The best starfox game yet.
As for the graphics they are excellent, better than metroid, even though it ressembles the old style star fox (on the Snes) thats what people like, it was a great idea of reinitialising it into this game. Unlike the other starfox games, this one has a strategy style battlefront, which enables many different battle outcomes. Try this game out whether you like the style or not (at least rent it). It is a must have for any starfox fan.
This game has a mild flaw, the sound. It is irritating and highly pitched for no reason. the music during the dogfights may bring back memories but in those days you didnt realise how annoying the music really was ... plus the voices of the characters are only random sounds having to do with nothing more than lack of work.
*Possible spoilers* The storyline in this game takes off from starfox assault on the gamecube, Oikiny comes back (duh, they really like apes in this game) and a new ennemy is introduced called the anglar (probably inspired by the aporoids).
The team members are there as well as long with a few new characters, the difference here is that you dont get to fight alongside your companions, you control every character, instead of just controlling fox. The thing here is that each ship has different capacities (including: laser, homing, shield, bombs, boost).
Now the bosses, another difference from the other games lies here, the bosses are more simple, shorter and thus easier to beat. Star wolf was really fun to fight (much more than in the other games). The bosses can be beaten very easily by mastering your aim while using bombs, which I find ruins the game.
Finally, I expected this game to be a failed remake of the old Snes style starfox. I bought it beacause I read some reviews and also saw the score given by gamespot users was considerable high compared to my expectations.
This game doesnt quite measure up to Metroid prime: hunters, but it raises the impression of the DS and might make the people who dont have a DS wish they did. If you dont have this game, trust me , you are missing out on something.