StarFox Command is another successful DS update, but it's marred by clumsy controls and a short single-player game.
User Rating: 6.5 | Star Fox Command DS
StarFox is the latest in a long line of Nintendo titles to receive the DS update treatment. Here though, the console's touchscreen controls feel forced and unsuited to handling a spaceship, and as with Metroid, hand cramp is an unfortunate side effect. Nintendo has also added a strategic element to the beginning of each mission, which only seeks to prolong a short single-player game that's over in hours. At least the multiplayer game allows you to fight with six other DS owners locally (even if they don't own the cartridge) and four players over the internet. StarFox excels in this area, with frantic multiplayer matches that require you to shoot down rivals and collect the stars that they drop. The only problem is that the game reaches the UK months after the US and Japan, so expect to walk into a mass of experienced players online.
