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Beta Star Fox 64 footage circa 1996 shows that Corneria was originally covered in snow. Early footage of the boss fight with the Granga robot even showed it capable of blowing snow as an attack, possibly indicating that it was responsible for Corneria's current state in this build.
Corneria beta screenshots:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/zxmg3s/beta_cornerias_white_christmas/
Corneria beta footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff1netfmBHQ
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/zxmg3s/beta_cornerias_white_christmas/
Corneria beta footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff1netfmBHQ
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Planet Zoness was originally a beautiful water planet similar to its twin planet, Aquas. It was famous for its resorts and was where Peppy Hare had taken his wife, Vivian, for their honeymoon. However, Andross' forces would invade and pollute its waters with their bioweapons, mutating the local wildlife to become larger and violent.
Early footage of Star Fox 64 circa 1996 actually show Zoness in its pure, unpolluted state, which seems to indicate that making it polluted was decided on later in development. There's actually appears to be dialogue remnants of this cleaner version in the developer's dub:
When finishing the stage:
But in the final polluted version, this exchange in the JP version goes:
Early footage of Star Fox 64 circa 1996 actually show Zoness in its pure, unpolluted state, which seems to indicate that making it polluted was decided on later in development. There's actually appears to be dialogue remnants of this cleaner version in the developer's dub:
Peppy: Be careful of the wildlife on this planet.
Falco: Huge, these guys!
Slippy: I want to live in a sea like this, ribbit.
Falco: Huge, these guys!
Slippy: I want to live in a sea like this, ribbit.
When finishing the stage:
Peppy: I didn't know this planet was under Andorf's power too.
Slippy: I will come back when there is peace.
Slippy: I will come back when there is peace.
But in the final polluted version, this exchange in the JP version goes:
Peppy: 何て事だ・・・これがあのゾネスか? (What the... is this Zoness?)
Slippy: 泳ぐ気にもならないよ (I don't even feel like swimming.)
Falco: お前 海でも泳ぐのか (Do you swim in the sea, too?)
Slippy: 泳ぐ気にもならないよ (I don't even feel like swimming.)
Falco: お前 海でも泳ぐのか (Do you swim in the sea, too?)
Zoness beta footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snoshsyMmIc?t=61
Star Fox 64 Rejected Developer's Dub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpsHjFBK164?t=338
Zoness development history Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11n99ss/beta_zoness_water_safe_enough_to_drink/
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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snoshsyMmIc?t=61
Star Fox 64 Rejected Developer's Dub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpsHjFBK164?t=338
Zoness development history Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11n99ss/beta_zoness_water_safe_enough_to_drink/
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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The go-to term for the initial conflict of the Star Fox series, as told in three different installments (Star Fox on SNES, Star Fox 64, and Star Fox Zero), is the "Lylat Wars". This name originates from the original PAL release of Star Fox 64, where it was renamed to Lylat Wars due to trademark issues (similarly to why the first Star Fox was renamed to "Starwing" there as well). In comparison, its 3DS remake, Star Fox 64 3D, would retain the Star Fox 64 moniker in all regions. Nintendo would later actually canonize the "Lylat Wars" moniker as the official name of the conflict against Andross' forces in the opening prologue to Star Fox Zero.
Star Fox Zero prologue where Fox mentions the "Lylat Wars":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vgF1mSj5c&list=PLAV-xzjVBR0Wr2JIdD02pefR7CLz18wg2
Lylat Wars page on NOE website:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-64/Lylat-Wars-277897.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vgF1mSj5c&list=PLAV-xzjVBR0Wr2JIdD02pefR7CLz18wg2
Lylat Wars page on NOE website:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-64/Lylat-Wars-277897.html
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In a June 1997 Nintendo Dream interview with Shigeru Miyamoto regarding Star Fox 64, when asked if he would produce a sequel, Miyamoto responded with:
Funny enough, both of these ideas would come to fruition with future titles such as Star Fox: Assault, which hugely emphasized its multiplayer battle mode, and Star Fox Command, which revisited many of the real-time strategy elements that were previously experimented with in the then-unreleased Star Fox 2.
"I feel like the Star Fox I aimed for is already complete. But if SF64 turns out to be a commercial success and I am asked to make another installment, we might look into enriching the strategy map and systems, or perhaps further developing 360-degree four-player battles."
