "evidence" that the [=GamePad=] is holding the game back from higher visual fidelity, while others state that the [=GamePad=] most likely isn't to blame for the dips due to some other Wii U games displaying the game on both screens at the same time without any framerate troubles. Some have even pointed out that this isn't the first time a game developed by Platinum had some minor framerate issues, with games like ''VideoGame/MetalGearRising'' and ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'' also having dips, yet said games were still widely praised in spite of this minor issue.

* UncertainAudience: The game suffers from this due to the conflict between the game's presentation returning to the conflict against Andross and the heavily altered gameplay from the previous installments involving shooting with the right trigger, tilting and barrel-rolling the Arwing with the Right Stick, and aiming with motion controls. As a result, potential new players derided the presentation and story as pandering too much to fans of ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' while established ''Star Fox'' fans were turned off by the reworked gameplay. The fact the game had so little new to present in the story managed to alienate everyone, with how the lack of a new story made sure barely anyone would be willing to EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame and admire it for its own identity, with how much it piggybacks off the more accesible 64.

* UncertainAudience: The game suffers from this due to the conflict between the game's presentation returning to the conflict against Andross and the heavily altered gameplay from the previous installments involving shooting with the right trigger, tilting and barrel-rolling the Arwing with the Right Stick, and aiming with motion controls. As a result, potential new players derided the presentation and story as pandering too much to fans of ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' while established ''Star Fox'' fans were turned off by the reworked gameplay. The fact the game had so little new to present in the story managed to alienate everyone, with how the lack of a new story made sure barely anyone would be willing to SkipTheGameEnjoyTheStory and admire it for its own identity, with how much it piggybacks off the more accesible 64.

* UncertainAudience: The game suffers from this due to the conflict between the game's presentation returning to the conflict against Andross and the heavily altered gameplay from the previous installments involving shooting with the right trigger, tilting and barrel-rolling the Arwing with the Right Stick, and aiming with motion controls. As a result, potential new players derided the presentation and story as pandering too much to fans of ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' while established ''Star Fox'' fans were turned off by the reworked gameplay.

* SpiritualAdaptation: The Sector Ω stage basically turns the game into ''VideoGame/{{Afterburner}}''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** One of the reasons why Slippy received so much flak in ''Star Fox 64'' is because he costs you a chance to head to Macbeth and forcing you to get the ActuallyADoombot ending due to his recklessness, thus forcing you to head to Titania.[[note]]This happens during the boss fight in Sector X, though you can defeat the boss ''before'' he gets in the way and still go to Macbeth.[[/note]] Here, they swapped characters, and had Peppy crash onto Titania instead. And even ''then'', it's justified, as ''[[TheRival Star Wolf]]'' was the one to shoot him down, as opposed to it happening [[LeeroyJenkins because one of your teammates was being careless]].
** After it became clear that Krystal would not be part of the game, Yusuke Hashimoto of Creator/PlatinumGames responded to fandom concerns [[https://twitter.com/PG_y_hashimoto/status/634182551439933440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw in a Twitter post]] that he was actually fond of the character, and would love to include her in a sequel to ''Zero'' if one was made.

* EightPointEight: A lot of fans weren't exactly happy about the mixed reviews the game received. Giant Bomb's review, which gave the game a 2/5, received the most flak. Polygon got roughly as much, if not more, complaining, but in their case they [[https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/20/11466308/not-a-review-star-fox-zero refused to finish the game or even "review" the game]], which was compounded by the fact that they had ads for the game on the site AND were sent review copies of the game for that purpose. And that's not even getting into [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]'s 2 out of 10 score for the game, in a review where they mercilessly beat the game down to a pulp by showcasing how Nintendo can't get Star Fox out of ''64's'' shadow, and is trying to reinvent the wheel with a ContinuityReboot aping many aspects of that game.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The European Spanish dub of ''The Battle Begins'' amplifies the FantasticRacism to [[UpToEleven notable levels]]. The most notable change is at the beginning of the episode, while Andross wanted to bring General Pepper to him, the Spanish translation change the dialogue to make Andross to sound even more ''racist'', something than doesn't happen in either in English or Japanese versions:

** One of the reasons why Slippy received so much flak in ''Star Fox 64'' is because he costs you a chance to head to Macbeth and forcing you to get the ActuallyADoombot ending due to his recklessness, thus forcing you to head to Titania.[[note]]This happens during the boss fight in Sector X, though you can defeat the boss ''before'' he gets in the way and still go to Macbeth.[[/note]] Here, they swapped characters, and had Peppy crash onto Titania instead. And even ''then'', it's justified, as ''[[TheRival Star Wolf]]'' was the one to shoot him down, as opposed to it happening [[LeeroyJenkins because one of your teammates was being an idiot]].

** One of the reasons why Slippy received so much flak in ''Star Fox 64'' is because he costs you a chance to head to Macbeth and forcing you to get the ActuallyADoombot ending due to his stupidity, thus forcing you to head to Titania.[[note]]This happens during the boss fight in Sector X, though you can defeat the boss ''before'' he gets in the way and still go to Macbeth.[[/note]] Here, they swapped characters, and had Peppy crash onto Titania instead. And even ''then'', it's justified, as ''[[TheRival Star Wolf]]'' was the one to shoot him down, as opposed to it happening [[LeeroyJenkins because one of your teammates was being an idiot]].

