List of Star Fox planets and locations
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The Star Fox series of video games from Nintendo features a number of fictional planets and locations. Most of them belong to the Lylat System, the central system in the Star Fox games.
[edit] Aparoid Homeworld
The Aparoid Homeworld is a planet where the Aparoid Queen, the source of all the Aparoids, lives. At the end of Star Fox: Assault, the planet is destroyed along with the Aparoid Queen by a special self destruct program created by Beltino Toad. The Aparoid Homeworld is not in the Lylat System. It look rather similar to VGER's space station in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
[edit] Aquas
In Star Fox 64, Fox McCloud uses the Blue Marine to find and destroy Bacoon, whom Andross had turned into a bio-weapon. During the level Fox comes across the flooded underwater remains of buildings that the planet's original inhabitants had built, not far removed from Atlantis. It is said in the Star Fox 64 Player's Guide that Aquas used to be a normal planet until Bacoon had all the ice melted, thus flooding the entire planet.
In Star Fox Command, four missions are played on this planet. Slippy's fianceé, Amanda, appears here. Apparently all the ships have been upgraded to allow underwater navigation, as the battles which occur here are fought in Arwing, or the pilot's respective aircraft.
[edit] Area 6
Area 6, featured in Star Fox 64, was part of a ring of Venom air defense zones encircling the planet. It is where most of Andross's armada was located in Star Fox 64. Its name comes from the fact that it is the sixth area the player visits in the game, and it is similar to the Space Armada level in Star Fox, which, because its location within the Lylat System was never described, is not in this list. Additionally it was part of Andross's Defence station to keep Conerian Armies out of the area to reach Venom.
[edit] Black Hole
The Black Hole, seen only in Star Fox, was caused by Andross' experiments. It is stated that Fox's father (later named James McCloud) was last seen there, and had subsequently gone missing. In reality, it serves as a warp point in the Lylat System. It has not appeared since Star Fox for the SNES.
[edit] Bolse
Bolse, in Star Fox 64, was Venom's defense satellite, an enormous rectangular space station with a platform-like structure near its midsection. Despite its powerful shield generators, large numbers of defence turrets and its on-board fighter compliment, it was destroyed by the Star Fox team after Fox destroyed its core. If one failed to defeat the Star Wolf team on Fichina, or if one bypassed Fichina entirely, all of the surviving members would assault the Star Fox team while they attempted to annihilate the core. Bolse has only been featured in Star Fox 64.
In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, Bolse is named Volus.
[edit] Cerinia
Cerinia is the home planet of Krystal; all the planet's inhabitants, including Krystal's parents, were killed. It is implied that the planet itself was destroyed as well; however, very little is known about Cerinia, other than that it was not part of the Lylat System. None of the Star Fox games to date have gone into further detail; Cerinia was only mentioned briefly in the manual of Star Fox Adventures.
[edit] Corneria
Corneria is a major planet of the Lylat System, where the most people live and the head of government for the system. It has been featured in most of the games, and the Star Fox team hails from this world.
[edit] Eladard
The planet Eladard was to be featured in the cancelled Star Fox 2 game for the SNES. It was to have been an Industrial Center covered with numerous factories and cities. It is shown as a bright purple-colored planet with rings.
[edit] Fichina
Ficcina was the Japanese name for the planet mistakenly called Fortuna in the English translation of Star Fox 64. The Star Wolf team made their first appearance on this planet, an icy and barren world with a single large installation visible in the centre of the area the Star Fox team fought in.
In Star Fox: Assault, the planet's name is translated as Fichina, and it is correctly identified as a separate planet from Fortuna. The planet appears the same as in Star Fox 64, and is said to be locked in an eternal Ice Age. Cornerian scientists discovered a way to control Fichina's climate and constructed a Climate Control Center, maintained by the Corneria Defense Forces, that makes the planet habitable.
The Aparoids infect the climate control system and disable it with the help of Pigma Dengar. When Fox McCloud reactivates the center, the Aparoid-infested sentry-bot security system attacks him. After an intense survival, Falco Lombardi rescues Fox from the center. Pigma then arrives and causes an Aparoid infection of a generator associated with the center. Fox destroys the newly created Aparoid boss, saving the center from destruction.
Fichina appears again in Star Fox Command, with a battle with Star Wolf taking place here as in Star Fox 64, and the revealing of Peppy Hare's only daughter, Lucy.
