List of Star Fox characters
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This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. They are listed in order of introduction.
Star Fox team
The Star Fox team is a group of mercenaries hired by General Pepper. The team is headed by Fox McCloud, with his teammates Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, and Slippy Toad, and Krystal. Star Fox 64 fills in the background of the team; at its founding, it was composed of James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar. Peppy later retires from active flight duty, and was more or less replaced by Krystal. The team's primary aircraft is the Arwing, and the team's mothership is known as the Great Fox.
Fox McCloud
Fox McCloud (フォックス・マクラウド Fokkusu Makuraudo) is the main character of the Star Fox series, and leader of the Star Fox team since his father went missing after his capture by Andross.When he heard about his father's death, he dropped out of the Cornerian airforce. At the start of the series, Fox was young and still learning under the training of Peppy Hare, his father's friend and wingmate. He has since become an expert pilot, and has repeatedly brought tranquility to the Lylat System. Fox is also in the Super Smash Bros. games as a playable character.
Falco Lombardi
Falco Lombardi (ファルコ・ランバルディ, Faruko Ranbarudi) is an expert pilot and a good friend of Fox. He is named after both Falco, an Austrian musician and Carlo Lombardi, special effects artist in Hollywood.[1] Falco is voiced by Hisao Egawa in the Japanese versions of the series, Bill Johns in the English version of Star Fox 64, Ben Cullum in Star Fox Adventures, and Mike Madeoy in Star Fox: Assault. Falco often joins and leaves the Star Fox team throughout the series of games. After Star Fox 64, Falco leaves the team, returning at the end of Star Fox Adventures. Depending on the path in Star Fox Command, Falco may or may not leave Star Fox after joining, but he stays in the default ending. Falco has made appearances in other games, including Super Smash Bros. Melee. He is an unlockable character that has similar moves to Fox.
Peppy Hare
Peppy Hare (ペッピー・ヘア Peppī Hea) 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 narrowly escapes to return to Corneria to inform Fox McCloud of his father's fate. Ever since then, Peppy serves as Fox's mentor and frequently gives Fox instructions and advice throughout the course of the games. According to Star Fox Command, he has a daughter, Lucy, and is the widower of his wife, Vivian. He eventually retires from flight duty, taking up a post in the Great Fox. Also according to Command, Peppy is eventually made General of the Cornerian army, after Pepper grows ill.
Peppy has been voiced by Tomohisa Asō in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Assault, Isaac Marshall in the English version of Star Fox 64, Chris Seavor in Star Fox Adventures and the English version of Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Henry Dardenne in the English version of Assault.
Slippy Toad
Slippy Toad (スリッピー・トード Surippī Tōdo) is a longtime friend of Fox. Young, kind, and intelligent, Slippy serves as the inventor of the team. Slippy and his father, Beltino Toad, the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces, invent and construct many inventions for the team, including the Blue Marine and the Land Master. After the Aparoid race is destroyed in Star Fox: Assault, Slippy temporarily withdraws from the Star Fox team. However, when Fox needs backup in Star Fox: Command, Slippy comes to his assistance again
He is voiced by Kyouko Tonguu in the Japanese version of the series, Lyssa Browne in the English version of Star Fox 64, Chris Seavor in Star Fox Adventures, and Mike McAuliffe in Star Fox Assault.
Star Fox 2
Fei
Fei, often translated as Fay, is a female wolf from Corneria appearing in the unreleased Star Fox 2. She pilots an Intercepter style of Arwing, one that is lacking in armor, but is much faster (both in terms of speed and firepower) than the standard models. As the game progresses, however, the acquisition of a Super Shield power-up is possible to make up for this deficiency in armor.
Miyu
Miyu is a female lynx, said to be somewhat of a tomboy, who is also a new member of the Star Fox team in Star Fox 2. She, like Fay, pilots the faster Interceptor model of Arwing. Also like Fay, Miyu has never appeared in a Star Fox game since Star Fox 2 went unreleased.
Later games
James McCloud
James McCloud is the father of Fox McCloud and the founder of the Star Fox team. On a scouting mission to Venom, he is betrayed by Pigma Dengar and captured by the evil Andross. His fate is left ambiguous as it is stated that Fox's father was last seen as he was flying into a Black Hole, and is presumed dead. However, the Black Hole is actually a warp point that was created by Andross' experiments. He appears to Fox McCloud in Star Fox 64 to lead Fox out of Andross's exploding base, and in Star Fox Command during a final boss fight. None of the other characters acknowledge him, and question if Fox is seeing things.
ROB 64
ROB 64, known as NUS64 (ナウス 64 Nausu Rokujūyon) in Japan, is the robotic operator of Star Fox's mothership, the Great Fox.
ROB's name is a reference to the NES accessory R.O.B., to which he bears a more than passing resemblance. The 64 is derived from the console of his first appearance, the Nintendo 64.