Funny enough, both of these ideas would come to fruition with future titles such as Star Fox: Assault, which hugely emphasized its multiplayer battle mode, and Star Fox Command, which revisited many of the real-time strategy elements that were previously experimented with in the then-unreleased Star Fox 2.
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Dream interview with Miyamoto:
https://archive.org/details/64-dream-june-1997-06-600dpi-ozidual/64Dream%201997%2006%20%28j%20ocr%29/page/n85/mode/2up
User's translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10fclnf/my_attempt_at_translating_an_interview_with/
https://archive.org/details/64-dream-june-1997-06-600dpi-ozidual/64Dream%201997%2006%20%28j%20ocr%29/page/n85/mode/2up
User's translations of above interview:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10fclnf/my_attempt_at_translating_an_interview_with/
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox 64 3D (Game)
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Many Star Fox 64 players have referred to the Venom army general piloting the mecha boss encountered in the Easy Route Corneria path as "Granga", presumably because of the Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide referring to him as such.
In reality, or at least going by the official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook and also Star Fox 64 3D, the name "Granga" actually refers to the aforementioned mecha itself. Like most of Andross' lieutenants (with the exception of Caiman), the pilot himself seemingly never had a proper name.
In reality, or at least going by the official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook and also Star Fox 64 3D, the name "Granga" actually refers to the aforementioned mecha itself. Like most of Andross' lieutenants (with the exception of Caiman), the pilot himself seemingly never had a proper name.
Star Fox 64 Nintendo Power Official Strategy Guide referring to the pilot of Granga as "Granga" himself:
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n33/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/
Encountering Granga, dubbed as "Urban-Assault Weapon", in Star Fox 64 3D:
https://youtu.be/Dz5Sni0j0tw?t=239
https://archive.org/details/Starfox64NintendoPowerOfficialStrategyGuide/page/n33/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/
Encountering Granga, dubbed as "Urban-Assault Weapon", in Star Fox 64 3D:
https://youtu.be/Dz5Sni0j0tw?t=239
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox: Assault (Game)
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In Star Fox: Assault's campaign, it is revealed by Beltino Toad, Slippy's father, that the Aparoids had already attacked the Lylat System 17 years prior, where an entire Cornerian fleet was destroyed by a single Aparoid, the same type that destroyed Oikonny's flagship and attacked the Star Fox team on Fortuna.
In a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with Takaya Imamura, he explained that rather than having the Aparoids suddenly appear, he felt that it would be better have something that was already there in the past so there would be a connection and give the story more depth. This is also why it was decided to have Beltino, who was previously stated to have worked for Space Dynamics in ancillary material for Star Fox 64, to be in charge of the Cornerian army by the time of the events of Star Fox: Assault.
Imamura explains that, with Beltino being a genius scientist, he was doing various military commissions and Space Dynamics work in the form of a commissioned employee over the years, explaining how he fought against the Aparoids as apart of the Cornerian Army 17 years priors, later joined up with Space Dynamics by the time of Star Fox 64, and then eventually returned to the Cornerian Army by the time of Star Fox: Assault.
In a 2011 Nintendo Dream magazine interview with Takaya Imamura, he explained that rather than having the Aparoids suddenly appear, he felt that it would be better have something that was already there in the past so there would be a connection and give the story more depth. This is also why it was decided to have Beltino, who was previously stated to have worked for Space Dynamics in ancillary material for Star Fox 64, to be in charge of the Cornerian army by the time of the events of Star Fox: Assault.
Imamura explains that, with Beltino being a genius scientist, he was doing various military commissions and Space Dynamics work in the form of a commissioned employee over the years, explaining how he fought against the Aparoids as apart of the Cornerian Army 17 years priors, later joined up with Space Dynamics by the time of Star Fox 64, and then eventually returned to the Cornerian Army by the time of Star Fox: Assault.
Star Fox: Assault - Katina Briefing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL9jk8U5Mlc
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.youtube.com/watch?v=qL9jk8U5Mlc
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/
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Despite the English version of Melee using Star Fox Adventures' voice cast in the game's Corneria and Venom stages, the Japanese version uses all of the original Star Fox 64 voice actors. Shinobu Satouchi, Hisao Egawa, Kyoko Tongu and Tomohisa Aso all reprise their roles as Fox, Falco, Slippy and Peppy respectively. The former two's voice clips are also used for Fox and Falco as fighters even abroad.
