subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox: Assault (Game), Star Fox (Game), Star Fox Command (Game), Star Fox Zero (Game), Star Fox (Franchise)
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As it currently stands, barring Star Fox 64 3D, Macbeth is the only planet from Star Fox SNES and Star Fox 64 to not have reappeared in future games.
•Corneria, Fichina, Katina, and Fortuna would reappear in Star Fox Assault. Titania and Zoness would appear in Star Fox Assault's multiplayer mode as well.
•Corneria, Fichina, Katina, Solar, Aquas, Titania and Venom would reappear once again in Star Fox Command.
•Corneria, Fortuna, Fichina, Zoness, Titania and Venom would also reappear in Star Fox Zero.
•Corneria, Fichina, Katina, and Fortuna would reappear in Star Fox Assault. Titania and Zoness would appear in Star Fox Assault's multiplayer mode as well.
•Corneria, Fichina, Katina, Solar, Aquas, Titania and Venom would reappear once again in Star Fox Command.
•Corneria, Fortuna, Fichina, Zoness, Titania and Venom would also reappear in Star Fox Zero.
Star Fox SNES and Star Fox 64 planets (they share the same planets since it's basically a remake of the first game):
https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Star_Fox_64/Walkthrough
Star Fox Assault planets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Appb9zj1oac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1k0eo1Ktl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVpzskVFHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfaZuWUsoPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy76FPWRBoo
Star Fox Command longplay with planets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GwGC5QBSv4
https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Star_Fox_Command/Walkthrough
Star Fox Zero planets list:
https://www.dualshockers.com/the-full-list-of-planets-you-can-visit-in-star-fox-zero-has-been-revealed/
https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Star_Fox_64/Walkthrough
Star Fox Assault planets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Appb9zj1oac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1k0eo1Ktl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLVpzskVFHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfaZuWUsoPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy76FPWRBoo
Star Fox Command longplay with planets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GwGC5QBSv4
https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Star_Fox_Command/Walkthrough
Star Fox Zero planets list:
https://www.dualshockers.com/the-full-list-of-planets-you-can-visit-in-star-fox-zero-has-been-revealed/
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The Blue Marine, the submarine used in only the Aquas mission, is the only vehicle utilized by the Star Fox team in Star Fox 64 to not have been designed by Space Dynamics. It was instead a personal project designed by Slippy Toad, who scrapped it together using discarded parts. He also used maintenance Arwing parts, such as the laser cannons and rolling mechanism.
This information also appeared in the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide. However, it would also bolt on the fact that Beltino Toad, Slippy's father who was first mentioned on the Japanese website for Star Fox 64, helped him create it.
This information also appeared in the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide. However, it would also bolt on the fact that Beltino Toad, Slippy's father who was first mentioned on the Japanese website for Star Fox 64, helped him create it.
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n53/mode/2up
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n53/mode/2up
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox 64 3D (Game)
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The official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook reveals that the Great Fox's creation by Space Dynamics was commissioned by Fox's father, James McCloud, who was involved in its design from the planning stage. Its enormous cost incurred in its construction resulted in James taking out an 80-year mortgage to purchase it, a debt that Fox is still trying to repay to this day.
This information also appeared in western material, such as the official western Star Fox 64 website and also the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, and was also mentioned again in a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with the development staff of Star Fox 64 3D, where Takaya Imamura reveals that the Great Fox was taken out to the original Star Fox team's investigation on Venom that resulted in James' death.
This information also appeared in western material, such as the official western Star Fox 64 website and also the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, and was also mentioned again in a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with the development staff of Star Fox 64 3D, where Takaya Imamura reveals that the Great Fox was taken out to the original Star Fox team's investigation on Venom that resulted in James' death.
Official American Star Fox 64 website entry on the Great Fox:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011019132018/http://starfox64.com/greatfox.html
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n53/mode/2up
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
2011 Nintendo Dream interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
https://web.archive.org/web/20011019132018/http://starfox64.com/greatfox.html
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n53/mode/2up
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
2011 Nintendo Dream interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
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Titania, being called the "Forbidden Planet", is the only stage in all of Star Fox 64 to not feature any of Andross' forces. Instead, all of the enemies and defense systems, including the boss Goras, are said to be remnants of an ancient alien civilization, with Goras being said to be a bio-weapon the ancient people modified before they went extinct. The official Japanese Star Fox 64 guide (as well as the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide) hints that the underwater ruins seen in the oceans of Aquas are connected to the ancient ruins on Titania.
