When you're just coming in after light speed and then zoom into the cockpit automatically at the start of the stage, it synchs with the music. That's the most memorable thing about this game.
i think it also syncs well when you unzoom while approaching the first battleship. but what i remember most is being FORCED to turn SIDEWAYS to squeeze through the ship! the first game i ever played where it's POSSIBLE to tilt that way, and you NEED to do it!
This is something that's lost on people playing via emulation. The timing of this set piece relies on the clock speed of the SNES being predictable, so musical bits like this end up being off.
There's absolutely no doubt that the SNES's sound is way better than the Sega Genesis. The Sega Genesis is not a bad console, but there are just many things that make it significantly inferior to the SNES.
This right here is incredible. How did they manage to make a 32 second song on a 16 bit console have so much power and energy behind it? The game's score stands out on its own, but man... Space Armada is truly special.
> How did they manage to make a 32 second song on a 16 bit console... That's pretty generous. If the composer was Tim Follin, the song would have been 4 minutes.
Absolutely my favorite level in the game. Flying through space, seeing armada fleets all around, never an empty level. Going in those space ships, dodging those horrific defenses and blowing them up, and later seeing that gigantic ship coming straight towards you and the music switches to suspense, revealing to be the boss. Star Fox, I love you.
I imagine those are fighter-carrier ships or assault-landing carriers; the doors are open because they're in the process of launching against you, and have underestimated the player's speed.
It's amazing the amount of sound fidelity they could get out of the system at the time to make something that still sounds epic in almost 2015. Over 20 years later.
This stage was so cool--like this was more than just showing off the Super FX chip. As much as I liked Star Fox 64, I wish it and later games (including Zero) had kept the orchestral / John Williams / Holst sound.
I feel ya. Concerning its latest outing, I think the composers tried, but they ultimately seemed like they had no idea what they wanted out of the soundtrack.
SubwayWizardX18 It’s hard to choose in this game.All that tracks are spectacular! This has a militarized feeling to it.The urgency It transmits can’t be ignored.
When I beat this level's boss and destroyed the Armada's massive flagship, I felt like I struck a crippling blow to Andross's forces and plans to conquer the Lylat System. I also felt some sadness that such a large and magnificent warship had to be destroyed to foil Andross's plans.
If I had done that, I'd probably have had that one friend who only recognized it cause they heard it in Super Smash Bros Brawl and no one else would have recognized it at all.
I was napping one day and in my dream this song played in my head randomly and I had to look it up. It's amazing how music can leave a lasting impact in your head.
Long before the Rite of Passage that was Area 6, there was the SPACE ARMADA! Even though it was on the 'Easy/Normal' route, this was the true test of your piloting and targeting skill. Would LOVE to see this remade again, or even available on Virtual Console.
You’re in luck if you happen to own a Switch and have purchased an online membership, bruh, since Nintendo just released a collection of 20 SNES games (Star Fox among them) for Switch Online Members earlier today. 😄
@@Roanan. which is horrible. I now understand why they canned it. Starfox 1 was incredible though, I rented this game so many times, then years late in some hardware store there was a bin of games in hard plastic for like 10 bucks that warehouses must have been trying to clear out, and starfox was sitting on the top (GameCube was out by this point). I fucking nabbed that thing and still have it today.
I personally didn't think Starfox 2 was that great either, but I do think it was ambitious; and this is NOT a "BUT IT'S 3D ON SUPER NINTENDO!!!!" type of deal either, I promise; having it be an RTS rather than level-by-level on-rails like the first game could have worked since Starfox was a new franchise, and it could have gone in any direction they wanted, so why not? All it needed was a little more work and it could have been good. I have a particular love/hate for RTSs; they have to be *just* right, or else it won't grip me, and unfortunately that was Starfox 2 for me
I played this in my teens and thought the soundtrack of this game was decent enough. It wasn't until I came back to it years later that I realised how outstanding the music was.
This is one of the more cinematic levels, and i use that term loosely because really; it's this games "area 6". blowing down all the carriers, dreadnaughts and flying through bases and blowing them up from the inside is just UGH love it!! and then you get to the boss and you try to shoot the electric bases off and you somehow get a wing damage.
