Old sf title screen and old pre-review of sf2

[psy_commando]

While looking through old gaming magazine scans on retromags I found that :

Slippy is very scary there

And I found a brazillian magazine scan "Super Game Power" the 12th edition published in 1995.

It feature some sf2 artwork I hadn't seen elsewhere, along with a high quality mugshot of miyu and that creepy sheep girl:

http://www.retromags...ower-1995-n-12/

*edit* Oh and I think I may have found the first actual use of the term barrel roll , in the nintendo power starfox walkthrough :

[Robert Monroe]

Niiiiice finds.

[Nope.]

Finally! I can see that freaking sheep girl I always heard about! O:

Miyu looks... too much cute... o_O

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Great finds.

And Slippy does look scary there, haha. But Peppy looks so...odd.

[dogpower12345zz]

Whoa! Those are awesome I had no idea there was that girl sheep character.

[DZComposer]

The sheep is Fay. She and Miyu went through some changes. Miyu was originally going to be Fara, for instance.

I'm not sure which builds are newer, the one depicted in the magazine, or the one that was leaked. I lean towards the leak, though.

The caption under them says "New team members. Unfortunately, their names were not disclosed in the demo." We know from the leak that they are Fay and Miyu. I wonder if Miyu would have been "Mew" if the game were ever localized.

[Nope.]

The sheep is Fay.

I always thought she was another character. O:

Miyu was originally going to be Fara, for instance.

And Fay replaced Saru after the alpha version.

[DZComposer]

Another caption says "TIP: Some team members are imprisoned. Free them for help." This implies that the original plan was to have some of the characters unlockable.

[Sabre]

Oddly enough, just today I came across the old Starfox Assault special of Nintendo official magazine UK. Nothing we don't already know from what I saw, just ganced through it.

[psy_commando]

Another caption says "TIP: Some team members are imprisoned. Free them for help." This implies that the original plan was to have some of the characters unlockable.

I had never heard about that before. You can even see the little text bubble, in the picture next to the tip, with "Help" in it !

Does someone knows how to translate this ?

[LoneWolf]

Great find!

Sheep girl, not sure if want...

[Guest Mr. Nintendo]

Excellent find. :yes:

[StarFoxfan-FUR_ever]

But Fay is not a sheep! How does she look like a sheep at all to any of you? She's supposed to be a dog of some sort. Check out her ears for instance.

Nice finds by the way. Slippy.....

EDIT: Never mind my rant about Fay. Wait, does that mean they changed her species and redesign her from the ground up?

[DZComposer]

It's Portuguese.

Google Translation is what I used to translate those little bits. It isn't too bad, good enough to you to get the idea of what was said.

I just don't feel like retyping that article into it.

<3 Portuguese. It's like a mix of Spanish and French.

[psy_commando]

Took me an hour, I even ran it through spellcheck and corrected mistake by the original author : )

Star Fox foi o primeiro jogo para SNes a utilizar o revolucionario chip SFX, que possibilita um visual totalmente poligonal em 3D graças ao seu rápido processamento de dados. Com 8 Mega de memoria, o jogo, lançado em Março de 1993, ajudou muito a aumentar tanto a fama como a fortuna da Nintendo, a fabricante do cart. Não é para menos que o clima na empresa é de alta expectativa para o lançamento da continuação deste petardo, que esta programado para agosto deste ano. A Playtronic, representante da Nintendo no Brasil, planeja lança-lo simultâneamente com os Estados Unidos. Essa é para aplaudir de pé.

GENTE NOVA NO PEDAÇO

Deu trabalho, mas consegui descolar, com um contato em Kyoto, um prototipo de Star Fox 2. Aparentemente o jogo é muito parecido com o original. Mas logo no menu de opções pode-se notar as grandes mudanças. A principal : desta vez é possível jogar em tela dividida com dois jogadores simultâneos, uma sensacional batalha espacial O outro destaque é a inclusão de mais dois personagens em relação ao cast original Lince e Ovelha - totalizando cinco personagens na tripulação de Fox MacLaud que podem ser accionados. Na primeira versão, você só jogava com Fox McLaud. A nave também sofreu suas reformulações, podendo se transformar em uma espécie de Robotech (aquele do desenho).

O ESPAÇO SEM FRONTEIRAS

O controle também melhorou. No primeiro Star Fox você era obrigado a cumprir o scroll forçado, ou seja, sempre direccionar à frente para movimentar a nave. Agora a rotação ficou mais fluente em todas as direções. As fases do primeiro foram substituídas por um interessante sistema de missões, tipo mate quatro naves, destrua o alvo etc... Pelo que se nota, pouca coisa não mudou em SF 2. Por exemplo, as três perspectivas, que continuam as mesmas do primeiro.