Super Smash Bros. Melee - Corneria (JP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiWu47Lgl0
Star Fox 64 Japanese cast:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-64/japanese-cast/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhiWu47Lgl0
Star Fox 64 Japanese cast:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-64/japanese-cast/
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox: Assault (Game)
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Contrary to the Western version of the game, which more or less started over with a completely new and different cast, Star Fox: Assault's Japanese voice cast would actually bring back quite a few of the voice actors from Star Fox 64's Japanese dub:
• Hisao Egawa (Falco)
• Kyoko Tongu (Slippy)
• Tomohisa Aso (Peppy)
• Daisuke Gori (Pigma)
• Shinobu Satouchi (Leon)
Of the returning cast from Star Fox 64, the only characters to be recast were:
• Fox (voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in SF64, now voiced by Kenji Nojima)
• General Pepper (voiced by Daisuke Gori in SF64, now voiced by Michihiro Ikemizu)
• Wolf (voiced by Hisao Egawa in SF64, now voiced by Mahito Ōba)
• ROB 64 and Andrew (both were voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi in SF64, now they're both voiced by Yusuke Numata)
According to Takaya Imamura in a Nintendo Dream interview regarding Star Fox Assault, Fox's new voice was meant to represent a middle ground between Steve Malpass' nasal sounding voice from Star Fox Adventures and Shinobu Satouchi's voice from Star Fox 64. Apparently, Satouchi was saddened when he discovered that he'd be returning to only reprise his role as Leon in Star Fox: Assault.
• Hisao Egawa (Falco)
• Kyoko Tongu (Slippy)
• Tomohisa Aso (Peppy)
• Daisuke Gori (Pigma)
• Shinobu Satouchi (Leon)
Of the returning cast from Star Fox 64, the only characters to be recast were:
• Fox (voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in SF64, now voiced by Kenji Nojima)
• General Pepper (voiced by Daisuke Gori in SF64, now voiced by Michihiro Ikemizu)
• Wolf (voiced by Hisao Egawa in SF64, now voiced by Mahito Ōba)
• ROB 64 and Andrew (both were voiced by Daisuke Sakaguchi in SF64, now they're both voiced by Yusuke Numata)
According to Takaya Imamura in a Nintendo Dream interview regarding Star Fox Assault, Fox's new voice was meant to represent a middle ground between Steve Malpass' nasal sounding voice from Star Fox Adventures and Shinobu Satouchi's voice from Star Fox 64. Apparently, Satouchi was saddened when he discovered that he'd be returning to only reprise his role as Leon in Star Fox: Assault.
Star Fox: Assault Japanese cast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlU0pr6xew&t=105
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-Assault/japanese-cast/
Star Fox 64 Japanese cast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYPXCGD3wc8?t=340
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-64/japanese-cast/
Scan from Star Fox Assault Nintendo Dream interview:
https://i.gyazo.com/92bfbc5e2f8e6d6eee1fa8d9cec9c6b2.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdlU0pr6xew&t=105
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-Assault/japanese-cast/
Star Fox 64 Japanese cast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYPXCGD3wc8?t=340
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-64/japanese-cast/
Scan from Star Fox Assault Nintendo Dream interview:
https://i.gyazo.com/92bfbc5e2f8e6d6eee1fa8d9cec9c6b2.png
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox (Franchise)
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Barring the mistake with calling Fichina "Fortuna" in Star Fox 64, there is only one other main planet in all of the Star Fox series to have a slightly different English name from their original Japanese counterpart, that being Katina, which in Japan is called カタリナ, or Katarina.
In comparison, Katina directly translated into Japanese would be カティナ.
In comparison, Katina directly translated into Japanese would be カティナ.
Star Fox 64 - Katina (JP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYcJGG7dX4Q?t=3561
Just linking to this show that Katina's Japanese name directly translated into English is indeed officially "Katarina": https://youtu.be/C1xDq1ymFv4?list=PL79797D1A47372A35&t=99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYcJGG7dX4Q?t=3561
Just linking to this show that Katina's Japanese name directly translated into English is indeed officially "Katarina": https://youtu.be/C1xDq1ymFv4?list=PL79797D1A47372A35&t=99
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While Star Fox 64 would mark the debut of Star Wolf, the rival team of Star Fox, they were originally meant to debut in Star Fox 2, which was cancelled for twenty years before seeing an official release for the SNES Classic in 2017.
