But no, they keep trying to innovate, first with the Zelda-esque StarFox Advetures, then with Star Fox Assault, which had ATROCIOUS controls outside the Arwing.
And now on the DS, they take what oculd have been a great idea and dumb it down by making it way too easy and repetitive. It makes no sense to me at all. (It also makes no sense why they didn't use voice over for Starfox DS, considering that the DS cards have four times the capacity of the average N64 cartridge.)