I remember the first time I fought this boss. When I heard Peppy say “Is that the General’s FLASGSHIP?!” followed by Pepper's "Is that you Fox? Too late...the aparoids" I was shocked. As a child, I had played through Star Fox 64. Then I fought my way through Corneria in Assault. And now I saw the man who was with me since 1997 under enemy control. And I was going to have to fight him. In real life I was like, “Oh no. No! It can’t be!! Not Him!” One of the few times my reaction matched that of the character I was play as.
Gamerdude854 Agreed, meanwhile every other game is literally the exact same as 64. (excluding Adventures, which wasn't even a Star Fox game to begin with)
+Get Rekt Scrub Zero took several giant leaps backwards and because of that it's disappointing. There's no longer proper conversations and character dynamic like in Assault and it's back to the awkward one-liners. If only Assault would have balanced Arwing-Land Battle better and had brancing paths, it could have been the best game in the series.
Unpopular opinion: Peppy should've died in the last mission. I love Peppy, but his death would've made it the whole story feel more dangerous and real.
Star Fox Assault is what it is precisely because it wasn't made by Nintendo, but by Namco. And I mean it in a good way. I loved that this game was not exactly the same as 64.
Man as someone who started with 64 loooong ago and played this after around 12yrs old nobody could ever understand anymore, this moment in gaming history is too niche and too old for it to matter to anyone now
I loved this battle, it stood out as the more emotional moment in the game. honestly, i liked the plot of this game, not the fact that you were fighting a collective hive mind of machines, just the way the story was executed. these things were mindless, unrelenting, uncaring monsters, they would never relent, they would never cease. the way they were presented, the unrelenting nature of their tireless advance. it made them super intimidating. general pepper was proof of how far they could go.
@@stardragon01 I have the game and I thought it was pretty good the missions and everything but I don't remember all the endings but I will say some of them might have been better than others however I find that opinion to be subjective though
I like to imagine he was trying to help defend the city as the attack began but eventually both he and the rest of his forces were corrupted and taken over, they didn’t even stand a chance. The city was lost as soon as the aparoids entered the atmosphere
It was the time where the fanbase wanted Star Fox 64 all over again. Fans were already torn up by Adventures. Then they got Star Fox 64 again...and then again (with Zero), now they don’t hate this game anymore.
The foot levels were a meh for me, they wasn't bad but I enjoyed more when I was on yhe arwing kicking ass. I just wished the arwing to felt faster in all range mode. And the multiplayer wad awesome
I liked the concept of the on-foot levels, they were good, but the controls... they were messy for me. I just want the controls for the 3rd person on-foot shooter sections to be fixed, that`s it. Otherwise great game
This has to be the most emotional and epic fight in the series, and it could have been SO much more epic if we had more of a relationship between at least fox and/or peppy and pepper, but the linear nature of these games, even this one, unfortunately prevent that. Command may have had some fights like that, but I dont remember any, and I actually played that one too.
This fight is even crazier on gold difficulty, you barely get enough time to interrupt his attacks, he does massive damage, and he has an extra attack at the end where he opens an Aparoid portal to shoot missiles at you.
I think they wanted you to be so invested in pepper you could only bring yourself to shoot when he jumps out at you but most of us just shot the whole time
Definitely the hardest boss in Assault. Fox aims so slowly when hitching a ride on Falco's Arwing and Wolf's Wolfen. Pepper is a very erratic boss as well. That doesn't pair good either. And to top the difficulty sundae, there's no health recoveries. If you start the fight in the red, McCloud and O'Donnell are toast. That's probably further reasons why the Aparoids infected General Pepper: make a near impossible boss fight. *STINKING BUGS!*
Idk man adventures was one hell of a game for me, and whenever i think of general pepper hes the one from adventures with his transmission intro sound and mimicking tony the tiger
I actually got really emotional the first time I did this fight... :'O I grew up with the General. "We Need Your Help Starfox!" Has been planted in my head since like 1997
Its unfortunate that it doesnt brake well, thats my only complaint. That and the fact i couldnt stand on the wing fox is standing on in multiplayer lol
general pepper: i need your help starfox. you must destroy me! fox: okay, if that's the only way... i'm sorry general *gets weapon ready* wolf: can't let you do that starfox!
