G-Zero Grand Prix

G-Zero Grand Prix
Biographical Information
Member(s)	Fox McCloud Falco Lombardi
Historical Properties
Homeworld(s)	Corneria?
Ground Force(s)	Custom racing pods
Appearance(s)
Main Game(s)

“Fox was despondent. Star Wolf had taken from him everything that he loved. Falco's attempts to comfort his old friend were futile. Fox lived as one already dead, barely eating or sleeping. But then Falco had an idea that changed everything… Falco had a brainstorm: retire as pilots and engineer their Arwings into racing machines. They would enter the high-speed world of G-Zero Grand Prix racing! When Falco saw excitement return to his friend's face, relief coursed through him. Fox and Falco turned out to be a great G-Zero team. Winning race after race, they become household names across a countless number of planetary systems. Their days as part of Star Fox faded to a distant memory…”

—The Curse of Pigma Ending

The G-Zero Grand Prix is a racing event popular across a countless number of planetary systems. Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi entered it after they retired as pilots in one of Star Fox Command's endings.

History

In The Curse of Pigma ending, Fox feels usurped by Star Wolf, who stole the Star Fox team name and reputation as galactic saviours and Krystal has now abandoned them. Fox fled to Papetoon with Falco to drown out his grief, where it started to consume him, barely eating or sleeping. To cheer up his friend, Falco eventually comes up with a brain storm to leave the business of mercenaries for hire behind and become racers. They modified their Arwings into racing machines for the occasion and they were successful in that business. As they made victory after victory, Fox and Falco gradually forgot about their lives as members of Star Fox.

Gallery

Star Fox Command walkthrough Part 38 - Pigma Boss Battle Credits-0

Fox and Falco's Arwings, customised from starfighters into galactic racing pods.

Behind the scenes

• This name is a clear reference to F-Zero, another Nintendo franchise. Furthermore, the F-Zero franchise contains a human character named James McCloud, who looks similar to Fox's similarly named father and owns a vehicle similar to the Arwing.
  • The F-Zero gaming series is also represented in the Super Smash Bros. games alongside the Star Fox series.
  • G-Zero was also the working title used for the unreleased Virtual Boy racing game Zero Racers.
• The Grand Prix is likely somewhere near or on Corneria, considering that the planet appears in the background of the top picture.
• The G-Zero Grand Prix is mentioned in the DSi game, X-Scape. Like Star Fox Command, that game was also developed by Q-Games.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name
Japanese	(G-ZEROグランプリ, Jī Zero Garan Puri)

References

• Krystal Archive
  • Krystal Archive