ROB's Japanese name, "NUS", stands for "Nintendo Ultra Sixty-four," the original name of the Nintendo 64 system, and is part of the serial number of all N64 components: the controller, for example, is NUS-005. Like with his English name, the 64 is derived from the console of his first appearance, the Nintendo 64.
ROB has the ability to completely control the Great Fox, technically making the ship fully autonomous. It is also networked to the ship's main computers, allowing ROB to process any information requested by the Star Fox team. ROB can also use the ship's transfer device to send vehicles and items to Star Fox team members in the field.
ROB was nearly destroyed in Star Fox: Assault when Peppy Hare crashed the Great Fox into the shield protecting the entrance to the Aparoid Queen's lair, but Peppy and ROB managed to use an escape pod before the ship was destroyed.
ROB returns in Star Fox Command, piloting the new version of the Great Fox in the map mode, and also giving some advice to Fox and the other characters during the missions. On some paths in the game, ROB joins Star Wolf when no "hero" character is around to play as.
ROB is voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 and Yusuke Numata in the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault. He is voiced by Dex Manley in the English version of Assault.
Interestingly enough, ROB seems to have changing personalities. This may be due to his rebuilds by Slippy. In Star Fox 64, ROB only serves to relay information to the pilots, such as "Location confirmed. Sending supplies." Or "Great Fox will cover you." He only speaks when absolutely necessary, and is very analytical.
In Star Fox Adventures, ROB takes on a more human attitude, as he speaks more as if he were an actual person, and not just a robot.
In Star Fox: Assault, he returns to his analytical personality by rarely speaking unless commands are to be given.
Finally, in his latest appearance, Star Fox Command, he again becomes more humanoid, even uttering sarcastic remarks. For instance, if the Great Fox is destroyed, ROB says, "Goodbye cruel world." He even has veiled feelings for Lucy Hare, when he remarks to her that he'd do anything for her.
Krystal
Krystal (クリスタル Kurisutaru) is the sole survivor of her doomed home planet, Cerinia. She made her first appearance in the series in Star Fox Adventures, where in search of answers to her planet's destruction, and the death of her parents, she comes across a distress signal from the planet Sauria (also known as Dinosaur Planet).
Krystal 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 orphaned feline, who was raised by a wizard named Randorn. When Fox became the main character of Adventures, Krystal was redesigned into her present form as a 19-year-old[2] orphaned vixen, and her role in the game became that of a damsel in distress.
Krystal's past is shrouded in mystery. In Adventures, she carries with her a powerful staff capable of shooting energy blasts (among other abilities), which soon falls into Fox McCloud's hands. Without her staff, however, Krystal is capable of telepathic powers, including the ability to sense thought patterns from others, which is used in Star Fox: Assault, and in her dialogue in Star Fox: Command.
Fox allowed Krystal to become a full-time member of the Star Fox team, and the two later pledged that they would never be without each other.
In the prologue of Star Fox Command, it is stated that Fox was worried about Krystal's safety, and broke up with her. The heartbroken Krystal left the team, and nobody knew what became of her for a long time. Depending on the route the player takes, she reappears as either a member of Star Wolf (where she has begun a relationship with Panther) or a member of the Cornerian Army. In the game, in some missions she pilots a Cornerian Fighter (similar to Bill Grey's) or the Cloud Runner (クラウドランナー Kuraudorannā), named and designed after one of Sauria's tribes.
In one briefing in Star Fox Command, Krystal paused before talking to Fox over the communication link. It is unknown if she was still angry at Fox or relieved to see him.
In three of the endings of Star Fox Command, Krystal forgives Fox and goes back to him. The second one shows her and Fox getting back together and having a son called Marcus, who would lead a new Star Fox team. The default ending shows her rejoining Star Fox, but after a few months, she leaves once again to go back to Star Wolf without regrets. In the Star Wolf Returns ending, despite Star Wolf's success, she is publicly known as a traitor of Star Fox, and eventually, unable to face her mistakes, she leaves and changes her name to Kursed, becoming a bounty hunter (eventually encountering Fox on planet Kew, yet he does not appear to recognize her). In the Japanese version, she does not change her name. After beating the Pigma's Revenge final mission, while the ending itself doesn't show what happened afterwards with Fox and Krystal, when Slippy talks to Falco about their victory against the anglars, he also says Fox and Krystal "made up and everything".
In the English version of the series, Krystal has an English accent and is voiced by Estelle Ellis in Adventures, and Alesia Glidewell in Assault. In the Japanese version, she is voiced by Aya Hara.
According to the official website of Alesia Glidewell, Glidewell will voice Krystal in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii [3] however it is unknown if she will be a playable character or have some other role in the game.
