Sauria

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Sauria(Dinosaur Planet)
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Establishment(s)	Krazoa Palace ThornTail Hollow Ice Mountain SnowHorn Wastes DarkIce Mines Moon Mountain Pass Volcano Force Point Temple LightFoot Village Cape Claw CloudRunner Fortress Ocean Force Point Temple Walled City Dragon Rock ThornTail Store Game Well Maze
Inhabitant(s)	EarthWalker Tribe CloudRunner Tribe SharpClaw Tribe ThornTail Tribe SnowHorn Tribe RedEye Tribe LightFoot Tribe HighTop Tribe
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Comic(s)	Star Fox: Farewell, Beloved Falco

“General Pepper here. I have a new mission for you, Fox. You are approaching Dinosaur Planet, an ancient world on the edge of the Lylat system. As you will see, chunks of the planet have been torn from its surface. It's your job to get them back! If Dinosaur Planet explodes, it could affect the entire Lylat system. The only lead we have is that you must locate the Queen of the EarthWalker dinosaur tribe. Maybe she can help you further. By the way, your fee has been approved. If you are successful, then the money will be forwarded to you immediately. Pepper out.”

—General Pepper

Sauria, formerly known as Dinosaur Planet, is a large Earth-like planet inhabited by multiple tribes of many dinosaurs. The climate is as varied as that of Corneria and Earth, with lush green forests, traversable volcanoes, snowy mountains and purple dusted mountains. The native language of this planet is known as Dino, but those that are gifted in telepathy or possess translator devices will understand the language with ease. A number of different locations on the planet include places like Krazoa Palace, Walled City, ThornTail Hollow and CloudRunner Fortress. The planet has two ruling tribes which are the EarthWalkers and the CloudRunners, but they "do not see eye to eye", as stated by the Queen CloudRunner.

History

Millions of years before the Plight of Sauria, the planet's second moon came crashing onto the surface of the area that became Moon Mountain Pass, resulting in the appearances of many new species including a mutant race called the SharpClaw.

The ancient beings referred to as the Krazoa, created four SpellStones, full of dark matter that would absorb the energy of the planet and hold it together, as it was not capable of holding together on its own like most planets, suggesting that the planet itself might be artificially created or that it went through a catastrophe in its past. Two Force Point Temples were built to keep the SpellStones, two SpellStones of water being kept in the Ocean and the two fire SpellStones were kept in the Volcano.

Notes

• Sauria, along with Corneria and Fortuna, are the only three Earth-like planets in the Lylat System, however planets such as Macbeth and Fichina have been made habitable by certain life forms, while Zoness was once an exotic paradise that made popular Cornerian vacations before the toxic pollution from Andross' Empire. Both Aquas and Titania were once inhabited by advanced tribes before they became extinct from natural disasters, and scientists from the Cornerian University believe that even Venom was once inhabited by the legendary lost space tribe of Cornerus.
• This article is about the planet which the events of "Star Fox Adventures" takes place. For more information about the original game of the same name, see Dinosaur Planet (game).
  • The planet Fortuna also shares the similar alternate name "The Dinosaur Planet" but is not to be confused with Sauria.
• In the animated short Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins, Slippy mentions coming back from a ten-day flight from "Sauria". While this name likely refers to this planet, it would contradict the name of Sauria not being established until Star Fox: Assault when Sauria is the "true name" after saving the Dinosaur Planet. Slippy also mentions eating nothing but canned food, considering the PukPuk Eggs and Dumbledang Pods which Fox and Krystal use to regain health. This also contradicts the team needing to be informed of the planet's existence in Adventures and Fox knowing nothing about the planet or its inhabitants, but regarding Zero's design it can be attributed to the change in continuity or developer.
• Dinosaur Planet is the only planet whose denizens speak a language different than the rest of the Lylat System, yet some tribes of savage nature have not as of yet adapted to.
• In Star Fox Assault, it is unknown in which part of Sauria the Aparoid invasion fights occurred, it is never mentioned, it is believed that it could have been in ThornTail Hollow, due to the Dying ThornTail in the stage, but ThornTail Hollow does not have pyramids or Temples, only Walled City.
• Contrary to popular belief, Assault was not the first game to refer to the planet as Sauria, as Dinosaur Planet, the game Adventures was built up from, also namedrops the setting as Sauria in the true ending.

References

• Star Fox Adventures
• Star Fox Adventures (Instruction Booklet)
• Star Fox: Assault
• Star Fox: Assault (Instruction Booklet)
• http://f.starfox-online.net/archives/starfox.com/assault/index_core.htm