As it did for Bacoon and the underwater ruins of Aquas, the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide would expand upon Goras' and Titania's backstory, claiming that it was formerly a green lush planet, and that the ancient people who lived there were an advanced agrarian civilization that would leave behind their harvests at temples that existed in each town to appease Goras. It claims that the civilization was destroyed by an asteroid colliding with Titania, leaving Goras as the only surviving creature on the planet that was now a barren wasteland, and it also claims that it was modified by Andross.
As it did for Bacoon and the underwater ruins of Aquas, the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide would expand upon Goras' and Titania's backstory, claiming that it was formerly a green lush planet, and that the ancient people who lived there were an advanced agrarian civilization that would leave behind their harvests at temples that existed in each town to appease Goras. It claims that the civilization was destroyed by an asteroid colliding with Titania, leaving Goras as the only surviving creature on the planet that was now a barren wasteland, and it also claims that it was modified by Andross.
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n53/mode/2up
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n53/mode/2up
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox: Assault (Game), Star Fox Zero (Game), Star Fox Command (Game), Star Fox (Franchise)
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According to the official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook, the main driving point for Wolf O'Donnell's rivalry with Fox McCloud is the fact that Wolf was previously rivals with his father, James. This is alluded to in-game with various voice clips from Wolf across Star Fox 64, Star Fox Assault and Star Fox Zero, and it's also reiterated in the timeline of events provided in Star Fox Command's official Japanese guidebook.
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
SF64 English quotes:
https://youtu.be/uVlGrXk9ybE?t=9
SF64 Japanese quotes for good measure:
https://youtu.be/dZ3TnqHmEaU?t=2
SF Assault quotes:
https://youtu.be/mZF-dopYnPg?t=86
SFZ quotes:
https://youtu.be/Ua5m27jTsBk?t=19
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
SF64 English quotes:
https://youtu.be/uVlGrXk9ybE?t=9
SF64 Japanese quotes for good measure:
https://youtu.be/dZ3TnqHmEaU?t=2
SF Assault quotes:
https://youtu.be/mZF-dopYnPg?t=86
SFZ quotes:
https://youtu.be/Ua5m27jTsBk?t=19
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Command (Game), Star Fox: Assault (Game), Star Fox Adventures (Game), Star Fox (Franchise)
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All in all, it would seem that the entire Star Fox chronology, at least as it was presented from Star Fox 64 to Star Fox Command, spans roughly 20 years.
Star Fox 64's whole backstory take place across 10 years, beginning with Andross' banishment to Venom and then James' death/betrayal on Venom five years later, and the events of Star Fox 64 taking place another five years later after that. The Japan-only "Farewell Beloved Falco" Manga, the canonical manga follow up to Star Fox 64 and prelude to Star Fox Adventures, would take place four years later, and SFA would take place another four years later after that. Star Fox Assault takes place one year after the events of SFA, and Star Fox Command was said to take place a vague 2-3 years after the events of Assault. This would amount to overall roughly 21-22 years.
Star Fox 64's whole backstory take place across 10 years, beginning with Andross' banishment to Venom and then James' death/betrayal on Venom five years later, and the events of Star Fox 64 taking place another five years later after that. The Japan-only "Farewell Beloved Falco" Manga, the canonical manga follow up to Star Fox 64 and prelude to Star Fox Adventures, would take place four years later, and SFA would take place another four years later after that. Star Fox Assault takes place one year after the events of SFA, and Star Fox Command was said to take place a vague 2-3 years after the events of Assault. This would amount to overall roughly 21-22 years.
