Krystal has been featured in three Star Fox games as both a playable and supporting character.
2002[]
Krystal's debut in the Star Fox series is marked here in "Adventures". She is the alternate protagonist of the game; the player plays both as her and Fox McCloud, and the two eventually meet at the end of the game. She possesses the ability to speak with the dinosaurs and can also speak English, although her main language is Dino. Krystal's playability serves as an introduction to the game, teaching the nature of basic controls, the items and C-stick inventory and collecting the Krazoa Spirits. Because she is not a member of Star Fox yet, Krystal's pause menu only has access to the Nintendo GameCube memory card and quit options.
Upon arriving at Dinosaur Planet, Krystal encountered and befriended one of the noble CloudRunners and immediately learned of the troubles of the planet's natives, and their continued peril at the hands of the tyrannical dictator General Scales and his brutish SharpClaw army. When flying through stormy skies in search of the distress signal, they were attacked by the SharpClaw Galleon, causing Krystal's grip on her Staff to slip and losing it. A heated exchange of fireballs then ensued between the galleon and the Cloudrunner, allowing Krystal to board the vessel. After some exploration, General Scales emerged from his damaged ship's cabin and jumped onto deck to meet Krystal face to face. They quickly came to blows over their contrasting views on the morality behind Scales' ambitions of conquest, leading to Scales tossing Krystal over the side for a good laugh, but thanks to her returning CloudRunner friend, Krystal was able to escape, leaving the tyrant far behind to continue her search for the distress signal.
Her flight travel lead her to the outside of the sacred Krazoa Palace, where her CloudRunner left her to find the source of the distress signal. Venturing deep inside the Palace interior, she found it was a sick and dying EarthWalker soldier to be the one who sent out the distress call. He told her what happened; all six Krazoa Spirits had fled from their sanctuary, the Krazoa Palace and became scattered all over the planet. The EarthWalker warned Krystal that the Krazoa outside of their Shrines were in danger of dying, so in an effort to turn the tide of the war and undo the damage Scales wrought, Krystal agreed to help the dinosaurs return the six Krazoa Spirits to the Krazoa Palace and save Dinosaur Planet from destruction.
Unfortunately, Krystal only fared as far as retrieving the first Krazoa Spirit from the bowels of the temple. Upon releasing the spirit into the temple's interior, she was attacked by a then unknown assailant (who she recognized), imprisoning her in a crystalline cell at the top of the palace. Krystal's life-force began to be drained by the crystal, leaving her in mortal danger. Fortunately for Krystal, the troubles around the Dinosaur Planet attracted the attentions of the Cornerian Federation, who hired the Star Fox Team to recon the events on the planet and prevent any explosions, as the entire Lylat System would be damaged. Fox McCloud was first contacted by Krystal when he found her Staff in ThornTail Hollow, giving him telepathic instructions on how to effectively use the Staff. Under her guidance, Fox quickly learned he can use it to help him complete his mission: Save Dinosaur Planet from imminent destruction.
Later on, when walking through Moon Mountain Pass, Fox heard the echoes of Krystal's telepathic cries for help. Then a Krazoa statue appeared in front of Fox to tell him he can rescue Krystal by returning the rest of the Krazoa Spirits. Though Fox was initially reluctant to do this, when taking his first Spirit back to Krazoa Palace, Fox quickly became determined to save Krystal, once he saw her in person, still trapped inside the crystal. After successfully returning the Krazoa Spirits to the palace, Krystal was apparently brainwashed by the Krazoa Statue to send the six Krazoa Spirits into the statue, creating a "mighty Krazoa God". No longer needing Krystal, the crystal prison was shattered and she was left to fall from her hanging cell. Fortunately, Fox caught her before she could fall to her death, but before things could get chivalrous, Krystal took her staff back, and began shooting at the "mighty Krazoa God". Fox, disappointed, gave chase to the "god" using his Arwing. Finally, the Krazoa God revealed himself to actually be Andross, Fox's arch-enemy. With aid from Falco Lombardi, Andross was defeated once again by Fox, and Dinosaur Planet was healed by the combined might of the six rescued Krazoa Spirits, putting the world back together again.