Something that's very peculiar in the final build of Star Fox 2, however, is how most of the mainstays of the Star Wolf team, such as Wolf O'Donnell, Pigma Dengar, and Leon Powalski, are present, all except for one: Andross' nephew, Andrew Oikonny. In his place is what appears to be a lemur character named "Algy", who is described by SF2's online manual as being rumoured to be "the most devious creature in the cosmos".
What makes this even more strange is the fact that Andrew actually was initially conceived for SF2, as a piece of concept art drawn by series' character designer Takaya Imamura portrays him along with Wolf, Leon and Pigma. In fact, there actually exists evidence that, by the time of Star Fox 2's gold build, Algy was still internally referred to as Andrew in the game's source code, which makes it all the more clear that Andrew was indeed planned to be in SF2 before being changed out for Algy.
It's worth pointing out, however, that despite being the main character designer for the first Star Fox, as well as future games like Star Fox 64, Imamura actually had very little to do with Star Fox 2's development, outside of the aforementioned initial Star Wolf concept art and also play-testing and advising towards the end, being only listed as under SF2's "Special Thanks" credits. Another staff member at Nintendo, named Masanao Arimoto, took over his duties as character/sprite designer for SF2. Comparing his final spritework to the original concept art, one could see that Arimoto took a lot of creative liberties with Imamura's initial designs, the latter of which look more closer to how the Star Wolf characters would look in Star Fox 64, with the most glaring example being Andrew transformed into an effectively different character.
It's pretty obvious that when Takaya Imamura returned for Star Fox 64 as its art director, Algy was reverted back into Andrew Oikonny.
Something that's very peculiar in the final build of Star Fox 2, however, is how most of the mainstays of the Star Wolf team, such as Wolf O'Donnell, Pigma Dengar, and Leon Powalski, are present, all except for one: Andross' nephew, Andrew Oikonny. In his place is what appears to be a lemur character named "Algy", who is described by SF2's online manual as being rumoured to be "the most devious creature in the cosmos".
What makes this even more strange is the fact that Andrew actually was initially conceived for SF2, as a piece of concept art drawn by series' character designer Takaya Imamura portrays him along with Wolf, Leon and Pigma. In fact, there actually exists evidence that, by the time of Star Fox 2's gold build, Algy was still internally referred to as Andrew in the game's source code, which makes it all the more clear that Andrew was indeed planned to be in SF2 before being changed out for Algy.
It's worth pointing out, however, that despite being the main character designer for the first Star Fox, as well as future games like Star Fox 64, Imamura actually had very little to do with Star Fox 2's development, outside of the aforementioned initial Star Wolf concept art and also play-testing and advising towards the end, being only listed as under SF2's "Special Thanks" credits. Another staff member at Nintendo, named Masanao Arimoto, took over his duties as character/sprite designer for SF2. Comparing his final spritework to the original concept art, one could see that Arimoto took a lot of creative liberties with Imamura's initial designs, the latter of which look more closer to how the Star Wolf characters would look in Star Fox 64, with the most glaring example being Andrew transformed into an effectively different character.
It's pretty obvious that when Takaya Imamura returned for Star Fox 64 as its art director, Algy was reverted back into Andrew Oikonny.
Star Fox 2 unused human graphics Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1779zx5/comment/k4t3e9z/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Star Fox 2 developer interview:
https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/9214cd6a-758b-11e7-8cda-063b7ac45a6d
Star Fox 2 online manual:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/starfox2/html/EUen/character.html
Dylan Cuthbert comment during Giles Goddard Reddit AMA:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/ni55it/comment/gz0gh9r/?context=3
Star Fox 2 credits:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/141069/star-fox-2/credits/switch/?autoplatform=true
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/1779zx5/comment/k4t3e9z/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Star Fox 2 developer interview:
https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/9214cd6a-758b-11e7-8cda-063b7ac45a6d
Star Fox 2 online manual:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/starfox2/html/EUen/character.html
Dylan Cuthbert comment during Giles Goddard Reddit AMA:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nintendo/comments/ni55it/comment/gz0gh9r/?context=3
Star Fox 2 credits:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/141069/star-fox-2/credits/switch/?autoplatform=true
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In Star Fox 64 3D's ending, the conference hall where the Star Fox team meets General Pepper after Andross' defeat was changed from its original appearance into a hangar, with fewer, more spread out Dog soldiers.
More notable, however, is how the generic planet Corneria image and lettering at the back of the room has been replaced by the Cornerian Army logo that first appeared in Star Fox: Assault.
