{"id":132129,"date":"2023-02-28T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-145600"},"modified":"2023-02-28T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:00:00","slug":"countdown-wii-u-eshop-spotlight-star-fox-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/28\/countdown-wii-u-eshop-spotlight-star-fox-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown: Wii U eShop Spotlight &#8211; Star Fox Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9817ddbc57964\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9817ddbc57964\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Star Fox Guard\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9817ddbc57964\/star-fox-guard.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9817ddbc57964\/star-fox-guard.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Star Fox Guard\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><em>For the month before the 3DS and Wii U eShops close for new purchases on <strong>27th March<\/strong>, each day we&#8217;re going to highlight a specific eShop game for one of those consoles and give a short pitch as to why we think it deserves your love and attention \u2014 before it&#8217;s too late. The chance to add these to your library will be gone for good soon and, <em>for one reason or another<\/em>, these eShop-exclusives are close to our hearts.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today, Alana nominates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu-eshop\/star_fox_guard\">Star Fox Guard<\/a>, a curious entry in the Star Fox series that&#8217;s still worth a look today.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>So, what&#8217;s it called again?<\/h2>\n<p>Star Fox Guard. Yep, it&#8217;s a Star Fox game where you guard stuff.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/wiiu-eshop\/related-articles:59656 @ 2023-02-28T23:01:06+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<h2>Who made it?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bayonetta\">Bayonetta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/nierautomata_the_end_of_yorha_edition\">NieR:Automata<\/a> developer PlatinumGames, who also made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/star_fox_zero\">Star Fox Zero<\/a> on the Wii U, with the help of Nintendo. It started out as the &#8216;Project Guard&#8217; prototype before Nintendo retooled it with the Star Fox team.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the premise?<\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;re playing as Slippy Toad, the space-faring amphibian, in a Tower Defense game. Instead of shooting up spaceships, you&#8217;re instead defending bases that are owned by Slippy&#8217;s uncle, Grippy Toad. You need to watch out for attacks from Combat and Chaos robots \u2014 which attack the towers and distract you, respectively \u2014 all from your monitor.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one of the clever (and few) games on the Wii U that actually utilises the GamePad to really great effect.<\/p>\n<h2>Why should I play it?<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Star Fox fan, this should be a no-brainer. But regardless, Star Fox Guard is completely different from any other Star Fox game that came before it, so it&#8217;s a really interesting piece of history in the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Changing up the on-rails shooter gameplay to a tower defense game is a simple but inspired choice, and it also demonstrates PlatinumGames&#8217; experience with the Wii U GamePad. The campaign itself might be pretty simple, but there are 100 missions to keep you and your amphibian friends busy. It&#8217;s an underrated gem.<\/p>\n<p>The game was originally bundled with the first print run of PlatinumGames&#8217; other Star Fox game, Zero, on a (separate) physical disc, so it will still technically be findable once the eShop closes. Nintendo also produced a standalone boxed version, although that was really just a code in a box.<\/p>\n<p>So, to be 100% clear, you <em>can<\/em> still find the original Zero-bundled disc version secondhand. But who wants to sit around and wait for postage all day when you can get defending right away?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"392lf7OzC7E\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>How much is it?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>$14.99USD \/ \u00a312.99 \/ 14,99\u20ac<\/strong> on the Wii U eShop \u2014 a steal for 100 missions, for sure.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><em>We&#8217;ll be back soon with another 3DS or Wii U eShop recommendation as part of <em>this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/tags\/countdown\">&#8216;Countdown&#8217; series<\/a><\/em>. Let us know below if you&#8217;ve already got this in your collection and share your thoughts. Also, feel free to nominate other games \u2014 we just might highlight those in the coming days, too.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/wiiu-eshop\/related-articles:127547,127477,127526,127698 @ 2023-02-28T22:46:54+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo For the month before the 3DS and Wii U eShops close for new purchases on 27th March, each day we&#8217;re going to highlight a specific eShop game for one of those consoles and give a short pitch as to why we think it deserves your love and attention \u2014 before it&#8217;s too late. 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