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96-485: The game follows Fox McCloud attempting to defend the galaxy from aliens known as the Anglar. Q-Games originally worked on Intersect , which Nintendo decided to turn into a DS game. The game was generally well-received; it has achieved an average score of 76% from GameRankings , a reviews aggregate. The game has two types of single-player gameplay including a strategic map and battle mode. The overworld -like map mode

192-468: A 3D space shooter for the Super NES , provisionally titled 'SnesGlider'. The development team, led by Shigeru Miyamoto , redesigned what had been a tech demo into a rail shooter , from Nintendo designing the game and Argonaut handling the programming aspects. However, without a story, it lacked any incentive to play beyond flying and shooting. Miyamoto sketched out a universe but could not decide on

288-506: A barrel roll!", has become an internet meme . Google created an Easter egg homage to it in November 2011. Typing "do a barrel roll" or "z or r twice" makes the user's web browser appear to spin. Cuthbert stated that he named Peppy. According to Star Fox Command , he has a daughter named Lucy and is the widower of his wife Vivian. By the time of Star Fox: Assault , he is retired from flight duty, taking up an advisory position in

384-807: A cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as one of Solid Snake 's contacts on his Codec and sometimes a contact for Fox, Falco, or Wolf with a taunt on the Star Fox battlefield. He is voiced in English by Chris Seavor in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Fox Adventures and Mike McAuliffe in Star Fox: Assault . He is voiced by Kyoko Tongu in the early Japanese versions of the series; Star Fox 64 3D and Star Fox Zero saw him being voiced by Kei Hayami. Peppy Hare

480-470: A classy, competent pilot to a crazed, ruthless assassin who usually gives a deranged laugh after defeating a foe. His English voice has also changed to suit this; originally, his tone was calm and sinister, but it has become high-pitched and maniacal. Despite his ruthless swagger and love of the hunt, Leon loves to adorn his maniacal disposition to maintain his spot as the assassin on the Star Wolf team. He

576-462: A concept demo for Star Fox for the then-coming Nintendo DS , which lead to the team spending a couple of months creating a "space elevator" demo styled after the original Star Fox . They also had massively revamped the look of the Star Fox characters and team, but this direction was dropped when the game entered full production and series character artist Takaya Imamura was assigned to produce

672-424: A consistent formula, and thus encouraged the team to try out various new ideas and see what happened; for example, Cuthbert wanted to include more traditional rail-shooter stages in the game design, similar to stages present in previous games such as Star Fox and Star Fox 64 , but Miyamoto was amendment that the team stuck with free-range stages, desiring to take the project "elsewhere" as opposed to just copying

768-698: A customized ship called the Rainbow Delta, which may allude to his supposed soft spot or reference the fact that chameleons can change color. Leon has been voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in most of the Japanese versions and by Takashi Ohara in Star Fox 64 3D and Star Fox Zero . In Star Fox: Assault , he and Panther Caroso were voiced in English by David Scully. In Star Fox: Assault , Leon and Panther Caroso were voiced in English by David Scully. The former has been voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in most of

864-461: A game manual, but Nintendo Power released a card featuring Fox, which stated that during Star Fox 64 he is 18 years old, his height is 1.73 SM and his weight is 70.31 SK. The SNES Star Fox soundtrack booklet stated that Fox's height is 152 centimetres (4.99 ft) and his weight is 46 kilograms (101 lb). Fox would be 26 in Adventures (as Adventures takes place just 8 years after

960-538: A mission briefing. ROB 64 is not playable, but pilots the Great Fox when on the map screen. Pigma Dengar appears as a boss in two of Falco's stories. The ghost of Andross , possessing a different bioweapon (Monarch Dodra, Grunner, Killer Bee, or Dune Worm) depending on the mission, appears as a boss on Titania. Octoman, an F-Zero racer, appears as a boss in certain Aquas and Venom missions. Some years later after

1056-470: A natural hero to convey a sense of an epic space saga. Names under consideration included "Star Wolf", "Star Sheep", "Star Fox", "Star Sparrow", and "Star Hawk". Miyamoto finally settled on having a fox as the main character after visiting Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto , the head shrine of Inari , a Japanese kami associated with foxes. Inari is portrayed as being able to fly, and its shrines, particularly

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1152-539: A new Final Smash that makes use of the Arwing vehicle. He also makes a playable appearance in the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas . Since the release of the original Star Fox , Fox McCloud has gained a cult following. Nintendo Power listed Fox as their 18th favorite hero, stating that while a few of his games could have been better, he has a long list of accomplishments. Early in