More notable, however, is how the generic planet Corneria image and lettering at the back of the room has been replaced by the Cornerian Army logo that first appeared in Star Fox: Assault.
Star Fox 64 - Ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLypi9QgT1M
Star Fox 64 3D - Ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azYFXhXOYtU?t=130
Star Fox: Assault - Cornerian Army logo:
https://i.gyazo.com/4ddee662f15498850253485162c81b6e.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLypi9QgT1M
Star Fox 64 3D - Ending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azYFXhXOYtU?t=130
Star Fox: Assault - Cornerian Army logo:
https://i.gyazo.com/4ddee662f15498850253485162c81b6e.png
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Zero (Game)
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Star Fox Zero has a side mission in that can be accessed in Titania after obtaining the Landmaster's Flight upgrade. In this mission, you play as Peppy Hare, facing off against the Salvadora alone. Notably, every time Peppy performs a barrel roll, he literally shouts "barrel roll!". This is obviously a reference to his iconic line from Star Fox 64, "Do a barrel roll!" that has become an infamous internet meme over the years.
It's worth pointing out that this only occurs in the Western version of Zero, as Peppy remains silent even when barrel rolling in the Japanese version. This is because "Do a barrel roll!" never really became a meme in Japan, as Peppy has a different, less iconic line in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 when instructing Fox how to roll: ローリングで弾くんだ!, which seems to translate to something along the lines of "use a rolling technique!".
It's worth pointing out that this only occurs in the Western version of Zero, as Peppy remains silent even when barrel rolling in the Japanese version. This is because "Do a barrel roll!" never really became a meme in Japan, as Peppy has a different, less iconic line in the Japanese version of Star Fox 64 when instructing Fox how to roll: ローリングで弾くんだ!, which seems to translate to something along the lines of "use a rolling technique!".
Star Fox Zero - Salvadora (EN):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln9qPKQ82nw
Star Fox Zero - Salvadora bonus mission guide (originally submitted by CuriousUserX90):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Zld5N038M
Star Fox Zero - Salvadora (JP):
https://youtu.be/rlv9nDCDH6w?list=PLyYoX8ljJDtBMN9U-ux__qC6yxk5ZTPaK&t=64
Takaya Imamura tweet:
https://twitter.com/ima_1966/status/1608872378750349317
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln9qPKQ82nw
Star Fox Zero - Salvadora bonus mission guide (originally submitted by CuriousUserX90):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Zld5N038M
Star Fox Zero - Salvadora (JP):
https://youtu.be/rlv9nDCDH6w?list=PLyYoX8ljJDtBMN9U-ux__qC6yxk5ZTPaK&t=64
Takaya Imamura tweet:
https://twitter.com/ima_1966/status/1608872378750349317
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox Adventures (Game), Star Fox (Game), Star Fox Zero (Game), Star Fox: Assault (Game)
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Fichina, the ice planet that was introduced in Star Fox 64, is infamously erroneously called Fortuna in the English version of the game. Fortuna was previously the name of the jungle planet from Star Fox on SNES filled with monstrous and primordial creatures. It was also infamously dubbed "the Dinosaur Planet", years before the Star Fox series would incorporate another Dinosaur Planet with Star Fox Adventures.
However, looking through leaked SF64 files from the Gigaleak, there does seem to be evidence that Nintendo dubbed Fichina as Fortuna for most of SF64's development, only to change the name to Fichina at the tail end of it. Almost all of the source code refers to it as Fortuna, and the internal file system has “FO” appended to all of the stage’s assets. The image file Nintendo provided for the stage name to be translated is also labeled FO_E_FO. With the decision to rename it to Fichina seemingly being a last minute one, it's possible Nintendo of America were not brought up to speed by Nintendo's Japanese branch of this lore change when they were originally localizing SF64.
Nonetheless, Nintendo has since firmly established Fichina and Fortuna (as it was in the SNES game) as being their own distinct planets, with both appearing together in Star Fox: Assault and Star Fox Zero. Strangely, in the former game, Fortuna's Japanese name フォーチュナ (Fōchuna) was slightly modified to フォーチュナー (Fōchunā), which would translate into "Fortuner" in English.
However, looking through leaked SF64 files from the Gigaleak, there does seem to be evidence that Nintendo dubbed Fichina as Fortuna for most of SF64's development, only to change the name to Fichina at the tail end of it. Almost all of the source code refers to it as Fortuna, and the internal file system has “FO” appended to all of the stage’s assets. The image file Nintendo provided for the stage name to be translated is also labeled FO_E_FO. With the decision to rename it to Fichina seemingly being a last minute one, it's possible Nintendo of America were not brought up to speed by Nintendo's Japanese branch of this lore change when they were originally localizing SF64.