Actually, StarFox were mercenaries, Peppper wasn't their general, he just payed them. At the end of StarFox64 he ask Fox to join the army, but he says no. And after that, you get a paper in which the general "pays" you according to the enemy units destroyed. So, they weren't part of the army, they weren't ordered by Pepper and they didn't do that for free.
When I began to watch the video I was saying to myself that Nintendo tried to envoke emotion with this game and when I first played it, it wasn't all that emotional to me. But now that I'm older and heard more of General Pepper's speech, It was pretty emotional and moving. Despite what most people say about Nintendo games calling them "Kiddy" they can do one thing pretty good and thats envoke emotion.
I always thought this was an awesome plot twist. In every other your the one always taking missions from General Pepper. And now you must face him in combat.
Seeing some of the stuff in the game, god its so dark, the Aparoids taking over many people's bodys, if it wasn't stopped, the Lylat System would be doomed. Damn Nintendo threw in a lot of dark plot ideas!
Even as a StarFox fan, I had huge problems finishing this game in Hard Mode. The first time I was like "Heh, finished all the other SF games, can't be that hard.". First level => Game Over. The first time I fought against this Boss in Hard Mode, it was so difficult I lost like 4 or 5 lives at a minimum (not counting the ones I lost in the level itself), it was only the second (and last) time they put you on rails like this. To repel his ship, you gotta attack, one second late you get hit.
they made wolf badass in this game. in 64 he sounded british aha. but it would be cool if they made a starfox game where you have both story lines like you can play the story of fox and or star wolf.
I was a bit sad about this but always hoped that peppy saved him from dieing after the fight & they found a way to kill the Apariod infection. I still hope so.
Pepper: shoot me! dont let me transform! Me: Why not? Its rlly fun u turn into something and then turn back! starscream does it! Pepper: I wasnt talking about becoming a transformer u moron! Me: Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! Cause u would have to be a robot then
Not that I really care about Wolf; but why did you shoot his ship after defeated General Pepper? P.S. This hurt me emotionally more than it did him physically😭
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"Don't hesitate! When that time comes, just act!"
-Wolf O' Donnell
I remember the first time I fought this boss.
When I heard Peppy say “Is that the General’s FLASGSHIP?!” followed by Pepper's "Is that you Fox? Too late...the aparoids" I was shocked.
As a child, I had played through Star Fox 64. Then I fought my way through Corneria in Assault. And now I saw the man who was with me since 1997 under enemy control. And I was going to have to fight him. In real life I was like, “Oh no. No! It can’t be!! Not Him!”
One of the few times my reaction matched that of the character I was play as.
I had the same reaction dude...
It was so hard to me, killing the star fox's boss
soooo was I haha
I also felt really sad & shock... but we had to do it. ``Don`t hesitate! When the time comes... *Just act!* ``
The emotion in this fight is so well done, having to destroy Pepper, and him literally begging you to do it... I wish Zero did stuff like this.
+Get Rekt Scrub This game had some legitimately good drama and probably the best story out of the entire series
Gamerdude854 Agreed, meanwhile every other game is literally the exact same as 64. (excluding Adventures, which wasn't even a Star Fox game to begin with)
Get Rekt Scrub True, although I really like 64 too. Star Fox Command was also a fresh take on the series but that game wasn't the greatest
+Get Rekt Scrub
Zero took several giant leaps backwards and because of that it's disappointing. There's no longer proper conversations and character dynamic like in Assault and it's back to the awkward one-liners. If only Assault would have balanced Arwing-Land Battle better and had brancing paths, it could have been the best game in the series.
Unpopular opinion: Peppy should've died in the last mission. I love Peppy, but his death would've made it the whole story feel more dangerous and real.
If You managed to keep Krystal safe up until the Aparoid G.Pepper fight, Panther will say comforting quotes to Krystal during the battle
A lot of people here seem to think Nintendo made this game. They only published it.
NAMCO made this game.
