Star Fox is an arcade style rail shooter and third person action-adventure video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, produced and published by Nintendo. The games follow the Star Fox combat team of anthropomorphic animals, led by chief protagoni ...

'' is a series of spaceship shooter games published by

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. The main protagonist and

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of the series is

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 a player character in the original 1993 video ga ...

, the leader of a team of

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animals in the Lylat

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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 Q-Games, Limited is a video game developer based in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan which works closely with both Nintendo and Sony. Foundation Q-Games was founded by Dylan Cuthbert, who previously worked at Argonaut Software and ...

, several names of animals were used in the names of the characters whenever the development team believed they, for those characters, " oundedgood".

Overview

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 known as ''Lylat Wars'' in the PAL regions, is a 3D rail shooter video game developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the ''Star Fox'' series and a reboot of the original ''Star Fox'' for the Super Nintendo Ente ...

'' fills in the background of the team where at its founding, it was composed of James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and

Pigma Dengar ''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 anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic animals in the Lylat planetary system cal ...

(who later betrays 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

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, Fox's love interest. The team's primary aircraft is the

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, their land craft is the

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, 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

is a

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, the

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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 a relationship with Krystal in ''

Star Fox Adventures ''Star Fox Adventures'' is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo. The game had a long development cycle starting in 1997. Originally developed as ''Dinosaur Planet'' with Rare-created characters as the prota ...

'' 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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''. In the Japanese versions, he is voiced by

Shinobu Satouchi is a Japanese voice actor best known as the voice of Fox McCloud in the Japanese version of Nintendo's Star Fox series and Super Smash Bros. series. He was also the voice of Giru in Dragon Ball GT. He works at Aoni Production. Notable roles ...

in ''

'', ''

'', and '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'',

Kenji Nojima is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with the voice talent agency Aoni Production. His first major role in voice-over was Spark in the '' Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight'' series. He voiced Hikaru Ichijyo in a numb ...

in '' Star Fox: Assault'' and ''

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'', ''

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'' and by

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from ''

Star Fox 64 3D is a 3D rail shooter video game co-developed by Nintendo EAD and Q-Games and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a remake of the 1997 video game ''Star Fox 64'' for the Nintendo 64. It was released on July 14, 2011 in Japan, fol ...

'' onwards.

Falco Lombardi

is an ace pilot and one of Fox's friends. Falco wears an orange suit and resembles both raptors and

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s. He shares his first name, with the

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s and

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s. Falco is voiced in English by Ben Cullum in ''

'' and Mike Madeoy in '' Star Fox: Assault''. He is voiced by

Hisao Egawa is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo who works for Aoni Production. Egawa is most known for the roles of Shin'ichi Maki in ''Slam Dunk'', Geki Kuroiwa in ''Brave Command Dagwon'', Geki Hyūma and Goldymarg in ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar'', Ogr ...

in most Japanese releases of the series and by Kōsuke Takaguchi in ''

'' onwards. Falco joins and leaves the Star Fox team throughout the series of games. He is seen as a partner to Fox as they are very close. After ''Star Fox 64'', Falco leaves the team for a time, going solo. His absence from the team is chronicled in the Nintendo manga ''Star Fox: Farewell, Beloved Falco'', which was released on the official ''Star Fox Adventures'' Japanese website. He returns at the end of ''Star Fox Adventures''. Falco has also appeared in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U'', and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' as a playable character.

Slippy Toad

is a

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who wears a blue suit. He is a longtime friend of Fox. He serves as the

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and

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of the team. He attended Cornerian Academy, specializing in engineering. Slippy's father Beltino serves as 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 ''

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'', he comes to his assistance. He 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 ''

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'' comic, Slippy has a croaking

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, which was removed in later appearances. Slippy makes a cameo appearance in ''

'' 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

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in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Star Fox Adventures'' and Mike McAuliffe in ''Star Fox: Assault''. He is voiced by

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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

is a

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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 ''

'', "Do a barrel roll!", has become an

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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 ''

'', he has a daughter named

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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 the Great Fox. Also according to ''Command'', he is eventually made general of the Corneria Army after Pepper grows ill. In the ''

