Fichina's role in the games.
1997[]
Mission No 3. Fichina: Former Defense Post; Enter Star Wolf[]
Fortuna's Intro (Fichina).
Vehicle: Arwing
Type: All-Range Mode
In Star Fox 64, Fichina is reached only from the Meteo Asteroid Field. The outcome of the mission will determinate the next route. If the Star Wolf team are all shot down before time runs out and the bomb is diffused, the choice of route will range from Solar to Sector X, but if Star Wolf win the dogfight, the choice of routes will be cancelled and the path will go straight to Sector X only. If the filght path to Venom includes Sector Z to Bolse, Star Wolf will reappear and Fox will groan at facing them a second time.
Mayday: Random
Enemies:
Boss: Star Wolf team's Wolfens
Depending on whether Peppy is present during the mission or undergoing repairs, Pigma's introduction line once Star Wolf arrives will vary. If Peppy is present, Pigma will greet him and say "Long time no see!" in a taunting manner. If Peppy is absent, Pigma will instead chuckle to himself and comment that he will be getting a whole lot of cash if they managed to defeat Star Fox.
Because of it being a timed mission, if the player fails to shoot down all of Star Wolf in the allotted time, the survivors will leave and proceed to give a taunt, with there being four different taunts depending on which Star Wolf member isn't shot down:
- If Wolf isn't shot down, Wolf will say "Looks like we win today, Star Fox."
- If Leon isn't shot down, Leon will say "Close, but no cigar... ha ha ha."
- If Pigma isn't shot down, Pigma will say "I've got two words for you, LO-SER!"
- If Andrew isn't shot down, Andrew will say "Score one for Andross!"
Perhaps because of its relatively small garrison, a Fichina base was quickly captured at the onset of Andross' invasion during the Lylat Wars. The planet got covered up in snow and the Star Fox Team was sent to recapture the base and prevent its classified information from falling into Andross' hands. The Venomian garrison, piloting Invader I Fighters, were easily outclassed by the Star Fox team and their Arwing star fighters. However, Slippy noticed that the Invader I fighters were escaping quickly and wondered why they were doing so. ROB then revealed that the Venomians had earlier set up a bomb inside of the base, most likely with the intent of demolishing it but evacuating from it first.
Only the arrival of the Star Wolf team in their Wolfen fighters gave the Venomians time to activate the explosives planted at the base. Despite a fierce air battle, the Star Fox team was victorious and succeeded in stopping the device in time to save the base from destruction.
Post-Lylat Wars[]
During the eight years of peace, the Lylat System had managed to create a climate control center to allow the planet to become habitable.
Official Site Data[]
Mission Briefing[]
- “The Cornerian base on Fichina has been overrun by Andross's forces. The Star Fox Team must liberate it from their clutches before Andross has a chance to use the top secret information stored there for his own evil ends! Go to Fichina and scout out the base, but be on the lookout for enemy fighters. Your old rivals, the Star Wolf team of space pirates, is also rumored to be in the area, so watch your six!
Intelligence - Defeat the Star Wolf team before the sabotage bomb in the base explodes, and you'll take the path to Solar.”
- —Star Fox 64.com
Medal Tips[]
Medal Score: 50 hits
- “Lock on and vaporize enemies as much as possible in this mission. You'll want to take care that the Star Wolf team doesn't shoot down any of your wingmen if you're going for a medal. Each of the Star Wolf team members is worth 10 hit points when you shoot them down, so you don't need to worry too much about shooting down a lot of drones.”
- —Star Fox 64.com
2005[]
Mission 4. Fichina; Into the Storm[]
Fox wing riding with Falco.
Mission 4. Recapture The Climate Control Center[]
- “Pigma has fled to Fichina where he's taken control of and shut down the planet's climate control center. Find a way into the centre and get the climate-control device running again. Be warned: aparoids have been detected within the area around the climate control center. Proceed with caution.”
- —Mission objective
Vehicle: Pilot, Landmaster, Wing-riding, Arwing
Type: All-Range Mode
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Medal requirements |
Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 4. Fichina | 600 | 2000 | 3900 |
Because of the weather on Fichina with the climate control centre being out of order, vision is impaired by the blizzards. Using the Landmaster, Fox will need to search for the three energy towers on the radar and take out the power supply to turn of the climate control center's shield. Fox will need to leave the Landmaster outside because it cannot fit, enter the centre and then the centre will disable the blizzards.
Because of an I.D fault, the Sentry Bots start to attack Fox on sight, using their wings to swipe. The bots are immune to all forms of attacks, except for the underside which is exposed when they open their wings, allowing Fox to fight back. After downing the certain number of bots, more will keep coming until the wing-riding cutscene is triggered by Falco's arrival.
While wing-riding with Falco, Fox must use the Plasma Cannon to take down Aparoids on the ground and in the air, protecting Falco's Arwing against powerful turrets that can lock on and cause serious damage. Once the entire field is circled, the next cutscene is triggered and allowing for Arwing flight.