Nonetheless, Nintendo has since firmly established Fichina and Fortuna (as it was in the SNES game) as being their own distinct planets, with both appearing together in Star Fox: Assault and Star Fox Zero. Strangely, in the former game, Fortuna's Japanese name フォーチュナ (Fōchuna) was slightly modified to フォーチュナー (Fōchunā), which would translate into "Fortuner" in English.
Reddit post regarding Star Fox 64 files from the Gigaleak:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10r7hww/nintendo_of_america_was_right_solar_was_a_sun_and/
Star Fox SNES manual:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/common/pdf/CLV-P-SADGE.pdf
Star Fox: Assault - Fortuner (JP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4AfOTyRADg
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10r7hww/nintendo_of_america_was_right_solar_was_a_sun_and/
Star Fox SNES manual:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/common/pdf/CLV-P-SADGE.pdf
Star Fox: Assault - Fortuner (JP):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4AfOTyRADg
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Star Fox 2 features gigantic battle cruisers deployed by Andross' army known as Cannon Betrayers that feature the "Planet Cannon", a massively powerful laser cannon that, hence its name, can easily destroy planets like Corneria. This ship or at least a ship of a similar design would also appear in Star Fox Zero, known as the Salvadora.
Interestingly, the official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook claims that both Gorgon, known in Japan as デス・ボール (Desu bōru), or Death Ball, and Bolse are also equipped with Planet Cannons, with the former using it in battle against the Star Fox team at the end of Area 6 in Star Fox 64.
Interestingly, the official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook claims that both Gorgon, known in Japan as デス・ボール (Desu bōru), or Death Ball, and Bolse are also equipped with Planet Cannons, with the former using it in battle against the Star Fox team at the end of Area 6 in Star Fox 64.
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/
Star Fox Zero - Salvadora:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln9qPKQ82nw
Star Fox 2 - Cannon Betrayers in Corneria stage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDfRc6YsdI0
Gorgon using its Planet Cannon in Star Fox 64:
https://youtu.be/ajORXLo-A3g?t=103
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Star Fox Zero - Salvadora:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln9qPKQ82nw
Star Fox 2 - Cannon Betrayers in Corneria stage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDfRc6YsdI0
Gorgon using its Planet Cannon in Star Fox 64:
https://youtu.be/ajORXLo-A3g?t=103
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The combat robots known as the Shogun Troopers in Star Fox 64's Sector Y stage are called サルジャー (Sarujā) in the Japanese version of the game. This can be translated as "Sarger".
It appears this name is meant to be a pun and mashup of サル (Saru) and ソルジャー (Sorujā), the Japanese words for Monkey and Soldier respectively.
It appears this name is meant to be a pun and mashup of サル (Saru) and ソルジャー (Sorujā), the Japanese words for Monkey and Soldier respectively.
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/
Atwiki page on the Sarger enemies:
https://w.atwiki.jp/nitendo/pages/9680.html
bab.la dictionary entry for Sorujā:
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-japanese/soldier
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Atwiki page on the Sarger enemies:
https://w.atwiki.jp/nitendo/pages/9680.html
bab.la dictionary entry for Sorujā:
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-japanese/soldier
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox (Game)
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The Official Star Fox Missile File Printout guidebook released alongside the original Star Fox on SNES in Japan mentions two pilots, Desla Koba and Bear Noguccini, who don't appear anywhere in the game proper. They were said to be two of the most capable members in the Cornerian Defense Force, who had previously embarked in cutting-edge Arwing scouting vessels.
Both were said to have mysteriously disappeared. It is said later on in the guidebook that Desla Koba had disappeared in the Asteroid Belt when he came across a mysterious giant space bird, and upon trying to inspect it, he ended up being warped into another dimension, known in-game as "Out of this Dimension". Similarly, Bear was last seen in Sector Y, where he encountered the mysterious space whale before losing all contact, never to be seen again.
Desla Koba would actually be mentioned again in Star Fox 64's official Japanese guidebook, with a similar backstory that he had in the Missile File Printout guidebook. Here, it is said that he led a unit conducting an investigation in Meteo (SF64's equivalent to the Asteroid Belt from SF1), only for communications to suddenly be cut off as he'd apparently entered the stage's warp zone, which simultaneously led to him crashing his aircraft on the nearby planet of Katina. This was said to have occurred more than 10 years prior to the events of Star Fox 64.