'' comic, Peppy appears to have some form of

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, although it is not elaborated upon. In English, Peppy was voiced by

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in ''

'',

in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''

'', Henry Dardenne in ''Assault'', and Jaz Adams in ''Star Fox 64 3D'' and ''Star Fox Zero''. He 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

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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 ''

'', where she searches for answers on her planet's destruction and the death of her parents. She comes across a distress signal from Sauria. She joins Star Fox as the team's

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after the adventure. She fights in multiple battles in '' Star Fox: Assault''. Before the start of ''

'', 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 a new Star Fox team decades in the future. In ''Star Fox: Assault'', Krystal wears a blue

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, blue

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, a silver chain belt, two silver

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on her tail, white

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s in her hair, and a silver

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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 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 in ''

'' as one of the contacts for Fox, Falco, or Wolf with a taunt on the Star Fox battlefield. She appears as an Assist Trophy in ''

''. In English versions of the series, Krystal speaks

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and is voiced by Estelle Ellis in ''Star Fox Adventures'', and by

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in ''Star Fox: Assault,'' ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. In the Japanese version of ''Assault'', Krystal is voiced by

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Other members

In ''

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'', completed in 1995 but officially released in 2017, the characters a female

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in a red suit, and a female

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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''.

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 ''

'''s ''Star Fox'' comic by Benimaru Itoh exclusively introduced the character Fara Phoenix, a

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, as a love interest for Fox, starting off as a Cornerian test pilot and later becoming an unofficial member.

ROB 64

ROB 64 (known as in the original Japanese-language version) is the observation and analysis robot of Star Fox's mothership the Great Fox. ROB's name may be a reference to the

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accessory

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The 64 is derived from the console of his

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, the

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. 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 ''

'', he has been rebuilt and upgraded several times by Slippy Toad, infusing him with more productivity and personality. After the first Great Fox is destroyed in '' Star Fox: Assault'', he returns in ''

'' 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 is a 3D rail shooter video game developed by Nintendo and PlatinumGames for the Wii U. It is the sixth installment in the ''Star Fox'' series. Formally announced at E3 2015, the game was released in April 2016 to mixed critical reception, with ...

'', 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

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in ''Star Fox: Assault''. He is voiced by

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in the Japanese version of ''Star Fox 64'', Yusuke Numata in ''Star Fox: Assault'' and

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in ''Star Fox 64 3D''.

Prince Tricky

is the young

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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 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

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, who also voiced Beltino and James McCloud in the same game. Tricky also cameos in ''

'' as a collectible trophy. Tricky was originally intended to be the same character as "Tricky the Triceratops" in ''

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''. Nintendo now owns the rights to the Tricky character.

Star Wolf

is a group of mercenaries originally 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 is the Wolfen. Though Star Wolf were planned to appear on the canceled ''

'', they first appeared in ''

''. They have appeared in every game except for the original ''Star Fox'' and ''Star Fox Adventures''. In ''Star Fox 64'' and ''

'', 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 ''

'', the team is composed of Wolf O'Donnell, Leon Powalski, and Panther Caroso.

Wolf O'Donnell

(sometimes called Lord O'Donnell) is a

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, the leader of Star Wolf team, and Fox's rival. Wolf's team is initially hired by Andross to take down the Star Fox team. After the Star Wolf team fails their mission, Wolf seeks revenge for personal reasons. In the English games, Wolf is voiced by

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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

in ''

'',

Mahito Oba is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He is a graduate of Tamagawa University and is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is most known for the roles of Announcer Yoshigai in ''Ultimate Muscle'' (''Kinnikuman Nisei''), the narrator and Smok ...

in '' Star Fox: Assault'' and ''

'', and Kosuke Takaguchi in ''

'', ''

'', '' Starlink: Battle for Atlas'' and ''

''.

