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One of the more enigmatic characters in Star Fox 64 is the tanuki or raccoon dog that only appears in its training mode. On the official Japanese Star Fox 64 website, Slippy reveals that his name is ヤル・デ・ポン (Yaru De Pon), and that he is the president of Space Dynamics, the manufacturers of the Arwing and other vehicles the Star Fox team utilizes in their missions.
His surname seems to reference the du Pont family (ポン spells both "Pon" and "Pont"), a wealthy American family who made their fortune selling gunpowder, and later chemicals and motor vehicles. A popular rumor is that Henry A. du Pont secretly sold gunpowder to the Confederacy during the Civil War; fittingly enough, Slippy implies that Yaru de Pon is involved in "shady weapon deals", suggesting that he might be supplying Andross' forces as well.
Yaru de Pon is also notably the only character in the original Star Fox 64 to not have any voice acting. This was addressed in its 3DS remake, Star Fox 64 3D, where he is now properly voiced by Jay Ward (who also voices Wolf O'Donnell in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas) in the English version, and Kunpei Sakamoto in the Japanese version.
His surname seems to reference the du Pont family (ポン spells both "Pon" and "Pont"), a wealthy American family who made their fortune selling gunpowder, and later chemicals and motor vehicles. A popular rumor is that Henry A. du Pont secretly sold gunpowder to the Confederacy during the Civil War; fittingly enough, Slippy implies that Yaru de Pon is involved in "shady weapon deals", suggesting that he might be supplying Andross' forces as well.
Yaru de Pon is also notably the only character in the original Star Fox 64 to not have any voice acting. This was addressed in its 3DS remake, Star Fox 64 3D, where he is now properly voiced by Jay Ward (who also voices Wolf O'Donnell in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas) in the English version, and Kunpei Sakamoto in the Japanese version.
Star Fox 64 official Japanese character bios:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nfxj/member/index2.html#frog
Star Fox character name origins Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11pogfk/the_untold_origins_of_star_fox_names_oikonny_kew/
Star Fox 64 3D voice cast:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-64-3D/
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nfxj/member/index2.html#frog
Star Fox character name origins Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/11pogfk/the_untold_origins_of_star_fox_names_oikonny_kew/
Star Fox 64 3D voice cast:
https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Star-Fox-64-3D/
Comments (3)
Reply to comment by MehDeletingLater posted Nov 1, 2023, 5:38 AM
There has not been any official confirmation by anyone like Mike West himself on him ever having voiced Wolf, nor has Jay Ward himself been able to clear things up about Star Fox Zero, so all we can do is speculate on who'd been voicing Wolf in those games till then.
Wolf is voiced by Mike West in both of those games.
We still await word from Jay Ward himself on if he officially voiced Wolf in Star Fox Zero, along with who officially voiced Wolf in Star Fox 64 3D.
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