The green planet Peppy's Arwing is shown hurdling towards in the prologue for Star Fox 64 (and also its 3DS remake, Star Fox 64 3D) is actually meant to represent Papetoon, his and also Fox and James' home planet. The Japanese prologue even refers to it as such, and various Japanese SF64 material also mention it. However, when Star Fox 64 was localized for Western audiences, Nintendo of America completely wiped out all specific mention of Papetoon in both the prologue and also manuals/guidebooks.

According to Takaya Imamura in a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview, Fox McCloud's mother is actually still alive and well on their home planet of Papetoon. This is in contrast with the 1994 Nintendo Power comic series, where it was revealed that Fox's mother (named "Vixy Reinard") was accidentally killed by a car bomb planted by Andross that was intended for her husband ("James" as he would referred to in the games starting with Star Fox 64).

According to Imamura, Fox's mother disapproved of her son following in her husband's footsteps and potentially getting himself killed the same way, and thus they have become estranged from each other, though they haven't exactly broken off from each other completely. Imamura even hints that she's secretly supporting her son's actions from behind the scenes.

The North American release of the game was originally announced to be September 11, 2011, but it was pushed forward by 2 days, likely so that it wouldn't coincide with the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks carried out against the United States on that same day.

The Western dub for Star Fox 64 3D notably brought back many of the original voice actors from the N64 version to reprise their respective roles for the first time in years, those being:

• Mike West (Fox, James)
• Lyssa Browne (Slippy, Katt, Spyborg)
• David Frederick White (R.O.B, Pigma, General Pepper, Attack Carrier Pilot)
• Ja Green (Leon, Shogun Pilot, Sarumarine Captain, Forever Train Conductor, Area 6 Commander)

For unknown reasons, David Frederick White goes uncredited.

The rest of the cast, however, were recasted:

• Falco, Andrew, Meteo Crusher Pilot, and Caiman, all originally voiced by Bill Johns, were now voiced by Mark Lund, Mike West, Jaz Adams and Jay Ward respectively.
• Wolf, Bill Grey and Granga, all originally voiced by Jock Blaney, were now voiced by Mike West, Jaz Adams and Mark Lund respectively.
• Peppy and Andross, both originally voiced by Rick May, were now voiced by Jaz Adams and David Frederick White respectively.