1248-435: A new Star Fox team decades in the future. In Star Fox: Assault , Krystal wears a blue catsuit , blue knee-high boots , a silver chain belt , two silver rings on her tail, white beads in her hair, and a silver diadem which has a turquoise jewel. Krystal wore a loincloth and was originally designed to be a main character of Dinosaur Planet , before Nintendo turned the project into a Star Fox title. Her original design

1344-661: A playable character, trophies, and spirits. Falco is one of the game's fastest characters, and performs his moves very quickly. He jumps higher than Fox and uses a similar reflecting shield, blaster, and Landmaster tank. In Melee , Falco's appearance is based on his design in Star Fox 64 , his design in Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS is based on his appearance in Star Fox: Assault and Star Fox Command , while his design in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate combines elements from his appearance in Star Fox Zero and

1440-494: A player gains a certain amount of percentage and once they reach 100% they move to the next letter. The highest rank a player can get is 100% of the A rank. The game is set in the Lylat system, using a similar map as Star Fox 64 to switch between each areas. However, two planets, Zoness and Macbeth, did not appear in the game, unlike Star Fox 64 . Command has the largest number of playable characters in any Star Fox game, with

1536-719: A rebellion. They also face off against the Aparoid race, led by the Aparoid Queen, with assistance from Star Wolf. Once again, the Lylat System falls under peril in Star Fox Command (2006), this time under attack by a new foe known as the Anglars, who originated from Venom's acidic oceans. It is up to Fox McCloud to save the galaxy once more by slowly liberating invaded territory and arriving at Venom to defeat

1632-506: A red suit, and Fay , a female dog in a blue suit, were added to the Star Fox team; neither of them were featured in games released after the making of Star Fox 2 . Dylan Cuthbert stated that he gave Miyu that name because he liked how it sounded, and that he named Fay after a crush he had in childhood prior to his teenage years. Cuthbert stated he did not remember whether he gave family names to Miyu and Fay. The Nintendo Power 's Star Fox comic by Benimaru Itoh exclusively introduced

1728-829: A relationship with Krystal in Star Fox Adventures which continues through Star Fox: Assault and possibly ends in Star Fox: Command when Fox forces her off the team for fear of her safety, though the outcome can change depending on the route and ending. Fox is also a playable character in all five games in the Super Smash Bros. series. The character is voiced in English by Steve Malpass in Star Fox Adventures , Jim Walker in Star Fox: Assault , and Mike West in Starlink: Battle for Atlas and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . In

1824-604: A researcher under Andross' direct supervision during his time at the Corneria Defense Force Scientific Research Institute, he eventually schemes with Andross to betray the Star Fox team, causing the presumed death of James McCloud. Afterwards, he persuades Wolf to create and lead the Star Wolf team, secretly manipulating him and his team in accordance to Andross' orders. When fighting Star Fox in Star Fox 64 , Pigma targets Peppy due to their previously having been teammates. Pigma

1920-476: A shield to be arrogant, causing him to be unpopular with his crew mates; essentially, the only reason Wolf tolerates him is because he is using his connections to Andross to provide the team with immeasurable technological and financial support. In battle, he primarily targets Slippy usually saying, "Stick to the pond, froggie". According to the Official Star Fox 64 Player's Guide his favorite book

2016-407: A similar sentiment in an interview with Nintendo Dream in 2011, expressing a personal desire to end Fox's story with Command , leaving the true ending up to the player's interpretation and instead exploring other periods in the timeline for future installments, such as a prequel to Star Fox 64 or even a direct sequel set between it and Star Fox Adventures . On Reddit , Cuthbert stated that "canon

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2112-530: A single, linear narrative somewhat similar to the one presented in Command 's predecessor, Star Fox: Assault , but Cuthbert would ultimately convince him to turn it into a larger, branching storyline with multiple pathways and endings, inspired by choose your own adventure gamebooks such as the Fighting Fantasy series. According to Imamura, when approaching the multiple story arcs in Command , he

2208-465: A spacecraft. Fox McCloud defeats him, causing him to explode. He nonetheless returns and serves as a boss in Star Fox Command , revealing that he survived the previous encounter as a cube-shaped cyborg. Whether the player encounters him depends on decisions made during gameplay. According to Star Fox Zero , Pigma Dengar managed to volunteer as a member of Star Fox shortly before betraying

2304-410: A total of fourteen, including Fox McCloud , Falco Lombardi , Krystal , Slippy Toad , Peppy Hare , Wolf O'Donnell , Panther Caroso , Leon Powalski , Slippy's fiancée Amanda , Peppy's daughter Lucy Hare , Bill Grey , Katt Monroe , Andross' grandson Dash Bowman and Fox's father James McCloud . Andrew Oikonny is one of the game's bosses. Slippy's father Beltino Toad makes an appearance during