I just love how EPIC this song is. It's immersive, adventurous and encouraging, it motivates you to carry on on your mission while at the same time reminding you this is no child's playground, you're on an important mission to SAVE THE WORLD and things are only going to get tougher, so you must keep your eyes open and your toes on the ground.. Eeer, I mean Arwing. 😅
after ALL this time, i STILL can't get over the way you need to TILT your ship to squeeze through the narrow spots! definitely one of my favorite gaming moments.
When I was a kid I recorded this theme into a cassette. I could never have guessed that some thing called internet would make possible to hear to this and many other songs from videgames!! I love this one!! Thanks for this epic game and music =)
The year was 1993. I had an Amiga 500, which was seriously reaching End Of Life in so far as a "gaming" computer went. 15 year old me is in a Dept. Store, in the toy section, I noticed that the Super Nintendo was demonstrating a new game for us to try. Having nothing else really to do that day, I grabbed the control pad and played this "3D space game" that had cute animals as pilots. I was enjoying it, and then something life changing happened. I reached the Space Armada level. And then this song started playing. I won't bore you with tales of me spending countless afternoons playing this game until completion. Nor that I borrowed money of my best friend to buy a SNES of another friend, all thanks to this game. Long story short. For many, Street Fighter 2 was their pathway to SNES... For me, it was StarFox/StarWing (And then later I would play a Zelda like game called Secret Of Mana. But that isna whole other story 😉) .... Don't tell me soundtracks can't influence people and move hearts and minds. This track is the genesis of my love affair with Nintendo...
Favorite level in the game. Graphics and music just blew my mind because at the time I never seen anything like it. Donkey Kong Country gave me the same reaction.
The first time I reached the boss flying through the tunnels on this game I was sat stoned with a couple of mates and all of us had our jaws on the floor it was an amazing site back then.
+MetalSmasherGaming Let's hope they use ANY of the *incredible* pieces for Zero, instead of that trash from SF64 that they seem to want to shove down our throats. *THIS* is Starfox music.
+turbohusque Star Fox 64 was the better game all together though. This game has some great music, but I prefer 64's soundtrack. When you look back at Star Fox SNES, it didn't age too well compared to Star Fox 64
Space Armada was an absolute THRASHER! I never knew this was in Brawl. Just try to imagine that if this music was used in any Pokémon game. What would it be?
Dang it... together with Star Fox Zero, the first game in the series has probably the best soundtrack of them all... I was very surprised when i played the game for the first time. Very good job. Also this is waaaayy better than the soundtrack of Star Fox 64.
Hot damn! Just played this gem of a game for the first time thanks to the SNES game collection that was released for free to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers recently, and this level in particular had me on the edge of my seat as Fox and his team were finally on the offensive after defending Corneria and the nearby asteroid field from Andross’s invading forces. I really wish Nintendo hadn’t axed Star Fox 2 back in the day since that game would’ve easily been the GOAT if this game was any indication.
Impressive, it appears all musics had a minor variation after half the time they play. Usually getting higher or reverbered. What a time to be a gamer the 90s was (you still feel the 80s end culture in StarFox somewhere) I'm glad to have seen it myself. Now its just remakes and games trying to replicate thing with no passion.
It felt like I was in heaven playing this game when it first came out I literally died right there and floated to the game and put it in and played tf out of it all day
My fav game ever where I also got my nickname for my Xbox gamertag from also thats the game where I learnt how to use a banshee in halo multiplayer I always play this song while using my banshee using it as it was a arwing plane from star fox
The soundtrack of this first chapter on the Star Fox universe is waaaay much better than any other Star Fox game. I hope Mr. Hajime Hirasawa make the soundtrack for any future SF game. Not Koji Kondo
![Star Fox: Space Armada [1080 HD]](/img/n.gif)
When you're just coming in after light speed and then zoom into the cockpit automatically at the start of the stage, it synchs with the music. That's the most memorable thing about this game.
i think it also syncs well when you unzoom while approaching the first battleship.
but what i remember most is being FORCED to turn SIDEWAYS to squeeze through the ship!
the first game i ever played where it's POSSIBLE to tilt that way, and you NEED to do it!