Nintendo Dream's chronological Star Fox timeline:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/wv6lzm/heres_a_treat_for_you_all_translationsphotos_of/
IGN English translation of Japanese Star Fox 64 manual:
https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/05/14/starfox-64-manual-translation-pt1
Titania beta textures:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11dmuu9/restoring_titanias_beta_textures_and_spotting_a/
User's English translation of an official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Farewell Beloved Falco manga fan English translation:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Star Fox: Assault Instruction Booklet:
https://archive.org/details/StarFoxAssaultInstructionBooklet/page/n3/mode/2up
Nintendo of Europe Star Fox Command developer interview:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2007/Interview-Star-Fox-Command-249670.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/wv6lzm/heres_a_treat_for_you_all_translationsphotos_of/
IGN English translation of Japanese Star Fox 64 manual:
https://www.ign.com/articles/1997/05/14/starfox-64-manual-translation-pt1
Titania beta textures:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11dmuu9/restoring_titanias_beta_textures_and_spotting_a/
User's English translation of an official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Farewell Beloved Falco manga fan English translation:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Star Fox: Assault Instruction Booklet:
https://archive.org/details/StarFoxAssaultInstructionBooklet/page/n3/mode/2up
Nintendo of Europe Star Fox Command developer interview:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2007/Interview-Star-Fox-Command-249670.html
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One of the enemies that appear on the Zoness stage, according to the official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook, is known as オブネマ (Obunema), or Obnema, a giant anthropod that can only be defeated with charge shots.
The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide renames it as "Kani" and claims that prior to Zoness' devastation, it was a favored delicacy in Zoness restaurants.
The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide renames it as "Kani" and claims that prior to Zoness' devastation, it was a favored delicacy in Zoness restaurants.
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n91/mode/2up
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n91/mode/2up
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The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide gives Aquas' boss Bacoon a very different backstory from the official Japanese guidebook. The latter says that Bacoon is simply just a bioweapon made by Andross, but the former gives it a more elaborate background, claiming that it was an ancient monster that was jealous of the ancient civilization and their temples/islands above the ocean's surface, and overtime it learned how to control the other aquatic lifeforms within Aquas' oceans, such as the explosive Starfish, which were then commanded by Bacoon to migrate to the ice cap and detonate, resulting in the polar cap being melted and all of the islands submerged into the sea forever, essentially explaining the ancient undersea ruins throughout the Aquas stage.
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n87/mode/2up
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n87/mode/2up
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
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Prior to his days as Star Fox's ace pilot, Falco Lombardi was originally a member of a space gang known as "FREE AS A BIRD". Katt Monroe was part of this gang as well. In a 2011 Nintendo Dream interview, Takaya Imamura revealed that when Fox was forming his new Star Fox team in the wake of James' death, he heard stories about how good a pilot Falco was as apart of FREE AS A BIRD, and visited him multiple times to try to convince him to join his new team, as he wanted to have an experienced partner due to still being unsure of himself as a leader.
Though originally mentioned in the background lore for the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, FREE AS A BIRD in its entirety would physically appear in "Farewell Beloved Falco", a canonical manga interquel set between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures that was never localized outside of Japan.
Though originally mentioned in the background lore for the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, FREE AS A BIRD in its entirety would physically appear in "Farewell Beloved Falco", a canonical manga interquel set between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures that was never localized outside of Japan.
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Farewell Beloved Falco manga fan English translation:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Nintendo Dream interview:
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Farewell Beloved Falco manga fan English translation:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Nintendo Dream interview:
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Command (Game)
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According to the official Japanese guidebooks for both Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Command, Meteo (or "Asteroid Belt" as it's referred to in Command) is said to represent remnants of a destroyed fifth planet from the early days of the Lylat System, which aligns with its close proximity to Corneria, the fourth planet of the Lylat System. It is said that many of the asteroids there contain highly pure metals, and their outer edges have been the site of high-quality mineral deposits, though ultimately what lies in the deepest parts of the asteroids remains unknown.
This information would also appear on the official western Star Fox 64 website and also in the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, though strangely enough, the latter states that Meteo is believed to be the remnants of a ninth planet from the early days of Lylat.
This information would also appear on the official western Star Fox 64 website and also in the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, though strangely enough, the latter states that Meteo is believed to be the remnants of a ninth planet from the early days of Lylat.
Official American Star Fox 64 website entry on Meteo:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010819202545/http://starfox64.com/meteo.html
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n35/mode/2up
https://web.archive.org/web/20010819202545/http://starfox64.com/meteo.html
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n35/mode/2up
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox: Assault (Game)
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At the beginning of Star Fox: Assault, Andrew Oikonny's rebellion is seen to be utilizing three models of humanoid mechas, which, going by the official Japanese guidebook for Star Fox: Assault, seem to be known as サルデス (Sarudesu). This can be transliterated as "Sardes".