2400-641: Is a chameleon who is a member of the Star Wolf team, and is the only member other than Wolf that has been on the team since its creation. Leon's past is unknown, with no records of him belonging to any prior organization, and he is also believed to be an alien that migrated from another star system, but he most likely had some past rivalry with Falco Lombardi whom he mainly concentrates on during dogfights in Star Fox 64 and taunts mercilessly within Star Fox: Assault . Leon's English personality has changed noticeably since Star Fox 64 . He has gone from

2496-408: Is a rabbit who wears a red suit and is a member of the original Star Fox team, with leader James McCloud and wingmate Pigma Dengar. After Pigma's betrayal and James' capture, Peppy barely escapes to return to Papetoon to inform Fox McCloud of his father's fate. Peppy serves as Fox's mentor and gives Fox instructions and advice throughout the course of the games. Peppy's phrase from Star Fox 64 , "Do

2592-523: Is a red fox , the main character of the series, the leader of the team and James McCloud's son. Fox wears a green suit. When he hears about his father's disappearance, he drops out of the Corneria Defense Force. At the start of the series, Fox is young and still training under Peppy Hare, his father's friend and wingmate. He becomes an expert pilot, skilled in both air and ground-based attacking, as seen in Star Fox: Assault . Fox begins

2688-459: Is also said to have created the Star Fox team emblem, as well as (in collaboration with Andross) custom engineering the Wolfen for the Star Wolf team to utilize. Pigma is later forcibly fired from Star Wolf by Wolf O'Donnell for his greed and treachery. He attempts to profit off a Memory Cube in Star Fox: Assault . As a result of his greed, he undergoes Aparoid assimilation which fuses him with

2784-412: Is an anthropomorphic fox with orange-brown fur, with golden-brown or white highlights. He has a stereotypical bushy, white-tipped tail which appears to be very short in Star Fox 64 and Command . His eyes are inconsistently shown to be either green or blue. He will occasionally wear large tanker boots over his legs when fighting on the ground. Takaya Imamura from the Star Fox development team noted that

2880-480: Is engaged to a frog named Amanda, and in two endings in Star Fox Command they have children together. Slippy Toad tends to fall prey to enemy pilots, and as such calls upon the player for assistance. In both Star Fox 64 and Star Fox: Assault , the player needs to save Slippy early on. In the SNES game and Nintendo Power comic, Slippy has a croaking stutter , which was removed in later appearances. Slippy makes

2976-465: Is even canon to the series. Despite this, the developers have suggested that any sequel might ignore the endings and instead pick up the story from the middle. Fox's vehicle is called the Arwing II, which boasts a decent amount of health and boost, and can either receive plasma blasters or twin lasers, depending on the storyline. In this game, Takaya Imamura gave Fox a cartoonish appearance, compared to

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3072-513: Is something the fans like to try to follow but Command was meant to be an alternate timeline kind of game, hence the choices you make. It let us have a lot more fun with the characters". Star Fox Command was co-developed by Q-Games and directed by its founder, Dylan Cuthbert , who previously served as a lead programmer of the original Star Fox duology. Q-Games was working on a puzzle game called Digidrive for Nintendo when they were approached by Shigeru Miyamoto , who suggested that they'd do

3168-556: Is somewhat of a narcissist , and enjoys his feared reputation. His personality in Star Fox Command seems to contradict his cold-blooded image. It is implied that, beneath his facade, he has a soft spot for peace. This is hinted at in his profile in the Pilot Gallery and his rejoicing after defeating the Anglar Emperor because he claims that he will look forward to parades with flowers and other such niceties. Leon has

3264-499: Is the Wolfen . Though Star Wolf were planned to appear on the canceled Star Fox 2 , they first appeared in Star Fox 64 . They have appeared in every game except for the original Star Fox and Star Fox Adventures . In Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Zero , the team is composed of Wolf O'Donnell, Leon Powalski, ex-Star Fox team member Pigma Dengar, and Andross' nephew Andrew Oikonny, while in Star Fox: Assault and Star Fox Command ,

3360-568: Is the boring kind of Smash, so he's getting this spot on the list". List of Star Fox characters#Lucy Hare Star Fox is a series of spaceship shooter games published by Nintendo . The main protagonist and player character of the series is Fox McCloud , the leader of a team of anthropomorphic animals in the Lylat planetary system called Star Fox. Gameplay involves control of futuristic aircraft called Arwings, as well as other vehicles and combat on foot. According to programmer Dylan Cuthbert , several names of animals were used in