This is something that's lost on people playing via emulation. The timing of this set piece relies on the clock speed of the SNES being predictable, so musical bits like this end up being off.
word son
Mind blowing at the time. Wish I could go back to being 7 again..
I love that part so much, it's so cool.
The SNES was a sound MONSTER!
all done by sony lol
@@SamuraiTacos1 Best revenge story outside The Count Of Monte Cristo
Thanks to Ken Kutaragi, who will soon begin Sony's venture in the video game industry with the PlayStation.
There's absolutely no doubt that the SNES's sound is way better than the Sega Genesis. The Sega Genesis is not a bad console, but there are just many things that make it significantly inferior to the SNES.
@@sebastian6898 graphics and sound
Whoever scored this video game should be scoring films. This is good enough to be in Star Wars.
"Twin Blasters"
I still remember the first time I entered this level. Simply brilliant.
The way they drop out of hyperspace and into the battle.... I'll never forget it.
@@larrygabrieljr615 same
@@larrygabrieljr615 sound of dropping out and then blasted by this tune while being shot at by capital ships, truly amazing
Same here. I was in awe of the Space Armada and how formidable it was.
It blew my mind as a kid.
This right here is incredible. How did they manage to make a 32 second song on a 16 bit console have so much power and energy behind it? The game's score stands out on its own, but man... Space Armada is truly special.
This song is possibly the crown jewel of all SNES music.
@@TomSchmitzLP Agreed. It's still phenomenal to this day.
Dancing Mad is 7 minutes long
You could say the same about Storm Eagle’s theme from Mega Man X, as it’s also pretty short
> How did they manage to make a 32 second song on a 16 bit console...
That's pretty generous. If the composer was Tim Follin, the song would have been 4 minutes.
Absolutely my favorite level in the game. Flying through space, seeing armada fleets all around, never an empty level. Going in those space ships, dodging those horrific defenses and blowing them up, and later seeing that gigantic ship coming straight towards you and the music switches to suspense, revealing to be the boss. Star Fox, I love you.
One of the best games of all time.
Fox got some balls just driving inside of a ship and blowing it up, although if the enemy were smart, they'd keep their doors closed.
I imagine those are fighter-carrier ships or assault-landing carriers; the doors are open because they're in the process of launching against you, and have underestimated the player's speed.
In the SNES original, I'm pretty sure you shoot the doors open in a lot of levels.
I always figured Fox or someone else on the team was remotely hacking the doors to open them.
'Sir, enemy ships approching!'
'Quickly, open the doors!'
It's the cooling system, giant radiator in the sky.
It's amazing the amount of sound fidelity they could get out of the system at the time to make something that still sounds epic in almost 2015. Over 20 years later.
cloudparter yeah man, it's pretty astounding to say the least
Still epic nowdays!
2020
still epic
Space enemies just can't learn to not leave holes in their defense.. cough cough episode 4
This stage was so cool--like this was more than just showing off the Super FX chip. As much as I liked Star Fox 64, I wish it and later games (including Zero) had kept the orchestral / John Williams / Holst sound.
I feel ya. Concerning its latest outing, I think the composers tried, but they ultimately seemed like they had no idea what they wanted out of the soundtrack.
I always like to describe the musical aesthetic of original Starfox as 50% Star Wars and 50% Top Gun.
Yes. One of the most important things on Star Fox was the soundtrack. The game are not complet without this.
Ima agree with u this time ganymede
@@alexjimenez997 YAY!
Even this is better than majority of the songs from Starfox 64. It has such a Starwars feel to it.
+FireBomberBassist Thank you. I know I am in the minority here, but these pieces just shit all over the crap that was Starfox 64.
Im with you. I like the game starfox 64 a lot. Its just the soundtrack was uninspiring shit.
ok i dont get what ur beef is with 64 it was a great game the soundtrack i will agree only had a "few" good songs but the original ost was better.
maybe i should of said who i was talking too, turbohusque was who my comment was for.
Too bad modern Star Wars music is just someone playing the trumpet to a few random notes.
