I've never touched the series and, honestly, I will be surprised if I get to it but the opportunity is there now!

I've heard that's a very good one!

My older brother played through this and I watched big chunks of the game that way...and that was good enough for me. My favorite memory of this game, though, is the cut scene where Fox first finds the sexy female fox trapped in a crystal (and I think her name was Crystal also?). He's entranced at the sight of her but then shakes his head and says, "Fox! What are you thinking!" Peppy immediately jumps on the comm and says, "Fox! What are you thinking!" That got a chuckle from me at the time but I'm sure not gonna play the game to see it again lol