3456-499: Is voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 , Yusuke Numata in Star Fox: Assault and Atsushi Abe in Star Fox 64 3D . Tricky is the young Styracosaurus prince of the EarthWalker Tribe from the planet Sauria. He serves as Fox's companion in Star Fox Adventures , in which Tricky performs various tasks for Fox, such as digging or breathing fire. He is made an honorary Star Fox member at

3552-440: Is where the player takes command of several ships. The mode is used to get ships into the battle mode and is essentially a simple turn-based strategy game. Up to four ships can be maneuvered at a time. The object of the mode is to prevent the enemy ones from reaching the Great Fox . It also allows players to fire missiles from the Great Fox that they have picked up from exploring in this mode, or from meeting certain conditions in

3648-564: The Arwing II is available. Players score not by killing opponents, but by collecting stars from them when they have been destroyed. It is also possible to collect a star from an opponent not killed by the player. This is a modified version of the mode from Star Fox 64 / Lylat Wars . Nintendo Wi-Fi uses a ranking system based on rankings of the alphabet with Z being the lowest and A being the highest. Players work their way up from Z by collecting wins (they could be based on points). For every win

3744-576: The Kansai dialect . His last name refers to the way people who speak in Kansai often end their sentences with "dengar". The name, "Pigma", is a spin on the word dogma , pointing to his antidogmatic nature. Andrew Oikonny is a monkey who is the nephew of Andross . In Star Fox 64 , Andross is said to have effectively forced Pigma to include him on the team, as he is otherwise an inexperienced pilot with an elitist attitude, using his uncles' authority as

3840-575: The Nintendo 64 's lifespan, Fox McCloud ranked fifth in IGN 's top five best Nintendo 64 character list. He was included in GameSpot ' s "All Time Greatest Video Game Hero" contest and reached the "Round 2" before losing to Link . GameDaily named Fox McCloud as the seventh top Nintendo character of all time. IGN praised Fox's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee , saying that he featured some of

3936-646: The Nintendo 64 . ROB's Japanese name, "NUS", stands for "Nintendo Ultra Sixty-four", the original name of the Nintendo 64 system, and is part of the serial number of all N64 components: the controller, for example, is NUS-005. ROB has the ability to completely control the Great Fox, piloting it, providing information to the team, and aiding them with items and vehicles. Prior to Star Fox Adventures , he has been rebuilt and upgraded several times by Slippy Toad, infusing him with more productivity and personality. After

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4032-618: The "Lylat speech" present in Lylat Wars . Players can also record their own voices into the game's "gibberish generator" using the built-in DS microphone where it is converted into the garbled speech of the various characters. Star Fox Command supports six players in local wireless multiplayer matches via DS Download Play and up to three players on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. In Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection matches, only

4128-462: The Anglar Emperor. This time, he begins the battle with only ROB 64 at his side, as the rest of the team has been disbanded for various reasons (i.e. dismissing Krystal by fearing for her safety). Along the way, other characters will join Fox and the team becomes whole again. As Command has nine different outcomes, it is uncertain which is the true path Fox and crew take, and even whether or not Command

4224-499: The English and Japanese versions of the game. His most consistent English voice actor has been Mike West, who first portrayed the character in the localized release of Star Fox 64 . After a hiatus of fourteen years, West reprised the role for Star Fox 64 3D . He has since then consistently voiced Fox, supplying the character with his voice for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U , Star Fox Zero , Starlink: Battle for Atlas , and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . In both

4320-659: The Great Fox. Also according to Command , he is eventually made general of the Corneria Army after Pepper grows ill. In the Nintendo Power comic, Peppy appears to have some form of extrasensory perception , although it is not elaborated upon. In English, Peppy was voiced by Rick May in Star Fox 64 , Chris Seavor in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Fox Adventures , Henry Dardenne in Assault , and Jaz Adams in Star Fox 64 3D and Star Fox Zero . He

4416-534: The Hedgehog , and has fairly weak attacks that allow for a number of combos. His attacks include a blaster , a dash attack, a hexagonal reflector (informally called the "shine"), the "Fire Fox" attack, and the Landmaster Tank as a "Final Smash". Falco Lombardi and Wolf O'Donnell , also from the Star Fox series, have similar movesets. In competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee , Fox is considered to be

4512-402: The Japanese release of Star Fox 64 and Super Smash Bros. , Fox was voiced by Shinobu Satouchi (speaking in English with a Japanese accent for the English version). For English dialogue of Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Fox Adventures , Fox's voice was done by Rare 's Steve Malpass. In Star Fox: Assault , his voice was done by Jim Walker in the English release and by Kenji Nojima in