• サルデス MK III S (this seems to be a prototype, judging by Fox's comments. It later appears infected by the Aparoids.)
• サルデス MK III DB
• サルデス MK III DG
These are actually meant to represent evolved forms of the Shogun Warriors featured near the end of Star Fox 64's Sector Y stage, who too in the Japanese version of SF64 are referred to as サルデス (Sarudesu). What is called the Shogun Lord in the English version of the game is also called サルデスII (Sarudesu II) in the Japanese version.
As サル (Saru) is the Japanese word for monkey, and デス (Desu) means death, the literal translation of the name in English should be "Monkey Death".
• サルデス MK III S (this seems to be a prototype, judging by Fox's comments. It later appears infected by the Aparoids.)
• サルデス MK III DB
• サルデス MK III DG
These are actually meant to represent evolved forms of the Shogun Warriors featured near the end of Star Fox 64's Sector Y stage, who too in the Japanese version of SF64 are referred to as サルデス (Sarudesu). What is called the Shogun Lord in the English version of the game is also called サルデスII (Sarudesu II) in the Japanese version.
As サル (Saru) is the Japanese word for monkey, and デス (Desu) means death, the literal translation of the name in English should be "Monkey Death".
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox: Assault guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10m82rq/for_all_you_star_fox_assault_fans_some_pictures/
Pictures of different Sardes forms:
https://dic.pixiv.net/a/サルデス%28スターフォックス%29
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10m82rq/for_all_you_star_fox_assault_fans_some_pictures/
Pictures of different Sardes forms:
https://dic.pixiv.net/a/サルデス%28スターフォックス%29
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Adventures (Game), Star Fox (Game), Star Fox: Assault (Game), Star Fox Command (Game), Star Fox (Franchise)
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Star Fox, Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures are the only Star Fox titles to provide official ages for the main characters, primarily within their Japanese ancillary material. In the Original Soundtrack box released for the first game, Fox, Falco, Peppy and Slippy are said to be 25, 28, 36 and 19 respectively. Star Fox 64, being a remake of the first game, would retcon these ages and make Fox 18, Falco 19, Peppy 41 and Slippy 18.
The "Farewell Beloved Falco" midquel manga, which is set right in the middle of the eight years between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures, also gives the original Star Fox crew ages, with Fox now being 22, Slippy 22, Falco 23, and Peppy 45.
Star Fox Adventures takes place eight years after Star Fox 64, which means that Fox is now 26, Falco 27, Peppy 49 and Slippy 26. Japanese Star Fox Adventures ancillary material also reveals Krystal's age to be 19, making her distinctly the only Star Fox character outside of the original four Star Fox members to have a known age. Going by this, she would be 11 and 15 years old during the events of Star Fox 64 and Farewell Beloved Falco, respectively.
After Adventures' release, Nintendo, specifically Takaya Imamura, made a deliberate decision for future Star Fox games to not provide any official age numbers for any of the characters. However, Star Fox Assault officially is said to take place only year after the events of Star Fox Adventures, so this would make Fox 27, Falco 28, Peppy 50, Slippy 27, and Krystal 20. Similarly, according to Takaya Imamura in a 2007 interview, Star Fox Command takes place 2-3 years after Assault, which would make Fox 29-30, Falco 30-31, Peppy 52-53, Slippy 29-30, and Krystal 22-23.
Although Wolf O'Donnell has never had any age officially listed for him, Takaya Imamura implied on Twitter that he is within the same generation of Peppy and James.
The "Farewell Beloved Falco" midquel manga, which is set right in the middle of the eight years between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures, also gives the original Star Fox crew ages, with Fox now being 22, Slippy 22, Falco 23, and Peppy 45.
Star Fox Adventures takes place eight years after Star Fox 64, which means that Fox is now 26, Falco 27, Peppy 49 and Slippy 26. Japanese Star Fox Adventures ancillary material also reveals Krystal's age to be 19, making her distinctly the only Star Fox character outside of the original four Star Fox members to have a known age. Going by this, she would be 11 and 15 years old during the events of Star Fox 64 and Farewell Beloved Falco, respectively.
