Who made it?
Bayonetta and NieR:Automata developer PlatinumGames, who additionally made Star Fox Zero on the Wii U, with the assistance of Nintendo. It began out because the ‘Project Guard’ prototype earlier than Nintendo retooled it with the Star Fox workforce.
What’s the premise?
You’re taking part in as Slippy Toad, the area-faring amphibian, in a Tower Defense recreation. Instead of capturing up spaceships, you are as a substitute defending bases which might be owned by Slippy’s uncle, Grippy Toad. You must be careful for assaults from Combat and Chaos robots — which assault the towers and distract you, respectively — all out of your monitor.
It’s one of many intelligent (and few) video games on the Wii U that really utilises the GamePad to essentially nice impact.
Why ought to I play it?
If you are a Star Fox fan, this ought to be a no-brainer. But regardless, Star Fox Guard is totally totally different from some other Star Fox recreation that got here earlier than it, so it is a actually fascinating piece of historical past within the franchise.
Changing up the on-rails shooter gameplay to a tower protection recreation is an easy however impressed selection, and it additionally demonstrates PlatinumGames’ expertise with the Wii U GamePad. The marketing campaign itself could be fairly easy, however there are 100 missions to maintain you and your amphibian mates busy. It’s an underrated gem.
The recreation was initially bundled with the primary print run of PlatinumGames’ different Star Fox recreation, Zero, on a (separate) bodily disc, so it would nonetheless technically be findable as soon as the eShop closes. Nintendo additionally produced a standalone boxed model, though that was actually only a code in a field.
So, to be 100% clear, you can nonetheless discover the unique Zero-bundled disc model secondhand. But who desires to sit down round and look ahead to postage all day when you may get defending straight away?
How a lot is it?
$14.99USD / £12.99 / 14,99€ on the Wii U eShop — a steal for 100 missions, for certain.
We’ll be again quickly with one other 3DS or Wii U eShop advice as a part of this ‘Countdown’ sequence. Let us know beneath if you happen to’ve already acquired this in your assortment and share your ideas. Also, be at liberty to appoint different video games — we simply would possibly spotlight these within the coming days, too.
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