Just received this morning, the long anticipated Adventures Krystal model by Gadonstriom has now been released! You can download it here.

This is a render I did in a couple minutes this morning via Blender.

Hakuhn has sent me some more voice clips from Assault. Though he couldn’t turn off the sound effects, he could turn off the music, and that makes most of the clips much easier to hear. You can listen to them on the Assault voice clip page. It’s a long one!

With reviews by DrunkenBuffer and Vrance Movado, and help of others, I’ve updated the fanfiction section for the first time in over a year. More reviews are (hopefully) coming soon, so be on the lookout for that.

The mystery Krystal cosplay that first appeared at Midwest FurFest 2009 has made another appearance with her Fox McCloud cosplaying partner at this year’s Anthrocon. Bassmas314 sent me a video of her in the fursuit parade, and sinse then I have found a few others. There are also a few photos, two by Kit Karamak and one by SonicFox.

Photos

Video Appearances

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Thanks to Hakuhn, as mentioned on the podcast, we now have some of the voice clips from Star Fox Assault without the background music or sound effects. I’ve posted them in the page for Assault audio. Thanks Hakuhn!

As I mentioned on the podcast, there was the possibility that DeviantArt’s layout changes would break some of my scripts. Thankfully, only a couple of functions needed to be modified. Then there was the sheer length of time since the last update (March). But, I finished them! So, this covers all the new fanart up until June 18th. As always, it may be a few minutes to a few hours before these are added to the main list.

Traditional Art

Rendered Art

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Show Notes

A quick podcast covering all that’s happened and all that is yet to come. There’s a lot covered very quickly. Try to keep up!

It’s real. It’s beautiful.

Official Name: Star Fox 64 3D (source)

Pics are just now coming in, like this one:

And these:

AND these (from Nintendo’s official site):

As you can see, the control-scheme is based entirely on the “joystick” and buttons, which should make controlling things far better than Command, good though its controls were.

Controls
Analog pad: flight control
Up: Try a somersault!
Down: TRY A U-TURN!
A: Just shoot it, Fox!
B: Use the BRAKES!
Y: Use bombs wisely!
X: Use the boost to get through!
R: Do a barrel roll!
L: tilt

Added is the Left button, which instantly toggles the inverted y-axis. Removed appears to be the ability to shift into cockpit view.

Update:
Looks like Nintendo will be making adjustments and improvements to ports where they see fit to take advantage of the 3DS’s capabilities. (source)

Yep. Star Fox (or rather an Arwing flying out of the 3DS screen) made only a passing appearance, as just “one of Nintendo’s franchises” that didn’t necessarily have a game in development.

Right now, Nintendo is broadcasting info on behind-the-scenes stuff. Miyamoto mentioned that the 3DS made Star Fox shooting aiming much easier. I think this probably counts as internal demos, not a game in progress, but we will see.

More updates as they happen.

Here it is, my pre-E3 post. I got some serious third degree BURNS on rumors of the past, so I am more than careful about saying what will and won’t be somewhere before it happens. As it stands now, there is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER from any known credible source indicating Star Fox will be there. There are tons of “maybe’s” and lots of “they should’s,” but nothing solid. Nothing from reliable sources or off the record or whatever. No, this does not even count as a rumor, it’s wishful thinking.

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So what will be there? As far as new stuff goes, we know Nintendo will talk 3DS and Zelda Wii (because they said they would). There will also probably be a lot more detail on Metroid: Other M and Pokemon White/Black. Other than that, I expect a few surprise games, of which maybe one or two will blow us away (Metroid: Other M, New Super Mario Bros. Wii), while the remainder are good, but not wet-your-pants exciting. That’s the formula they followed last year anyway.

In recent days, IGN has claimed that Retro’s secret project was a Donkey Kong revival. Donkey Kong has not had any non-spinoff games since 1999’s Donkey Kong 64 (unless you count the Mario vs Donkey Kong series), so everyone making the argument that “Star Fox must be announced this year because it’s time for the next game to come down the pipe,” have forgotten the huge gaps Nintendo has had for other series, like Metroid. I would say that given the above and the existence of a source even IGN trusts, it’s far more likely that Retro’s project is DK, not Star Fox as many of us had hoped. Either way, there’s no guarantee that Retro will show its project at all this year, so don’t get your hopes up.

This year, for the first time, Nintendo will be doing its own live streaming of the press conference. Just point your browser at e3.nintendo.com and wait for Tuesday morning at 9 AM Pacific. Afterward, I bet they will list all their announcements in webpage form on the same site. I will be monitoring the conference as well, and will do my best to get you the latest Star Fox and/or Krystal news if or when it happens.