[edit] Fortuna
Fortuna is called the "dinosaur planet" in the manual of the original Star Fox, although it is unrelated to the Dinosaur Planet in the later games. It is a green planet full of many different, and giant, lifeforms. Andross' plans with Fortuna were to gain control of the creatures and use them as living weapons. In fact, he succeeded with the King Ghidorah-like Monarch Dodorah.
In Star Fox 2, the action took place in an ocean. The boss, like all of the Star Fox 2 bosses, was a giant reactor.
In Star Fox 64, due to a translation mix-up, Fichina was renamed Fortuna for the American version of the game. Fichina is the planet's name in the Japanese version, while Fortuna isn't in the game.
In Star Fox 64, The mission on Fortuna is to regain control of a Cornerian base that Andross captured. After poorly armed ships began laving the base the team learns that they planted a bomb. Before they can send someone to disarm it, the Star Wolf team launches an attack. If the player can shot down all of the Star Wolf ships before the bomb goes off, Fox will fly inside and "take care of the bomb." If not then the base's core goes into overload and explodes.
Fichina's name was translated correctly for Star Fox: Assault, and Fortuna is a separate planet. The Fortuna in Star Fox: Assault resembles its counterpart in the SNES Star Fox game. Instead of being a barren snow-covered environment, it was a rainforest-style planet Andrew Oikonny was defeated for a time on Fortuna. The Aparoid moth was the endboss of Fortuna.
[edit] Katina
Katina, is a barren planet except for a number of Cornerian bases and some strange plant life.
In Star Fox 64, the Katina mission is a homage to the last battle scene in the movie Independence Day. The name of Fox's friend, "Bill Grey," is also derived from William Grey, the General in Independence Day. As with the movie, Bill's fighter squadron and the Star Fox team are menaced by an enormous alien mothership armed with dozens of fighters and a powerful laser weapon to annhilate one base at a time.
In the Japanese version of Star Fox 64, Katina is named Katarina.
Later in Star Fox: Assault, Katina is revisited when the Star Fox team receive a distress signal from the surface. Upon landing however, Fox is ambushed by Aparoids and must fight them off. Pigma Dengar then appears at the end of the level and steals the core memory from the defeated boss.
The outpost also appears as a multiplayer stage in Assault.
Katina appears again in Command; in several of the missions that take place on it, Bill Grey is a playable character. One other notable mission that takes place on Katina involves Fox having to work together with Team Star Wolf, and Krystal's inner conflict reaching its climax.
[edit] Kew
Kew was briefly mentioned in one of the Star Fox Command endings. The only information known about Kew is that it is not located in the Lylat System, but at some point in the future Fox visits it for unknown reasons. (Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London.)
[edit] Macbeth
Macbeth first appeared in the original Star Fox, and was said to be unique in that the planet was mainly hollow, after a geological occurrence that shrunk the planet's core. Andross then used the planet's interior as a munitions dump. The leader of the Venomian troops there was called the Spinning Core.
In Star Fox 64, the Macbeth stage is centered around a gigantic train carrying supplies to a distant base; it is one of two areas where the Landmaster tank is used instead of the Arwing. It is unclear if the planet is still hollow, though it still serves as a munitions facility; it is certainly very different in appearance to the original, with no magma visible at the surface and a cloudly blue sky. In 64, the boss was Mechbeth, a giant kite that was stored in the second cart of the train and attached to the locomotive. If the player managed to hit an eight-part switch, the railroad tracks would shift, and the train would be sent hurtling into a fuel bunker; this ending would not only eliminate the need to fight Mechbeth, but would also send the player to Area 6.
In the cancelled Star Fox 2 Macbeth is a superheated planet completely covered in bubbling magma.
Macbeth is not featured in Star Fox Command, which contains most of the planets from Star Fox 64.
[edit] Meteo
Meteo is an asteroid belt that surrounds the planet Corneria. It was featured originally in Star Fox, where it appeared to form a natural barrier to Andross' invasion fleet; Andross deployed the 'Rock Crusher' and 'Blade Barrier' to clear a path through it. Andross' fleet is faced directly afterward on the easy mission path.
In Star Fox 64 the Asteroid Belt is very similar, with the 'Meteo Crusher' as the end boss (which has a passing resemblance to the 'Blade Barrier').
