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The Star Fox Team has played a role in all main games and spinoffs.

1993[]

StarFox 1993

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The SNES Star Fox team.

In the original game, the teammates who fly with Fox are Falco, Peppy and Slippy. Because the Great Fox does not exist in the series yet, teammates who run out of health are actually permanently shot down and remain inactive for the rest of the play through.
  • Falco is an aggressive fighter who knocks many fighters out of the sky, while making snide gestures at Fox, even when being rescued by him such as: "Mind your own business, Fox!".
  • Peppy tends to give out useful piloting tips as well as how to beat the stage bosses. In contrast to later games, he has no connection to Fox's father.
  • Slippy tended to get himself chased by the enemy more often than the other two pilots, and had a croaking verbal tic that was removed in later appearances. He will tell Fox not to be so greedy when his targets are shot down for him.

Background Story[]

[...]"We need the Star Fox Team!!"
This is the call sent out by General Pepper. You are Fox McCloud, leader of the Star Fox team, a group of adventurers with outstanding combat skill. Your mission is to penetrate the defenses of the planet Venom and defeat the forces led by Emperor Andross. Your ability to maneuver the ARWING fighter will make the difference between the return of peace to the Lylat system and the fall of Corneria to the evil Emperor. As a team leader, you are also responsible for the safe return of your Star Fox teammates.
—Star Fox; Instruction manual, pg 3

1997[]

Star Fox 64 logo

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In Star Fox 64, Falco, Peppy and Slippy return with roles almost identical to the original title's. Teammates this time can take damage from the player's firepower. Unlike before, if a teammate's Shield Gauge runs out, they will not be destroyed, but will be forced to retreat back the Great Fox and will remain inactive until two levels later. If they retreat, their skills will be lost until they return. If enough Hit points are acquired and all three teammates make it through the mission, a Cornerian Air Force Medal of valor will be awarded, which if all are collected, will unlock new features.

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  • Falco is almost identical to his debut where he is more skilled at taking down fighters. His role is greatly expanded as he know is able to find route that lead to select locations in the Lylat System. Falco's activity on the 1st Mission is essential for reaching Sector Y, for saving him from three tailing fighters after the checkpoint and flying through all seven stone arches will allow the flight path to reach Sector Y and following Missions.
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  • Peppy was a member of the original Star Fox team, with leader James McCloud and wingmate Pigma Dengar. After Pigma's betrayal and James' capture, Peppy narrowly escapes to return to Corneria to inform Fox McCloud of his father's fate. Ever since then, Peppy serves as Fox's mentor and frequently acts exactly like before where he provides flying hints and info on how to take down Andross's lieutenants.
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  • Slippy now scans the stage boss and provides a Shield Gauge known as a bossometer, which detects the life force of the boss to allow knowledge on how close the boss is to defeat. With help from Slippy's father, Beltino Toad, they have invented and constructed many inventions for the team, including the Arwing, Blue Marine, Landmaster and Great Fox.
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  • ROB 64 is hardwired into the main computer and offers aid when necessary. At select moments on some Missions, ROB will make contact with Fox using the C>>> icon. Responding to the call will give ROB the order to dispatch a Supply Container or provide cover fire with Great Fox's guns. But if the call is not respond, he will not act.
  • James McCloud was the founder of the Star Fox team. On a scouting mission to Venom, he and Peppy were betrayed by Pigma Dengar and captured by the evil Andross, but James apparently caused a way for Peppy to escape leaving his true fate ambiguous. While James has been presumed dead at the hands of Andross by most sources, this was never proven.
  • Pigma Dengar was one of the original members of the Star Fox team, until he betrayed the team to help Andross, later joining up with the rivalling Star Wolf team. In battle, Pigma flies after Peppy while taunting him about being "old pals".
  • Bill Grey is commander of the Bulldog and Husky squadrons, therefore he is not an official member of Star Fox, but he has gone out of his way to assist his classmate Fox after their reunion on Katina.
  • Katt Monroe is not an official member of Star Fox, but for the sake of her crush and history with Falco, whenever routes are taken to Zoness she'll lend a blaster when it suits her. Evident in her Star Fox Command piloting biography, she secretly wants to join the team just to allow her to fly with him.