Star Wolf team
In Star Fox 64, Star Wolf is a gang of fighters hired by Andross to eliminate the Star Fox team. They have since been working on their own as Star Fox's rival team. Their primary aircraft is the Wolfen.
Star Fox 2
Wolf O'Donnell
Wolf O'Donnell (ウォルフ オドネル Worufu Odoneru), sometimes called Lord O'Donnell, is the leader of Star Wolf, and rival of Fox.
When Wolf's team was hired to take down Star Fox, Wolf wanted nothing but to fulfill Andross' orders and to kill Fox. The Star Wolf team ultimately failed their mission, causing Wolf to seek revenge for his own personal reasons.
Years later, in Star Fox: Assault, Wolf plans on taking down the Star Fox team once more, but the later invasion of the Aparoids brings out a new meaning to Wolf's plans. When Fox was ambushed by Aparoids on top of the Persimmon's Building in Corneria City, Wolf flew in to his rescue. However, he claims the only reason he did so was to kill Fox off himself later. It was at this point that Wolf told Fox "Don't hesitate. When the time comes, just act.", which got Fox through some later internal struggles. Wolf's initial pure villainy has greatly subsided since Star Fox 64 as some stories in Star Fox Command feature him and his team helping Star Fox, and the Pilot Gallery in Command states that he feels a grudging respect towards Fox (although this was actually implied in the originally Japanese version rather than outright said), with him also expressing guilt after beating the Star Wolf Returns final mission, due to him cheating the Star Fox Team out of the victory. Despite this, he maintains his rivalry with and the dislike of the Star Fox Team and Fox in particular.
Wolf and his team were thought to be killed in the explosion of the Aparoid Homeworld, but were revealed to have survived in Command, with a bounty on their heads sometime later. Several things happen depending on the route, Fox even hires Wolf to help him in one story. His ship is the only one in his team which keeps the original Wolfen (ウォルフェン) design, but it is called the Red Fang in the North American instruction manual (the game itself does not change the ship's name).
Wolf makes a minor cameo in Super Smash Bros. Melee in the introduction sequence, where he is briefly shown fighting Fox from his Wolfen. Leon from the F-Zero game series looks notably similar to Wolf, but shares his name with Leon Powalski.
He is voiced by Hisao Egawa in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 and Mahito Ōba in the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault. In the English version, he is voiced by Grant Goodeve.
Star Fox: Assault also marked Wolf's first playable appearance. If the player manages to beat the game not allowing any of the Star Fox members to retreat on all missions, Wolf will be unlocked playable in VS mode. He has higher speed and health than all other characters, and is the only character able to pilot the Wolfen effectively.
Leon Powalski
Leon Powalski (レオン ポワルスキー Reon Powarusukī) is a member of the Star Wolf team, and the only original member other than Wolf himself that has consistently stayed with the team since Star Fox 64. Leon is very cold, calculating, and cunning. It is unclear what he did with his life before his days with Star Wolf, but it is implied that he had somewhat of a career as an assassin. He has had some past rivalry with Star Fox member Falco, whom he mainly concentrates on in Star Fox 64 and bickers with in Star Fox Assault. It is also possible that there may in fact be no history between them at all, and that Leon goes after Falco because his skills as an ace pilot make him a worthy adversary for the cold-blooded assassin.
In Star Fox 64, although he speaks with an eloquent and classy manner, he obsesses with the idea of mercilessly torturing his prey, and inflicting pain is his specialty. He is second to Wolf as a pilot, and mainly targets Falco.
In Star Fox: Command, Leon's aircraft is called Rainbow Delta (レインボーデルタ Reinbōderuta). It lacks a standard laser, but instead it's armed with a Wide-Type lock, which enables him to lock onto all enemies in vision range and attack all of them at once.
Leon resembles a Veiled or Yemen Chameleon.
Leon is voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in Japanese. In English, he and Panther are together voiced by David Scully. Leon's voice greatly differs between the two versions. In the Japanese version, he has a rather calm, sinister tone of voice. In the English version of Assault, he is given a high-pitched, maniacal voice, in contrast to his deep, civilized tone of voice he had in the English version of Star Fox 64.
Leon's personality in Star Fox Command is quite interesting, as beneath his cold-blooded impression, it seems that he has a soft spot for peace (as hinted in his profile in the Pilot Gallery). When defeating the Anglar Emperor with Star Wolf, Leon rejoices, and says that he will look forward to parades with flowers and other such niceties. Wolf comically responds with a disturbed "Uhh... Sure...". His soft spot is also evidenced by the name of his deadly aircraft: the Rainbow Delta. However, this can also be taken as a reference to the famed color-changing abilities of chameleons, or a military name (for instance, Rainbow Six).
Pigma Dengar
Pigma Dengar (ピグマ・デンガー Piguma Dengā) was once a member of the original Star Fox team, and later of Star Wolf. He is an exceptionally greedy pirate who does not care who he hurts so long as he ends up with a large paycheck in the end.