In the aftermath that followed, Krystal sought to apologize to him for her actions and thank him for all of his help. Krystal initially sent this as a message, but then docked in the Great Fox to thank Fox and his re-assembled team in person. Fox responded in a rather shy manner, and was met with teasing from a couple of his fellow crew members. ROB 64 noticed and reported Fox's rising temperature for everyone to hear. Fox replied that he'll be just fine, as he and Krystal shared a smile to each other.
Instruction Booklet description[]
- “The only survivor of her doomed home planet of Cerinia, Krystal roams the galaxy in search of answers. When a distress call takes her to a small planet in the Lylat system, Krystal suspects that she may finally be drawing closer to the truth...”
- —Star Fox Adventures Instruction Booklet
Behind the scenes[]
- Originally, when "Adventures" was still being developed as Dinosaur Planet, Krystal had a much larger role in the game, and was revealed to be the adopted sister of the other protagonist, Sabre. This all changed, however, when it was decided that the game should become a game within the Star Fox series. It should be noted that Krystal's appearance in "Dinosaur Planet" was feline instead of her final vulpine appearance in "Adventures".
- In most "Star Fox Adventures" artwork, Krystal is seen with Fox and Tricky. This relates to an alternative outcome of the game as evident in unused voice acting.
- More unused dialogue for "Adventures" has revealed that Krystal's distress calls heard at Moon Mountain Pass were also recorded in English, meaning these would have been used rather than Dino Talk. It is unknown why Rare used the Dino language recordings, as Fox had his working translator at the time and Dino Talk isn't Krystal's native language anyway.
- Some unused dialogue for "Adventures" indicated that Fox freed Krystal earlier and somewhere close to the end of the game. Presumably, Fox offered her to join the team and she would accept if he kissed her.
2005[]
Krystal appears in "Assault". Her relationship with Fox is strengthening, and she is now a full, but still new, member of the Star Fox team. Krystal serves as the telepath of the team. She is able to sense distress signals from different planets and can read the thought patterns of certain Aparoid units. Saving Krystal from tailing Aparoids will cause her to fly by Fox and give a Silver Ring for helping out. In "Assault", Krystal meets Panther, who makes numerous passes at her during both the dogfight and while the Star Wolf team is helping Star Fox in the Aparoid Tunnel. Krystal's base color is purple.
Instruction Booklet description[]
- “The newest member of the team. Krystal's a mysterious young woman with extrasensory perception; she uses her talent to foresee danger and aid her teammates.”
- —Star Fox: Assault Instruction Booklet
Multiplayer[]
Krystal is available as a playable character in Versus Mode. Her stats are much lower than the others, and she has one special ability, which is two Barrier Spheres instead of one when revived. While using Krystal, one may consider giving her handicap.
Because of her low overall stats, Krystal is probably the most difficult character to play. The best way to make use of her is to use her special skill. When timing the barriers right, it's possible to deal a lot of damage before the barrier disappears. An effective way of using the barrier advantage is to cook grenades while trying to get close to an opponent. The explosion won't hurt Krystal as long as a barrier is still active. Using the Arwing or Landmaster is not recommended.
Within the yearly gap between events, Krystal earned a placement on the Star Fox Team as the team's telepath and also the fourth pilot because of Peppy's retirement form active flight duty. When Andrew Oikonny started a rebellion against the Cornerian Military, the conflict lead to a battle above the orbit of Fortuna, leading to General Pepper hiring the Star Fox Team to backup the Cornerian Fleet. At the briefing, Krystal regarded the Ape soldiers under Oikonny's command as dedicated to the conflict even through they were mere hired guns.