Leon Powalski

is a

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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, but he most likely had some past rivalry with Falco Lombardi whom he mainly concentrates on during dogfights in ''

'' and taunts mercilessly within '' Star Fox: Assault''. Leon's personality has changed noticeably since ''Star Fox 64''. He has gone from a classy, competent pilot to a crazed, ruthless assassin who usually gives a deranged laugh after defeating a foe. His 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 is somewhat of a

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, and enjoys his feared reputation. His personality in ''

'' 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 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

in most of the Japanese versions and by

in ''

'' and ''

''. 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

in most of the Japanese versions and by

in ''

'' and ''

''.

Pigma Dengar

is a

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who was one of the original members of the Star Fox team. In a private communication, Andross offers Pigma more money to side with him. After Pigma betrays the Star Fox team causing the presumed death of James McCloud, he joins Star Wolf. He is a greedy pirate 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. When fighting Star Fox in ''Star Fox 64'', Pigma targets Peppy due to their previously having been teammates. Pigma is later forcibly fired from Star Wolf by Wolf O'Donnell for his greed and treachery. Pigma 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 a spacecraft. Fox McCloud defeats him, causing him to explode. He serves as a boss in ''

'', 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 ''

'', Pigma Dengar managed to volunteer as a member of Star Fox shortly before betraying 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

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in the early Japanese versions, and

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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 the

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. 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 ''

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'', pointing to his antidogmatic nature.

Andrew Oikonny

is a

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who is the nephew of

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. In ''Star Fox 64'', he is an inexperienced pilot who flies for Star Wolf; he primarily targets Slippy usually saying, "Stick to the pond, froggie". Sometime after Andross is destroyed, Oikonny plans to avenge his uncle's death and is kicked out of Star Wolf. According to the Official ''Star Fox 64'' Player's Guide his favorite book is "The Apes of Wrath". In '' Star Fox: Assault'', Oikonny assumes Andross' leadership and forms a rebellion against the Corneria Army. Oikonny pilots his ship resembling Andross, but a large Aparoid destroys it. He returns in ''Star Fox Command'' where he joins the Anglars and pilots the Death Crab. He again attempts to get revenge on Fox and confronts him and his team in Fichina. In ''

'', a similar character named Algy appears as a member of the Star Wolf wing, who seems to be a lemur and is unrelated to Andross. In English, he is voiced by John Hugil in ''Star Fox: Assault''. In the Japanese versions of the series, he is voiced by

in ''Star Fox 64'',

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in ''Star Fox: Assault'', and

in ''

'' and ''

''.

Panther Caroso

Panther Caroso (known as in Japanese-language versions) is a

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who makes his first appearance as the newest member of Star Wolf in '' Star Fox: Assault''. His signature symbol, which is on his Wolfen, is a red

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. Panther is conceited and a flirt, considering himself a

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. In the game, he unsuccessfully tries to flirt with Krystal several times. Panther reappears in ''

'', where he attempts to begin a relationship with Krystal after she joins the Star Wolf team following her breakup with Fox. In the English version of ''Command'', Panther speaks in the third person, despite his normal speaking habits in ''Star Fox: Assault''. He is voiced in English by David Scully in ''Star Fox: Assault''. His Japanese voice is provided by

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in both ''Star Fox: Assault'' and ''

''.

Other villains

Andross's Army

(also known as the ) is the main army of the planet Venom, which operates under Andross. Although most of the army is decimated by the Star Fox team and the Corneria Army, a small group of them are present for the Aparoid invasion.

Andross

Andross (known as in Japanese-language versions) is the most-often recurring villain of the series, directly appearing in every game except for '' Star Fox: Assault'', and has been

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ever since his defeat against him at the end of the Lylat Wars. Before the series, Andross was a

scientist A scientist is a person who conducts Scientific method, scientific research to advance knowledge in an Branches of science, area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, ...

working for Corneria. His original intentions are supposedly pure and beneficial; he devotes most of his life to finding ways to protect Corneria. However, a growing obsession with his engine and bio-technology drives him to the brink of madness, despite multiple warnings from the planet's ruling council. The increasing perversion of his experiments results in unleashing a deadly weapon within a Cornerian city, which may or may not have been accidental. Subsequently captured by General Pepper and banished for treason to the wasteland planet Venom, he builds an army and plots to dominate the Lylat System and rebuild it in his name. The original Star Fox team is sent to investigate. The investigation ends when Pigma Dengar defects to Andross's side and sends his friends to Andross, resulting in the capture (and possible death) of James McCloud. Andross then proclaims himself

emperor An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...