4608-402: The Japanese release. Nojima reprised his role for Super Smash Bros. Brawl , as did Walker for the English version. Nojima reprised his role once again in the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U . In Star Fox 64 3D , Star Fox Zero , Starlink: Battle for Atlas , and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , he is voiced by Takashi Ōhara in Japanese. There

4704-478: The Japanese versions and by Takashi Ohara in Star Fox 64 3D and Star Fox Zero . Pigma Dengar is a pig who was one of the original members of the Star Fox team. He is a greedy pirate and mechanic with a twisted personality, who is willing to deceive others and does not care who he hurts so long as he is paid. Pigma is also sadistic as evidenced by his introductory quote from the Bolse level. Said to be

4800-559: The Japanese versions, he is voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in Star Fox 64 , Super Smash Bros. , and Super Smash Bros. Melee , Kenji Nojima in Star Fox: Assault , Super Smash Bros. Brawl , and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and by Takashi Ohara from Star Fox 64 3D onwards. Falco Lombardi is a character who appeared in the first Star Fox game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . He subsequently appeared in

4896-479: The Month Award for capturing the fun and essence that made the series significant. Famitsu gave a 32/40, and was cited as an influence for the game's large initial sales. It received a 4 out of 5 star rating on G4's X-Play , praising the stylus control and the strategy elements. The Associated Press noted the game for having developed the game to work well with the DS controls, but had mixed feelings about

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4992-618: The Venom army is destroyed, Wolf and his team go their separate way. In the English games, Wolf is voiced by Grant Goodeve in Star Fox: Assault and by Jay Ward in Super Smash Bros. Brawl , Starlink: Battle for Atlas , and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . In the Japanese versions, Wolf is voiced by Hisao Egawa in Star Fox 64 , Mahito Oba in Star Fox: Assault and Super Smash Bros. Brawl , and Kosuke Takaguchi in Star Fox 64 3D , Star Fox Zero , Starlink: Battle for Atlas and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Leon Powalski

5088-451: The anthropomorphic styling was to help players feel empathy towards the characters in Star Fox. Fox's outfit has changed in every game he appears in, but generally includes an orange or green jumpsuit under a pale gray flight jacket or combat vest and a headset . In Star Fox 64 , if the game is played in expert mode, Fox wears a pair of sunglasses similar to what his father wore. Nintendo has never officially cited Fox's age or height in

5184-449: The battle mode (usually destroying all enemies). When a craft that is controlled by the player encounters an enemy group or missile in this mode, the gameplay switches to the battle mode. Battle mode is similar to the "all-range mode" employed in Star Fox 64 for some bosses and levels. Like the cancelled Star Fox 2 the game is completely all-range, as opposed to the " on-rails " levels featured in most other Star Fox games (however,

5280-478: The best texture work and modeling in the game. In their preview of Star Fox: Assault , IGN editors Juan Castro and Matt Casamassina described Fox's voice as juvenile yet tough. Fox ranked eighth on GameDaily 's Top 10 Smash Bros. characters list. In an IGN poll for voting from a list of ten Nintendo characters for favorite Nintendo character of all time, Fox came in fourth, behind Link , Mario , and Samus respectively. Entertainment Weekly elected Fox

5376-473: The character Fara Phoenix , a Fennec fox , as a love interest for Fox, starting off as a Cornerian test pilot and later becoming an unofficial member. ROB 64 (known as NUS64 in the original Japanese-language version) is the observation and analysis robot of Star Fox's mothership the Great Fox. ROB's name is a reference to the NES accessory R.O.B. The 64 is derived from the console of his first appearance ,

5472-439: The character with the most potential and is utilized by numerous top players, such as Adam "Armada" Lindgren and Joseph "Mango" Marquez , although his fast movements make him very difficult to control without practice. Fox also re-appears alongside the rest of the Super Smash Bros. cast in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , and is based on his Star Fox Zero design. Fox also has

5568-426: The death of her parents. She comes across a distress signal from Sauria. She joins Star Fox as the team's telepath after the adventure. She fights in multiple battles in Star Fox: Assault . Before the start of Star Fox Command , Krystal leaves the Star Fox team after a strained relationship with Fox. Several possible endings show her returning to both, including one where she marries Fox and their son Marcus leads

5664-444: The destruction of the Aparoid race. The planet Venom where Andross's forces were all but destroyed, and there is thought to be peace. This is not to be, however, as a race of beings known as the Anglar rise from the acidic oceans of Venom, thought to be unable to support life. The Anglar Emperor plans on destroying the Lylat system, which Fox McCloud and crew set out to save. But the Star Fox team has broken up, but re-assembles to fight