One of the best Star Fox songs in the game.
+NYCSUBWAY308 THE best one
+NYCSUBWAY308 One of the best songs in any game.
This should have been the main theme of the series
SubwayWizardX18 It’s hard to choose in this game.All that tracks are spectacular!
This has a militarized feeling to it.The urgency It transmits can’t be ignored.
This and corneria
When I beat this level's boss and destroyed the Armada's massive flagship, I felt like I struck a crippling blow to Andross's forces and plans to conquer the Lylat System. I also felt some sadness that such a large and magnificent warship had to be destroyed to foil Andross's plans.
I know how you feel. Destroying that ship with the lost of all the 15 crew members is hard to justify a victory.
@@crsrdash-840b5 that's the reality of war
@@dandelion40k87 "You shoot, someone gets killed" - Knocker, Golem 1 (Golem Squadron) - Ace Combat 7
@@crsrdash-840b5 *loss* ,not lost.
@@jaycoleman6552 Thanks. It's a simple error.
I played this song on piano at my school's talent show back in middle school. Everyone immediately recognized it.
If I had done that, I'd probably have had that one friend who only recognized it cause they heard it in Super Smash Bros Brawl and no one else would have recognized it at all.
@@90sNath bro saaame like less than HALF of my class knew what Star Fox was.
This song has been stuck in my head for decades
The music the gameplay just fucking brilliant
I was napping one day and in my dream this song played in my head randomly and I had to look it up. It's amazing how music can leave a lasting impact in your head.
If only...The recording Included Coming out of Hyperspace... would be over 9000!
That would be totally awesome..but let's face it, if that was on the video, we'd die from a nostalgic over-dose.
the original composer is now in deed a legend
The closest thing you get to Militaristic scores nowadays is Halo. Damn I miss my SNES.
Fattest Royal they've remade the SNES and it comes with Starfox 1&2
@@elsden722 "remade"
@@iverson64_ ....?
@@iverson64_ he means the Classic,They Made a mini SNES And put those 2 Star Fox games in it
@@elsden722 more like ported it to switch
Long before the Rite of Passage that was Area 6, there was the SPACE ARMADA! Even though it was on the 'Easy/Normal' route, this was the true test of your piloting and targeting skill. Would LOVE to see this remade again, or even available on Virtual Console.
You’re in luck if you happen to own a Switch and have purchased an online membership, bruh, since Nintendo just released a collection of 20 SNES games (Star Fox among them) for Switch Online Members earlier today. 😄
It even has starfox 2 on it!
@@Roanan. which is horrible. I now understand why they canned it. Starfox 1 was incredible though, I rented this game so many times, then years late in some hardware store there was a bin of games in hard plastic for like 10 bucks that warehouses must have been trying to clear out, and starfox was sitting on the top (GameCube was out by this point). I fucking nabbed that thing and still have it today.
I believe the original was on the Virtual Console for the Wii, and by extension, the WiiU.
I personally didn't think Starfox 2 was that great either, but I do think it was ambitious; and this is NOT a "BUT IT'S 3D ON SUPER NINTENDO!!!!" type of deal either, I promise; having it be an RTS rather than level-by-level on-rails like the first game could have worked since Starfox was a new franchise, and it could have gone in any direction they wanted, so why not? All it needed was a little more work and it could have been good.
I have a particular love/hate for RTSs; they have to be *just* right, or else it won't grip me, and unfortunately that was Starfox 2 for me
In 2017 its still EPIC!
Even at the end of 2019
I remember being amazed at the quality of THIS THEME! upon my first playthrough, it's breathtaking!
This game... Can't believe how beautiful he is And the soundtracks are godlike
I played this in my teens and thought the soundtrack of this game was decent enough. It wasn't until I came back to it years later that I realised how outstanding the music was.
Feels very patriotic. I feel like I need to say a pledge of allegiance to the Lylat system
you again! I saw you on the same ost but it was Corneria.
@@ryanlewis5414 I never left 1990s gaming music behind!
