I just wanted to say thanks for the review for the new Star Fox game, you just saved me $45 (I'm still gonna spend $5 to rent it). Though I have two things. 1. Why only 2 pages, I guess if it is not the greatest game it might be hard to go for more, but for other games and on the PS2 section, even games like Killzone get about 4. And 2. Good lord please never say "Annoying to the max" ever again. I thought we passed the Nicholas Cage Valley Girl days. In general the site is great and keep up the good work.
As for review length, this is a conscious decision on our part. I feel that too many reviewers in the games industry tend to write long, bloated previews of games disguised as reviews. You end up with a six or seven-page article that only occasionally critiques the game. These messy, amateur write-ups are a pet peeve of mine and so I've made sure to instill in my little Juanita that he should never do that. Remember that a general rule when writing is that less is more. I will take a clear, short article that gets to the point over a 10-page explosion of filler and unnecessary reiterations.
As for Juan's "annoying to the max" comment, I will, like, so tell him not to do that again because that's totally not cool and stuff.
Since you are a big psp fan u might have knew that it costs $250. Do you really think that it can compete with the DS with such a high price (almost $100 difference). I know it is presenting itself as a multifunctional handheld but are people actually going to pay that much for a handheld? I mean I am pretty sure that the ps2, xbox2 or revolution will cost around the same price so why would I pay that to play for 20 minute on the bus on a mini-screen?
OK, I've read the review, seen that you're not as impressed with the game as you'd hoped, it seems. The one question I have, how would you rate it for someone who's not played any of the earlier incarnations? The GC is my first Nintendo console and my only experience of Starfox has been (the questionable quality) Starfox Adventures.
Matt responds: I think the review score stands whether you've played old versions of Star Fox or not. It's a solid shooter that has its moments. There are some pretty enjoyable space battles in the Arwing. But Fox or no Fox, the game is shallow and some of the design choices are questionable.
Please read this! All around everybody is excited about the new legend of zelda. Do you think nintendo will do a choice like game like Fable or KOTOR? Like you can choose to be good or bad.
Hey Matt, what ever happened to that game Stage Debut, it looked very interesting but was it canceled or is it still being made?
Matt responds: Yeah. It was sort of the brother to the 64DD-released Talent Studio. Basically, Stage Debut never really had a firm release date. What Nintendo does is bring the game out at every E3 show. Miyamoto gets up on a private stage and talks about how two people continue to work on the game and that they are still pondering ideas for how it might one day be used, and freelance journalists for mainstream papers write a blurb on it. The rest of us silently pray that Nintendo will stop showing it. I wouldn't be surprised if it popped up again at this year's event. But I would be surprised if it ever released for a console. Unless it receives a dramatic makeover, the game would not sell to more than a few die-hard Nintendo fans whose walls must surely be littered with pictures of Princess Peach and lists of people they might like to assassinate one day. The technology powering it is ancient. By today's standards, it looks downright archaic.Send your letter to GameCube Mailbag