of the Lylat System, and begins to invade the neighboring worlds, initiating the Lylat Wars. Five years later after a new Star Fox team is formed under Fox McCloud, they begin their mission to liberate the Lylat System from Andross. Upon arriving at Venom, Fox engages Andross in a duel. Andross is shown to have apparently experimented with himself and become a giant disembodied head, but Fox is able to defeat him and Andross self-destructs. Andross' spirit survives. After a botched attempt at a revival on Titania, Andross travels to Sauria (also known as Dinosaur Planet). Weakened, Andross takes refuge in Krazoa Palace, and uses the SharpClaw Tribe to keep him alive. He manipulates their leader General Scales into collecting various artifacts infused with the spirits of the Krazoa and imprisons Krystal in the palace. Through her, he is able to generate the energy from the Krazoa Spirits to restore himself back to full power, intending to obliterate the entire Lylat System. Fox again defeats him, after which Andross again self-destructs. While he does not appear in '' Star Fox: Assault'', his reign continues in his nephew Andrew Oikonny, who constructs a new fleet with Andross' remaining Venomian units. They attack Fortuna at the beginning of the game, with Andrew using a robotic copy of his uncle as the game's first boss. He reappears in ''Star Fox Command'' as a spirit in control of a bio-weapon, but is no longer a threat. Dialogue between Zazan and the Anglar Emperor in "Fox and Krystal" implies that the Anglar race was created by Andross. Andross appears in ''

'' as an Assist Trophy character, resembling his metallic-looking form from the first ''Star Fox'' game. According to ''Star Fox Zero'', Andross secretly worked on a Cornerian teleportation device for peacekeeping purposes, but his lust for power made him claim it as his own for his schemes. After discovering the truth, General Pepper and James McCloud used the teleporter to exile Andross to another dimension. In ''Star Fox 2'', a direct sequel to the original game, Andross is revealed to have survived his encounter with Fox McCloud and his army advances towards Corneria. The Star Fox team hastily scrambles to destroy Andross once again. Andross appears in several different forms throughout the ''Star Fox'' series: * In the first game, he takes the form of a large metallic head (or possibly a hologram) that contains a cube covered in images of his face. * In ''Star Fox 64'' and ''Star Fox Adventures'', the shell is a large version of his head, which contains an enlarged brain that can act and move independently. The latter Andross is more demonic-looking than the other, resembling a large

gorilla Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. The genus ''Gorilla'' is divided into two species: the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and either four or fi ...

head. In ''Star Fox: Assault'', his nephew Andrew uses a robot with a similar design. ** In ''Star Fox Zero'', Andross is first shown in a form that outwardly resembles his appearance in ''Star Fox 64'', but he is shown to have become robotic. ** In ''Star Fox 2'', his image appears as a disheveled version of his previous self with a cybernetic implant over the left side of his head, and his boss form initially appears as a mask and later a form somewhat resembling his ''Star Fox 64'' self. Andross was voiced by

in the English version of ''Star Fox 64''. He was also voiced by

in the Japanese version of ''Star Fox 64'' and by

in ''Star Fox 64 3D'' and ''Star Fox Zero''.

Captain Shears

is a

who appears in the manga ''Star Fox: Farewell, Beloved Falco'', which was released on the official ''Star Fox Adventures'' Japanese website. Shears conducts his operations in a base on Titania. Working as a double agent, he tells the Star Fox team he and his group of scientists are planning to reconstruct Andross's research, claiming there might still be Venom soldiers on the planet. Katt Monroe does not trust him and tells Falco of Shears' plan, leading to a dogfight between Fox and Falco. While Fox prevails, Falco is unharmed. The Star Fox team and Katt's gang team up and learn Shears is not planning to reconstruct Andross' research, but to resurrect Andross. Fox storms into Shears' base and fights him. After losing, Shears attempts to escape, only to be crushed under the weight of the newly constructed Andross. He is never seen again.