Both Desla Koba and Bear Noguccini's surnames seem to come from two of the editors of the Mission File Printout guidebook: Hitoshi Kobayashi and Yukata Noguchi.
Both were said to have mysteriously disappeared. It is said later on in the guidebook that Desla Koba had disappeared in the Asteroid Belt when he came across a mysterious giant space bird, and upon trying to inspect it, he ended up being warped into another dimension, known in-game as "Out of this Dimension". Similarly, Bear was last seen in Sector Y, where he encountered the mysterious space whale before losing all contact, never to be seen again.
Desla Koba would actually be mentioned again in Star Fox 64's official Japanese guidebook, with a similar backstory that he had in the Missile File Printout guidebook. Here, it is said that he led a unit conducting an investigation in Meteo (SF64's equivalent to the Asteroid Belt from SF1), only for communications to suddenly be cut off as he'd apparently entered the stage's warp zone, which simultaneously led to him crashing his aircraft on the nearby planet of Katina. This was said to have occurred more than 10 years prior to the events of Star Fox 64.
Both Desla Koba and Bear Noguccini's surnames seem to come from two of the editors of the Mission File Printout guidebook: Hitoshi Kobayashi and Yukata Noguchi.
Japanese Star Fox Mission File Printout guidebook:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1teMzzkSkgzwqcwhdTwWrOhR08gOwh6hl
User's English translation of the above guidebook:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZnqRPY83GGhqYLeOTm82TtkBR6Pzv1WvUiWEkfiaT4/edit
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://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1teMzzkSkgzwqcwhdTwWrOhR08gOwh6hl
User's English translation of the above guidebook:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZnqRPY83GGhqYLeOTm82TtkBR6Pzv1WvUiWEkfiaT4/edit
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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Across two interviews with two different Nintendo Dream issues in 2011, Takaya Imamura expressed quite a bit of interest in creating a prequel to Star Fox 64 starring James McCloud and the original Star Fox team, mentioning the idea three times, unprovoked. He also even suggested a future game could be a soft reboot set several years later with a new lead instead of Fox.
From the Star Fox 64 3D Developer interview in the September 2011 issue of Nintendo Dream:
Shortly aftwards, after being asked about the future of the Star Fox series:
In a later interview, Imamura says:
Unfortunately, nothing has ever come of this. All the Star Fox series has seen since then is the release of Star Fox Zero (a reimagining of Star Fox 64), Star Fox Guard (a tower defense game set around the same time), and an official release of the 20-year old game Star Fox 2. Takaya Imamura would retire from Nintendo in early 2021.
From the Star Fox 64 3D Developer interview in the September 2011 issue of Nintendo Dream:
Why did Pigma join the original Star Fox team?
Imamura: I still don't want to talk about the events surrounding James or other episodes from the original Star Fox because if we were to do something with that, I would want to create a game around it and release it.
Ohhhh!
Imamura: I'm just thinking out loud.
Everyone: (laughs)
Imamura: You see, if we talk about it too much here, it might become difficult to make if it really happens (laughs).
Imamura: I still don't want to talk about the events surrounding James or other episodes from the original Star Fox because if we were to do something with that, I would want to create a game around it and release it.
Ohhhh!
Imamura: I'm just thinking out loud.
Everyone: (laughs)
Imamura: You see, if we talk about it too much here, it might become difficult to make if it really happens (laughs).
Shortly aftwards, after being asked about the future of the Star Fox series:
When Nintendo makes a video game, we don't make it to tell a story. We first have some kind of cool idea for the core of a game, and if that idea is something that works well for Star Fox, then we need to build a story around it. When that time comes, it might be a story about James, or we might just keep the "Star Fox" franchise name and set it far off in the future with a different main character.
In a later interview, Imamura says:
But really, part of me does want to end Fox's part of the story with "Command." So, going forward, if we made a sequel it might be set between "64" and "Adventures," or maybe even a prequel to "64."
Unfortunately, nothing has ever come of this. All the Star Fox series has seen since then is the release of Star Fox Zero (a reimagining of Star Fox 64), Star Fox Guard (a tower defense game set around the same time), and an official release of the 20-year old game Star Fox 2. Takaya Imamura would retire from Nintendo in early 2021.