5760-704: The director of Engineering at Space Dynamics Co. Ltd., and later serves the research director for the Cornerian Defense Forces. Slippy invents and constructs many inventions for the team, including the Blue-Marine, the Landmaster and the Roadmaster. After the Aparoid race is destroyed in Star Fox: Assault , he temporarily withdraws from the Star Fox team. However, when Fox needs backup in Star Fox Command , he comes to his assistance. He

5856-574: The end of Adventures . In his second appearance in Star Fox: Assault , Tricky has matured, and is now the king of the EarthWalker Tribe. After Fox and Krystal save his kingdom from the Aparoids, he promises to help repair Sauria. He was voiced by Kevin Bayliss in Star Fox Adventures and Chet Morgan in Star Fox: Assault . In the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault , he is voiced by Hirohiko Kakegawa , who also voiced Beltino and James McCloud in

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5952-493: The entry, the player controls Fox in his Arwing . He is the leader of the Star Fox team and is joined by his wingmates during various missions. Fox is the protagonist of several Star Fox games, comics, and other media. He has featured in several other game franchises, including as a playable character in every installment of the Super Smash Bros. series. Fox has received mostly positive reviews from critics. In 1992, Nintendo and Argonaut Software collaborated to produce

6048-434: The events of Star Fox 64 ), 27 in Assault (the game manual stated 1 year had passed since the conclusion of Adventures ), and 29 to 30 in Command (exactly three years right after the conclusion of Assault ). Unlike the voice actor consistency with other Nintendo characters, such as Mario , several different individuals have contributed their vocals for Fox. He was first voiced by Daniel Owsen in Star Fox , in both

6144-494: The final control ideas with the DS' stylus. Once Command 's direction was decided upon and the main development began, Q-Games would handle the main game design, but the music, sound, story and characters were handled in-house by Nintendo EAD, with Hajima Wakai (who previously composed Star Fox 64 's soundtrack) returning as the composer, and Imamura being responsible for the characters, enemies and storylines, and their respective endings. Imamura had originally intended on creating

6240-522: The first Great Fox is destroyed in Star Fox: Assault , he returns in Star Fox Command piloting the new version of the Great Fox. On some paths in the game, ROB joins Star Wolf when no "hero" character is available. In Star Fox Zero , a tethered robot similar in appearance, Direct-i, also assists in operation of the Gyrowing and Roadmaster. ROB is voiced in English by John Silke in Star Fox Adventures and Dex Manley in Star Fox: Assault . He

6336-493: The first day. In the United States, it was the 5th best seller in the first week. Star Fox Command has received mostly positive reviews, with a Metacritic score of 76/100 and a GameRankings score of 76%. IGN gave it an 8 out of 10, or "Impressive", calling it a "surprisingly rich and faithful action game" that had similar game play to Star Fox and Star Fox 64 . Star Fox Command received IGN DS's August 2006 Game of

6432-430: The game Star Fox Adventures , Fox appears without the rest of the Star Fox team, helping Dinosaur Planet and a woman named Krystal against an attack by a man named General Scales, allying with a triceratops named Prince Tricky. Krystal falls in love with Fox, and the two fight against a resurrected Andross, the true antagonist. In Star Fox: Assault , Fox is hired to defeat Andross' nephew, Andrew Oikonny, who started

6528-400: The game multiple times, selecting different routes each time. Instead of merely giving different perspectives on what happens to the Star Fox team, each ending is unique — the characters go in various directions depending on what ending is watched. Star Fox Command does not feature traditional voice acting. Instead it outputs gibberish akin to the "voices" in Star Fox for the SNES , or

6624-668: The game will sometimes force the player to engage in classic "chase" missions in order to complete an objective). The usual objectives are to destroy a base ship, destroy all enemies, or collect a number of cores to complete the battle mode. Once the battle mode is completed, the game returns to the map mode. As players progress through the game, they are able to choose to go different routes upon completing certain levels. Each route has its own character dialogue to accompany it, and players are able to visit differing planets depending on what routes they choose. The game features 9 different endings altogether, and gamers can access all of them by playing

6720-447: The issues faced by fighter pilots at the time. Fox first appears in Star Fox for the Super NES as the leader of Team Star Fox, alongside Falco, Slippy, and Peppy. He and his team face off against Andross and his empire. They also appear in Star Fox 2 , a cancelled games released decades later. He and his team later appear in Star Fox 64 , fighting against Andross as well as Star Wolf, consisting of Wolf O'Donnell and others. In

6816-503: The manga, Falco receives a request for help from Katt Monroe . At the conclusion of the manga, he stays with Katt Monroe, while Fox returns to the team, explaining his departure from the Star Fox Team. Slippy Toad is a toad who wears a blue suit. He is a longtime friend of Fox. He serves as the inventor and mechanic of the team. He attended Cornerian Academy, specializing in engineering. Slippy's father Beltino serves as