Star Fox Assault is what it is precisely because it wasn't made by Nintendo, but by Namco. And I mean it in a good way. I loved that this game was not exactly the same as 64.
Krystal: General Pepper...
Panther: It's OK, the General's a tough old hound dog.
People who started with 64 know how bad this fight hurt 🥺🤣
Little me was almost in tears. This hurt
Man as someone who started with 64 loooong ago and played this after around 12yrs old nobody could ever understand anymore, this moment in gaming history is too niche and too old for it to matter to anyone now
I can't even think of any moment in any game in the history of ever that made me come even remotely close to this level of emotion
I loved this battle, it stood out as the more emotional moment in the game.
honestly, i liked the plot of this game, not the fact that you were fighting a collective hive mind of machines, just the way the story was executed.
these things were mindless, unrelenting, uncaring monsters, they would never relent, they would never cease.
the way they were presented, the unrelenting nature of their tireless advance.
it made them super intimidating.
general pepper was proof of how far they could go.
Seven years.......
I like to pretend that star command doesn't exist. Starfox assault is the best game.
Why
@@stardragon01 how and why
@@stardragon01 I have the game and I thought it was pretty good the missions and everything but I don't remember all the endings but I will say some of them might have been better than others however I find that opinion to be subjective though
@@stardragon01 what you mean
@@stardragon01 okay but when you say mind-controlling bug are you talking about the Apairoids or What you referring to
General pepper"HONER...LET ME KEEP MY HONER"!!!!!!!!!
I like to imagine he was trying to help defend the city as the attack began but eventually both he and the rest of his forces were corrupted and taken over, they didn’t even stand a chance. The city was lost as soon as the aparoids entered the atmosphere
I still can't understand why people hated this game, awesome game play and amazing story! The on foot levels were my favorite
It was the time where the fanbase wanted Star Fox 64 all over again. Fans were already torn up by Adventures.
Then they got Star Fox 64 again...and then again (with Zero), now they don’t hate this game anymore.
The foot levels were a meh for me, they wasn't bad but I enjoyed more when I was on yhe arwing kicking ass.
I just wished the arwing to felt faster in all range mode.
And the multiplayer wad awesome
starfox has a pretty polarizing fanbase. i personally liked 64, adventures, assault and zero
I liked the concept of the on-foot levels, they were good, but the controls... they were messy for me. I just want the controls for the 3rd person on-foot shooter sections to be fixed, that`s it. Otherwise great game
@@pkmntrainerred4247 the control scheme had options you could change, as soon as i learned i could use C stick to aim i never went back
Reasons why I love star fox assault:
*Wolfen looks like a mecha*
*Then the general's flagship came along*
So, let me get this straight - the General's ship... is also a Gundam.
Peppy is the real hero of this game!
At the end, I thought Peppy died along with the Great Fox. But he was alive, what a troll.
Kendrez Reed Looks like he’s not retiring anytime soon
Peppy went kamikaze 2 times in the game, that crazy hare.
@@thatghostieboi8312 He must have done Barrel Roll
Peppy really came in clutch this whole game
great words of wolf for you
Wolf: Don't hesitate! When the time comes, just act!
This has to be the most emotional and epic fight in the series, and it could have been SO much more epic if we had more of a relationship between at least fox and/or peppy and pepper, but the linear nature of these games, even this one, unfortunately prevent that. Command may have had some fights like that, but I dont remember any, and I actually played that one too.
Perhaps an anime could flesh it out?
Wolf, the Vegeta of the Starfox Universe.
Vegeta = Saiyan Wolf.
Wolf = Furry Vegeta.
MarcSylex eh I find Wolf more charming than Vegeta.
My body's...no longer under my control.
Hey you!
This fight is even crazier on gold difficulty, you barely get enough time to interrupt his attacks, he does massive damage, and he has an extra attack at the end where he opens an Aparoid portal to shoot missiles at you.
"My fate is sealed. I have no choice."
-Repliforce General
4:45 Fox: Someday Wolf....You will be mine.
Still one of the saddest Star Fox bosses up to now.
The most hardest bosses in any game are the ones you grew up with being controlled, and they are completely aware they cant stop.