In Star Fox: Assault, Pigma hides from the Star Fox team in an asteroid belt in the Lylat system; whether this is the same place as the field near Corneria or a second asteroid belt elsewhere in the system is never made clear.
On a side note, Pigma's Aparoid-ized form which was the boss of the field resembles the Gorgon from Area 6.
In Command, Meteo is located again near Corneria, but is still called the "Asteroid Belt". Several missions take place here, most notably the final mission in the first storyline of the game. Asteroid clusters located on this map will form a unique "terrain" challenge as moving past them on the command map greatly decreases your movement ability and slightly randomizes your flight path.
[edit] Meteor
The Battle Base Meteor (to give its full name) was only featured in Star Fox and was an artificial asteroid created with the plan to build an amusement park on it called "Meteor Land." Andross captured it and turned it into a base, using a vehicle called Dancing Insector as a sentinel.
[edit] Orbital Gate
The Orbital Gate (also called the Beltino Orbital Gate) is a hi-tech space station floating in Corneria's orbit used for quick warping from Corneria to another known location. It was used by the Star Fox team to transport to the Aparoid Homeworld in Star Fox: Assault.
The Orbital Gate was being defended by Cornerian forces as a large army of Aparoid fighters attacked, and then in Sector Z, Aparoid missiles were targeted at the gate.
In the aftermath seen in Assault, the Orbital Gate was used as temporary capital until Corneria City was fully rebuilt.
[edit] Out of This Dimension
A bonus area in the original game, Out of This Dimension is a somewhat surreal area (and perhaps one of the most bizarre levels in any video game) of space populated by strange sheets that fold themselves into paper planes and origami creatures. The background consists of colorful planets with faces on them moving back and forth rapidly, creating a strange and almost disturbing effect. The boss is a giant slot machine, and the boss music is "When the Saints Go Marching In". This area is probably not a 'serious' part of the Lylat System, and has not reappeared in any other game.
Since it is an Easter egg of sorts and not a "genuine" level, Out of This Dimension cannot be completed. Once you beat the boss, the background stops moving and the credits appear (while you're still flying), and then "The End" appears. You can shoot the letters, but nothing happens afterwards.
[edit] Papetoon
Papetoon is a planet introduced in the Nintendo Power Star Fox comic. In this comic, is the location of team Star Fox's hideout, which they refer to as their "den". Since the comic is not generally considered canon source material, Papetoon was not originally regarded as an official part of the Star Fox universe; however, in one of the possible endings to Star Fox Command, both Fox and Falco mention Papetoon as being a quiet, backwater planet at the edge of civilization.
[edit] Sargasso Space Zone
The Sargasso Space Zone is an area in Star Fox: Assault that was a very popular hideout for criminals, the focal point of which was a dilapidated space colony surrounded by asteroids. The leader of the criminals there was Wolf O'Donnell, whom they referred to as "Lord O'Donnell".
[edit] Sauria (Dinosaur Planet)
Sauria, earlier known as Dinosaur Planet, is a planet inhabited by dinosaurs and is the setting for Star Fox Adventures.
Sauria is a beautiful, majestic planet of multiple environments in the far reaches of the Lylat System. It houses several tribes of dinosaurs and unique vegetation unlike anything else seen in Lylat.
In Adventures, Sauria was thrown off-balance, causing four key areas to abandon their surface and orbit around the planet. This upset would have caused the planet to explode, dooming the rest of Lylat.
Fox McCloud was sent to Sauria to prevent its impending destruction. It was there that he met Prince Tricky of the EarthWalker tribe, as well as the young vixen Krystal, who was also investigating the planet.
Fox was successful in restoring the planet to its former glory.
However, one year later, in the events of Star Fox: Assault, the peace was broken when the aparoids invaded the planet. Several of the native dinosaurs were infected and killed upon the invasion, and the Star Fox team was forced to retalliate. After wiping out the aparoids on Sauria, Fox and Krystal were reunited with Tricky, who had become King of the EarthWalker tribe.
Sauria was mentioned a couple of times in "Star Fox Command". An example of an ending going with the storyline is ending 2: Good Bye, Fox.
[edit] Sector X
Sector X is one of the three nebula featured in the Star Fox games, although in the original Star Fox it was completely different.