Although Pigma's first appearance was in the unreleased Star Fox 2, he did not make his first official appearance until Star Fox 64. Pigma is most recognized in Star Fox 64 was that he put high-pitched emphasis on the word "real". Pigma was one of the original members of the first Star Fox team, headed by James McCloud. After the scientist Andross's exile to Venom, the team was sent to investigate strange activity coming from the planet. Upon their arrival, Pigma's greed caused him to commit treason against Corneria by betraying the Star Fox team to join Andross. Only Peppy Hare managed to escape. He was later hired to fly for Star Wolf, in which he focused his attacks on Peppy, his former teammate.
In Star Fox: Assault, it was revealed that Wolf O'Donnell later expelled Pigma from Star Wolf due to his incredible greed and distrustful nature (which might explain the claw marks Pigma now has on his head). After the initial of the Aparoid invasion, he hid away in the military base on Katina (occupied by Aparoids), sending distress beacons which the Star Fox teams soon picks up. After the Katina Base is cleansed of Aparoids, Pigma swoops by and steals the core memory from a large Aparoid, believing it will make him rich (as hinted by the Star Fox team's demands that he hand it over). In an interplanetary game of chicken, the Star Fox team invades the Sargasso Hideout (where they thought Pigma usually hangs out). Just before they succeed, the Star Wolf team enters the scene. After a short dogfight, Wolf reveals that Pigma is no longer a member of him, but his teammate, Panther, points in the direction where Pigma may be heading. The Star Fox team makes way for Fichina. Once there, they discover that Pigma has deactivated the Climate Control Center, making Fichina a snowy wasteland. Upon investigating, they also find out that Pigma is leading the Aparoids somehow. As they eliminate the Aparoids from Fichina and restore the Climate Control Center, they uncover another clue leading to the asteroid field. Meanwhile, Pigma has a nightmare about being assimilated by the aparoids, in which he replies "Obey. .. Obey. .. No! I won't make a profit by obeying them! Obey. .. Obey. .." Once the Star Fox team gets through the Asteroid field, they finally catch up with Pigma. However, in a last ditch effort to avoid capture, Pigma ultimately undergoes assimilation. Pigma is seen being fused with a seemingly inactive Aparoid spacecraft. He is later transformed in what appears to be an enormous, Aparoid-mutilated face with the spacecraft as its hull and shielding and mechanical, tentacled arms as weapons. Eventually, the machine is destroyed by Star Fox, supposedly killing Pigma in the process. However it is not certain if Pigma was aware of what was happening around him as at the time of transformation he was saying "Wa ha ha ha ha Oh Incredible...you must join us wragh!..WWRRAAARR" and if it was actually him that Star Fox confronted or Pigma's mind was already taken over.
There has been speculation on whether Pigma is still alive. it was confirmed in Star Fox Command that Pigma did indeed survive the battle at the asteroid field, but at a cost: His organic body was left behind. Pigma assumes the form of a cube-shaped puzzle box cyborg. He can be encountered as a final boss in Sector X and Sector Y. It is revealed that Pigma wanted Star Wolf to bring Star Fox to him, and that the plan to get them there was made by Krystal. Pigma explains that he spared Star Wolf because he found them to be good friends. Pigma also commands some Anglar forces to destroy Star Fox, but he shows up himself after they are defeated. Pigma is then destroyed, which leads to one of two endings (where Falco creates Star Falco or Fox and Falco retire and join the G-Zero Grand Prix).
As Shigeru Miyamoto states in issue 98 of Nintendo Power magazine, in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, "Pigma speaks in the Kansai dialect of Japan. In Kansai, people end their sentences with the word 'dengar.' So, it's sort of a Japanese joke."
Pigma is voiced by Daisuke Gori in Japanese. In the English version of Star Fox: Assault, he is voiced by Lev Liberman.
Arugi
Arugi, often translated as Algy, is a male monkey who appears as a member of Star Wolf in the unreleased Star Fox 2. He appears only on the normal and expert difficulty levels of the game, and bears a resemblance to Andrew Oikonny, perhaps due to being an early version of the character.
Star Fox 64
Andrew Oikonny
Andrew Oikonny, usually called only by his surname, is the nephew of Andross. His connection to Andross is rumored to be the only reason why he was made a member of the Star Wolf team. He primarily goes after Slippy Toad in battles against the Star Fox team. According to the official Star Fox 64 strategy guide, he is an inexperienced pilot who only flies to try to follow in Andross' footsteps. Sometime after Andross is killed, Oikonny leaves Star Wolf. Afterwards, he planned to avenge his uncle's death.