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A few years after James went missing, Andross's Empire began to gather strength, and war was imminent. General Pepper decided to re-form the Star Fox Team, and set up a high budget around it. With new weapons, an automated robot, and James's Great Fox finally complete, Pepper recreated the team, with the now 18-year-old Fox McCloud as the new leader. With his family friend and mentor, Peppy Hare, Fox chose new members, including the skilled mechanic, Slippy Toad and former gang member, Falco Lombardi.

Starting at Corneria, the team fought through Andross's minions throughout the Lylat System, making their way to their main base on Venom. Star Fox's service proved very valuable: since Corneria's defense forces did not have a tank corps, the Star Fox Team's Landmaster was the only vehicle that got to do the jobs on Macbeth and Titania. Slippy's Blue-Marine experimental battle submersible was the only available craft that descended to the depths on Aquas and discovered what Andross was up to. Peppy's expertise piloting advice and prior knowledge of Andross's forces was essential help, after he managed to escape from captivity at their hands. Falco was an aggressive fighter who helped knock out enemies while also always looking for shortcuts and alternate routes to get to the action quicker. As a member of the Star Fox Team, Slippy invented a wide variety of gadgets and vehicles including his "Bossometer" to detect the life force of Andross's powerful lieutenants, and his Blue Marine battle submersible allowed the Star Fox team to venture into the depths of the water world, Aquas.

After many vitreous battles, the mercenaries reached the enemy stronghold on the planet Venom, where they encountered the infamous Star Wolf and accumulated quite some time in dogfighting with them. Finally, the crew made it to Andross's base, where Fox single-handedly challenged Andross in single combat. After a pitched battle, Fox narrowly defeated the warlord, Andross, and the threat was vanquished.

The team returned to Corneria, where Pepper commended them and offered them positions in the Cornerian Army. Fox refused his offer, claiming they preferred working solo. They flew off, looking for jobs just as they had in the days of old, looking forward to a bright future.

2002[]

Star Fox Adventures

SFA Star Fox Team

Krystal joins the team.

In Adventures, since Tricky becomes Fox's sidekick in the game, Peppy and Slippy remain on the Great Fox and only help Fox when he contacts them with the START button and opens his communicator.
  • On the surface of Dinosaur Planet, Prince Tricky will accompany Fox almost everywhere he goes, offering useful Sidekick skills to aid Fox in his expedition. Before they part ways, Fox cites that without Tricky's help, the mission would have failed. In gratitude for his tremendous help, Fox makes Tricky an honorary member of the Star Fox team.
  • Slippy now gives Fox advice on how to continue his expedition, but will simply tell him to check out Peppy's Dinosaur Planet Atlas when the time has come to reach a new destination.
  • Peppy will provide a world map of Dinosaur Planet, indicating Fox's current position, where he needs to go next and information about the area. However, if Fox isn't finished in the are yet, Peppy will suggest contacting Slippy.
  • General Pepper will display the mission status, including how many important items, techniques and SideKick Commands he has collected.
  • Appearing only at the end of the game, Falco will arrive halfway through the final boss battle and drop Containers of Smart Bombs to help clear the boss.
  • Krystal is the sole playable character at the beginning of Star Fox Adventures, where in search of answers to her planet's destruction, and the death of her parents, she comes across a distress signal from Dinosaur Planet. She is shown to be capable of ground based missions and even has the ability to channel the ancient Krazoa power, evidently when returning a Spirit to Krazoa Palace.

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Four years after the Titania incident and eight years after the Lylat Wars, the Great Fox approached an ancient world on the Lylat System's edge, where the team received a briefing from General Pepper of a crisis at Dinosaur Planet: chunks of the planet had broken off and may pose a threat to the welfare of the Lylat System. Realizing their finances needed improvement, alongside their aged vehicles and weapons, Fox, Slippy and Peppy took the job and traveled to Dinosaur Planet. However, only Fox made contact with the planet while Peppy stayed behind to work on his maps and Slippy continued work on developments and giving Fox vital advice.

