NASA's Curiosity touched down on Mars today, which in our eyes is a perfectly good excuse to hear some interesting facts about Nintendo's premier space series, Star Fox.
Did You Know Gaming? has pulled together some facts that'll make you want to barrel roll. The YouTube clip notes the multiple cancellations that have plagued the franchise, from the near-complete but never released Star Fox 2, to more obscure announcements such as Star Fox Arcade and a Virtual Boy edition.
The video also goes into a couple of links between the Star Fox and The Legend of Zelda series, including the infamous Arwing locked away inside The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Strangest of all, however — did you know that Fox McCloud's feet were originally robotic?
[source didyouknowgaming.com]
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Awesome, I love those series
That's pretty interesting!
That was amazingly informative. Nice!
yeah the guys in normal boots.com are awesome =D jontron is the best hands down hehe
i learned the legs thing from a black hole in the internet
Well, we've never seen them barefoot. They could very well all still have robotic lower legs... just with boots put on over to look less jarring/perhaps help with running over rough terrain.
Its a real shame about Star Fox 2 never coming out on the SNES
Oh wow, I had never noticed the robotic legs!
(Though it should be noted that the only StarFox I have played is Adventures!)
Never knew that they were planning one for the Virtual Boy. I remember playing a game called Red Alarm on the VB that reminded me alot of Starfox.
after watching this I had to check out those cancelled charaters and now I feel like play star fox 64 3d.
Its funny because starfox 2 is completed and was leaked on the internet. I have played it and honestly I don't really see why they didn't released it. Its awesome. There are some videos on youtube if you want to check it out.
And about starfox members having robotic legs, I remember something that they cut them off to prevent some issue when traveling at fast speeds.
Much better now that Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson is narrating them.
And I've known about this site for a while; I followed a link from a post in the forums, I think.
Gotta love dat egoraptor narration.
Normal Boots is one of the best gaming sites! Jontron, Peanut Butter Gamer and Did You Know Gaming are some of the most entertaining videos I have ever seen .
@Gridatttack: Its cause the game was never finished. The finished version on the internet was completed by fans not Nintendo. As for Nintendo not finishing it it was because Miyamoto wanted to shift focus from the SNES to the N64 according to developers and figured he could use the stuff from Star Fox 2 on a N64 version.
Just when Fox thought everyone forgot about being shot down in hyrule, and losing his feet while he was there due to a SSB battle. Link got to him in the 16 bit age instead
Hmm, the Majora's Mask reference seems tenuous to me.
Egoraptor is awesome as always.
...Now where is the next Sequelitis?
@Tasuki No You're wrong.There exist many betas of the game. I have 2 of them. One has multiplayer and the story mode inst finished.
The second one is finished and doesn't have multiplayer. The only thing that has been changed by the fans is a patch, which applied to the completed beta, it translates the game to english and removes the debug messages.
Thank you, that was interesting and informative
hey, I want to take down that arwing too !!! loved those cameos in the 64´s Zeldas, didn´t know them
I still wish they released star fox 2
You would think that Nintendo would return to the game and release it to the Virtual Console or something.
And yes, I played and beat Star Fox Command. But I want the original Star Fox 2.
Cool stuff! I didn't know about Starfox virtual boy, or Starfox arcade (presumably just a arcade version of Assault). Also the Mm easter egg and the robot-legs: Cool stuff! And now I finally know that the Arwing in Oot is real!
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