When you only comment to insult Nintendo and their games, I am going to assume that no, they are not aware. 

I'm still pissed abouth the Black Arwing, and I guess I'll be pissed forever then. No words on another difficulty mode?

On the bright side, I'm really happy about the length. 10 hours to unlock and play all the levels is good. Plus there's still medal collecting and trophy collecting, which provided tons of fun on SF64.

To some people in this thread, you really need to know what this franchise is about before making ridiculous statements.

EDIT: How is this game playable with the Pro Controller? It seems like a way to say: "try it, and you'll change to the Gamepad" XD.

the 3-1/2 hour main game is fine considering Star Fox games have always been about the multi branching path through planets- i.e. replayability. 

however it is totally absurd to have the harder difficulty mode for the game locked behind buying an Amiibo. that's ridiculous and Nintendo should not get a pass on that, I mean difficulty modes are expected to be provided as a base. I have no idea what they were thinking. Also not enabling full compatibility with the pro controller makes zero sense, they have to be aware that a ton of their fans love the earlier games and are going to want as close to as they can get to the classic controller experience?

the difficulty mode blocked behind an Amiibo is literally a way to make fans hate the company, whoever made that call wasn't thinking

I love Nintendo but there is no exuse for essentially blocking a difficulty mode. and, yes, undoubtedly the Black Arwing version will still be much harder. it will be helpful possibly on certain bosses but I imagine it takes only a few hits for you to lose so that in no way makes up for that.

I can't even think of really any other games that had a difficulty mode blocked as a payable DLC essentially. There are examples of only UNLOCKING a difficulty mode after you beat the game or find secrets, but to charge for it? lame

At this point, my mere presence in this thread will say more about what I think about this than I could ever express in words, so I'll just hit and run on this one.

I totally agree, and I think the vast majority of us too. Well, in SF64 if you collect all the medals you unlock a hard mode. It seems that Gamexplain didn't reach that point. So, if it's locked in-game after collecting those medals, I won't complain. But we really have no info about it I think...

Completely agree, it freaking sucks. If I were you, I'd wait for the game to drop in price or maybe seek out a friend who might own a Falco Amiibo.

So it seems I was right (I wish I wasn't) about the Black Arwing being Amiibo locked.

This is really disgusting conduct by Nintendo. There was a time not so long ago when they were held up as an example of a company that didn't screw its costumers with carved up content. Now they're a prime example of the wrong way to do DLC; locking on-disc gameplay content behind overpriced and undersupplied toys. 

What next, will you need to buy Amiibo to play individual characters in the next Smash Bros?

Of all the ways Nintendo has disappointed me this generation, Amiibo is one of the most egregious. 

Hmm... I said it before, but I'm stil hopeful that they locked the hardcore mode behind the medals like in SF64. If not, I'll totally suscribe your opinion. I loved the Hardcore Mode in SF64, and I'm not willing to pay for the Falcon amiibo just for a single mode. I'm not that crazy.

If there is a way to unlock the Black and Retro Arwings without Amiibo, I will whole-heartedly take back my criticism.