In need of a guide around the planet, Fox teamed up with Tricky, the EarthWalker's crown prince, using his sidekick skills to enable a successful quest to settle disputes and restore the planet back together. Later, after finding the fifth Krazoa Spirit, Fox parted ways with Tricky but not before saying that his mission would have been a failure without him, therefore giving Tricky an official Star Fox member badge, declaring Tricky an honorary member.

By the end of the plight, General Pepper was pleased with the team's efforts and transferred their monetary reward for saving the Dinosaur Planet and stopping Andross once again. Falco also rejoined the team after saving Fox from being used as Andross's chew toy. With the reinstatement of Falco and the addition of the mysterious young woman, a telepathic vixen, Krystal, a new Star Fox team was born.

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Instruction Booklet[]

Eight years have passed since Andross was finally overthrown by the daring Star Fox team. Following the celebrations, Fox McCloud and friends returned to the only life they knew - an endless patrol of the Lylat system, guarding against ongoing threats to their territory.
Boredom soon struck, causing Fox's close friend Falco Lombardi to simply disappear, leaving only rumour to suggest that his lone-wolf nature had finally led him to pursue a more free and profitable life.
Then Slippy Toad traded his pilot's wings for a place in Weapons R&D, demonstration a natural flair for invention, while Fox's old friend and mentor Peppy Hare retired from active flight duty to concentrate on a role as a navigator and general adviser.
The Great Fox itself had also seen better days. Keeping a ship of that size in prime condition cost serious money, and well-paid jobs for fighter pilots and mercenaries were increasingly difficult to come by.
So it was that Fox and co. found themselves drifting through the galaxy, waiting and hoping for General Pepper's hologram to pop up with just the kind of high-stakes, high-reward mission that they might need…
—Star Fox Adventures; Instruction Booklet

2005[]

Assault logo

SF Team-Assault

Star Fox prepare to enter yet another catastrophic war.

In Assault, members of the team are now invincible until scripted points where the player must assist them. However, the allies who participate on the ground can be harmed, but will not die. When a teammate is rescued from tailing enemies, they will fly by Fox and leave an item to help him to return the favour. Falco will drop a Smart Bomb while Slippy and Krystal will drop silver Supply Rings.
  • Falco and Slippy's roles are identical to the ones they had in Star Fox 64. Falco never once leaves his Arwing in the Main Game, dropping behind Smart Bombs for answering his S.O.S., making him the only ally to do so. Slippy will join Fox on foot in Mission 3, while dropping Supply rings in gratitude for answering his S.O.S. calls.
  • Krystal is now a full-time member of the Star Fox team, essentially filling the pilot gap left by Peppy's retirement and will sense enemy movement, giving fair warnings of formation position and attacks, as well as advice on how to defeat enemies and bosses. Like Slippy, she will usually leave Supply rings if Fox prevents her from retreating. Krystal will join Fox on foot during Missions 6 and 9, proving herself as a skilled combatant on the ground.
At the end of a Mission, the status of the teammates will recorded on the results screen. If no allies retreated, an Ally Medal will be awarded. Collecting all 10 Ally Medals in the Main Game will unlock Wolf in the Versus Mode.

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A year after the plight of Sauria, Andross's nephew and former Star Wolf pilot Andrew Oikonny had gathered all that remained of Venom's forces and challenged the Cornerian forces in orbit near Fortuna. The more organized Cornerians had Oikonny on the run despite constant surprise guerilla attacks from stealth forces. General Pepper called in the team to cut through the ongoing space battle and finish off Oikonny. After cutting through and hampering the Venom Forces, the team chased Oikonny's flagship to the surface of Fortuna. Oikonny, after a bit of boasting, attempted to continue his attack, but was blasted by a new hostile: an Aparoid. After the butterfly-like creature fired on the team, they fought back. They discovered and retrieved a core memory from the wreckage just before more of the same Aparoids appeared, poised to attack. Fox grabs the core memory and the team makes a break for it.

