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 Star Fox, a team of anthropomorphic animals in the Lylat planetary system. Gameplay involves control of futuristic aircraft called Arwings, as well as other vehicles and combat on foot.
According to programmer Dylan Cuthbert, several names of animals were used in the names of the characters whenever the development team believed they, for those characters, "[sounded] good".
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 fills in the background of the team: at its founding, it was composed of James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar, who later betrays the team and sides with Andross. Peppy later retires from active flight duty shortly before Star Fox: Assault and was essentially replaced by Krystal, Fox's love interest. The team's primary aircraft is the Arwing, their land craft is the Landmaster, 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 red fox, the main character 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 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 Super Smash Bros. series. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, his Final Smash finishing move summoned a Landmaster onto the screen. Fox is also a playable character in the Switch version of Ubisoft's Starlink: Battle for Atlas.
Fox is voiced by Mike West in Star Fox 64, Star Fox 64 3D, Super Smash Bros. 4, Star Fox Zero, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. The character is voiced in English by Steve Malpass in Star Fox Adventures A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. and Jim Walker in Star Fox: Assault. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. In the Japanese versions, he is voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros., and Super Smash Bros. Melee, Kenji Nojima in Star Fox: Assault, A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and by Takashi Ohara from Star Fox 64 3D onwards. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. He is voiced by Glen Powell in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Hunter McCoy voices the character in the 2026 remake.
Falco Lombardi is an avian who appeared in the first Star Fox game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. He subsequently appeared in Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64. In both games, he serves as a member of the Star Fox team. Falco is a friend of Fox and the team's ace pilot, but he dislikes authority, and his brashness, overconfidence, and tendency to act on his own tend to put him in danger. After the defeat of Andross at the end of Star Fox 64, Falco leaves the Star Fox team and is not seen for a significant time. Falco does not appear during the majority of Star Fox Adventures, as he could not be properly integrated into the plot in time for the game's release. He rejoins the Star Fox team at the end of the game and also appears in Star Fox: Assault, and Star Fox Command.
Falco made his first appearance outside the Star Fox series in Super Smash Bros. Melee with a similar moveset to Fox. He returned for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where his Final Smash finishing move summoned a Landmaster onto the screen. He returned in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a playable character, trophies, and spirits.
Falco also appears in the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas, along with the other members of the Star Fox team, joining forces with the Starlink team to save Atlas from the Forgotten Legion.
Farewell, Beloved Falco is a manga series that detailed the eight-year gap between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures. In the manga, Falco receives a request for help from Katt Monroe. At the conclusion of the manga, he stays with Katt Monroe while Fox returns to the team, explaining his departure from the Star Fox team.
In English, Falco was voiced by Bill Johns in Star Fox 64, Star Fox 64 3D, and Star Fox Zero, Ben Cullum in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Fox Adventures, Mike Madeoy in Star Fox Assault, and Dex Manley in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Since 2011, he is consistently voiced by Mark Lund. Andrew Russell voices the character in the 2026 remake.
Peppy Hare is a hare 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 and returns to inform Fox McCloud of his father's fate. Peppy serves as Fox's mentor, giving him instructions and advice throughout the course of the games.
By the time of Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox: Assault, he is retired from flight duty, taking up an advisory position in the Great Fox. According to Star Fox Command, he has a daughter named Lucy and is the widower of his wife Vivian. He is made general of the Corneria Army after Pepper grows ill.
In the Nintendo Power comic, Peppy appears to have some form of extrasensory perception, although it is not elaborated upon.
Peppy's phrase from Star Fox 64, "Do a barrel roll!", has become an internet meme. Google 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. Peppy appears in the Super Smash Bros. series as a collectable trophy.
In English, Peppy was voiced by Rick May in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D, Chris Seavor in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Fox Adventures, Henry Dardenne in Assault, Dex Manley in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Jaz Adams since Star Fox 64 3D. He was originally voiced by Tomohisa Asō in the Japanese versions of the series; starting with Star Fox 64 3D, Kunpei Sakamoto has voiced the character. Erik Braa voices the character in the 2026 remake.
Slippy Toad
is a frog who wears a blue suit. He is a childhood friend of Fox, and they studied together. He serves as the inventor and mechanic of the team. He attended Cornerian Academy, specializing in engineering. Slippy constructs many inventions for the team, including the Blue-Marine, the Landmaster, and the Roadmaster. Due to his lower flying skills compared to his teammates, Slippy Toad tends to fall prey to enemy pilots, and as such calls upon the player for assistance.
After the Aparoid race is destroyed in Star Fox: Assault, he temporarily withdraws from the Star Fox team to spend time with his love interest, a frog named Amanda. However, when Fox needs backup in Star Fox Command, he comes to his assistance. In two endings in Star Fox Command, he and Amanda have children together.
In the SNES game and Nintendo Power comic, Slippy has a croaking stutter, which was removed in later appearances.
Slippy appears in the Super Smash Bros. series as a collectable trophy. He makes a cameo appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl 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 Lyssa Browne in Star Fox 64, Star Fox 64 3D, and Star Fox Zero and all subsequent games since 2011, Chris Seavor in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Fox Adventures, and Mike McAuliffe in Star Fox: Assault and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is voiced by Kyoko Tongu in the early Japanese versions of the series; in Star Fox 64 3D and Star Fox Zero, he is voiced by Kei Hayami. Jeremy Adams voices the character in the 2026 remake.
Krystal is a calm and kindhearted blue vixen who is the sole survivor of her doomed home planet, Cerinia. She first appears in Star Fox Adventures, where she searches for answers on her planet's destruction and the death of her parents. She is playable in the game's prologue before being captured by General Scales. She later joins Star Fox as the team's telepath after the adventure and becomes a full member of the team in Star Fox: Assault. Before the start of Star Fox Command, 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. Other endings see her leave Fox and join Star Wolf, including one where she becomes a bounty hunter.
She first appears in the early concept of Dinosaur Planet as one of two playable characters. Her original design was that of a 16-year-old, who was raised by a wizard named Randorn. When it was retooled as a Star Fox game, Fox became the main character of Star Fox Adventures. Krystal was redesigned to be older and her role in the game became less central.
Krystal was considered for inclusion as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The development team ultimately added Wolf to the game instead because he could be implemented in less time. Krystal still makes a cameo appearance as one of the contacts for Fox, Falco, or Wolf with a taunt on the Lylat Cruise stage. She appears as a collectable trophy in several of the games and as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
In English versions of the series, Krystal speaks Estuary English and is voiced by Estelle Ellis in Star Fox Adventures, and by Alésia Glidewell in Star Fox: Assault, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In the Japanese version of Assault, Krystal is voiced by Aya Hara.
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