6912-461: The more realistic look of Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox: Assault . According to Imamura, realistic fur was unpopular with players. Outside of Star Fox series. Fox McCloud has appeared in all five Super Smash Bros. games as a default playable character. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl , he is light, has the third-fastest dashing speed in the game, surpassed only by Captain Falcon and Sonic

7008-419: The names of the characters whenever the development team believed they, for those characters, "[sounded] good". Star Fox , or Team Star Fox , is a band of adventurers-for-hire often employed by General Pepper . The team is headed by Fox McCloud. Star Fox 64 fills in the background of the team where at its founding, it was composed of James McCloud , Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar (who later betrays

7104-490: The one in Kyoto, are surrounded by red arches ( torii ), giving Miyamoto the idea of a fox that could fly through arches. His face was modeled after Inari's, and usually wears a "red turtleneck" or "red scarf" around his neck, like the statue. Fox McCloud's personality is heavily based on Shigeru Miyamoto 's personality, with the surname 'McCloud' being suggested by Dylan Cuthbert , one of Argonaut's programmers. Fox McCloud

7200-413: The original games. The team had also originally experimented with incorporating the Arwing transformations from Star Fox 2 , but this would ultimately be scrapped. Nintendo EAD was heavily involved in the general direction the game was taking during pre-production, providing feedback on the many control scheme prototypes the team were experimenting with; Miyamoto in particular was responsible for some of

7296-469: The plot in time for the game's release. He also appeared in Star Fox: Assault , and Star Fox Command . Falco made his first appearance outside the Star Fox series in Super Smash Bros. Melee . With a similar set of moves to that of Fox, Falco is considered to be one of the most viable characters in competitive play. Falco returned for Super Smash Bros. Brawl , Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as

7392-493: The positive reception towards the dogfights in Star Fox 64 . As online was new territory for the team, this part of the game's development reportedly took a bit longer than expected, having to deal with issues such as keeping all players in sync. The game was re-released for Wii U Virtual Console worldwide in June and August 2015. Star Fox Command debuted on the Japanese best seller list as number 14, selling over 20,000 copies on

7488-588: The previous two Super Smash Bros. games. Falco also appears in the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas , along with the other members of the Star Fox team, joining forces with the Starlink team to save Atlas from the Forgotten Legion. Farewell, Beloved Falco is a manga series that detailed the eight-year gap between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures . In

7584-697: The same game. Tricky also cameos in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a collectible trophy. Tricky was originally intended to be the same character as "Tricky the Triceratops" in Diddy Kong Racing . Nintendo now owns the rights to the Tricky character. Star Wolf is a group of mercenaries originally created and hired by Andross to eliminate the Star Fox team. They have since been working on their own as Star Fox's rival team, occasionally helping Star Fox in Star Fox: Assault . Their primary aircraft

7680-460: The sequel, Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64 . In both games, he served as a member of the Star Fox Team, but a minor character nonetheless. Falco often acts as backup for Fox in the games, spinning in to take up Fox's flank. After the defeat of Andross at the end of Star Fox 64 , Falco disappears, and is not seen for a significant time. Falco does not appear during the majority of Star Fox Adventures , as he could not be properly integrated into

7776-459: The series to something resembling acceptable balance by the standards of the fighting game community. That's not really the character's fault. But, it doesn't change the fact that if you pick Fox as your main, you're a cop", while Gavin Jasper of Den of Geek ranked Fox as 60th of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters, criticizing and stated that "it's the guy synonymous with esports Smash, which

7872-400: The series, Krystal speaks Estuary English and is voiced by Estelle Ellis in Star Fox Adventures , and by Alésia Glidewell in Star Fox: Assault, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . In the Japanese version of Assault , Krystal is voiced by Aya Hara . In Star Fox 2 , completed in 1995 but officially released in 2017, the characters Miyu , a female lynx in

7968-418: The team also. Peppy's daughter Lucy joins the team for some missions. There are nine endings depending on paths chosen by the player, though the player is required to finish the game before having the options. Dylan Cuthbert and Takaya Imamura stated in an interview with IGN in 2006 that if this storyline was continued, it would "start in the middle", not relying on any of the game's endings. Imamura expressed

8064-531: The team and sides with Andross). Peppy later retires from active flight duty shortly before Star Fox: Assault and was more or less replaced by Krystal , Fox's love interest. The team's primary aircraft is the Arwing , their land craft is the Landmaster , and the team's mothership is known as the Great Fox . The team is made up of Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Krystal, Slippy Toad, and Peppy Hare. Fox McCloud