General Scales

appears in ''

''. Scales leads the SharpClaw Tribe, which strives to be the ruling tribe of Sauria. After being rejected by the other tribes, General Scales amasses an army of Sharpclaws and breaks four pieces of the planet apart by removing the four SpellStones where his army occupies each chunk. Andross gives him power in return for capturing Krystal and the Krazoa Spirits, while keeping himself relatively unknown to Scales at the same time. At the end of the game, Andross stops the fight between Scales and Fox and has him relinquish the last Krazoa spirit to Fox and collapses. Before he relinquishes the Krazoa Spirit, General Scales tells Fox that he will regret this. General Scales is voiced by John Silke.

Aparoid Queen

The is the leader of the Aparoid race and the primary antagonist of ''Star Fox: Assault''. From within the Homeworld, the Queen rules over the Aparoids like a queen bee over her hive. Beltino Toad determines that if the Queen is infected with a self-destruct program, then the rest of the Aparoids will die along with her. She can emulate personalities of people who are infected, or people close to her enemies. Star Fox make their way into the Queen's chamber, and infect her with the self-destruct program. The rest of the Aparoids are wiped out. She seems to take a peaceful approach when directly confronted, as she attempts to convince the Star Fox team to give in. She describes the assimilation as "not sacrifice, but evolution". She also believes that everything in the universe exists for the Aparoids (or herself).

Anglar Army

The are a race of

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-like creatures that reside in the Toxic Seas of Venom. They first appear ''Star Fox Command''. It is implied in the Venom Level of the storyline "Fox and Krystal" that the Anglar were accidentally created by Andross through mutations caused by his experiments on Venom's oceans.

Anglar Emperor

The is the leader of the Anglar race, and the primary antagonist of ''Star Fox Command''. Originating on Venom, he appears as a final boss for several missions. He pilots a large serpent-like creature known as the Arrowhead. In some of the final missions, he becomes a very large

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, capable of taking the player's ship into his mouth, which is reminiscent of an attack used by

in other games.

Octoman

, an

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-like creature, is one of the Anglar Emperor's henchmen. He is based on Octoman from the ''

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'' franchise.

Zako

Zako is a

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-like bounty hunter. He is defeated in the Venom Sea.

Zazan

is an Anglar who led the attack on Corneria. He is defeated during the fight on Venom.

Zoldge

is a

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-like mercenary that pilots the Solar Satellite. He is defeated when the Solar Satellite is shot down.

Supporting characters

General Pepper

is the

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Commander-in-chief of the Corneria Defense Force. He originally exiles Andross to Venom and hires the Star Fox team to investigate it five years later. Five more years later, he becomes the primary source for the new Star Fox's missions. Pepper assigned Star Fox to investigate Dinosaur Planet (Sauria) in ''

''. During the Aparoid invasion in '' Star Fox: Assault'', Pepper comes close to death when Aparoids fuse to him and his flagship. At the General's command, Fox destroys the ship with Pepper still on board. He is rescued by Peppy Hare. Afterwards, Pepper grows ill and retires his position as general of the Corneria Army. He passes this role on to his friend Peppy Hare prior to the events of ''

''. In English, he is voiced by John Silke in ''Star Fox Adventures'' and Gray Eubank in ''Assault''. In the Japanese version of ''

'', he was voiced by

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in ''Star Fox: Assault'', and currently by

in ''

'' and ''

''.