CHIP DAS ESTRELAS

Falar em Star Fox e não ressaltar o poder do chip SFX é como ir a Roma, conhecer a Fontanna di Trevi e não jogar uma modinha nela para realizar três desejos. Para o segundo da série, a engenharia da Nintendo desenvolveu o SFX II com a promessa de um processamento mais rápido. Se cumprida a meta, caros leitores, não tenho nem duvidas que estaremos diante de um dos melhores lançamentos do ano. Podem anotar!

CAPTIONS :

O comando continua dando ajuda verbal, sem pegar no pesado

O planeta Corneria ainda esta mapa estelar

Os 16 Mega adicionais foram usados para aumentar ainda mais a jogabilidade

Os novos integrantes da equipe. Infelizmente os seus respectivos nomes não estavam definidos na fita demo

2 EM 1

Ao lado, a nave Arwin se transforma para atingir a sua forma antiga

Tente destruir os alvos no tempo indicado

Um radar, localizado no canto superior, auxilia você a se localizar no espaço

DICA: alguns membros da sua tripulação estão aprisionados. Liberte-os para obter ajuda

Não é só a sua nave que ganhou força, a turma do lado negro também vem com suas inovações

Dois jogadores? Só no modo "duelo"

Musica e efeitos sonoros são um show à parte

Google Translate :

Star Fox was the first game for SNES using SFX revolutionary chip that enables a fully polygonal 3D visual thanks to its fast data processing. With 8 mega memory, the game was released in March 1993, did much to increase both fame and fortune from Nintendo, the maker of the card. No wonder that the climate in the company's high expectations for the launch of the continuation of this petard, which is scheduled for August this year. The Playtronic, Nintendo's representative in Brazil, plans to release it simultaneously with the United States. This is for a standing ovation.

PEOPLE IN THE NEW PIECE

It took work, but got off with a contact in Kyoto, a prototype of Star Fox 2. Apparently the game is much like the original. But soon the options menu you may notice the big changes. The key: this time you can play split screen with two simultaneous players, an amazing space battle Another highlight is the inclusion of two characters in relation to the original cast Lynx and Lamb - totaling five characters on the Fox crew MacLaud that can be operated. In the first version, you just played with Fox McLaud. The ship also has its revisions, may turn into a sort of Robotech (one drawing).

SPACE WITHOUT BORDERS

The control also improved. In the first Star Fox you were obligated to comply with forced scrolling, ie, always ahead of target to move the ship. Now the rotation became more fluent in all directions. The first phases of interest have been replaced by a system of missions, like kill four ships, destroy the target etc ... By that note, poor thing has not changed in SF 2. For example, the three perspectives, which remain the same as the first.

CHIP OF THE STARS

Talking about Star Fox and not emphasize the power of the SFX chip is like going to Rome, knowing Fontanne di Trevi and not play it a fad to make three wishes. For the second series, the engineering of Nintendo developed the SFX II with the promise of faster processing. The goal is met, dear readers, I have no doubt that we will be facing one of the best releases of the year. They can write!

CAPTIONS:

The command continues to give verbal support, without heavy lifting

Planet Corneria yet this star map

The Mega additional 16 were used to further enhance the gameplay

The new team members. Unfortunately their names were not defined in the demo

2 IN 1

Beside, the ship Arwin turns to reach its old form

Try to destroy targets at the appointed time

A radar, located at the top, helps you to locate in space

TIP: Some members of his crew are trapped. Free them to get help

Not only is your ship that gained strength, the group's dark side also comes with its innovations

Two players? Only in the "duel"

Music and sound effects are a sideshow

[LoneWolf]

Google Translate :

Star Fox was the first game for SNES using SFX revolutionary chip that enables a fully polygonal 3D visual thanks to its fast data processing. With 8 mega memory, the game was released in March 1993, did much to increase both fame and fortune from Nintendo, the maker of the card. No wonder that the climate in the company's high expectations for the launch of the continuation of this petard, which is scheduled for August this year. The Playtronic, Nintendo's representative in Brazil, plans to release it simultaneously with the United States. This is for a standing ovation.

PEOPLE IN THE NEW PIECE

It took work, but got off with a contact in Kyoto, a prototype of Star Fox 2. Apparently the game is much like the original. But soon the options menu you may notice the big changes. The key: this time you can play split screen with two simultaneous players, an amazing space battle Another highlight is the inclusion of two characters in relation to the original cast Lynx and Lamb - totaling five characters on the Fox crew MacLaud that can be operated. In the first version, you just played with Fox McLaud. The ship also has its revisions, may turn into a sort of Robotech (one drawing).