After Adventures' release, Nintendo, specifically Takaya Imamura, made a deliberate decision for future Star Fox games to not provide any official age numbers for any of the characters. However, Star Fox Assault officially is said to take place only year after the events of Star Fox Adventures, so this would make Fox 27, Falco 28, Peppy 50, Slippy 27, and Krystal 20. Similarly, according to Takaya Imamura in a 2007 interview, Star Fox Command takes place 2-3 years after Assault, which would make Fox 29-30, Falco 30-31, Peppy 52-53, Slippy 29-30, and Krystal 22-23.
Although Wolf O'Donnell has never had any age officially listed for him, Takaya Imamura implied on Twitter that he is within the same generation of Peppy and James.
Star Fox OST box contents:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/starfox/images/c/c9/S-l1600.jpg
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox "Farewell Beloved Falco" manga:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Official Japanese Star Fox Adventures character bios:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gsaj/chara/index.html
Star Fox: Assault Instruction Booklet:
https://archive.org/details/StarFoxAssaultInstructionBooklet/page/n3/mode/2up
Nintendo Dream Star Fox Assault interview:
https://shmuplations.com/starfoxassault/
Nintendo of Europe Star Fox Command developer interview:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2007/Interview-Star-Fox-Command-249670.html
Takaya Imamura Wolf generation tweet:
https://twitter.com/ima_1966/status/1491699675074039813
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/starfox/images/c/c9/S-l1600.jpg
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox "Farewell Beloved Falco" manga:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Official Japanese Star Fox Adventures character bios:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gsaj/chara/index.html
Star Fox: Assault Instruction Booklet:
https://archive.org/details/StarFoxAssaultInstructionBooklet/page/n3/mode/2up
Nintendo Dream Star Fox Assault interview:
https://shmuplations.com/starfoxassault/
Nintendo of Europe Star Fox Command developer interview:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2007/Interview-Star-Fox-Command-249670.html
Takaya Imamura Wolf generation tweet:
https://twitter.com/ima_1966/status/1491699675074039813
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Contrary to popular belief, and also contrary to the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, Solar is not a star, but merely a lava planet with an exposed mantle, according to both the official Japanese guidebooks for Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Command. Even the official Western Star Fox 64 website clarifies it being a planet. The Western localization of Star Fox Command would also reiterate this in-game, with one of its missions on Solar being named "The Red-Hot Planet".
In a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with the Star Fox 64 3D development staff, Takaya Imamura once again clarified that Solar is a planet, and that the star Lylat exists somewhere in the Lylat System not visible on the map screen. Apparently, the development team did consider changing Solar into being a sun for Star Fox 64 3D, but this was passed over.
In a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with the Star Fox 64 3D development staff, Takaya Imamura once again clarified that Solar is a planet, and that the star Lylat exists somewhere in the Lylat System not visible on the map screen. Apparently, the development team did consider changing Solar into being a sun for Star Fox 64 3D, but this was passed over.
2011 Nintendo Dream interview:
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
Star Fox 64 JP guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox Command Japanese guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide that erroneously calls Solar a star:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n71/mode/2up
The official western Star Fox 64 website that correctly calls Solar a planet:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011006143332/http://starfox64.com/solar.html
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
Star Fox 64 JP guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox Command Japanese guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide that erroneously calls Solar a star:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n71/mode/2up
The official western Star Fox 64 website that correctly calls Solar a planet:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011006143332/http://starfox64.com/solar.html
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The boss on Solar known as Vulcain, alternatively known as サンガー (Sangā) or Sanger in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, was originally intended to be the boss for Sector X.
A developer story on the Japanese website for Star Fox 64 reveals Sector X was originally meant to be the "Andross Army Biological Weapon Development Factory", and Fox and his crew were supposed to have engaged with a transport fleet heading for the factory, where they would sneak past the security defenses and enter the interior of the factory, only to find it in a state of disarray due to an accident during an experiment with robots and out-of-control bioweapons attacking all over. They would eventually come across an enemy transport ship attempting to escape only for it to be suddenly destroyed from the inside, revealing Vulcain as the stage's boss.
In the final game, Spyborg (HVC-09 in the Japanese version) is the boss of Sector X, and Vulcain was relocated to planet Solar. Vulcain's beta textures from its tenure as the Sector X boss was recently discovered within files pertaining to Star Fox 64 in the Nintendo Gigaleak.