Fortuna[]
While chasing down Oikonny's flagship through jungles on Fortuna's surface, Krystal demonstrated her telepathic abilities by quickly warning the team that Oikonny's forces are preparing an ambush when they arrived at his base. The Star Fox Team would eventually find Oikonny's flagship and corner him in a canyon, only for a strange creature to quickly destroy Oikonny's warship, and fire directly at Krystal, almost landing a hit her. The creature would then be found to be an Aparoid, who's entire species would invade the Lylat System.
Katina[]
The team was dispatched there to locate a distress signal, and while Krystal wanted to assist Fox directly, she was instead ordered with the rest of the team to cover him with Arwing support. Krystal briefly ran into trouble, but was rescued by Fox. An Aparoid Ship attacked McCloud and it was Krystal who pointed out its weakness.
Sargasso Space Zone[]
The Star Fox team headed to the Sargasso Hideout to find Pigma Dengar, who stole the Aparoid Ship's core memory, something the team needed in order to fight the Aparoid Invasion. Krystal and Falco were tasked with destroying enemy fighters and battleships outside the hideout. When Star Wolf arrived at their location, Fox rescued Krystal from several fighters. After Fox shoots down the rival team, its newest member, Panther Caroso, became overwhelmed by Krystal's beauty, so overwhelmed that he revealed Pigma's location to Krystal: planet Fichina.
Fichina[]
On Fichina's frozen surface, Fox destroyed the shield generators hindering access to the planet's climate control center, while the team, including Krystal, backed him up later in the mission. Afterwards, Pigma made an appearance and turned the main engineering tower into an Aparoid, threatening to destroy the climate control center, causing Krystal to express disgust at Pigma's actions. Fox destroyed the tower and saved Fichina.
Meteo Asteroid Belt[]
Star Fox tracked Pigma to the Meteo Asteroid Belt, where they would grab that Core Memory from him once and for all. They found the wreckage of Star Wolf's Wolfens there. It seemed that Star Wolf had been destroyed, but Krystal's senses told her that they had instead abandoned ship. A horde of Aparoids then appeared amongst the maze of asteroids, a couple of them chasing Krystal later through the belt. Fox destroyed them, and Krystal rewarded him with a Supply Ring. After getting out of an abandoned base they infiltrated, Krystal noticed Pigma Dengar's ship drifting in space, and then noticed Pigma himself doing something strange: he was merging with some kind of machine to become an Aparoid. Star Fox would destroy this Aparoid, along with whatever was left of Pigma's being, and recover the Core Memory from Pigma.
Sauria[]
After sending the Core Memory to General Pepper, Krystal interrupted his briefing to the team by highlighting a distress signal coming from Sauria. The team quickly mobilized to go in and save Sauria, with Fox directing Falco and Slippy to the skies, and Krystal to the ground with him... much to her delight as their first adventure, mission and first time ever fighting together since Krystal was confined in the crystal prison. During the mission, Krystal helped clear two temples full of Aparoids, while she wondered how Tricky was doing during this crisis. She's likely heard of, or knew Tricky prior to this event. After the Aparoids were defeated, Krystal and Fox stayed to look for Tricky, but Tricky already found them just after they started. They were all very happy to see each other with Krystal delighted to meet Tricky for the first time, although it would be as an adult for the latter.
Corneria[]
Celebrations were brief however, as the team received a distress call from General Pepper, who told the team that Corneria, had been completely overrun by a colossal Aparoid armada. Fox directed all members to the skies, while he went in on foot again. Krystal was tailed once again, but Fox also saved her again. When Star Wolf came down to assist, she reluctantly decided to ride the wing of Panther's Wolfen, but only as long as she could cover Fox.
Orbital Gate[]
The entire Star Fox team, and even Star Wolf, fought Aparoids at the Orbital Gate to defend it so it could send them to Aparoid City, while Beltino Toad finished work on a self-destruct program that can completely wipe the Aparoids from existence. Krystal and Slippy were tailed, but manged to survive by manoeuvring around the Gate until Fox could catch up and save them.