James McCloud

is Fox's father and the principal founder of the Star Fox team. On a scouting mission to Venom, he was betrayed by a former member of Star Fox named Pigma Dengar and the team is captured by the evil Andross. In the ensuing conflict, James McCloud courageously creates a diversion so that Peppy Hare could escape, presumably sacrificing himself (though his true fate is ambiguous). He appears to

in ''

'' to lead Fox out of Andross's exploding base and in ''

'' during a final boss fight. James makes his first playable appearance in ''Command'' piloting an Arwing like Peppy which resembles the ''Assault'' design. None of the other characters acknowledge him and Fox questions if he is seeing things. He also appears in ''

'', where Andross acknowledges him by loudly asking why he won't stay dead. In the ''

'' for SNES, it is stated that Fox's father is missing and was last seen at a black hole. However, the Black Hole is actually a warp point that was created by Andross' experiments. In the ''

'' comic, he is given the name Fox McCloud Sr. In ''Star Fox: Assault'', the Aparoid Queen uses James' voice, hinting that James may have been infected at one point. It is also possible that the Aparoid Queen learned of James through the memories of those the Aparoids had infected. James is also the name of a character in the ''

'' series. The instruction booklet for ''

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'' describes him as working to raise money for the debts of his mercenary organization, "Galaxy Dog". He also uses a racing car similar to an Arwing. James was voiced by Tomohisa Asō in ''

'', and by

in '' Star Fox: Assault''. In ''

'', James is voiced by Kunpei Sakamoto.

Katt Monroe

is a lone fighter who comes to the aid of the Corneria Defense Force and the Star Fox team. Katt resembles a

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, and appears with pink fur in ''

'' and ''

'', but appears in ''

'' with black fur. She appears in ''Star Fox 64'' on the planet Zoness, and will either appear to defend the Great Fox in Sector Z, or shoot switches on Macbeth. She has a crush on Falco Lombardi, wishing to join Star Fox to be close to him. In ''Star Fox Command'', she appears in missions with Falco in the Asteroid Belt and Sector X. She and Falco have an argument in which Falco insults her and Katt vows to never help him again, though later in the storyline, she does say she "can't just sit and watch him from the sidelines". In the manga, "Farewell, Beloved Falco", Katt appears to have a romantic relationship with another cat with blue fur whose name is unknown. Though she implies she likes him, she still shows a liking for Falco. Katt is voiced by

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in the Japanese version of ''Star Fox 64'', and Kei Hayami in the Japanese version of ''

'' and ''

''.

Dinosaur Tribes

There are various Dinosaur

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s that live on Sauria as seen in ''

'': * The CloudRunners - The CloudRunners are one of the two ruling tribes on Sauria. They resemble

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s. * The EarthWalkers - The EarthWalkers are one of the two ruling tribes on Sauria. They resemble various

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genera. * The HighTops - The HighTops are the largest dinosaur tribe on Sauria. They are based on the

Apatosaurus ''Apatosaurus'' (; meaning "deceptive lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period. Othniel Charles Marsh described and named the first-known species, ''A. ajax'', in 1877, an ...

and other

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s. * The LightFoots - The LightFoots are a secretive and reclusive tribe on Sauria. They are loosely based on the

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and the Chief LightFoot has a frill similar to that of a frilled lizard and the ''

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'' version of the

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. They live in the LightFoot Village between ThornTail Hollow and Cape Claw. The LightFoots do not interact with other Tribes. * The RedEyes - The RedEyes are a tribe of carnivorous dinosaurs that are locked up in the Walled City on Sauria by the EarthWalkers. They are based on the

Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' is a genus of large theropoda, theropod dinosaur. The species ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (''rex'' meaning "king" in Latin), often called ''T. rex'' or colloquially ''T-Rex'', is one of the best represented theropods. ''Tyrannosa ...

. The RedEyes are released from the Walled City by General Scales. * The ShadowHunters - The ShadowHunters are a tribe of dinosaurs that are mostly seen in the Test of Fear. They evoke the appearances of the

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and

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. * The SharpClaws - The SharpClaws are a race of humanoid

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that are more advanced and violent than the other tribes. The SharpClaw originated from a fragment of the second moon of Sauria which crashed into the planet and became known as the Moon Mountain Pass. Eventually, they left their home and spread. ** The BribeClaws - SharpClaw soldiers that can be bribed into letting Fox McCloud pass if he pays them 20 scarabs. * The SnowHorns - The SnowHorns are a race of

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that reside in the SnowHorn Wastes. * The ThornTails - The ThornTails are a peaceful tribe of dinosaurs that live in ThornTail Hollow on Sauria. They are based on the

Nodosaurus ''Nodosaurus'' (meaning "knobbed lizard") is a genus of herbivorous nodosaurid ankylosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous, the fossils of which are found exclusively in the Frontier Formation in Wyoming. Description ''Nodosaurus'' grew ...