* {{Waggle}}: The controls force the player to use both the gyroscope and the [=GamePad=] screen to aim shots throughout the game. Many of the game's most negative reviews lambaste them as gimmicky attempts to justify the Wii U's features, even at the end of the console's lifespan.

--> '''Andross (English)''': Bring him... to me.
--> '''Andross (Spanish)''': Bring that ''[[PrecisionFStrike fleabag]]'' to me.[[note]]Traedme a ese saco de pulgas.[[/note]]

** "En-Route Anomaly" is a rather frustrating level--both for being an EscortMission, and also because it's identical to the Asteroid Field level, except there are more enemies, which ramps up the difficulty. Even worse, at the end of the level you have to fight [[ThatOneBoss Cosmic Dodora]] by yourself ''while still protecting Great Fox from it''.

** Cosmic Dodora. Take Monarch Dodora from Fortuna, throw it into space, and have the fight revolve around defending the Great Fox from its assault while luring the beast into the line of fire of the Great Fox's canons. The boss music even gets more frantic as the creature starts to focus on you.

--> '''Andross (Spanish)''': Bring that ''[[PrecisionFStrike fleabag]]'' to me.[[note]]Traedme a ese saco de pulgas.[[/note]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The game didn't do too well in Japan. In America, it made the Top 10 best selling games of April 2016 despite only being on market for the last few weeks of the month, and was the #5 best-selling individual SKU.

* EightPointEight: A lot of fans weren't exactly happy about the mixed reviews the game received. Giant Bomb's review, which gave the game a 2/5, received the most flak. Polygon got roughly as much, if not more, complaining, but in their case they [[https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/20/11466308/not-a-review-star-fox-zero refused to finish the game or even "review" the game]], which was compounded by the fact that they had ads for the game on the site AND were sent review copies of the game for that purpose. And that's not even getting into [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]'s 2 out of 10 score for the game, in a review where he mercilessly beats the game down to a pulp by showcasing how Nintendo can't get Star Fox out of ''64's'' shadow, and is trying to reinvent the wheel with a ContinuityReboot aping many aspects of that game.

** The dialogue coming out of the [=GamePad=] and not the TV is rather distracting and can make recording a stream or lets-play a pain.

* VindicatedByHistory: While the game itself has been mostly forgotten, gyroscope aiming has been incredibly well-received in years after the game was released, despite being the feature that attracted the most vitriol when it was released. It's even now considered a ''negative'' if it isn't an option, as many consider it to be a more natural and accurate way of using controllers to aim than with a stick. It's to the point where if a game with no traditional aiming like this were released, the aiming system would be a complaint, but likely not a damning feature that would cause it to flop like this.

* EightPointEight: A lot of fans weren't exactly happy about the mixed reviews the game received. Giant Bomb's review, which gave the game a 2/5, received the most flak. Polygon got roughly as much, if not more, complaining, but in their case they [[https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/20/11466308/not-a-review-star-fox-zero refused to finish the game or even "review" the game]], which was compounded by the fact that they had ads for the game on the site AND were sent review copies of the game for that purpose. And that's not even getting into [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]'s 2 out of 10 score for the game, in a review where he mercilessly beats the game down to a pulp...

* EightPointEight:
** A lot of fans weren't exactly happy about the mixed reviews the game received. Giant Bomb's review, which gave the game a 2/5, received the most flak. Polygon got roughly as much, if not more, complaining, but in their case they [[https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/20/11466308/not-a-review-star-fox-zero refused to finish the game or even "review" the game]], which was compounded by the fact that they had ads for the game on the site AND were sent review copies of the game for that purpose. And that's not even getting into [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]]'s 2 out of 10 score for the game, in a review where he mercilessly beats the game down to a pulp...
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IceMIN7wzAk Smosh Games's]] Honest Game Trailers video of the game has really put off a lot of fans. While the concerns are valid, people took issue with what basically amounted to a huge TakeThat towards the ''Star Fox'' fandom, [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries in general]] and a big criticism of Nintendo for how the game was handled overall. It got so bad that a vocal minority section of fans have unsubscribed from Smosh Games's channel, and have even started actively avoiding anything involving the Honest Trailers voice.

** And let us not forget the final battle with Andross. Not only does it [[MythologyGag combinine elements from previous battles with the mad tyrant]] (chrome appearance and tile-spitting from the SNES version, GiantHandsOfDoom from the N64 game, etc), but granting Andross [[EyeBeams some]] [[FrickinLaserBeams additional]] [[YouWillNotEvadeMe tricks]] that make him even ''nastier.'' His BossBanter throughout the fight is awesome to listen to as well. And that's not counting [[spoiler:his attempt at TakingYouWithMe ''this'' time around...]]

** A lot of fans weren't exactly happy about the mixed reviews the game received. Giant Bomb's review, which gave the game a 2/5, received the most flak. Polygon got roughly as much, if not more, complaining, but in their case they [[https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/20/11466308/not-a-review-star-fox-zero refused to finish the game or even "review" the game]], which was compounded by the fact that they had ads for the game on the site AND were sent review copies of the game for that purpose. And that's not even getting into Creator/JimSterling's 2 out of 10 score for the game, in a review where he mercilessly beats the game down to a pulp...

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/HidekiKamiya said he'd like to work on a ''Star Fox'' game. Platinum in general is working on ''Star Fox Zero''. Even moreso considering that [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings Kamiya at one point gave up on that desire because fans on Twitter kept nagging him about it]]. The Arwing easter egg in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' counts for similar reasons.