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The English manual and prologue for Star Fox Adventures implies a bigger backstory for Krystal, in that she's the sole remaining survivor of her doomed home planet, "Cerinia", and that she's been roaming the galaxy in search of answers for the truth of her family's death, until she receives a distress call from Dinosaur Planet. With how the manual states that Krystal "may finally be drawing closer to the truth" behind her parents' and planet's destruction, it seems Rare was loosely implying that Andross, who turns out to be the real villain of Star Fox Adventures and thus the culprit behind Dinosaur Planet's woes, was responsible for Cerinia's destruction. Krystal even says "It's you!" right before Andross imprisons her in the crystal at the top of Krazoa Palace.
However, it would seem the Japanese localization for Star Fox Adventures would completely eschew this backstory, removing all mention of Cerinia and as well as Krystal's dead parents. The Japanese prologue was even heavily simplified to this:
The Japanese website even states that "it is not known what her purpose is", which flies directly in the face of Rare's original story for her, that explicitly states that she was searching for the truth of Cerinia's destruction. To add more insult to injury, there isn't even any Japanese subtitle presented when Krystal gets knocked into the crystal by Andross in Krazoa Palace.
Curiously, the Japanese localization of Star Fox Adventures also heavily emphasizes Krystal having telepathic abilities, much more so than in the English version. This is noteworthy because neither Star Fox Assault or Star Fox Command, the next two story follows up to Star Fox Adventures that were developed and written in Japan, made any sort of mention of Cerinia. Star Fox Assault however would hugely emphasize her telepathic abilities, and its manual even describe Krystal the same way the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures does, just as "a mysterious telepathic woman". This also applies to her trophies in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U that once again make no reference to Cerinia. It's very clear that the developers and writers behind Assault, Command and Smash Bros. in Japan were using the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures as a reference, as opposed to the English version.
All in all, it would seem Nintendo of Japan had their own differing vision of what Krystal's character was from Rare, that being mostly just as a telepathic woman with a mysterious background, as opposed to Rare's original backstory of her being the lone survivor of her kind.
However, it would seem the Japanese localization for Star Fox Adventures would completely eschew this backstory, removing all mention of Cerinia and as well as Krystal's dead parents. The Japanese prologue was even heavily simplified to this:
"Her name is Krystal. Guided by an SOS that she sensed telepathically, she came to this "Dinosaur Planet"..."
The Japanese website even states that "it is not known what her purpose is", which flies directly in the face of Rare's original story for her, that explicitly states that she was searching for the truth of Cerinia's destruction. To add more insult to injury, there isn't even any Japanese subtitle presented when Krystal gets knocked into the crystal by Andross in Krazoa Palace.
Curiously, the Japanese localization of Star Fox Adventures also heavily emphasizes Krystal having telepathic abilities, much more so than in the English version. This is noteworthy because neither Star Fox Assault or Star Fox Command, the next two story follows up to Star Fox Adventures that were developed and written in Japan, made any sort of mention of Cerinia. Star Fox Assault however would hugely emphasize her telepathic abilities, and its manual even describe Krystal the same way the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures does, just as "a mysterious telepathic woman". This also applies to her trophies in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U that once again make no reference to Cerinia. It's very clear that the developers and writers behind Assault, Command and Smash Bros. in Japan were using the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures as a reference, as opposed to the English version.
All in all, it would seem Nintendo of Japan had their own differing vision of what Krystal's character was from Rare, that being mostly just as a telepathic woman with a mysterious background, as opposed to Rare's original backstory of her being the lone survivor of her kind.
English Adventures prologue and manual:
https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_GameCube/Manual/formated/Star_Fox_Adventures_-_Nintendo.pdf
https://youtu.be/DI3INorpo8w?t=2
Japanese Adventures prologue and manual:
https://youtu.be/rF0oUIu56kY?list=PLNQca9Z15B3Cwq7rwz2GeE0Bkvcu546e8&t=98
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gsaj/chara/index.html
Star Fox Assault manual:
https://archive.org/details/StarFoxAssaultInstructionBooklet/page/n17/mode/2up
Trophies in Super Smash Bros.:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Krystal#Trophy
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Krystal#Trophy_2
Entire Reddit thread that summarizes all of this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/v384hs/heres_a_fun_fact_for_you_krystal_fans_her_parents/
https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_GameCube/Manual/formated/Star_Fox_Adventures_-_Nintendo.pdf
https://youtu.be/DI3INorpo8w?t=2
Japanese Adventures prologue and manual:
https://youtu.be/rF0oUIu56kY?list=PLNQca9Z15B3Cwq7rwz2GeE0Bkvcu546e8&t=98
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gsaj/chara/index.html
Star Fox Assault manual:
https://archive.org/details/StarFoxAssaultInstructionBooklet/page/n17/mode/2up
Trophies in Super Smash Bros.:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Krystal#Trophy
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Krystal#Trophy_2
Entire Reddit thread that summarizes all of this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/v384hs/heres_a_fun_fact_for_you_krystal_fans_her_parents/
Comments (5)
Reply to comment by Dinoman96 posted Nov 16, 2023, 2:18 PM
I can already see Krystal once her time comes to become a Smash Bros. Fighter having 2 different outfits to choose from, and making use of her staff, something only ever seen in her game of origin that not once has had music from it featured in a Smash Bros. game.
Eh, that's not entirely true. Krystal and Tricky have made appearances in Brawl, Smash 4 and Ultimate and are even primarily represented by their Adventures designs in the latter (as opposed to Assault in Brawl and Smash 4), Krystal's even a full blown assist trophy with her staff.
In regards to Command, it did influence the designs of Fox, Falco and Wolf in Brawl and Smash 4 (for the former two who were still playable) and they used a bunch of stickers from it. Smash 4 also remixed the Missle Interception theme from it. It is true that a good bulk of Star Fox's representation in Smash does tend to come from SF64 and Assault, however.
In regards to Command, it did influence the designs of Fox, Falco and Wolf in Brawl and Smash 4 (for the former two who were still playable) and they used a bunch of stickers from it. Smash 4 also remixed the Missle Interception theme from it. It is true that a good bulk of Star Fox's representation in Smash does tend to come from SF64 and Assault, however.
Come to think of it, the Smash Bros. series has never really used any aspects from Star Fox Adventures for some reason, same said about Star Fox Command I should add.
I guess it's just because I wanted to also take note on how Krystal's trophies in Smash don't mention the Cerinia/dead parents backstory from the western version of Adventures?
I'm confused on why you Dinoman96 would also have this submission be displayed on pages for Smash Bros. games.
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