This was the first video game I ever played and it truly messed me up seeing this when I was little
I think they wanted you to be so invested in pepper you could only bring yourself to shoot when he jumps out at you but most of us just shot the whole time
I love that the voices and acting were improved for this game. I can't take it a lot more seriously.
3:40
*Is That You, Peppy? What Have You Done?*
Definitely the hardest boss in Assault. Fox aims so slowly when hitching a ride on Falco's Arwing and Wolf's Wolfen. Pepper is a very erratic boss as well. That doesn't pair good either. And to top the difficulty sundae, there's no health recoveries. If you start the fight in the red, McCloud and O'Donnell are toast. That's probably further reasons why the Aparoids infected General Pepper: make a near impossible boss fight.
*STINKING BUGS!*
I remember this fight... This is waaaaaaaaaaaay more intense than I thought it was. Damn...
Best Starfox Game
one with the craziest story... .that still made sense.
what a space drama damn
Idk man adventures was one hell of a game for me, and whenever i think of general pepper hes the one from adventures with his transmission intro sound and mimicking tony the tiger
Peppy is still the best pilot of the bunch.
We had such amazing sequels back then
I literally went: "I-I-Impossible...!" When I first saw this.
the music is definitely fitting for this fight. this fight shocked me the first time i played through it
Damn, this mission was a real drag for me. Glad someone uploaded this!
God I loved this game. I was so shocked to see how many people didnt know about it.
why, JUST WHY?!
GENERAL PEPPER NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
What in the name of James McCloud?! IS GENERAL PEPPER AN APAROID NOW?!
I actually got really emotional the first time I did this fight... :'O I grew up with the General. "We Need Your Help Starfox!" Has been planted in my head since like 1997
I could've sworn general pepper did some warping attack during the boss fight.
Alright, time to set up my GameCubr again :D
Lore of Star Fox Assault Boss Fight General Pepper momentum 100
Star wolf's ship is cooler.
Burst I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks this.
Its unfortunate that it doesnt brake well, thats my only complaint. That and the fact i couldnt stand on the wing fox is standing on in multiplayer lol
general pepper: i need your help starfox. you must destroy me!
fox: okay, if that's the only way... i'm sorry general
*gets weapon ready*
wolf: can't let you do that starfox!
Peppy is a hero!
I love how you stryed aiming at wolf when the boss(?) is over
This gave me some body-horror shivers when I first played it. It was an exciting game!
Also lol how the player is just shooting away while fox is emotionaly breaking down
Why are the hardest fights with the ones closest to you?
Because it hurts to stop them when they cant.
@@ytw101 hey our pfp is the same color
Bro I remember having so much freaking differcult with this BOSS. Dude the nostalgia
0:48 *The main reason why I still play this game even if it's a really old game it still kicks nostalgic ass xD*
Actually, StarFox were mercenaries, Peppper wasn't their general, he just payed them. At the end of StarFox64 he ask Fox to join the army, but he says no. And after that, you get a paper in which the general "pays" you according to the enemy units destroyed.
So, they weren't part of the army, they weren't ordered by Pepper and they didn't do that for free.
When I began to watch the video I was saying to myself that Nintendo tried to envoke emotion with this game and when I first played it, it wasn't all that emotional to me. But now that I'm older and heard more of General Pepper's speech, It was pretty emotional and moving. Despite what most people say about Nintendo games calling them "Kiddy" they can do one thing pretty good and thats envoke emotion.
Poor General Pepper
It’s alright, the General’s a very tough dog. Those people on Reddit who compare him or call him a military dictator haven’t been paying any attention
@@Wildboyz6913People call him a dictator?
@@HylianWindRider Yeah, people on Reddit say he runs an authoritarian military dictatorship, like a junta
@@Wildboyz6913 I guess that's Reddit nonsense for ya. The same people also seem to be in favor of Fox and Wolf romance, which I find plain wrong.
the game is not casual trust me and this is the only boss who is easy , second wolf is an anti-hero if you didn't know....
I remember I loved that gun :3
I always thought this was an awesome plot twist. In every other your the one always taking missions from General Pepper. And now you must face him in combat.