In Star Fox: Assault, Oikonny, referred to in the game only by his last name (except for one brief moment before his defeat at the hands of an Aparoid boss), gathers Andross's remaining troops and forms a rebellion against the Cornerian Army. The Star Fox team tracks him down to the planet Fortuna, where his ship turns into a large likeness of himself, which resembles Androsses form (Falco humurosly remarks "What's this? An Andross Wanna-be?"). During this battle, Oikonny is unexpectedly shot down by a large Aparoid. He yells "Uncle Andross!!" as his ship goes down.
Oikonny appears again in Star Fox Command, having survived his encounter with the Aparoid. Instead of fighting the Anglar Empire alongside Dash, Andross's grandson, and his second cousin, he joins the Anglars and pilots the Death Crab, confronting Star Fox in Fichina City.
It is unknown if Oikonny will go back to flying with Star Wolf or if he wil continue rebuilding Androsses army.
In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, he is voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi. In the Japanese version of Star Fox: Assault, he is voiced by Yūsuke Numata, who also voices ROB/NUS 64, and in English, John Hugill. Like Leon, Oikonny's Japanese and English voices in Assault are very different. In the Japanese version, he has a high-pitched, somewhat crazed sounding voice, while in the English version, his voice is goofy sounding (low-pitched in Star Fox 64 and high-pitched in Star Fox: Assault).
Later games
Panther
Panther (パンサー カルロッソ Pansā Caruroso) made his first appearance as the newest member of the Star Wolf team in Star Fox: Assault (replacing Pigma). His signature symbol, which is on his Wolfen, is a red rose, and in Assault, he introduces himself with the line, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Panther... and all who see my rose will meet death!" His manner of speech changes between Assault and Command. In Assault, he speaks normally, but in the English version of Command, he refers to himself in the third person.
Panther is quite conceited in Star Fox: Assault, often embarrassing those around him (especially his teammates Wolf and Leon). He is also quite a flirt, considering himself a ladies' man. In the game, he attempts to flirt with Krystal several times, but she either ignores or outright rejects him depending on the circumstances.
Panther appears again in Star Fox Command, where he has begun a relationship with Krystal after she joined the Star Wolf team following her breakup with Fox. Panther pilots the Black Rose (ブラックローズ Burakkurōzu), which looks somewhat like the Wolfen II seen in Star Fox 64. It is armed with the Zapper, a powerful but slow-firing laser. It is noted that Panther's character makes a change, as it is revealed in his profile that "he whole-heartedly loves a woman who has a heart". He even agrees in Krystal returning to Fox as long as she is happy about it.
He is voiced in Japanese by Tetsu Inada, while his English voice actor is David Scully (who also voices Leon).
In Assault, Panther's last name is spelled Caroso, and when spoken by Panther, it is also pronounced this way. However, in the Pilot Gallery and the official web site for the more recent Command, his surname is Caruso (with a U). In the Japanese versions of both games, his surname is Caluroso, which is Spanish for "warm, hot, energetic, enthusiastic". The difference was caused by the fact that the letters L and R are both represented by R in Japanese
Villains
Andross
Andross (アンドルフ, Andorufu) is the main villain of the Star Fox series. Andross is voiced by Daisuke Gōri in the Japanese games, and by Duncan Botwood in Star Fox Adventures. Before the series, Andross is a brilliant scientist working for Corneria. Although his intentions are pure and beneficial, his lust for power drives him to the brink of madness. After one of his experiments goes wrong, he is banished to Venom, where he begins to build an army to allow him to take over the universe. Soon after, Star Fox is sent to investigate; the investigation ends up with Pigma Dengar switching to Andross's side, and the death of James McCloud. Andross then proclaims himself emperor of the planet Venom and the entire Lylat System, and unleashes a blitzkrieg on his neighboring worlds.
After a new Star Fox team is formed under Fox McCloud, they travel to Venom to stop Andross. After being defeated, he tried to set off a bomb to kill Fox, but it is thwarted by the assistance of James McCloud. Andross survives in the form of a disembodied spirit, and travels to Sauria. He uses the SharpClaw clan of dinosaurs to keep him alive, but any attempts at revival come up short. After manipulating their leader, General Scales, into trying to receive his power by collecting various artifacts infused with the spirits of the Krazoa and Krystal, he uses their power to revive himself. He is quickly defeated by Fox McCloud. He reappears in Star Fox Command in the form of a spirit controlling a bio-weapon.
Andross appears in several different forms throughout the Star Fox series, the most common of which is a giant disembodied head with two hands. In the first two games, he takes the form of a large metallic head 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 on its own.
Andross also bears a striking resemblance to Dr. Zaius from the Planet of the Apes. He appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an assist trophy, in his first form, where he blows out silver shards out at the opponents from his mouth.
Captain Shears
Captain Shears made his appearance in the manga Star Fox: Farwell, Beloved Falco, which came with the Japanese version of Star Fox Adventures. The manga explains what happened during the 8 year gap between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures.