After returning the core memory to Corneria R&D, the team gets word from General Pepper and Beltino Toad (father of Slippy Toad) about the Aparoids, how one destroyed an entire Cornerian fleet, and how the core memory they recovered is partially damaged and not yielding a lot of information. Pepper then dispatches the team to Katina where their outpost has triggered a distress signal. After defeating numerous waves of Aparoids, a giant Aparoid appears and attacks. Fox defeats the creature, and goes to retrieve its core memory, which appears to be fully intact. Then the distress signal stops transmitting and Fox and Peppy's old nemesis Pigma Dengar shows up, revealing that he triggered the SOS signal. He then steals the Core Memory and flees.

Peppy tracks Pigma down to the Sargasso space station, a pirate and criminal safe haven controlled by Star Wolf leader, Wolf O'Donnell. Wolf's minions attempt to take on the team with battleships and gateway spawners, with no success. Then Wolf and Leon arrives with Star Wolf's new recruit, Panther Caroso, and challenges Fox, Falco, and Krystal. After a dogfight, the six pilots call time-out and Fox demands Wolf turn over Pigma. But Wolf claims Pigma is not only no longer a part of Star Wolf, he's not even welcome in Wolf's territory. Ultimately, Panther, being infatuated with Krystal, points the team toward Fichina.

The team proceeds to Fichina only to find that Pigma tampered with the planet's climate control center and triggered a massive blizzard. Fox goes in first in a Landmaster to manually reactivate the climate control center so the Arwings can safely fly on the surface. But after resetting the system, the security sentry bots attack Fox, likely because of Pigma's tampering with the ID system. Falco arrives in time to save Fox from the bots and carry him out on his wing. The two proceed to attack the Aparoids that have infested the area while Slippy investigates the sentry bots. He then surmises that Aparoids can infect and control machines. Pigma arrives and shows that he's controlling them by infesting part of the center's engineering and triggers an overload of the climate control center's power reactors. Star Fox decides to let Pigma go for now and focus on saving the Climate Control center, the only thing keeping Fichina habitable. After destroying the infested machinery, the overload is halted.

After continuing to track Pigma, Star Fox corners him at an unfinished base located inside an asteroid belt. They find his ship abandoned, but find Pigma now fully infected by the Core memory and transformed into a living Gorgon-like creature. The Aparoids, through Pigma, warn the team to cease hostilities and surrender to them. But they attack and destroy Pigma, recovering the stolen Core Memory. They send it to Pepper and Beltino, who use it to discover the location of the Aparoids' home planet, and information on their leader, the Aparoid Queen. Before they can return, Krystal senses trouble on Sauria and the team rushes to investigate.

They arrive to find Sauria under severe attack from Aparoids. Krystal and Fox hit the surface of the planet while Falco and Slippy clear the skies. With the Aparoids defeated, Falco and Slippy return to the Great Fox. Fox and Krystal stay behind to check on their old friend Tricky, who is all grown up and now the king. Tricky offers to help, but Fox insists he stay to care for Sauria. He vows to do so, that way the two foxes could come back on their honeymoon, to which Fox is sent into a nervous panic.