8160-421: The team is composed of Wolf O'Donnell, Leon Powalski, and Panther Caroso. Wolf O'Donnell (sometimes called Lord O'Donnell) is a wolf , the leader of Star Wolf team, and Fox's rival, fueled by his prior rivalry with his father, James. He was said to be skillfully goaded by Pigma Dengar into forming Star Wolf and work for Andross to take down the Star Fox team. After the Star Wolf team fails their mission and

8256-402: The team. In Star Fox Guard , he is shown to have some degree of mechanical expertise. In the English version of Star Fox: Assault , Pigma is voiced by Lev Liberman. He was voiced by Daisuke Gōri in the early Japanese versions, and Tsuguo Mogami in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 3D , Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard . In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 , Pigma speaks in

8352-633: The threat. Peppy Hare is made the General of the Cornerian Army, replacing Pepper. Fox flew around the Lylat system with ROB on patrol, and Krystal broke off her relationship with Fox after she left the team, because he was afraid she would get injured and it would affect him. Slippy Toad finds love with a frog named Amanda, and spends less time with the team. And lastly Falco Lombardi left the team and went around on solo missions (as he has done before in Star Fox Adventures ), spending less time with

8448-543: The title. According to Cuthbert, Miyamoto approached him and his company because he wanted to see more of the ideas from the then-unreleased Star Fox 2 (who Cuthbert was heavily involved with during its development), such as its strategy game elements, explored and applied to the Nintendo DS with its two screens, as he viewed the Star Fox IP as an avenue to explore new ideas in 3D gaming as opposed to relying on

8544-541: The turn-based sections of gameplay. Electronic Gaming Monthly claimed that while the game has its own charm, it lacks the original gameplay from Star Fox and Star Fox 64 and becomes repetitive. UK website Mansized gave Command a three out of five stars. Command was nominated in three categories in Nintendo Power 's annual vote-in awards, although it did not win in any of them. Star Fox Command has also received an 8 from Game Informer magazine. Although it

8640-490: The twelfth coolest videogame character, adding he is a combination of "the heroism of Luke Skywalker , the bravado of Top Gun 's Maverick, and the foxiness of, well, a red fox". In 2012, GamesRadar ranked him as the 30th best hero in video games. Gus Turner of Complex Networks listed Fox as the best-forgotten video game heroes. In 2021, Chris Morgan for Yardbarker described Fox as one of "the most memorable characters from old school Nintendo games". In 2018, Fox

8736-399: Was a fan theory stating that Fox McCloud, along with other Star Fox members, had his legs amputated and replaced with metal prostheses; Cuthbert stated that the characters' legs were not amputated, and Miyamoto stated that the appearance of metal legs was a design choice rather than an indication that the legs were amputated; he wanted the character to appear more human, and was unaware of

8832-461: Was criticized for its brevity, the game was lauded for its solid gameplay mechanics. Fox McCloud Fox McCloud is a fictional character and the chief protagonist of Nintendo 's Star Fox series. He is an anthropomorphic fox created and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takaya Imamura . He was introduced as the sole playable character in the original 1993 video game Star Fox . From each game, to varying extents depending on

8928-565: Was influenced by the TV drama show 24 , with its focus on character development and intertwining plot-lines. Star Fox Command is the first Star Fox title to incorporate online multiplayer. While the team investigated the possibility of utilizing the game's strategy gameplay elements in the Wi-Fi mode, it was ultimately decided early on to incorporate only dog-fighting, as they were looking for something that simple and easy to play, and also because of

9024-414: Was noted as the character that was used by the player "ZD", who won the first tournament of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Jeremy Parish of Polygon ranked 73 fighters from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate "from garbage to glorious", criticizing and listing Fox as 41st, stating that "Fox (no items/Final Destination) has become an enduring symbol of how far Smash enthusiasts have to bend over backward to bring

9120-454: Was originally voiced by Tomohisa Asō in the Japanese versions of the series; Starting with Star Fox 64 3D, Kunpei Sakamoto took the rein of the character. Krystal is a blue vixen who is the sole survivor of her doomed home planet, Cerinia. Krystal is calm and kind hearted. She first appears in the series in the early concept Dinosaur Planet and then Star Fox Adventures , where she searches for answers on her planet's destruction and

9216-528: Was that of a 16-year-old, who was raised by a wizard named Randorn. When Fox became the main character of Star Fox Adventures , Krystal was redesigned into a 19-year-old and her role in the game became less central. She makes a cameo appearance starting in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as one of the contacts for Fox, Falco, or Wolf with a taunt on the Lylat Cruise stage. She appears as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . In English versions of

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