In the manga, Shears conducts his operations in a base on Titania. Working as a double agent, he tells the Star Fox team that he and his group of scientists are making plans to reconstruct Andross' research, claiming that there might still be Venom soldiers on the planet. However, Katt Monroe doesn't trust him and tells Falco of Shears' plan, leading to a dogfight between Fox and Falco.
Afterwards, the Star Fox team and Katt's gang team up and learn that Shears is not actually planning to reconstruct Andross' research, but to actually resurrect Andross himself. After hearing of this, Fox storms into Shears' base, and enters the rejuvenation lab were Andross' revival is happening. Shears then boasts about his plan and attacks Fox with a sword in his hand and riding on a large, mutant boar.
After a short sword fight, Fox defeats Shears. However Shears attempts to escape on his boar, only to be crushed under the weight of the newly constructed Andross. Afterwards, Fox boards his Landmaster, destroying the base with Andross inside.
General Scales
General Scales (スケール将軍 Sukēru Shougun) made his appearance in Star Fox Adventures as a villain of the game.
Scales' army were the SharpClaw, who carried out his orders. The SharpClaw originally wanted to be the ruling tribe of Sauria (also known as Dinosaur Planet), but were rejected and amassed an army under Scales to overpower the other tribes.
Scales, who was bent on taking control of Sauria, removed the four SpellStones that kept the planet together, causing chunks of it to break off. Scales then proceeded to take over each of the four pieces that broke off the planet.
It is revealed later that Scales carries the last of the Krazoa Spirits that Fox was looking for. When Fox was prepared to fight Scales, Andross revealed himself and forced Scales to give the spirit to Fox so he could be revived, stating that Scales was merely just a puppet figure for him. After this, Scales falls unconscious. When Fox returns to the planet after defeating Andross, he finds that the SharpClaw have liberated themselves from the General and one sharpclaw holds up Scales' belt in victory.
His final fate is currently unconfirmed but it is hinted at that he was either killed or imprisoned by his mutinous army. When Scales fell, the life force door behind Fox opened. Whether the door opened because he fainted or died is unknown. Before Scales released his Krazoa Spirit, he said "You will regret this.", hinting that he may return in a future Star Fox game, but he has not been seen since. The only other interpretation from his last line is that he knew Andross would be revived and tried to warn Fox of the near future.
Scales' voice actor was John Silke.
Aparoid Queen
The Aparoid Queen made her appearance in Star Fox: Assault.
Living inside the core of the Aparoid Homeworld, she was the leader of the Aparoid race. From within the Homeworld, the Queen ruled over the Aparoids like a queen bee over her hive; Beltino Toad determined that if the Queen could be infected with a self-destruct program, then the rest of the Aparoids would die along with her. She has the ability to emulate personalities of people who were infected, or simply people close to her enemies. She emulates Peppy, Pigma, General Pepper, James McCloud, and ROB during the game. She also claimed that everything existed for the aparoids by saying things like "All for us....All things in the universe exist for us."
Star Fox made their way into the Queen's chamber, and infected the Queen with the self-destruct program. The program was initially ineffective, and the Queen fled into the heart of the planet. Fox gave chase, along with his wingmates, and he weakened the Queen's defenses, which allowed the program to work. After the Queen's death, the program spread throughout the Homeworld, destroying it and all the remaining Aparoids.
Emperor Anglar
Emperor Anglar is the leader of the Anglar race in Star Fox Command. Originating on Venom, he appears as a final boss for several missions, and pilots a large serpent-like creature. There is a chance that he is a general or other rank in Andross' old army, because in one of the path of the game, the emperor talks about the enemy of his Master arriving when the Star Fox team hits Venom. In some of the final missions, he becomes a very large angler fish, capable of taking the player's ship into his mouth, similar to what Andross did in Star Fox 64, and also shooting panels out of his mouth like Andross in Star Fox. His four cronies are Zako (piloting the Devil Shark), Zazan (piloting the ZaZanga 9), Zoldge (piloting the Solar Satellite) and Octoman (piloting the Octopod).
Supporting characters
General Pepper
General Pepper (ペパー将軍 Pepā Shōgun) was the Commander-in-chief of the Cornerian Defense Forces. Despite his high ranking, his speeches are often described as "cries for help" as opposed to being motivational.[4]
Shortly after taking office, Pepper exiled the scientist, Andross, to the nearly uninhabitable planet of Venom for conducting dangerous experiments. About five years later, Pepper noticed "strange activity coming from Venom", so he hired the mercenary group Star Fox, led by James McCloud, to investigate.
When James's son, Fox, dropped out of flight academy to take his father's place in Star Fox, Pepper soon became the team's primary source for missions.