General Pepper then contacts Star Fox and warns them that Corneria was attacked while they were handling Sauria's Aparoid crisis. Pepper's transmission is cut off and the crew races to Corneria City. The Aparoids jam their radar with powerful jammers, so Fox must destroy them first. Afterwards, Peppy transmits an Arwing for him to use, but the Aparoids destroy the ship and surround Fox. They are ready to blast him, but then Wolf shows up and rescues him. Wolf claims he still owes Fox for attacking his base. After clearing out the remaining Aparoids, ROB spots an unknown vessel quickly approaching. Peppy recognizes it as General Pepper's flagship. It has been taken over by the Aparoids, and Pepper is infested and controlling the machine. He orders Fox to destroy him, but Fox panics, inadvertently allowing the Aparoids to wrest control of the machine from Pepper. Once the ship is destroyed, it plummets to the surface. Peppy shows up in an Arwing and takes the brunt of the crash, saving the General and routing the Aparoids. Beltino and the research team discover the location of the homeworld, and discover that they have a tendency for apoptosis (cells designed to self destruct). Beltino hurries to create a program that will set off a chain reaction in the Aparoids once fired at the Queen. The Aparoids attack Corneria's orbital facility to try and cut them off from the homeworld and destroy the self-destruct program. But Star Fox, the remnants of the Conerian Fleet, and Star Wolf fight them off until the program is ready.

With the program ready, Star Fox rallies all available forces to invade the Aparoid Homeplanet. After proceeding through Corneria's Orbital Transmission Gate, they attack in full force. Once the base is secure, the team prepares to enter the planet and attack the Queen, but the Aparoids form an impenetrable barrier of energy, closing off the entrance. The Great Fox arrives, clearly being taken over by the Aparoids and damaged, and rams into the shield wall, shattering it. Fox resolves to press on into the planet. Behind them, the Great Fox is apparently crushed by the reforming wall and explodes. Star Fox and Star Wolf (who just barely made it through the hole in the shield) fight down to the Queen's lair. The Queen sends her strongest forces to stall them, but Wolf, Leon, and Panther volunteer to draw them off while the others proceed to the queen. They find the Queen, who attempts to null the team with voices from the memories of beings she's absorbed including Pigma, Pepper, Peppy, ROB, and even James McCloud. Fox and the team power though the voices and fire the program into the Queen. At first, it seems to be working, but then the Queen suppresses it, trying to escape and find a treatment. They chase after her and fully trigger the program. The chain reaction is successful and destroys the planet, the Queen, and any remaining Aparoids in the Lylat System, thus ending the Aparoid Wars.

Game's rear cover[]

ALL SHIPS, REPORT IN!
One year has passed since disaster was averted on Sauria, and Andross's armies have been almost eradicated... but now a new threat has risen from the darkness of space. The aparoids, creatures bent on assimilating all beasts and machines into their corrupted hive mind, are spreading relentlessly, and Team Star Fox is the only thing standing between them and the utter ruin of the Lylat system.
—Game's rear cover

2006[]

Star Fox Command logo

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The reformed Star Fox (including Amanda).

In Command, all characters now take turns depending on movements made on the tactics map, and will act on their own battles. Different characters pilot their own different ships, but can only take part in their own battles with the exception of bosses, where pilots can be chosen.
  • Amanda is Slippy's fiancée, who occasionally helps the team out in various missions, and pilots the Tadpole, a ship armed with a multi-lock. She considers herself more of the leader in her relationship with Slippy, and always wants to be on his side during a fight. In two endings, she and Slippy settle down with children, one of whom joins Fox and Krystal's son, Marcus McCloud, as well as Peppy's granddaughter and Falco Lombardi himself in forming a new Star Fox team. In another ending, she herself joins the Star Fox team to be close to Slippy.
  • Lucy Hare is Peppy and Vivian Hare only known daughter, who appeared in some missions, she fights the Anglar attackers in her aircraft, the Sky Bunny, armed with plasma lasers and a single lock. While she does not formally enter the team, one of the endings shows that Peppy's granddaughter (presumably her own daughter) becomes a member of the new Star Fox team, led by Marcus McCloud.

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Some time after the Aparoid invasion the Star Fox team once again went into decline as the whole team went their separate ways with only Fox and ROB staying on. Falco left to find the thrills which he had during the past events which mirrors what he did before the incident on Sauria. Slippy left because he fell in love. Peppy was appointed the new General of the Cornerian forces after Pepper became confined to his sickbed. Unfortunately for Fox, Krystal disappears after being ashamed and heartbroken after Fox asked her to sad goodbye. And the Great Fox, which was destroyed during the Aparoid invasion, has been replaced by a new model which is considerably weaker.

