Never give up. Trust your instincts.

//I frankly don't know. I'd have to take a test to figure that one out and fill that out as though I'm Peppy.

"I'm probably older than you. That makes me the elder."

And probably a massive nuisance.

Peppy blinks at Inuyasha. Then narrows his eyes and holds up a scolding index finger with the other arm akimbo, voice stern and authoritative, while his ears lay back and nose wiggles.

"Perhaps, but you are also not in any authority over me, either in rank or position!"

"You're drunk, Wolf! Go home-

".....Wait, you might be in your Wolfen or some other location without a designated driver.....

You miss the cheesy 90s children’s action films voice acting? There is still the original game.

I am probably the only person jn the world who, while I don’t care much about the new English voice acting, I am endeared to the changes of dialogue and responses. It feels more grounded.

Slippy’s mistakes feel more in line with being an eager inventor rather than a child who has no business being in a battlefield.

Peppy’s mentions of James genuinely sound like they’re out of grief instead of inappropriate happy reminiscing down memory lane.

Falco especially gets a major character development boost here, being someone besides a cranky jerk who gives Fox grief if the player doesn’t do well. Here, we get that Japanese characterization of aloofness despite his loyalty, someone who masks his genuine concern with machismo. We only got something like that in Farewell Beloved Falco, but he didn’t interact with the Team much there. Here, his douchiness masking his camaraderie really shines. I want to dopeslap him during the briefings because I want him to drop the act.

Fox’s character development is a lot more subtle, but I see it loud and clear… especially once you complete Venom 2.

*deep breath*

//Thanks, Nonny! And you're right!

She's a cutie, but wtf is that top lmao

//Can't find examples, but yeah, it might explain why Peppy is never rendered or drawn without a visible tail--his may be hidden under his coat. I'd say it's popping out of his pants, though, because it's still a limb that needs a range of movement.

I think the only instance I've seen a bun tail ever depicted in any Star Fox was that art piece of Lucy and Peppy reminiscing about Vivian.

//That last one, I'll bet! Who can resist Jessica Rabbit? I can't! Though with Peppy, he thought she looked weird without the rabbit traits, until someone put rabbit ears and tail on her (me, I did).

For 1.) PAHAHAHAHA! Maybe what he meant to do is demonstrate wiggling his tail, he ended up twerking instead. FUN FACT: Did you guys know that rabbit tails are actually FUCK LONG, but they look like little cottonballs because they're curled up against the butt?

Clearly James wanted to post the video on the Lylatian equivalent of Youtube but Peppy convinced him otherwise. Probably by blackmailing him with juicy info about Vixy.

2.) Ohh, damn, I lowkey ship them LMAO. But in the end, I tend to prefer them as a QPR of sorts, given they have wives and children of their own and they don't strike me as polyamorous. WITH THAT SAID: Peppy def would have experimented! Maybe snogged with Jimmy to see if he really likes him in THAT way. With my interpretation of Peppy, no. This is what had him decide his love and devotion to James isn't romantic. It goes beyond romance, familial, or platonic. Something even more.

Ain't gonna lie, tho, I will consume all James x Peppy content because it's so damn cute asfasfa

3.) ... That's new LMAO. I love it <3

Comes back with Katina take-out boxes by the dozens. "So it wasn't pizza, but there was still a roach! Had to chase it all over the Great Fox with ROB! What a headache. Anyway, what did I miss?"

 ❝ —What's a StarFox? ❞

"Oh! Hello, kid! Why, we're a Lylatian team of mercenaries for hire! We got our flight and combat training from the Cornerian Academy, but we ain't military types! Not anymore at least.

GET MAD.

//In all seriousness, I'm rather ambivalent. On one hand, I'm completely enamored by the redesigns. They're calls backs to the original puppets, and Peppy's in particular makes me think of he 80s-90s cartoons in how they stylized rabbits. I LOVE everyone, even Fox, Falco, and especially Slippy. I love Falco's birb peets, I love Fox's expression range, I love Slippy's voice, I love the dialogue changes, I love the presentation of the new challenges, I love that it's compatible with the N64 controller, there is so much I have to love!

But why ambivalence? It's just a case of getting used to the new designs when I have been so accustomed to the toony cutesy look since Adventures. Also, while I love the new Peppy and will take the time to get used to him (including that adorable double chin!), not sure if I can handle the Southern accent being much more exaggerated, how close together his ears are on his head, how his incisors are hidden in his mouth instead of being visible, and how his nose is so incredibly short and close to his eyes.

With all this said, I am LAUGHING at how people are griping about how "realistic" the Team looks when they're still super heavily stylized, especially Peppy. Alongside my comments about the ears, nose, teeth, and eyes-

Have people SEEN what a rabbit looks like? That is NOT realistic. AT ALL.

....Though now that I've looked at real life rabbits, huh. Their ears ARE relatively close together atop of the head than I recalled. Just not THAT close. But nice! Well, I can be proven wrong.

//Most are hard speculations but not confirmed via interviews, but the bae @selfish-swine did an examination post on some of the more obscure references that foreign audiences may likely not get (as they're retro anime that seldom get localized). Takaya Imamura said somewhere in his twitter, (can't find the exact tweet, and I don't like twitter) that Star Wars was an influence, and Independence Day (1996) was a big one on Katina from an interview from Miyamoto (I think it's in the interview featured in the back of the N64). Can't forget about Sector X's Spyborg being straight up V'ger ("Where is the creator?") from Star Trek: the Motion Picture (1979)

A few of the other references are a bit more subtler, but otherwise obvious if you have an eye for retro anime. Space Pirate Captain Harlock is one that you just can't ignore, given we have the Harlock-class frigates that straight up look like the Arcadia. Sector Y in itself is strongly reminiscent of the Gundam series, seen in our bipedal shield-bearing mechs and how they are deployed from a white base.

Star Fox Zero has a couple references too. In an interview, Miyamoto thought of turning the Arwings into bipedal mechs as opposed to the avian-esque Walker mode, but the idea was shot down; this might be an homage to Macross and other giant robot/mech anime. The mech forms for the Wolfen, though, they're straight up Zoids. CappnRob of course mentioned Armored Trooper VOTOMS in the Venom scenes, especially as you're approaching Andross.

But of course, the biggest and most influential, stated a few times by Miyamoto and co., is the TV show Thunderbirds (1965), as the original Star Fox on the SNES had the core team as puppets.

And just watching the opening themes of the show REALLY shows where Star Fox as a vibe came from.

I have been cracking down on Thunderbirds lately, and this is a beautiful delight. The models, the scaling, the props, the puppetry, everything is fantastic. And while the puppets themselves are human in a 60s setting primarily focused on rescues and the occasional spy mission (it WAS the 60s...), I got more Star Fox vibes in this show than almost any other sci-fi show due to the emphasis on environment and spectacle over any deep character lore.

Not saying deep character lore is bad (I WANT MORE), but watching the show made me realize that.... yeah, now I know why the Lylat Wars story is told a third time in Star Fox Zero. As much as I would love to have more DEEP LORE of Star Fox, in the end, it's not about the gun fights and edgy rivalry. It's about the environment, the setting, the navigation through it all, and the spectacle.