During the Aparoid Invasion in Star Fox: Assault, Pepper came close to death when aparoids had been fused to him and his flagship , which made it almost impossible for him to control his actions. Pepper as well was almost infected. At the General's command, Fox destroyed the ship with Pepper still on board. Pepper was rescued at the last second by long-time Star Fox member Peppy Hare.
As time passed, Pepper grew ill and retired his position as General of the Cornerian Army. He passed this role on to Peppy Hare. He is confined to his sickbed during Star Fox Command.
In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, he was voiced by Daisuke Gori, who also voices Pigma Dengar and Andross and in Star Fox: Assault, he was voiced by Michihiro Ikemizu in Japanese and by Gray Eubank in English.
General Pepper's appearance and name are most likely a reference to the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [1].
Bill Grey
Bill Grey (ビル・グレイ Biru Gurei) was Fox's friend in the Cornerian Flight Academy, and appeared to help Fox in Star Fox 64.
After Fox left the academy to avenge his father's death, Bill rose through the ranks and was elected commander of the Husky and Bulldog squadrons of Corneria.
The Star Fox team meets up with him shortly on Katina to help him fight the enemy units attacking the Cornerian base. If the player finishes the stage, Bill will return briefly to assist the team in the next stage, regardless if the mission was accomplished or merely completed. If the player goes to Solar, Bill will appear to leave Fox some items at the beginning of the mission. If the player goes to Sector X, Bill will help in opening the doors leading to the Warp 2, so the player can go to Sector Z. At the beginning of the final credits, Bill's fighter can be seen flying along with the Star Fox team while they go back to Corneria.
Bill makes his return in Star Fox Command, arriving to provide backup for either Fox or Falco in two of the three Katina stages. He pilots a Cornerian Fighter (コーネリアンファイター Kōnerian Faitā) as he did in Star Fox 64 and is now a playable character. His appearance is quite different: his fur has gone from gray to light brown, and his black visor is now transparent blue. He also bears a Southern accent, using words like "varmint," "reckon," and "y'all".
Bill's full name is also the same name of the character played by Robert Loggia in the movie Independence Day.
In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, he is voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi, who also voiced ROB 64 and Andrew Oikonny in the same game.
Katt Monroe
Katt Monroe (キャット・モンロー Kyatto Monrō) first appeared in Star Fox 64. She is a lone fighter who comes to the aid of the Cornerian Defense Force and the Star Fox team. She appears 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, and she frequently lets him know about it. While Falco finds this annoying, he does have a certain interest in her as well.
Katt returns in Star Fox Command, though she now bears dark gray fur instead of pink, and her overall appearance is very different. She appears in missions with Falco in the Asteroid Belt and Sector X, however, they 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." She also appears in one mission to assist Lucy, Krystal, and Amanda in the defense of Corneria. According to her profile in Star Fox Command, she wishes to join Star Fox to be close to Falco.
In Star Fox 64, she pilots a pink ship dubbed the Catspaw, which is a heavily modified version of a Venomian Invader class fighter. In Star Fox Command, she flies a unique craft called the Cat's Paw 2, labeled as the Cat's Paw MK. II in the instruction booklet. It is armed with a "Curve" or "Arc" laser, which seems to be a single Plasma laser. The Cat's Paw 2 bears almost no resemblance to the original, and is primarily a reddish color instead of pink. It is known as the Scramjet (スクラムジェット Sukuramujetto) in the Japanese version.
One of the nine possible endings of "Star Fox Command" shows Katt and Falco forming their own team, "Star Falco", along with Dash Bowman. Katt is seen flying a pink version of Falco's Sky Claw.
In Japanese, Katt is voiced Kyoko Tongu (also the voice of Slippy Toad). In English, she and Slippy are both voiced by Lyssa Browne.
Tricky
Tricky (トリッキー Torikkī) is an EarthWalker (or a triceratops) from the planet Sauria and serves as Fox McCloud's companion in Star Fox Adventures, in which Tricky performs different tasks for Fox when fed GrubTubs (mushroom-like food). He can open small caves and act as a flamethrower, among other abilities.
During the time of Star Fox Adventures, Tricky was a prince; he is the son of the King and Queen of the EarthWalker tribe. He accompanies Fox to save his imprisoned father, who was trapped within the Walled City.
His second appearance is in Star Fox: Assault. Tricky has physically matured (now large enough for both Fox and Krystal to ride comfortably), 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 (and also embarrasses Fox by both jumping on top of him and mentioning a honeymoon for him and Krystal).
He was voiced by Kevin Bayliss in Star Fox Adventures, and Chet Morgan in Star Fox: Assault. In the Japanese version of Assault, he has a somewhat deep, teenage-sounding voice and is voiced by a currently-unknown seiyu.
