Voice acting in Nintendo games is a rare treat even today, so the revelation that Starfox 64 (known as Lylat Wars in the UK) would be supplementing its character banter with real voices was a pleasant surprise. The internal squabbling of the Star Fox team may have added to the games cinematic feel, but its the enemy pilots chiming in over the intercom that make for the most memorable exchanges.Step forward Macbeth Train Engineer; the nameless controller of a train thats delivering weapons to a supply depot in one of the games most memorable sequences. Grounded in his Landmaster tank, Fox and the Engineer find themselves in a breakneck race across the surface of the planet. The Engineers a confident, even cocky nemesis. Here come the little hyenas now! he drawls, countering Foxs every move with taciturn instructions. Detatch the rear vee-hicle! Step on the gas! Only in his final moments either crushed under his own robot or thundering helplessly into the depot, depending on the players actions does the Engineer finally lose his cool. Not even Andross gets as much screen time as this baddie, let alone two unique death scenes -- the Macbeth Train sequence, with its signature villain, remains a classic Starfox encounter.