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The Aparoids are unique in Star Fox's rogue gallery in that they're the only main enemy forces, at least within the official game canon (which includes "Farewell Beloved Falco", the manga interlude between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures) to have absolutely no connections or ties to Andross whatsoever:
• In Farewell Beloved Falco, Captain Shears, despite being affiliated with the Cornerian army, was revealed to be a turncoat seeking to revive Andross through cloning.
• In Star Fox Adventures, General Scales and the SharpClaw were revealed to be the unwilling pawns of Andross' ghost, who manipulated them as well as Fox to revive himself using the power of the Krazoa.
• In Star Fox Command, the Emperor Anglar and his Anglar Army are revealed to be bioweapons created by Andross in secret within Venom's acidic oceans.
In particular, the Aparoid Queen is the only final boss in all of the Star Fox series to either not just be Andross again (Star Fox, Star Fox 2, Star Fox 64/Star Fox 64 3D, Star Fox Adventures, Star Fox Zero), nor a creation of his (Star Fox Command).
• In Farewell Beloved Falco, Captain Shears, despite being affiliated with the Cornerian army, was revealed to be a turncoat seeking to revive Andross through cloning.
• In Star Fox Adventures, General Scales and the SharpClaw were revealed to be the unwilling pawns of Andross' ghost, who manipulated them as well as Fox to revive himself using the power of the Krazoa.
• In Star Fox Command, the Emperor Anglar and his Anglar Army are revealed to be bioweapons created by Andross in secret within Venom's acidic oceans.
In particular, the Aparoid Queen is the only final boss in all of the Star Fox series to either not just be Andross again (Star Fox, Star Fox 2, Star Fox 64/Star Fox 64 3D, Star Fox Adventures, Star Fox Zero), nor a creation of his (Star Fox Command).
Star Fox "Farewell Beloved Falco" manga:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Evolution of Andross boss battles in Star Fox games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY5bGXYgrxg
Star Fox Adventures - General Scales boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQ4Wd1CCvE
Star Fox: Assault - Aparoid Queen boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDLGphZTpxI
Star Fox Command - Emperor Anglar boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZilG-nNgok?t=653
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Fnk1t-4Uw_VaFTeWTpvsCaFQDFEK1psW
Evolution of Andross boss battles in Star Fox games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY5bGXYgrxg
Star Fox Adventures - General Scales boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQ4Wd1CCvE
Star Fox: Assault - Aparoid Queen boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDLGphZTpxI
Star Fox Command - Emperor Anglar boss fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZilG-nNgok?t=653
subdirectory_arrow_right Star Fox: Assault (Game), Star Fox Zero (Game), Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Game), Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Game), Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Game), Star Fox 64 3D (Game)
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The Landmaster's appearance as Fox, Falco and Wolf's Final Smashes in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U is a composite of its appearances from Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Assault, maintaining the sharp and futuristic appearance it had in the latter, but still retaining traditional tank treads as seen in the former.
This particular design would eventually be implemented into the Star Fox series proper, beginning with the Landmaster's appearance in Star Fox 64 3D, and would be used again in Star Fox Zero.
This particular design would eventually be implemented into the Star Fox series proper, beginning with the Landmaster's appearance in Star Fox 64 3D, and would be used again in Star Fox Zero.
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For Star Fox 64 3D, Bill Grey's fighter craft in the Katina mission was redesigned to be closer in design to its appearance in Star Fox Command. It was probably also done to distinguish it from the other Cornerian Fighters present in the mission, which Bill's fighter looked identical to back in the original Star Fox 64.
Star Fox Command - In-game model of the Cornerian Fighter:
https://www.deviantart.com/naruhinafanatic/art/Star-Fox-Command-Cornerian-Fighter-884294500
Star Fox 64 - In-game model of Bill's Cornerian Fighter:
https://www.deviantart.com/naruhinafanatic/art/StarFox-64-Bill-s-Cornerian-Fighter-963146376
SF64 3D Katina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdrrsxIlrcc
SF64 Katina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKgobfH47k
https://www.deviantart.com/naruhinafanatic/art/Star-Fox-Command-Cornerian-Fighter-884294500
Star Fox 64 - In-game model of Bill's Cornerian Fighter:
https://www.deviantart.com/naruhinafanatic/art/StarFox-64-Bill-s-Cornerian-Fighter-963146376
SF64 3D Katina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdrrsxIlrcc
SF64 Katina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKgobfH47k
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