A developer story on the Japanese website for Star Fox 64 reveals Sector X was originally meant to be the "Andross Army Biological Weapon Development Factory", and Fox and his crew were supposed to have engaged with a transport fleet heading for the factory, where they would sneak past the security defenses and enter the interior of the factory, only to find it in a state of disarray due to an accident during an experiment with robots and out-of-control bioweapons attacking all over. They would eventually come across an enemy transport ship attempting to escape only for it to be suddenly destroyed from the inside, revealing Vulcain as the stage's boss.
In the final game, Spyborg (HVC-09 in the Japanese version) is the boss of Sector X, and Vulcain was relocated to planet Solar. Vulcain's beta textures from its tenure as the Sector X boss was recently discovered within files pertaining to Star Fox 64 in the Nintendo Gigaleak.
Official Japanese Nintendo website character bios:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nfxj/member/index2.html#fox
Vulcain discovery Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11kd73n/vulcain_found_in_the_sector_x_prototype_he_used/
Vulcain beta textures comparison video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyxEQp0hloQ
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nfxj/member/index2.html#fox
Vulcain discovery Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11kd73n/vulcain_found_in_the_sector_x_prototype_he_used/
Vulcain beta textures comparison video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyxEQp0hloQ
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Command (Game), Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Game), Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Game)
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The official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook reveals that Pigma Dengar, who became a subordinate of Andross, was effectively the real mastermind behind the creation of Star Wolf: he goated and manipulated Wolf into becoming its leader and also working for Andross as a means to combat the newly formed Star Fox team led by Fox McCloud, taking advantage of Wolf's supposed honorable, "magnaimous" side and also his prior rivalry with Fox's father, James McCloud. It is said that he manipulates the entire team behind the scenes in accordance to Andross' orders. It also reveals that Pigma had already been working underneath Andross during his time as a researcher at the Corneria Defense Force Scientific Research Institute. It's also revealed that both Pigma and Andross had custom engineered the Wolfens that the Star Wolf team utilize in their battles against the Star Fox team's Arwings.
In Super Smash Bros. 4, the trophies for Pigma and the Wolfen would reiterate this information, as would the official guidebook for Star Fox Command. The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide would similarly allude to Pigma being the root cause of Fox and Wolf's rivalry, claiming that, without his influence, perhaps they could have been friends in another timeline.
In Super Smash Bros. 4, the trophies for Pigma and the Wolfen would reiterate this information, as would the official guidebook for Star Fox Command. The Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide would similarly allude to Pigma being the root cause of Fox and Wolf's rivalry, claiming that, without his influence, perhaps they could have been friends in another timeline.
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n111/mode/2up
List of Star Fox trophies in Super Smash Bros. 4:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/List_of_SSB4_trophies_(Star_Fox_series)
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
User's English translation of official Japanese Star Fox Command guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/ysr1ip/behold_translations_of_characters_stages_bosses/
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n111/mode/2up
List of Star Fox trophies in Super Smash Bros. 4:
https://www.ssbwiki.com/List_of_SSB4_trophies_(Star_Fox_series)
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox 2 (Game), Star Fox Zero (Game), Star Fox Command (Game), Star Fox (Franchise)
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Prior to Star Fox Zero, there were two attempts in previous installments to revitalize the concept of the Walker from Star Fox 2, or at least the idea of the Arwing transforming into a robot form, those specifically being Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Command, games that both aimed at preserving ideas from the then-long-lost Star Fox 2.
• For Star Fox 64, according to Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview at the end of the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, he wanted to have the Arwing transform into "a human-type craft". This was rejected by other staff members of the SF64 development team. In response, Miyamoto told his team to come up with better ideas, and from there they created the Landmaster and Blue Marine for additional vehicles.
• For Star Fox Command, according to Takaya Imamura in an interview in 2007, the dev team experimented with having the Arwing and other spacecraft transform into robots, but this was ultimately dropped.
• For Star Fox 64, according to Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview at the end of the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, he wanted to have the Arwing transform into "a human-type craft". This was rejected by other staff members of the SF64 development team. In response, Miyamoto told his team to come up with better ideas, and from there they created the Landmaster and Blue Marine for additional vehicles.
• For Star Fox Command, according to Takaya Imamura in an interview in 2007, the dev team experimented with having the Arwing and other spacecraft transform into robots, but this was ultimately dropped.