During the Anglar attack on the system, the Star Fox team rejoin in most storylines. One even includes Amanda, Slippy's fiancée, joining the team. It is also possible that, sometime after the events in Star Fox Command, Fox settled down with Krystal and had a son named Marcus. Inspired by his parents, he enrolled in the Cornerian Academy like his father, then soon started a new Star Fox team with Slippy's son and Peppy's granddaughter, with Falco serving a role similar to Peppy's as an adviser. However, it is unknown which ending is the true one, but it is very likely that all of them are non-canon.

Future?[]

At some point, the Fox and Krystal had Marcus. When he is old enough, Marcus enrolls in the Cornerian Academy, intending to follow in his father's footsteps. Marcus soon proves that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree during his training. His flying skill, a gift passed down through his family, is considered "unbelievable". He later starts up his own Star Fox team by recruiting Slippy's son, Peppy's granddaughter and Falco (possibly playing the role that Peppy did in Star Fox Assault)

Fox Stands Alone...[]

In days gone by, the burning desire of Dr. Andross to rule the Lylat system filled the galaxy with the chaos of war. The mad ape sent out wave after wave of armies from his stronghold on the planet Venom, and used unique forms of radiation to create horrible monsters and terrible soldiers. His ambition swept this army across the galaxy too the planet Corneria.
It was there, however, that a quartet of mercenaries known as Star Fox put an end to the threat, and the leader of the team, Fox McCloud, defeated Andross in single combat.
In the years that followed, Venom was designated a forbidden planet and placed under the rigorous watch of Cornerian forces. All was going well until a mysterious army suddenly sprung forth from the toxic seas of the the planet. Controlled by a mysterious leader called the Anglar Emperor, this new threat cuts through the Lylat system like a scythe through ripe wheat. The unexpected attack once again places the peoples, cities, and culture of the Lylat system in dire peril.
But much to the shock and dismay of the Lylat people, the members of Star Fox have gone their separate ways... leaving Fox McCloud as the lone obstacle in the Anglar army's path. Despite the odds, Fox heroically launches himself into the fray. But can he survive without the aid of his former teammates?
—Instruction Booklet

2011[]

Star Fox 64 3D logo

The team roles in the 3DS version of Star Fox 64 are identical to the N64 game.

Due to the changes in controls, the contacts made by ROB, will now need to be answered by the Touch Screen.

2016[]

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SF0 Star Fox Team Intro

Fox's team in the opening story.

Falco, Peppy and Slippy return and fill the roles they previously held in the other games. This time they are more proactive in taking down enemies and can help reduce numbers in areas like the third phase on Corneria.

Team Star Fox[]

A legendary team of adventurers-for-hire that has often defended the Lylat System in times of peril. Founded by James McCloud, the leadership passed to his son, Fox, after his apparent death.
—Star Fox Zero.com

2017[]

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The Star Fox team made up of Fox, Falco, Peppy, Slippy and adding Miyu and Fay, all-together take on the mission to protect Corneria against colossal damage from a vengeful attack made by Andross, having survived the previous defeat.

At the beginning of a round of gameplay, the player will need to select a team of two pilots. The selected characters pilot their own versions of Arwings, which can be alternated between turns.

Other appearances[]

In the Super Smash Bros. games, Star Fox characters will appear in easter egg Smash Taunts, interacting with each other for humorous reasons.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Adventure Mode's Corneria stage will consist of two phases: After Fox is KO'd, a cutscene will be triggered to indicate the arrival of an Arwing trio consisting of Peppy, Slippy and either Falco or Fox. The Arwings intend to aid the fallen Star Fox character and therefore up the stakes by firing down on the stage to try and take out the player faster.

A traditional Star Fox team, made up of Fox, Falco, Peppy and Slippy appear in the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas, where they join forces with the Starlink Initiative to defeat Grax and the Forgotten Legion, whilst on their mission to hunt down Wolf and eventually the rest of his teammates.

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