In Star Fox 64, this area is an enormous cloud of gas that forms a giant X; this is where Andross had hidden one of his secret weapons. The base here is oddly abandoned and partially destroyed, with only automated defences remaining; these include a formidable automated 'interceptor system,' however.
In the players guide it says that sectors X, Y, and Z formed an eletcro-magnetic Triangle that created space warps in the Triangle area.
It also states that the X, Y, and Z nebulas appear the way the do as a product of Andross's reckless experiments.
In Sector X, the team had to find a secret weapon at the end or warp to Sector Z if opened the gates in the inside of the base. If the person failed Katina, Bill Grey would help to some of the gates.
[edit] Sector Y
In Star Fox, Sector Y is home to giant aquatic lifeforms which have adapted to the harsh vacuum of space (possibly due to its proximity to the planet Aquas which is revealed in Star Fox 64. This is probably what inspired the creators to put Aquas near Sector Y).
In Star Fox 64, this area is a nebula that forms a giant letter Y, and is the site of a ferocious battle between Cornerian and Venomian fleets.
It appears briefly in Star Fox: Assault in the asteroid field during a cut-scene, and in Star Fox Command.
In Sector Y, they had to backup the squadron from the enemy armada in the base. If the player successfully destroys 100 or more enemies, the Cornerian fleet emerges intact from the battle and can go on to relieve the siege on Katina, freeing Star Fox to investigate the bioweapon on Aquas. Otherwise, the team will have to go Katina themselves and aid in its defense.
[edit] Sector Z
In Star Fox, this was the designation for an area in orbit of Macbeth where Andross intended to built a supply base to supplement his stores in the planet's core. In order to keep the construction a secret from the Cornerians, a cloaking field was set up which hid most of the construction materials. This had the side-effect of making the area extremely dangerous to navigate.
In Star Fox 64, this area is a cloud of gas that forms a giant Z. It is part of Venom's air defense zone and is covered by a battery of extremely powerful long-ranged missiles. The Great Fox itself comes under attack from these missiles during the stage, hence the mission's name, "The Ambush of Great Fox". In one instance, Katt Monroe comes to assist you at the climax of the level, helping you destroy missiles.
If any missile hits the Great Fox during this stage, it loses one of its fins and will be unable to support the team for an assault on Area 6. During the ending sequence, the damaged Fox can be seen.
To recharge your ship's health in this level, enter the rear docking bay of the Great Fox. Your ship will fly through the front end, with shields fully replenished.
Sector Z was featured as a stage in the Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros. The characters would fight atop the Great Fox while Arwings flew in from time to time and could be used as platforms, but the Arwings would almost always barrel-roll to shake them off after being ridden for a short period of time. As an added danger, they also shot lasers that could seriously damage combatants. It was redone as Corneria in Super Smash Bros. Melee, but functioned essentially the same, though it was bigger, Wolfens joined the Arwings, and the planes were more cooperative about letting players ride on them.
[edit] Solar
Solar appears to be the sun of the Lylat System. In Star Fox 64, it appears to be a red dwarf star significantly smaller than the planet Venom, though it seems likely the map of the Lylat System in Star Fox 64 does not depict the planets to scale against each other. In screenshots of the DS game Star Fox Command, Solar appears more like a Class F or G star, rather than a Class M red dwarf. Strangely, in Star Fox Command, Solar is referred to multiple times as being a molten planet rather than a star. In Star Fox 64, Andross developed a bio-weapon on the star.
The Stellar Data section provided by the player's guide states that Solar is the second-largest body in the Lylat System, and average surface temperatures of 3,500 kelvins.
In the cancelled Star Fox 2, Andross' base is located above the surface of the sun. It is possible it is above Solar.
While the Arwing is able to handle temperatures of '9,000 degrees' according to Slippy, it seems the surface of Solar is close enough to this threshold to damage an Arwing over time. As a result, Star Fox's missions on Solar are treacherous.
In Star Fox Command, the Anglar forces built a large solar-powered defense satellite on the planet. By teaming up with Wolf O'Donnell, Fox and Falco tipped the weapon into the molten surface, where it melted. Interestingly, some levels have portions of land above the sea of lava.
[edit] Titania
Titania is a harsh desert world. The once-beautiful planet was transformed into a sandy wasteland and dust ejected into space formed its rings.
In the original Star Fox it is a barren planet fitted with a Weather-Control Unit. If deactivated, it would cause the Titanian climate to turn into an eternal blizzard of snow. Strangely enough, Titania in the Star Fox comic is not a desert world but a frozen world instead, possibly showing the reason why a Weather-Control Unit was needed. The boss was the mechanical Professor Hangar.
Titania was planned to appear in the cancelled Star Fox 2; in the beta version, it was called Taitania.
In Star Fox 64, Titania is one of the two missions played with the Landmaster tank. Fox deploys his team to rescue Slippy after he crashes; on the surface, he discovers that the seemingly barren planet is actually teeming with robotic lifeforms and enemy fighters all belonging to Andross. When the team finally finds Slippy, he is being held captive by Goras, a huge boned creature vaguely reminiscent of the first game's Fortuna boss, Monarch Dodora, who appeared as one of Titania's bosses in Command.
Titana is "known as the Red Planet because of the huge ion storms that swirl dust from the surface of the planet into its stratosphere. Archaeologists have found surprisingly advanced ancient ruins on this planet, and, in fact, a high-tech, planetary defense system, code named "Goras," is still alive." Additionally, in General Pepper's briefing on Titantia in the guide, "traffic to Titania is usually restricted."
Titania also makes an appearance in Star Fox: Assault as a multiplayer stage. It is larger than any other multiplayer-only map, causing some to speculate it may once have been intended to be a single-player mission.
In Star Fox Command, Titania is the location of Andross' ghost. He created a secret device intended to purify the Venom Sea and make the planet more hospitable. The device is guarded by one of Andross' bioweapons, awaiting the right person to claim it.
[edit] Venom
Venom is Andross's base of operations in Star Fox and Star Fox 64. The planet gives off a green glow from space. In both Star Fox and Star Fox 64, Venom is the last stage the player visits for Fox to Face Andross in a one-on-one combat. It is also shown in Star Fox Command, this time as the base for the Anglars and the Anglar Emperor.
Venom's toxic sea is home of the Anglar Empire in Star Fox Command. This gave the Emperor an advantage over any opposing force. The only way to fight the Anglar Emperor was to neutralize the sea with Andross' secret mechanism. The mechanism was created before Andross' death. Reason to why he created it is unknown.
[edit] Warp 1
Warp 1 is a secret level in Star Fox 64 and is not visible on the map. In Star Fox 64, Warp 1 can take the player to Katina by flying through seven warp rings at the end of Meteo. Instead of a space background, it has swirling pastel colors, and instead of battle music it has an array of different sounds. The obstacles are mostly spinning white boxes and cubes, but here and there you find asteroids. The player's only opponents are staticy ships that look almost like blank TV screens excluding their shape. As the characters move in Warp 1 their ships leaves multiple-colored shadows behind it. The Psycedelic nature of this stage may be a reference to out of this dimension and the black hole from the previous game.
[edit] Warp 2
Warp 2, though lacking asteroids, is similar to Warp 1. Also a secret area in Star Fox 64, it is harder to navigate than Warp 1 because of its giant X- and Z-shaped girders. The player can use Warp 2 to travel from Sector X to Sector Z by shooting open four gates on the left path of Sector X. If the player came to Sector X from Katina, Bill will also help open the gates.
[edit] Zoness
Zoness is a main level in Star Fox 64. It is also featured in Star Fox: Assault as an unlockable multiplayer stage.
In Star Fox 64, Andross has facilities on the planet as well as numerous spotlights to prevent any sneak attack against him. The player can, however, execute a successful sneak attack on the planet by destroying all the searchlights. The sea itself is covered in platforms and massive, corroded tanker ships, and is a sickly green. Overall, planet Zoness is very gothic. The apparent leader of the Andronian forces is Sarumarine, a stereotypical male ape pirate.
In Star Fox: Assault the Zoness Sea Base is a dark, stormy area that appears to have recovered from the 64 pollution. This is also shown in the Corneria level, on a billboard proclaiming "Zoness Water Quality Environmental Conference".
Interestingly, in early footage of the level from the Shoshinkai software exhibition (included on a promotional video in the first issue of N64 Magazine), Zoness had a clean ocean and a clear blue sky.
Zoness is missing in Star Fox Command, which contains most of Star Fox 64's planets.
In one instance in Star Fox 64, Katt Monroe joins the Star Fox team to help defeat some enemies.
[edit] References
- Star Fox series instruction manuals
- Nintendo Power Star Fox comic strips
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