Aparoid Homeworld[]
After defending the gate from Aparoid missiles, Star Fox journeyed with the Cornerian Army to the Aparoid Homeworld to end the invasion once and for all. At the surface of a base just above the planet's main underground tunnel, Krystal and Fox, backed up by air cover, destroyed the base's reproductive units, and eventually deactivated the shield protecting the planet's tunnel. The tunnel was then blocked again by a secondary shield before Star Fox could enter. To destroy it, Peppy and ROB forced the Great Fox into the shield, giving the team a window to go through. Krystal and the team lamented that this may have just killed Peppy and R.O.B, but Fox gathered their morale, and proceeded to the tunnel, in their absence.
Much to Star Fox's surprise, Star Wolf followed them into the tunnel, looking to help them out just one more time. Panther of course was delighted to help out Krystal, but Krystal was averse to Panther's presence in general. Deep in the tunnel, Star Wolf would break off to distract immensely durable aparoid fighters, giving Star Fox the entrance to the Aparoid Queen. The Aparoid Queen would try to use familiar voices to confuse and subdue Star Fox, including Krystal, but it worked only for a moment. Star Fox proceeded to battle with the queen, and insert the self-destruct program into her body. After a long struggle, Star Fox defeated her, causing self-destruct program to work, completely obliterating the queen, and everything Aparoid-related. Fox and the team were able to make it out of the home world before it exploded, and mere seconds after Krystal mentioned Peppy and Star Wolf's sacrifices, Peppy and R.O.B. made contact, having survived the crash into the shield.2006[]
Krystal plays a major role in "Command". Her relationship with Fox has elevated, but it eventually becomes very rocky. In certain endings, the two are either together or apart. In Command, Krystal pilots her own space fighter, the Cloud Runner, named after the CloudRunner dinosaur tribe.
In the events following the Aparoid Invasion, Fox had a growing concern for Krystal's safety and discharged her from the team. This caused Krystal to adopt a bitter temperament. Heartbroken, she left Fox's side and was not heard from again until the Anglar Army invaded Lylat.
Ending 1 - Fox and Krystal[]
After defeating the Anglar Emperor, Falco and Slippy begin to celebrate. Fox, on the other hand, tries to convince Krystal to rejoin the team. Krystal refuses at first, but after some input from Falco and Slippy, and a promise from Fox that they would always be together, Krystal eventually agrees and reunites with Fox. Amanda also becomes the fifth member of the team.
Ending 2 - Good-bye, Fox[]
After the defeat of the Anglar Emperor on Venom Fox decides that he will leave Star Fox so that he can be with Krystal, and the team agrees, with some reluctance on Falco's behalf, to disband. Fox promises that he will spend the rest of his life as a quiet one living with Krystal, who happily forgives him. The two have a son, named Marcus, who in the future leads a new Star Fox team.
Ending 3 - The Anglar Emperor[]
After Star Fox defeats the Anglars at the Asteroid Belt, they receive a transmission from Star Wolf, showing both Wolf's frustration at having his work go unnoticed and Panther's 'acceptance' that Krystal has decided to rejoin Star Fox.
Several months later, Krystal decided that she can't handle the situation anymore, so she goes back to Panther and to Star Wolf. Despite Fox's objections, Krystal leaves regardless, where she starts a new life, and Fox is left to wander alone and unloved.
Ending 4 - Star Wolf Returns[]
Kursed, Krystal's alter ego.
After Star Wolf's victory over the Anglars on Venom, Wolf still feels unsatisfied. Krystal explains that it was because they had to cheat Star Fox to do so. Leon, on the other hand, is overjoyed that they can get the bounty lifted, and expects a celebration in their honor. Indeed, Star Wolf is praised for their efforts, but the people of Lylat are less kind to Krystal, believing that it was wrong of her to abandon Star Fox.