S.O.S:
- Slippy will be chased by Aparoids before passing under an icy bridge.
- Falco's Arwing will need protection when the Warning appears on screen and if he makes the call himself.
Boss: Aparoidedation Generator
Beacause of Pigma's influence, the climate control center's generator starts overloading and will self destruct in 5 minutes. Using the Arwing, Fox will need to fly near the generator and shoot down some of the enemies to make the generator open it's hatch and leave it open to attack, but when it does, it will charge up and release an energy beam. The battle will end of the bossometer is not emptied before time runs out.The Star Fox Team, pursuing Pigma Dengar in an attempt to take back a stolen core memory, traveled to Fichina, on a hint from Panther Caroso. When they arrived, they found that Pigma had turned off the climate controlling device, forcing Star Fox to fight in the midst of a blizzard. In addition, Pigma ended up activating the shield generators to prevent the Star Fox team from entering, forcing Fox to destroy the generators to disable the shield. The surface of Fichina was swarming with Aparoids, but despite their attempts to stop him, Fox McCloud single-handedly managed to disable the shield protecting the climate center and reactivate it. Unfortunately, shortly after Fox reactivated the device, an alarm sounded, locking him inside the base, where he was forced to contend with Sentrybot3000 units, which were apparently malfunctioning, requiring Falco to come to the rescue. With the help of Falco, he then destroyed most of the Aparoids. Slippy, noticing that the Sentry Bots were acting suspicious, decided to investigate their destroyed remains and discovered the cause of their malfunction: They were infected by Aparoids. He reported this discovery to Fox. Pigma then confirmed it, and also admitted that he was the one pulling all the strings in regards to the Aparoid occupation on the planet as he appeared behind Falco's Arwing. Pigma then demonstrated it by using the core memory to infect the Climate Control Center's core tower and transforming it into an Aparoid. Falco attempted to attack Pigma for that action, but ROB and Peppy warn them that, thanks to the core being infected by the Aparoids, the Climate Control Center is going to undergo a meltdown, thus forcing Fox and Falco to let Pigma get away. Fox then fought off the giant mechanical Aparoid and destroyed it without damaging the generator itself. Pigma escaped during the chaos.The ending revealed that, due to the invasion and Pigma's machinations, the Climate Control Center was severely damaged, and needed repairs and improvements to all systems. Also, the warning system and the ancillary equipment was in dire need of re-evaluation (presumably due to what happened to Fox when he tried to reactivate the climate control center). The Destruction Level of Fichina was a C, and the Aparoids were expunged.
Official Site Data[]
Location data[]
Battle condition[]
Fichina's Climate-Control System has been mysteriously damaged by its defense androids and returned the planet to its original arctic conditions.
Updated reports from Great Fox indicate McCloud and his team have infiltrated the planet. Assumption: Investigate the android attack.
Tactical data[]
Wing Gunner[]
Perched upon the wing of a strike fighter, your plasma cannon has unlimited ammo to blow through aparoid squadrons and surface-to-air artillery. But keep your eyes glued to your radar -- the Aparoids attack in large numbers from multiple vectors.
Personnel file[]
Name: Falco Lombardi
Team Star Fox: Ace Pilot
Skills: Strategy and tactics, pilot Falco's Arwing dog-fighting ability is second to none.
VS Mode[]
In Star Fox: Assault, Fichina appears as a stage in VS Mode, where when on foot, the players will slip and slide around and must stop followed by pulling in the direction opposite to come to an entire stop, owing to the ice preventing normal traction as in other maps. The blizzard is also gone in the multiplayer maps indicating that the Climate Control Center is active.2006[]
Fichina in Star Fox Command.
Following the years after the Aparoid extinction, Lucy Hare, the daughter of General Peppy, has now become a teacher of Astrophysics in Fichina City. Anglar forces led by Andrew Oikonny in his Death Crab invaded Fichina, causing Lucy to send out an S.O.S signal which Fox and Slippy picks up and arrives to take the fight to Oikonny. Along the way, Fox runs into the Star Wolf Team yet again and enters another dogfight when Wolf believes he came to collect the bounties on their heads.
Fog of War After arriving on Fichina, they locate Lucy in one of the nearby cities. Fox mentions that Lucy was teaching astrophysics on Fichina, although she had always wanted to be a pilot. Slippy mentions that because Lucy was good friends with Krystal, she might know how to track her down, but Fox cuts him off.
After liberating Fichina from the Anglar forces, Star Wolf, who at this point are worried about the bounty that has been placed on them, emerge and attack Fox and Slippy but subsequently lose. Fox tells them he is too busy to deal with them now.
Back on board the Great Fox, Lucy shows up and informs Fox and Slippy that the Anglar attacks on Fichina are lead by Andrew Oikonny. Slippy points out the difficulty in fighting opponents without more information. Fox has to decide between attacking Oikonny (Oikonny Strikes Back, Fichina) or going to see Slippy's father, Beltino Toad, at the Asteroid Belt (Missile Threat).