@@lambda494 Like a true Chad 😤✊
This is one of the more cinematic levels, and i use that term loosely because really; it's this games "area 6". blowing down all the carriers, dreadnaughts and flying through bases and blowing them up from the inside is just UGH love it!! and then you get to the boss and you try to shoot the electric bases off and you somehow get a wing damage.
So that's where that riff in Corneria for Super Smash Melee came from. Very good track.
My ABOSOLUTE FAV LEVEL in the entire game. You get to blow up so many huge stations and ships in Space... ALWAYS COOL!!
This right here is perfection.
i absolutely love the arrangement here. Note how the contrabass layers itself nice under the higher string section, just giving me goosebumps!
I just love how EPIC this song is. It's immersive, adventurous and encouraging, it motivates you to carry on on your mission while at the same time reminding you this is no child's playground, you're on an important mission to SAVE THE WORLD and things are only going to get tougher, so you must keep your eyes open and your toes on the ground.. Eeer, I mean Arwing. 😅
after ALL this time, i STILL can't get over the way you need to TILT your ship to squeeze through the narrow spots!
definitely one of my favorite gaming moments.
Awesome song! I always hear it with the “warp speed powering down” effect in the beginning.
This always gets me hyped after all of these years!!
This level was the original Area 6. Love it, and this theme is so epic. Best in the whole game.
My favourite Starwing Level and my favourite Starwing song.
Instant goosebumps
When I was a kid I recorded this theme into a cassette. I could never have guessed that some thing called internet would make possible to hear to this and many other songs from videgames!! I love this one!! Thanks for this epic game and music =)
The year was 1993. I had an Amiga 500, which was seriously reaching End Of Life in so far as a "gaming" computer went.
15 year old me is in a Dept. Store, in the toy section, I noticed that the Super Nintendo was demonstrating a new game for us to try.
Having nothing else really to do that day, I grabbed the control pad and played this "3D space game" that had cute animals as pilots.
I was enjoying it, and then something life changing happened.
I reached the Space Armada level.
And then this song started playing.
I won't bore you with tales of me spending countless afternoons playing this game until completion. Nor that I borrowed money of my best friend to buy a SNES of another friend, all thanks to this game.
Long story short. For many, Street Fighter 2 was their pathway to SNES...
For me, it was StarFox/StarWing
(And then later I would play a Zelda like game called Secret Of Mana. But that isna whole other story 😉)
.... Don't tell me soundtracks can't influence people and move hearts and minds. This track is the genesis of my love affair with Nintendo...
This track perfectly exudes the tone of 4 ace pilots taking on a whole armada, and being victorious.
They just don't make games like these nowadays...
So true. 👍👍
They sure do. Just open up to em and you’ll be able to see it
100% facts. Nintendo lost its prime these days, and the charm in games in general has faded.
It's no surprise that Masahiro Sakurai thought this was worthy of it's own Smash Bros. remix.
Favorite level in the game. Graphics and music just blew my mind because at the time I never seen anything like it. Donkey Kong Country gave me the same reaction.
The first time I reached the boss flying through the tunnels on this game I was sat stoned with a couple of mates and all of us had our jaws on the floor it was an amazing site back then.
The best Star Fox version ever!
I like the SNES soundtrack so much more than the N64 one. The second sounds like Ocarina of Time (since Koji Kondo composed it).
Me too. It doesn't have that starwars inspiration like some of the SNES tracks. Some songs just sound goofy on N64.
I agree.
+FireBomberBassist that might be true, but Star Wolf and Boss B music is awesome none the less :)
Probably the only 2 tracks that really stand out. I do like Starwolf.
Starfox theme sounds like Circus music on n64. ;(
Best song in the game.
the best theme of the entire serie
Muito bom. Amo os temas musicais de star Fox.
I really hope they remake this song (and this level) for Star Fox Zero!
it will be awesome !!!!
+MetalSmasherGaming Let's hope they use ANY of the *incredible* pieces for Zero, instead of that trash from SF64 that they seem to want to shove down our throats. *THIS* is Starfox music.
