I think it was all of the above.That and for N64 games and games in general it was ahead of it's time.It launched with a rumble pack which brought Vibrations to the action.That and it had one of the coolest comercials ever.
Going by the standards of 1997: The graphics, music, gameplay, and the rumble feature (first game to use this feature). It was really amazing for its time.
Well, TBH, I never thought the quotes were all that great until I saw them in a YTP and cracked up(I'm so ashamed for having laughed at one of those idiotic excuses for comedy...D''''=)...so I'd go with the game itself, that game got me pumped on Starfox. =P A shame none of the other games were any good IMO(Adventures was pretty much a generic adventure game with a baby tricreatops partner and two or three short, disappointing flight sections thrown in and Command...I just couldn't stand the "strategy" stuff and turns they've implemented...)...=/
I am currently trying to unlock expert mode, its so hard, because you miss one unit here, or there, you either have to retry, or do the whole thing again (I am very close, but is the hardest missions).
This game is epic, every time I play it, I feel closer to god.
The fact that I've never, ever gotten tired of playing it since its release. I've gone back and played it a lot in the past, and bought it on Wii VC a while back. I played it a lot. Beat it on every path and scenario I could. Yet I could still play it again and enjoy every second. If I go back to it in a year, I'll enjoy it even more. It doesn't seem to age.. or lose its appeal. It defies all videogame logic, which is why it's something special.
Thats the funny thing about N64 games they had all three, Nintendo's use the same music for their games thats why some OoT and Starfox sound similar. Gameplay were as good as it got and everyone remembers and loves the quotes, even if I only played the game once I would still remember the quotes to the game. Now what we need is a remake with an extra 50 planets, improved graphs and physics and a choice of whether you want to play as Starfox or Starwolf teams and there! we have the perfect Starfox game for Wii.
Aside from the fact that it introduced and included the Rumble Pack for the N64 controller, nothing else makes it stand out. I played it and I enjoyed the original SF on SNES far more, better gameplay and lasting appeal. The music was better on Snes as well, Koji Kondo made a wonderful score for the original game, Hajimi Wakai just could not fill the shoes of his predecessor with the music of SF64.
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