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide with Shigeru Miyamoto interview:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n119/mode/2up
Nintendo of Europe Takaya Imamura interview:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2007/Interview-Star-Fox-Command-249670.html
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n119/mode/2up
Nintendo of Europe Takaya Imamura interview:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2007/Interview-Star-Fox-Command-249670.html
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Command (Game)
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Katt Monroe, a female feline character who first appeared in Star Fox 64, had undergone a notable change in appearance from that game going into Star Fox Command, most notably now having black fur instead of pink. According to Takaya Imamura in a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview, he changed her appearance to be more "fashionable".
Nintendo Dream interview:
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/2/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
https://www.ndw.jp/starfox-game-230221/2/
English translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1151lkd/nintendo_dream_republishes_some_of_their_old_star/
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On the Japanese website for Star Fox 64, Slippy mentions certain background characters who would appear in future installments:
• Peppy's wife, Vivian Hare. According to Slippy, Peppy took her to planet Zoness for their honeymoon, which explains why Peppy is so distraught at its polluted status in SF64. Vivian would appear in-game for the first time in Star Fox Command, where it's revealed that she and Peppy had a daughter named Lucy, and that Vivian had died of a disease several years prior.
• Slippy's father, Beltino Toad. According to Slippy, Beltino works as an engineer for Space Dynamics, the manufacturer of the Arwing and many of the other vehicles the Star Fox team utilize. Beltino would later appear in-game for the first time in Star Fox Assault, and would later appear in Star Fox Command.
It's worth pointing that unlike Vivian, Beltino was mentioned in western ancillary SF64 material, that being both the official western Star Fox 64 website and the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, where it states that he helped his son Slippy create the Blue Marine.
• Peppy's wife, Vivian Hare. According to Slippy, Peppy took her to planet Zoness for their honeymoon, which explains why Peppy is so distraught at its polluted status in SF64. Vivian would appear in-game for the first time in Star Fox Command, where it's revealed that she and Peppy had a daughter named Lucy, and that Vivian had died of a disease several years prior.
• Slippy's father, Beltino Toad. According to Slippy, Beltino works as an engineer for Space Dynamics, the manufacturer of the Arwing and many of the other vehicles the Star Fox team utilize. Beltino would later appear in-game for the first time in Star Fox Assault, and would later appear in Star Fox Command.
It's worth pointing that unlike Vivian, Beltino was mentioned in western ancillary SF64 material, that being both the official western Star Fox 64 website and the Star Fox 64 Official Player's Guide, where it states that he helped his son Slippy create the Blue Marine.
Official Japanese Nintendo website Star Fox 64 character bios:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nfxj/member/index2.html#frog
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n15/mode/2up
Official American Nintendo website Star Fox 64 character bio for Slippy:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011020022648/http://starfox64.com/slippy.html
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nfxj/member/index2.html#frog
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n15/mode/2up
Official American Nintendo website Star Fox 64 character bio for Slippy:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011020022648/http://starfox64.com/slippy.html
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Much like the original Star Fox on Super Nintendo, Star Fox 64's stages are split into three difficulty routes: Easy, Normal and Hard. However, unlike the original, SF64 only features two versions of Venom, one for the Easy Route and one for the Hard Route, the latter of which is where the Star Fox team has a final rematch with their rivals, Star Wolf.
It turns out the development team had planned on including another variation of Venom for the Normal route, where Fox McCloud would jump out of his Arwing and battle Andross on-foot with a bazooka. According to the staff, this was scrapped due to time constraints. The pilot mode option seen in Star Fox 64's battle mode is actually the repurposed remnants of this idea.
It turns out the development team had planned on including another variation of Venom for the Normal route, where Fox McCloud would jump out of his Arwing and battle Andross on-foot with a bazooka. According to the staff, this was scrapped due to time constraints. The pilot mode option seen in Star Fox 64's battle mode is actually the repurposed remnants of this idea.
User's English translation of a developer interview from an official Japanese guidebook for Star Fox 64:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/x938ib/behold_an_attempt_at_translating_an_interview/
Details of scrapped third route:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10gmwe9/fox_was_going_to_fight_andross_with_a_bazooka_a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/x938ib/behold_an_attempt_at_translating_an_interview/
Details of scrapped third route:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10gmwe9/fox_was_going_to_fight_andross_with_a_bazooka_a/
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