Star Fox 64 Mission # 11 Solar

Solar

3-D Scroll Mode

Medal Requirement: 100 Hits

Solar is one of the sweetest looking stages in all of Star Fox 64, but at the same time, it's one of the most dangerous ones. Because of the immense heat, your ship will constantly lose energy. The only way to replenish your energy is to blast the lava rocks that rise from beneath the waves and pray that they leave behind Supply Rings. If you're aiming for the medal (and you should be), it's essential that you arrive at Solar with your wingmen in fairly good shape. There are two points during the stage where they'll automatically lose energy because of the heat, which could put them out of commission if they're low on energy to begin with.

When you begin, simply avoid the huge flame trails that are hurling all over the place. Soon after, you'll reach the first batches of rising lava rocks - a good place to unleash a bomb if you time it right. Continue on, and you'll be confronted with some huge lava waves. Instinct would tell you to avoid them, but if you try to stay just out of reach and shoot through them, there's almost always a batch of enemies waiting on the other side. Right before the checkpoint, a huge flock of winged enemies will fly toward the left of the screen - be sure to have a bomb ready to take them out, because not only will they give you a nice number of hits, but they'll leave behind a couple of reserve bombs as well.

Keep on moving, and be sure to save one last bomb (at least) for the end of the stage, as just before you reach the boss an enormous flock of winged enemies will fly up, leaving the potential for oodles of hits. You only need 100 hits to get the medal, but it's not as easy as it sounds, so be sure to clean house at the end. Then, get ready for the boss.