+turbohusque Star Fox 64 was the better game all together though. This game has some great music, but I prefer 64's soundtrack. When you look back at Star Fox SNES, it didn't age too well compared to Star Fox 64
+turbohusque Star Fox 64's soundtrack is not bad at all. It just pales in comparison to this.
a mb
....seriously? It sounds like bad 90's porn music.
Parts of this song would also be used for the Corneria theme from Melee
Space Armada was an absolute THRASHER! I never knew this was in Brawl. Just try to imagine that if this music was used in any Pokémon game. What would it be?
Dang it... together with Star Fox Zero, the first game in the series has probably the best soundtrack of them all... I was very surprised when i played the game for the first time. Very good job.
Also this is waaaayy better than the soundtrack of Star Fox 64.
The best versión !the only!
the best ost of starwing
Love this level!!!
this music fits perfectly for any space battles
Best level in the entire series
So epic.
As a kid I didn't know what a patriot was but God damn this made me patriotic af!!!
Favorite piece of music and stage from this game.
Hot damn!
Just played this gem of a game for the first time thanks to the SNES game collection that was released for free to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers recently, and this level in particular had me on the edge of my seat as Fox and his team were finally on the offensive after defending Corneria and the nearby asteroid field from Andross’s invading forces.
I really wish Nintendo hadn’t axed Star Fox 2 back in the day since that game would’ve easily been the GOAT if this game was any indication.
Starfox 2 is on switch online now
Masterpiece
it has a nice march feel
Epic!!
I can hear some "Mars Bringer of War" there
This level was hard but had my favorite music.
One of my favourite levels in the entire game. Fly through tunnels, destroy the cores and fly past and destroy Andross's attack ships.
Still my go to theme for any game I play involving large scale space combat.
Epic!!!
those drumms !!!!
In an alternate universe, this would've been the music for the space battle of Endor for a Return of the Jedi game on the SNES.
And at a certain point, you'd have to take on the Executor (the Super Star Destroyer) and send it crashing into the Death Star.
!!!!!2020 !!!!! PURE Encouragement.
Use the Boost to get through
Totally forgot how cool this one was til just now. Definitely awesome!!!!! (needs 5 exclamation marks)
Impressive, it appears all musics had a minor variation after half the time they play. Usually getting higher or reverbered. What a time to be a gamer the 90s was (you still feel the 80s end culture in StarFox somewhere) I'm glad to have seen it myself. Now its just remakes and games trying to replicate thing with no passion.
It felt like I was in heaven playing this game when it first came out I literally died right there and floated to the game and put it in and played tf out of it all day
My favorite
Epic
"Miyamoto Stole Mario 64 from Argonaut"
*And this Banger sounds in the background of that Mario 64 iceberg*
Great music it's sounds like they are really fighting for their lives
Now that im older these themes are like legend of Zelda but in outer space
My fav game ever where I also got my nickname for my Xbox gamertag from also thats the game where I learnt how to use a banshee in halo multiplayer I always play this song while using my banshee using it as it was a arwing plane from star fox
Turning the tide in the Battle for Lylat and pivoting to an Endgame Offensive
still epic in 2019-2020
Love 90's games 💪👊
Immersion is what you feel when entering this stage for the first time.
I would literally only play this game to get to this level just to hear this soundtrack and I was good for day..
The Brawl version makes it sounds like it's from Star Fox Assault!
The music was also used in a Doom WAD called 'Stuck in Hell'.
Never give up
Short but powerful song.
Maybe 2018 will bring us something finally as fantastic as this.
No room for errors Jon
Nothing you can’t handle
Dang this bangs.
Hard to pick a best tune from Starfox but this is definitely it
Super NES classic edition, anyone? :)
Nah.
Better music then most games in 2019
The soundtrack of this first chapter on the Star Fox universe is waaaay much better than any other Star Fox game. I hope Mr. Hajime Hirasawa make the soundtrack for any future SF game. Not Koji Kondo
+Visión de Todo Sadly Hajime Hirasawa retired from doing video game soundtracks, and is now more into ringtones
No way, what a waste of talent
Koji Kondo only did part of the soundtrack for one Star Fox game (64). It's not his fault that this game's ost is way better than the others.
This is epic music.. makes quite a bland looking game feel really theatrical. Excellent.