General Pepper was leading the assault despite his age but his forces were overwhelmed talk about a badass
Its official name is "Invasion of the Violent God."
Wolf is such a badass
0:46 No!!!
Peppy almost fucking dies twice
This fight is a bitch on Gold. Mostly when Pepper is real close to you, I try shooting at the face but it just doesn't respond sometimes
I wish this had invincible glitch to see transforme
an emotional/scary moment at age 8 i was sad,angry and scared
Seeing some of the stuff in the game, god its so dark, the Aparoids taking over many people's bodys, if it wasn't stopped, the Lylat System would be doomed. Damn Nintendo threw in a lot of dark plot ideas!
Starfoxes Borg Collective basically.
This boss gives me chills and goosebumps everytime I fight him. :$
Even as a StarFox fan, I had huge problems finishing this game in Hard Mode. The first time I was like "Heh, finished all the other SF games, can't be that hard.". First level => Game Over.
The first time I fought against this Boss in Hard Mode, it was so difficult I lost like 4 or 5 lives at a minimum (not counting the ones I lost in the level itself), it was only the second (and last) time they put you on rails like this. To repel his ship, you gotta attack, one second late you get hit.
I can't believe that my girl Krystal got hurt and Mr Fox McCloud tried to rescue Ms Krystal before she got severly injured
Peppy and General Pepper are the only ones truly acting. Everyone else is "meh".
Pepper's ship looks like a suped up Arwing/mech! Too bad we never see it again...
they made wolf badass in this game. in 64 he sounded british aha. but it would be cool if they made a starfox game where you have both story lines like you can play the story of fox and or star wolf.
Pepper's older than Slippy. Much older. His time was coming sooner or later. By all rights, Peppy should've been retired.
when i reached this boss i don't want to kill him
all i was doing to do was evading attack
the general was my favourite character like the fox team
This battle... I just... I just couldn't help but feel sad about shooting at my general...
At least this time when they did close ups of them talking their mouths actually moved.
4:07
Adoro este tipo de interacciones entre rivales
Well the beginning of the fight...
What! I think it's top notch (especially Wolf's voice). Fox's voice is the only one thats a little iffy, but not too bad.
Like wise man, I grew up with starfox 64 I still play it XD cause its SO DAM EPIC especialy when you unlock very hard mode
2:33 when pepper says "shoot me" he sound like a apariod
CAN'T STAND THIS BOSS!
Ikr. He's an absolute bullet sponge on anything but bronze. Cornaria was such an easy stage until this guy
@@tangentingtangerines5709 Are you able to block any of the mini bots once they begin firing?
I was a bit sad about this but always hoped that peppy saved him from dieing after the fight & they found a way to kill the Apariod infection. I still hope so.
the sadest moment in starfox history
Krystal retire lol but idk how she retire on that mission
Sonic Duncans after you kill a couple of jammers, she’ll end up getting a trio of enemies on her tail. Guess this one didn’t save her
general??? WHY, NINTENDO, WHY?
Pepper: shoot me! dont let me transform!
Me: Why not? Its rlly fun u turn into something and then turn back! starscream does it!
Pepper: I wasnt talking about becoming a transformer u moron!
Me: Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! Cause u would have to be a robot then
This boss was really hard when I fought hin
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGEEEEE!!!
best game ever!
i like this music :D
Also at the end of the video, it says he's playing on "Bronze Level" also known as the Easy Mode.
General Pepper! Peppy! Noooooo!!!! x.x
They survived. Peppy saved Pepper by making his ship have a controlled glide.
MinecraftUnification Thank goodness! ;_; It's been too long since I've played this game. XD
Not that I really care about Wolf; but why did you shoot his ship after defeated General Pepper?
P.S. This hurt me emotionally more than it did him physically😭
BECAUSE!
Itsa general rule..
BADGUYS GET ALL OF THE "GOOD" STUFF!!
Why is fox trusting Wolf
Kayla Williams He has no other options
starfox is the fucking rambo of the nintendo world and wolf is the termiantor of well also da nintendo world
Why was Wolf helping fox exactly?
their have a common enemy the Aparoids and they are working together at the moment