. When the Aparoids invaded Sauria during ''Star Fox: Assault'', some of the Dinosaur Tribes lost some of their members to the battle.

Beltino Toad

is Slippy Toad's father. He works as the research director for the Corneria Defense Force. Beltino originally worked for Space Dynamics Co. Ltd. as an engineer. He and Slippy construct many inventions for the Star Fox team, including the Blue-Marine and the Landmaster. Beltino is first mentioned in the ''

'' Player's Guide, but does not make an in-game appearance until '' Star Fox: Assault''. Beltino discovers the way to defeat the Aparoids. Star Fox destroys them using a program he developed. In the English version of ''Assault'', Beltino Toad is voiced by Scott Burns, and his Japanese voice actor is

Amanda Toad

is Slippy's fiancée, who first appears in ''

''. They meet two years prior to the events of ''Star Fox Command'', and instantly fall in love. Amanda occasionally helps the team out. She pilots the a ship armed with a multi-lock. She considers herself more of the leader in her relationship with Slippy, and always wants to be on his side during a fight. In two endings, she and Slippy settle down with children, one of whom joins Fox and Krystal's son, Marcus, as well as Lucy Hare's daughter and Falco Lombardi himself in forming a new Star Fox team. In another ending, she herself joins the Star Fox team to be close to Slippy.

Corneria Army

The also known as the is one of the main military forces on Corneria. Their purpose is to protect Corneria and all of the Lylat System from all types of threats. Besides General Pepper, Captain Shears, and the generic soldiers, among the members of the Corneria Army are:

Bill Grey

is a

who is Fox's friend and appears to help him in ''

'', ''

'' and ''

''. The two were originally in training together in the Cornerian Academy, and after Fox leaves to join Star Fox, Bill rises through the ranks and is elected commander of the Husky and Bulldog squadrons of Corneria. In his first two games, he assists Fox when Star Fox reaches Katina. The name of the character is a reference to General William Grey, from the 1996 blockbuster film ''

Independence Day An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Man ...

''. The battle on Katina in ''Star Fox 64'' also greatly resembles ''Independence Day''. Bill is voiced by

in the Japanese version of ''Star Fox 64'', and

in the Japanese version of ''

'' and ''Star Fox Zero''.

Dash Bowman

Dash Bowman, known as in the Japanese version, is a

who is a young pilot for the Corneria Army, as well as the grandson of Andross and cousin once removed to Andrew Oikonny. He thinks very highly of Fox and Falco, and wishes to join the Star Fox team. He makes his first appearance in ''

''. Despite his grandfather's dark ways, he still appreciates the man's forgotten aspirations, and wishes to carry on his legacy of making Lylat a better place. Dash's future remains uncertain. One ending shows him joining Falco and Katt to form the Star Falco team, while another two show him becoming ruler of Venom. One of the latter shows him converting Venom into a peaceful planet and the other has him becoming corrupt with power like Andross.

Lucy Hare

is a

who debuts in ''

'', and is Peppy Hare's only daughter. Her mother died shortly after the Lylat Wars due to an illness. She is a bit of a

tomboy A tomboy is a term for a girl or a young woman with masculine qualities. It can include wearing androgynous or unfeminine clothing and actively engage in physical sports or other activities and behaviors usually associated with boys or men. W ...

, but is still very polite to her elders. She is an astrophysics teacher on the planet Fichina, but wants to become a pilot like her father. She and Krystal are good friends. In some missions, she fights the Anglar attackers in her aircraft, the armed with plasma lasers and a single lock. In one of the endings, her daughter becomes a member of the new Star Fox team, led by Marcus, Fox's son.

Reception

When reviewing ''Star Fox Adventures'',

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reviewer Greg Kasavin commented that the game has a likable cast of characters who manage to be cute and pretty cool at the same time.

Notes

References

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