SPACE WITHOUT BORDERS

The control also improved. In the first Star Fox you were obligated to comply with forced scrolling, ie, always ahead of target to move the ship. Now the rotation became more fluent in all directions. The first phases of interest have been replaced by a system of missions, like kill four ships, destroy the target etc ... By that note, poor thing has not changed in SF 2. For example, the three perspectives, which remain the same as the first.

CHIP OF THE STARS

Talking about Star Fox and not emphasize the power of the SFX chip is like going to Rome, knowing Fontanne di Trevi and not play it a fad to make three wishes. For the second series, the engineering of Nintendo developed the SFX II with the promise of faster processing. The goal is met, dear readers, I have no doubt that we will be facing one of the best releases of the year. They can write!

CAPTIONS:

The command continues to give verbal support, without heavy lifting

Planet Corneria yet this star map

The Mega additional 16 were used to further enhance the gameplay

The new team members. Unfortunately their names were not defined in the demo

2 IN 1

Beside, the ship Arwin turns to reach its old form

Try to destroy targets at the appointed time

A radar, located at the top, helps you to locate in space

TIP: Some members of his crew are trapped. Free them to get help

Not only is your ship that gained strength, the group's dark side also comes with its innovations

Two players? Only in the "duel"

Music and sound effects are a sideshow

NICE

[DZComposer]

Here is a less all-your-base-arific version:

Star Fox was the first game for the SNES using the revolutionary SuperFX chip that enables fully polygonal 3D visual thanks to its fast data processing. With 8 megabits of memory, the game was released in March of 1993, and did much to increase both fame and fortune for Nintendo, the maker of the chip. No wonder that the company has high expectations for the launch of the continuation of this technology, which is scheduled for August this year. Playtronic, Nintendo's representative in Brazil, plans to release it simultaneously with the United States. This is great news.

PEOPLE IN THE NEW GAME

It took a lot of work, but we found a contact in Kyoto and a prototype of Star Fox 2. Apparently, the game is a lot like the original, but look at the game's menu you may notice some big changes. The key: this time you can play two-player split-screen in an amazing space battle. Another highlight is the inclusion of two new characters in addition to the original cast: a sheep and a lynx - totaling five playable characters on Fox McCloud's crew. In the first game, you just played with Fox. The Arwing also has its revisions: It can turn into a machine resembling something from Robotech (see the screenshots below).

SPACE WITHOUT BORDERS

The controls are also improved. In the first Star Fox, you were confined by forced movement, ie, the target is always in front of the ship. Now you can fly in all directions. The levels have been replaced by a system of missions, like kill these four ships, destroy this target, etc. On that note, one thing has not changed in SF2: The three view perspectives remain the same as in the first game.

CHIP OF THE STARS

Talking about Star Fox and not talking about th power of the SFX chip is like going to Rome, seeing the Trevi Fountain, and not tossing in a coin while making three wishes. For the second game in the series, Nintendo's engineers developed the SuperFX 2, with the promise of faster processing. Their goal has been met, dear readers! I have no doubt that this game will be one of the best releases of the year!

CAPTIONS:

Command continues to give you verbal support, without doing any of the heavy lifting themselves

Planet Corneria on the star map

An additional 16 megabits of memory were used to further enhance the gameplay.

The New team members. Unfortunately, their names were not disclosed in the demo.

2 IN 1:

Right: The Arwing changes into its original form.

Try to destroy the indicated targets within the alotted time

A radar, located at the top of the screen, helps you locate things in space

TIP: Some team members are imprisoned. Free them for their help.

Not only has your ship gained strength, the group's dark side also brings new innovations

Two players? Only in the duel-mode.

The Music and sound effects form a side-show

[psy_commando]

It looks like it was pretty easy at the time to get your hand on the sf2 beta. I wonder if that beta build still exist somewhere.

[Prince Elite]

Oh how it has changed,

[Nope.]

It looks like it was pretty easy at the time to get your hand on the sf2 beta. I wonder if that beta build still exist somewhere.

Probably, I saw tons of alpha and beta versions. The most early alphas and late betas work, the "ones in the middle" don't ( at least to me ).

[SheepofExistence]

I was only aware of two versions? How many versions are available, and is it possible to get our hands on the 'final' version so to speak?

[DZComposer]

Dredging. :lock: