Fox McCloud Blasts Into The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Okay, this is actually pretty rad

What is wrong with you?
Stop spoiling the movie!

Spoiler warning, guys! There are people who want to see the movie.

For half a second there I thought a new Star Fox game was coming...

I do think this should be spoiler tagged, despite nintendo themselves being so open about it.

No idea why Nintendo have decided to announce this now though. Not like a cameo from this guy will attract anyone new to the film.

Do you guys want to spoil the movie any more? Come on now, this is getting silly at this point.

Yeah, Nintendo should not have spoiled this.

I wish they wouldn't have released this spoiler, but Star Fox would probably make a better movie than most Nintendo franchises.

We're complaining about "spoilers" over an image posted to an official social media account.

Get a grip, people.

So... Now we'll have NCU – Nintendo Cinematic Universe? Lol.

As much as I love Pikmin and Star Fox... I feel like a Mario movie needs to be a Mario movie, not general Nintendo fan service. I don't want to see Kirby and Pikachu in the Zelda movie, for example.
If you want to make a Nintendo universe Smash Bros crossover movie, then do that. But don't call it a Mario movie.

Sorry, probably overthinking this.

@Kiz3000 On the same page as you, can't see the point in revealing it now. If having Fox in the movie will get more bums on seats then why hasn't there been a new Star Fox game in the last 10 years?

Holy...... f***ing s**t.............. This is huge. This can potentially result in Super Smash Bros. movie down the road, and if it does, and it is good, they can take all my money

Thanks for the spoiler.

All for clicks I guess.

Are you going to give away the whole plot in detail on Wednesday then straight after you have seen it? Or have you not got your tickets yet?

I'm glad I'm able to watch it on the 1st in the morning.

Please, please, please, Nintendo, I beg you, give us a new Starfox game!

Well. At least the chances of a new Star Fox game are higher now I suppose.

I hope Mike West voices him.

@N00BiSH Or just a Star Fox movie.

Wonder if Samus' ship will fly past in a scene too.

If Nintendo freely posts this online, you guys can't seriously get upset with NintendoLife for posting it without spoilers. It's like getting upset with your friend who tells you what is in a movie trailer. It's not a spoiler if it's intentionally not kept secret.

@dazzleshell ugh, don't put the thought of an Illumination Star Fox movie in my head. I don't need to have a conniption in the morning.

@dazzleshell

I wondered the same thing (about Samus). That would be super rad if so!

I like how the Dragon Ball scouter is proyected this time, though.

With that said, I'm glad he doesn't look like he came out of Secret Life of Pets or Nick Wilde from Zootopia. However, I hope he has as little screen time as possible, I can accept R.O.B. and Pikmin being there because they have appeared in Mario games and in the latter's case it could be implied they traveled from the real world to the Mushroom Kingdom, but Fox?

Having said that, I hope his inclusion leads to more people knowing him (I know my best friend, her sister and her nephew will), which eventually leads to a new game.

WHAT EVEN IS THIS FILM

It’s not quite April Fools yet, but this would’ve been a great trick! Half the people wouldn’t have believed it.

He’s no cameo, that’s for sure. The fan speculation was right after all. I’m surprised, but not exactly shocked. Like Pikmin, Fox is another creation of Miyamoto’s. Either Peach and Toad get flung REALLY hard out of the Mario universe to meet him or, more likely, he’s flung into their universe for some reason. Star Fox has warp points, after all.

The fact that they reveal him now actually makes me think there’s more huge surprises in store, not less. I’ll be watching next Thursday!

Everyone going "SPOILERS!" as if Nintendo didn't post about it themselves? It's legitimate news, NintendoLife is pretty much obligated to report on it.

Haha, that's a pretty convincing fake! Posted... by the... official account.......?

What?! 😯
What is he doing in the movie?

I thought a new Star fox game was finally announced.... hopefully this means a new game is coming.

Thanks for spoiling it.

You know, this makes sense. Why separate Nintendo characters into their own universes? Star Fox, Pikmin, Starfy, Kirby, and Mario can all exist in the same galaxy. Zelda and Metroid should be separate since they're more mature, but the cartoonish Nintendo characters should live together.

No, freaking way! But why spoil such a great Easter egg? But this really confirms that Illumination and Nintendo want to build a full Nintendo cinematic universe at this point. It seems quite likely that Star Fox will get his own film, or at least a short, eventually. Maybe even Pikmin as well, which would be neat.

I’m not counting out this is the accidental early release of an April Fools post…

Be the change you want to see. You had all the power and control to not post this spoiler… and then you did. And for what?

Wow why would you spoil this? I was already seriously deciding not using this site anymore and this "article" has made my decision for me.

EDIT: I see this was a Nintendo blunder (having Fox as key art on a poster) so no blame to this website) however I feel a warning would have been nice (not mandatory though since who can really determine what constitutes a spoiler when it is front and center in marketing). It's just when it comes to movies in particular it is sort of common for people to purposely not watch trailers or look at marketing leading up to it to avoid things like this.

I also stand by my statement this site has a quality issue as far as the writing and content goes, however that is less relative to this instance.

see now THIS is hype

Ugh, anything to not give the poor guy a proper new entry. The first Mario movie had an insane amount of references and was overall pretty good for what it was, but that novelty is gone for me with subsequent films. I'll give this a pass, but hopefully those that do watch it have a good time. New Star Fox, please Nintendo 😞

Nintendo with the Mario Galaxy movie is like when you plan a surprise party for someone, and you get really giddy about it, so you keep dropping hints to them about what the surprise could be, having them guess and guess until you eventually just tell them yourself and ruin the surprise.

Woooah, so that WAS fox in the corner of the trailer. Wowza.

A shame Nintendo (don’t blame NL, they are reporting official comms) let it out of the bag early. But it IS cool and makes sense considering the space theme.

I do wonder if this is Nintendo and illumination trying their dab hand at an MCU approach to drip feed multiple IPs existing in the same universe for future animated projects.

A Smash Bros style Avengers Movie event seems like it might not entirely be off the cards after all…

This would have been such an amazing reveal in the film. WHY NINTENDO?! WHY?!

Why do they ruin Hype with Spoilers?
Oh wait they are doing the "30mins of the gameplay so you dont have to play it" model that Nintendo seems to do nowadays

@AnnoyingFrenzy we are annoyed that Illumination is spoiling their own film, not that NL is reporting on it

This makes me wonder if the next 3D Mario is a crossover game. Like Bowser does something which causes all the Nintendo universes to merge and Mario has to journey across them in order to defeat Bowser.

This would have been awesome to experience without knowing. I don't know why they (not Nintendolife) want to spoil such surprises

Ok, the chances of a new Star Fox have risen exponentially now.

It's funny, I'm so used to Fox's design being so angular that seeing his edges softened and rounded makes this feel like the work of a very skilled 3D furry artist (endearing).

It's also kinda frustrating because if this movie really will have a similar runtime to the first one, there's not gonna be any time for ANYTHING, man! It's also a wonder what they could possibly be holding back when they're giving so much away up front?

Honestly, not sure I love Fox's design here. Despite all that game's flaws, I thought his look in the Star Fox Zero promotional art was pretty much perfect. Wish they had stuck to that.

I've never been a big fan of the on-rails arcade gameplay of Star Fox, but I've felt for a long time now like the characters would lend themselves very well to a movie adaptation. Hopefully, this is is a sign of things to come. A movie about anthropomorphic animals in space is seldom touched upon in kids media but has a lot of potential, I feel. Like Guardians of the Galaxy but targeting a younger audience (and the adults who grew up with it). I think such a movie coild succeed where the Ratchet and Clank movie failed and pave the way toward the future success of the Star Fox IP.

Such a self-serving post with no care whatsoever towards those that really don't appreciate such spoilers several days out from the release of the film. You could've titled it "Surprising new character revealed for SMG movie", but no, of course not.

I love how people are so pathetic that minor details will ruin an entire film now...

I am now even more worried about this movie tbh. I just think there's going to be waaaaay too much packed in and nothing will have a chance to breathe. The first movie was guilty of this as well. This could've been saved for the third film imo.

@Grumblevolcano 🤞🤞

I've never been a big fan of Smash Bros, but I do love the massive crossover event style it's got going. To implement that with a 3D Mario game would be so much fun.

As if I wasn't going to see this movie. I can't wait!!!

In the words of Star Wolf, WHAT THE HECK!?

They had better keep Kirby out of this! His lore is too precious.

I intentionally have not read the article above, but the headline, the thumbnail are huge spoilers! C’mon, why would you do this NL??

I’ve avoided all the Mario Galaxy movie trailers because I’m trying to preserve some surprises when I go watch the actual movie. Must I avoid your top page as well?

Normally NL is careful to hide spoilers inside articles, not plaster them on the top page!

@Damo true, but I've managed to limit my exposure to official movie news, and appreciated previous vaguely-titled Nintendo Life articles. This headline felt like a spoiler. Sure, I may have found this out before watching the movie, but hoping a few genuine surprises will survive.

Fox McCloud, look at that vest and name Fox Mc/Cloud, MJ Fox,/Marty Mcfly from back to the future. I never put those together until now. I think it was the pose. I do not think MJ Fox will voice Fox, but you never know.

It's not a spoiler if put out by Nintendo. It's marketing.

Perhaps we'll be treated to something more than a cameo?

It's the sort of announcement where you just have to go, "Well, I'd rather find out through official routes than if some **** leaked it".

Time for a barrel roll, me thinks.

Could the next Mario movie be in the Smash Bros. style?

This is cool. Fox looks great. I can't wait to watch this. I do think this would have been better as a surprise though.

What happened to being surprised? This would have been so cool to see live, but now it's a disappointment because they ruined it by announcing it.

People saying this is a spoiler seem to be a bit unaware what the term means. They are clearly openly promoting he will be in the movie, that isn't a spoiler it's just an announcement. Chances are if you go and see it in the cinema he will be on the posters as you walk in so unless you plan on walking in blindfolded I can't imagine how you would miss this.

Star Fox is one of Miyamoto’s pet projects, that might have played a role.

Omg, ok. Look, if this is what it takes to get a new StarFox game, go for it.

@PtM All these Miyamoto-pandering things going on recently - wonder if he's about to make his own announcement ...

why is Nintendo actively spoiling the movie?

Trailers always spoil everything nowadays . SMH

This would have been an awesome surprise THANKS EVERYONE!

Those of you complaining, the official twitter account posted it.

You would've found out eventually.

Awesome to see! Does this mean a new Star Fox game is on the way?

@Dr_Corndog Not everyone goes on social media, or even avoid social media altogether to avoid spoilers like this.

They could very easily have handled this more tactfully here start nintendolife. Use a different, non-Fox image, use the title "New Surprise Character Announced for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie", and presto, spoiler avoided, while those who don't care can look at it anyway.

But nintendolife knows this brings in the clicks and I guess they're due for rent. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Not even kidding, I shouted "WHAT?!?" at the top of my lungs when I saw this.

.....sorry to my coworkers if I scared you.

People avoid social media for a reason! Spoiler tag, guys! WTF.

@MegaVel91 Implying everyone is on Twitter or social media in general. </sarcasm>

Not everyone doom scrolls, some people avoid the cesspool that is social media. News site should be better than this.

@Yosher Hard to get clicks if people use ad blockers in retaliation.

@Mando44646 because they know people are going to see this either way