Fox McCloud
Fox McCloud (Japanese: フォックス) is a fictional character from the Star Fox series of video games. He was created by Takaya Imamura. As his name implies, he is a fox (although anthropomorphized), and the protangonist of the Star Fox series.
Fox McCloud has been featured in several games, begining with the original Star Fox for the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom:
- Star Fox (fixed shooter, 1993)
- Star Fox 64 (fixed shooter, 1997, for the N64)
- Super Smash Bros. (fighting game, 1999, N64)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (fighting game, 2001, by Nintendo, GameCube)
- Star Fox Adventures (adventure game, 2002, GameCube)
Fox McCloud hails from Planet Fortuna in the Lyat System and pilots the Arwing space ship as leader of the mercenary Star Fox team, summoned by General Pepper. He is the son of James McCloud, founder of the Star Fox team. In Star Fox 64, his father was captured by his archnemesis Andross. Fox would go on to bring his father's traitor (Pigma Dengar) to justice and defeat his rival, Wolf O'Donnell, of the Star Wolf team.
In Star Fox Adventures, set eight years later, Fox McCloud calmed the conflict on Dinosaur Planet by returning the SpellStones to their rightful positions, freeing Krystal by returning the five remaining Krazoa Spirits to their rightful positions, and defeating a reawakened Andross. After that, he returned to Great Fox, and General Pepper paid him for saving Dinosaur Planet. He and Krystal were reunited, and Krystal joins the Star Fox team. Immediately afterwards, the Star Fox team used the money that Fox received to repair the Great Fox.
Fox McCloud is also one of the characters in the original Nintendo 64 Super Smash Bros. game and Super Smash Bros. Melee. He is lighter in Super Smash Bros. Melee than in the original Super Smash Bros. (Falco Lombardi emulates how Fox McCloud was in the original Super Smash Bros.) Fox's blasters are more rapid but do not make his opponents flinch, while Falco Lombardi's blasters are not as fast, but cause opponents to back away.
