What is Star Fox (video game)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game |title=Star Fox |image= |developer=[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]]<br />[[Argonaut Games|Argonaut Software]] |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |director=[[Katsuya Eguchi]] |producer=[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] |artist=[[Takaya Imamura]] |composer=[[Hajime Hirasawa]] |series=''[[Star Fox (series)|Star Fox]]'' |platforms=[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] |released={{vgrelease|JP|February 21, 1993|NA|March 23, 1993|EU|June 3, 1993}} |genre=[[Rail shooter]] |modes=[[Single-player video game|Single-player]] }} {{nihongo|'''''Star Fox'''''|スターフォックス|Sutā Fokkusu}}, known as '''''Starwing''''' in [[Europe]], is a [[video game]] that was developed by [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development|Nintendo EAD]] and published by [[Nintendo]]. == Super Nintendo == It was released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It is the first game in the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star Fox]]'' series. It was the first [[three-dimensional]] Nintendo video game. It was released in [[Japan]] on February 21, 1993, in [[North America]] on March 23, 1993, and in Europe on June 3, 1993. It uses the Super FX chip, which improves the graphics display. The story involves [[Fox McCloud]] and his Star Fox team defending their home of Corneria from Andross, the game's main villain. The gameplay involves guiding Fox's [[spacecraft]], an Arwing, through stages while destroying enemies. Power-ups are placed in stages to help the player. The player must also defend their teammates from enemies. At the end of each stage is a boss. After completing a stage, the player is given a score based on how many enemies they destroyed and how well they defended their teammates. == Development == The game was released in the spring of 1993 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and quickly became a phenomenon. Before it was even released, preorders exceeded 1.7 million copies. In order to keep up with the preorder demand Nintendo shipped a million game cartridges on the game's ope