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Star Fox Command is a 2006 shoot ’em up with turn-based strategy elements for the Nintendo DS, developed by Q-Games and Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. Players plot flight paths on a touch-screen map, then fight all-range aerial battles steered with the stylus. Branching routes lead to nine endings.

How To Play Star Fox Command

Control Action
Stylus: slide on touch screen Steer the ship and targeting reticle
Stylus: double-tap top half Boost
Stylus: double-tap bottom half Brake
Stylus: slide quickly side to side or in a circle Barrel roll
Stylus: tap loop icon Somersault
Stylus: tap U-turn icon U-turn
Stylus: drag bomb icon onto radar Drop a bomb at that position
D-Pad, A, B, X, Y, L, or R Fire lasers
Hold any fire button Lock on (ships with lock-on)
START Pause
Stylus (map mode): draw from a ship Plot that ship’s flight path
Stylus (map mode): rub fog Clear fog from the map

About Star Fox Command

Release date NA: August 28, 2006
EU: January 26, 2007
JP: August 3, 2006
AU: September 21, 2006
Developer Q-Games, Nintendo EAD
Publisher Nintendo
Platform Nintendo DS (re-released on Wii U Virtual Console, 2015)
Genre Shoot ’em up, turn-based strategy
Series Star Fox
Modes Single-player; local wireless multiplayer for up to six players (DS Download Play); online multiplayer (Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection)
Also known as Star Fox DS (announcement title); スターフォックス コマンド (Japan)

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