Oikonny Strikes Back![]
Fox and Slippy receive a message from Oikonny, saying how he waited for his revenge and that he was hired personally by the Anglar Emperor. As Fox and Slippy prepare to attack, Lucy decides to join them, and Fox eventually allows her to help. After the reclamation of Fichina, Oikonny emerges, piloting the Anglar Death Crab. He is, however, defeated by Star Fox.
After Oikonny's defeat, Lucy decides to ask Fox about Krystal, somewhat catching him off guard. She tells him that she has been lonely and upset ever since they split up, and asks if he will try and find her. Fox says he had to make her leave because he couldn't handle seeing her in danger, but Lucy makes him say how he really feels. Lucy tells Fox that she has to go to Corneria to meet up with Peppy, and Slippy asks if Fox can stop by Aquas to see Slippy's fiancée, Amanda (much to Fox's surprise). However, the sunken Aquas city comes under attack, and they send a message to Falco to meet up with them on Aquas. The story will either follow Star Fox on Aquas (Beneath the Waves) or Lucy's return to Corneria (Father and Daughter).2011[]
Fichina serves the same role as it did in the original game. It is now actively snowing.
Star Fox 64 3D site[]
- To get to Sector X, do not defeat Star Wolf and let the bomb explode.
- To get to Solar, defeat Star Wolf before the bomb explodes.
- Score needed for medal
50 HITS
Score Attack[]
| Level | Bronze | Silver | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fichina | 40 | 50 | 90 |
2016[]
Mission 8. Fichina - Frozen Planet; Frostbitten Fray[]
The snowy plains of Fichina in Star Fox Zero
Vehicle: Arwing, Walker, Landmaster
Type: All-Range Mode
Boss: Mother Strider
In Star Fox Zero, Fichina is the eighth stage in the main game should the player go on the Titania path.
The planet is being invaded by Andross's army, and there are reports of a giant bioweapon. Star Fox takes the offensive, shooting down enemies one by one. Once 30 hits are made, or the time to do so runs out, Leon from Star Wolf appears. If the player can defeat Leon, a medal will be earned.
Suddenly, enemy striders will rise from the snow, prompting Fox to deploy the Landmaster, or Gravmaster as it can now fly. As the walkers are being destroyed, the mothership, Mother Strider, rises over of the horizon and into the battlefield. Fox must shoot three of the boss's legs to bring it down, exposing some of the weak points; once they are all gone, the core will appear. The mission will be over one the core is destroyed.
S - Mission 8. Hunter - Quadrupedal Assault Vehicle; Lone Wolf[]
In this sub-mission, it's Fox versus Wolf in this one on one battle. Wolf's Wolfen has all the same features as the Arwing, including a Walker form. Defeat Wolf to complete the stage, and if you beat him in a certain amount of time, you get a medal.
Fichina in the background.
Fichina can been seen on the below screenshot of the fourth Super Smash Bros. title. The design of the Great Fox, Arwings and appearances of Fichina and Solar relate to the stage being based on Star Fox: Assault.
- The theme from Fichina in Star Fox: Assault appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is named "Break through the Icefield", referencing the cold conditions on Fichina.
References[]
- NINTENDO POWER Star Fox 64: Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond, WA, Nintendo of America. 1997.
- http://f.starfox-online.net/archives/starFox64.comReconstructed/fortuna.html
- http://sfc.krystalarchive.com/text/missionList.html
- Backup of official website Star Fox: Assault's website on Star Fox Online.
| Lylat System | ||
| Planets | Aparoid Homeworld • Aquas • Cerinia • Corneria • Eladard • Fichina • Fortuna • Grippia • Katina • Kew • Macbeth • Papetoon • Sauria • Secret Base • Solar • Titania • Venom • Zoness | |
| Star | Lylat | |
| Sectors | Sector α • Sector β • Sector γ • Sector Ω • Area 6 • Meteo • Sector X • Sector Y • Sector Z • Warp Zone • Out of This Dimension | |
| Artificial Objects | Black Hole • Orbital Gate • Bolse • Meteor • Sargasso Hideout • Space Armada • Satellite Defense Platform • Astropolis | |
| Cities | Corneria City • Katina Frontline Base • Katina Outpost • Fichina Base • Fichina City • Climate control center • Aquas Ruins • Area 3 | |
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| Supporting Characters | Vivian Hare • General Pepper • Marcus • Slippy's son • Peppy's granddaughter | |
| Bosses | ZaZanga 9 • Splitter • Devil Shark • Octopod • Biobrain • Star Wolf (Wolf, Panther and Leon) • Death Crab • Pigma Dengar • Solar Satellite • Killer Bee • Dune Worm • Monarch Dodora • Grunner • Arrow Head • Anglar Emperor | |
| Enemies | Anglar Starfish • Elite Fighter • Anglar Missile • Anglar Mothership | |
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