Tricky was possibly based on a triceratops character of the same name, appearing as a boss for the Dino Domain stage in Diddy Kong Racing, also made by Rare. It is also possible that the Tricky of Star Fox Adventures and Diddy Kong Racing are the same since both games were made by Rare although the former is more likely a reference to the latter; when Fox first hears Tricky's name in Star Fox Adventures, he reacts with surprise then sarcastically comments "Nice name!", suggesting that this is an in-joke from the programmers.
Beltino Toad
Beltino Toad is the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Forces and is also Slippy Toad's father.
Beltino previously worked for Space Dynamics Co. Ltd. as an engineer. He and his son also created the Blue Marine vehicle that Fox used to explore the planet of Aquas in Star Fox 64.
Beltino was first mentioned in the Star Fox 64 Player's Guide, but did not make an in-game appearance until Star Fox: Assault, released eight years later.
In Star Fox: Assault, it was Beltino who discovered two things that led to the destruction of the Aparoids - that they could have programs executed in them and that they were susceptible to apoptosis. He then coded a program that activated the apoptosis gene in the Aparoids. The program was carried by Fox McCloud to the Aparoid Homeworld where it was injected into the Aparoid Queen.
Beltino appears again briefly in two of Star Fox Command's mission briefings, giving Fox and the team information of the current situation.
In the Japanese version of Assault, Beltino Toad is voiced by Hirohiko Kakegawa, and his English voice actor is Scott Burns.
Amanda
Amanda (アマンダ Amanda) is Slippy's fiancée, who was first shown in Star Fox Command. They met two years prior to the events of Star Fox Command, and instantly fell in love. Amanda occasionally helps the team out in various missions, and pilots the Tadpole (タッドポール Taadopōru), 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 & Krystal's son, Marcus McCloud, 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. In yet another, Falco hears of a happy victory for both Star Fox and Star Wolf, with him getting invited to Slippy and Amanda's wedding on Aquas.
Dash Bowman
Dash Bowman, known as Ash Bowman (アッシュ・ボウマン Asshu Bouman) in Japan, makes his first appearance during the time the Anglars attacked in Star Fox Command. He is a young pilot for the Cornerian Army, as well as the grandson of Andross and second cousin to Andrew Oikonny. He thinks very highly of Fox and Falco, and wishes to join the Star Fox team.
Despite his grandfather's dark ways, he still appreciates his grandfather's forgotten aspirations, and wishes to carry on his legacy of making Lylat a better place. However, Dash's true future remains uncertain. One of the endings shows him joining Falco and Katt to form the Star Falco team, while another two others show him becoming ruler of Venom, one of which show him becoming corrupt with power like Andross.
The aircraft Dash pilots in the game is called the Monkey Arrow (モンキーアロー Monkīarō) which has a twin laser and single lock. The ship is very similar to the Arwing, but is shaped like an arrowhead (hence the name). In the Pigma's Revenge ending, he's seen piloting a green colored version of Falco's Sky Claw.
His last name could possibly be a reference to David Bowman, from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Lucy Hare
Lucy Hare (ルーシー・ヘアー Rūshī Hea) debuts in Star Fox Command, and is Peppy Hare's only daughter (it is yet unknown whether she has brothers). Her mother, Vivian, died shortly after the Lylat Wars due to an illness.
She is a bit of a tomboy, but is still very polite to her elders. Although pleased with her job as an astrophysics teacher on the planet Fichina, she does wish to become an expert pilot, like her father. It is said as well that she and Krystal are good friends. In some missions, she fights the Anglar attackers in her aircraft, the Sky Bunny (スカイバニー Sukaibanī), armed with Plasma lasers and a single lock.
In one of the endings, her daughter appears as a member of the new Star Fox team, led by Marcus McCloud, Fox's son.
Minor Characters
Vivian Hare
Vivian Hare was Peppy's wife and Lucy's mother. Sometime after the Lylat Wars, she sucumbed to an illness and died, leaving Peppy to take care of Lucy. She has only appeared in one of the endings of Star Fox Command.
Marcus McCloud
Marcus McCloud is the son of Fox McCloud and Krystal, who appears in the second ending of Star Fox Command. He eventually becomes a great pilot like his father and grandfather before him, and along with Falco(the now senior member of the team), one of Slippy's sons and Peppy's granddaughter, he forms a new Star Fox team. However, it's unknown whether this will become part of the Star Fox canon in the future.
References
- ^ Takao Imamura, Shigeru Miyamoto (1997). Nintendo Power August, 1997 - Pak Watch E3 Report "The Game Masters". Nintendo. pp. 104–105.
- ^ Official Japanese Star Fox Adventures site - Character bios & ages during Star Fox Adventures
- ^ http://www.alesiaglidewell.com/vo_games.htm
- ^ http://www.arwinglanding.net/sf64/index.php?page=characters
External links
- Nintendo Power Star Fox comic
- StarFox Comic scans at sfx64.com, a StarFox Fansite
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