Eventually, the comments of the populace become unbearable, as they start to hiss as she walks by, or would even outright declare her a traitor. She pulls away from Star Wolf to find a new life, fleeing to a distant galaxy and going under the name of Kursed (according to the English version). She becomes a bounty hunter, chasing the worst in the galaxy. Some unspecified time later, she runs into Fox on the planet Kew, but has changed so much that Fox doesn't appear to recognize her.
Ending 5 - Lucy and Krystal[]
Krystal, along with Katt, Amanda, and Lucy set up a celebration for Fox, Falco, Slippy and Peppy upon their return from defeating the Anglar forces at Titania and Venom. She has a conversation with Fox the moment they have the time to themselves and willingly reconciles with him through the confession of their love for each other. Krystal accepts his offer of rejoining Star Fox.
Instruction Booklet description[]
- “A former member of team Star Fox. She's strong and kind, but can be overly stubborn as well.”
- —Star Fox Command Instruction Booklet
Website bio description[]
- “Krystal
A former Star Fox team member. Her fighter's twin lasers and multi-bomb bay make her a formidable opponent.” - —Star Fox Command Website bio (Krystal)
Trophy[]
| Name | How to Unlock | Picture | Description |
| Krystal | Random |   |
A member of the Star Fox team welcomed in Star Fox Adventures after the team met her on planet Sauria when responding to a distress signal. Krystal is capable of telepathy and is a valuable member in combat. After becoming romantically involved with Fox, their relationship gets very rocky in Star Fox Command.
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Stickers[]
| Name | Game | Effect | Characters | Sticker |
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| Krystal | Star Fox Adventures | Attack +28 | Fox Falco Wolf |   |
| Krystal | Star Fox: Assault | Attack +12 | Fox Falco Wolf |  |
| Krystal | Star Fox Command | Attack +17 | Fox Falco Wolf |  |
Notes[]
Krystal has three stickers which are taken from artwork from all three of her game appearances, and are all only usable by the Star Fox series fighters.
Krystal appears in the fourth game as a trophy, looking almost unchanged from before. The info seems to add more curiosity around her relationship with Fox, concerning her telepathic abilities. She is absent from the Orbital gate Smash Taunts despite being a major character in Star Fox: Assault.
WIii U Trophy[]
| Name | How to Unlock | Picture | Description | Trophy Box |
| Krystal | Series Related |   |
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3DS Trophy[]
| Name | How to Unlock | Picture | Description |
| Krystal | Series Related |  Krystal's trophy. |
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Krystal's Assist Trophy.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Krystal appears as an Assist Trophy, resembling her Adventures design and using her Staff to aid the player that released her. Similar to other Assist Trophies like Alucard and Zero, Krystal behaves more like a traditional fighter with the ability to dash, double jump and run, alternating between melee strikes with her Staff and using the Ice Blaster to freeze enemies solid. She can also be knocked out if she sustains too much damage. She uses recycled voice clips from her appearance in Assault's multiplayer mode.
Primary Spirits[]
| Spirit Stats | Augmented Fighter Stats | ||||||||||||
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| No. | Image | Name | Type | Class | Slot | Base Stats | Ability | Origin Game | Enemy Fighter | Enemy Power | Stage | Rules | Conditions |
| 387 |   |
Krystal | Neutral | ★★★★ | 2 | Magic Attack ↑ | Star Fox Adventures | & | 13,100 | Corneria | •Assist Trophy Enemies: Krystal | •Hostile assist trophies will appear | |
References[]
2002 Instruction Booklet- ;Nintendo Power's Official Player's Guide; Nintendo of America Inc, 4820 150th Ave NE, Redmond, Washington 98052; (C) 2004-2005 Nintendo
- 2004-05 Instruction Booklet
- 2006 Instruction Booklet
- Krystal Archive
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