Standout Star Fox 64 Routes

Star Fox 64, by allowing players to set their own route through the Lylat Systen, allows for some rather interesting possible results.

I will include the title of each route, the levels involved(if I don't include the endgame, it doesn't matter) and notes on what makes each route unique.

Route YXZ

Route: Corneria->Sector Y->Katina->Sector X->Sector Z

This route allows the player to go through all three Sectors, albeit not in alphabetical order. I don't know why they put X for Level 4, Y in Level 1, and Z in Level 5; maybe they started counting with the easy levels before heading to the harder ones.

Star Wolf Lives Twice

Route: Corneria->Meteo->Fortuna(complete mission successfully)->Solar or Sector X->Macbeth->Area 6->Venom(Hard)

You fight Star Wolf on three separate occasions- Fortuna, Bolse and the hard version of Venom. Ordinarily, any Star Wolf members you shoot down on Fortuna will not be present on Bolse, but this does not apply if you go to Venom, when you face Star Wolf in their upgraded ships. If you wipe them out on Fortuna and then go to the hard version of Venom, you'll be able to shoot each of them down twice.

Double Warp Zones

Route: Corneria->Meteo->Katina->Sector X->Sector Z

This route allows you to pass through both of the game's warp zones- one from Meteo to Katina and one from Sector X to Sector Z.

All Vehicles

Route: Corneria->Sector Y->Aquas->Zoness->Macbeth

This route allows you to play as both the Landmaster Tank and the Blue Marine in one playthrough, on Aquas and Macbeth, respectively.

Arwing Only

Route: Corneria->Sector Y->Fortuna or Katina->Sector X->Sector Z.

This route takes you through the game without using any vehicle besides the Arwing. Naturally, this route not only requires avoiding Aquas, but also Solar, since Macbeth is the only level you can reach from Solar. The only way to avoid playing the Landmaster in the fifth level is to take the warp zone to Sector Z.

Impossible Routes

The following ideas would be interesting if they could be achieved, but aren't possible for certain reasons.

  • Meeting Bill and Katt on the same route. Bill is on Katina, the medium difficulty third level- success takes you to Solar and failure takes you to Venom. The only way to reach Zoness, where you meet Katt, is to go to Aquas for Mission 3.
  • Completely avoiding All Range Mode. The route with the least All Range Mode gameplay- all Hard levels and Macbeth- still has you go  into All Range Mode for the boss of Sector Y, Star Wolf on Venom and Andross's brain.
  • Failing All Objectives: On Fortuna, Katina and Sector Z, failing to complete the extra objective is treated as a mission failure, with somber ending music. Unfortunately, it isn't possible to fail all three objectives in one playthrough, as Fortuna and Katina are both possible choices for Stage 3.

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