Star Fox Assault (2005)

Star Fox: Assault (スターフォックス アサルト, Sutā Fokkusu Asaruto) is a 3D scrolling shooter and third-person shooter video game developed by Namco and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the fourth released title in the Star Fox series. After the game was promoted at Blockbuster and Movie Gallery on February 1, 2005, it was released on February 15, 2005 in North America, on February 24, 2005 in Japan, on April 29, 2005 in Europe and on June 16, 2005 in Australia. The game is set after Star Fox Adventures, and follows Fox McCloud and his team attempting to save the Lylat System from the enemy insect beings called Aparoids. It contains orchestral arrangements of music from Star Fox 64. When Assault was initially announced by Nintendo and Namco, it was also rumored that an arcade game was under development, but it was never heard in public.