In an Instagram post, Glen Powell announced that he will be playing Fox McCloud in the upcoming Mario Galaxy Movie. He's been in Top Gun: Maverick, Hit Man, and a bunch more. I'm not super familiar with him as an actor, but that's ok. What matters is whether he can bring life to the character.

I listened to his voice in a few clips. He seems like he could absolutely do the heroic, commanding voice of Fox, possibly even with a hint of youth and naïve that Fox might have as a new mercenary. I just hope they all take the voice and the role serious as a serious character.

And that's a sweet flight vest. Where can I get one?

Podcaster and relatively reliable leaker, Nate the Hate, just posted a podcast in which he revealed that he had information on a new Star Fox game intended to be announced very soon. I'm not super familiar with him, but I am assured that he is usually pretty accurate when he makes definite statements like this. It would make sense for Nintendo to announce something Star Fox related right after hyping up Fox McCloud in the Mario Galaxy movie.

Here's what Nate said, specifically:

• Summer 2026 Switch 2 Lineup will begin with a new Star Fox.
• Will be revealed before May, likely shadow-dropped on social media as a trailer.
• Coming out before the end of 2026.
• Classic style Star Fox style game.
• "Very good" visuals.
• Online multiplayer.
• He might have been joking, but he referenced Falco saying gibberish speech like in the SNES game.

Time will tell. It sounds plausable, but so have a lot of other rumors of past years. Keep your eyes on Nintendo's social media, just in case.

I did NOT have this on my bingo card. Today, Fox McCloud was revealed as a character in the Super Mario Galaxy movie. Seems like it might have been a joke or AI, but nope, this is official. Hard to believe that a fully animated movie is the first official Star Fox media release since December 2018 when Super Smash Bros Ultimate released with a Krystal Assist Trophy among other Star Fox cameos.

Super excited to see Fox, of course. He's great and all, but with Mario and Donkey Kong in the last movie and now Star Fox, a few questions come to mind.

1. How much of the Star Fox team is in the movie? I can see it going either way. Fox could be scouting alone, or the Star Fox team as a whole could be involved.
2. Is Krystal going to make an appearance? That would be amazing, but I doubt it. Not because I don't think they want to, but because I think they want to tell the beginning of the story of Star Fox first, which means Lylat Wars.
3. Star Fox movie when? I can see Lylat Wars making a good movie, then an exciting sequel with the subtitle "Dinosaur Planet".
4. This is all a setup for a Super Smash Bros movie event (a la Avengers Endgame), isn't it?

In retrospect, we should have seen this coming. Several of you did, posting this screenshot from one of the more obscure trailers from Feburary 17th.

See that on the left side? That's definitely Fox! To my embarrassment, I saw people talking about this online a week or two ago, and I thought it was an AI hoax. There are certainly a lot of them out there now. Now that I look at it more closely, even if I hadn't known today's announcement, I think I would have erred on the side of believing it.

On that note, there's a lot of AI hoax stuff out there of Fox interacting with Mario already, trying to get views or mess with people. Stay safe out there and only trust official sources!

The movie comes out on April 1st, just a couple days away. I went ahead and got tickets to a midnight showing, so I will be able to bring you the first official Star Fox coverage in a long time! So if you're interested in finding out what role Fox plays, as well as what implied future plans for Nintendo's "cinematic universe", just check back here on the Krystal Archive at about 2 AM (Central) on April 1st.

About 6 months ago, we posted about this project as it finished the 3D printing phase. Now, after months of off-and-on sanding, prepping, and painting, CardScientist and his wife Liana.can.art have completed this massive Krystal statue, a 1/3rd scale model!

Since last time we posted about this project, they did all the sanding, priming, and painting to complete it. They had issues with the 3D printed staff being too weak, so it was replaced with a wooden dowel, which was then hand-painted with all the intricate details. As for the base she stands on, they were going to 3D print it, but the printer jammed during that part, so instead they used a hobby-store bought wooden stand, combined with a bunch of weights inside it to keep it stable.

This project was a birthday present from Liana.can.art to her husband, CardScientist. Because they are so generous, they are making the 3D model files available to everyone, so anyone can 3D print their own Krystal statue at any size! More about that in a bit. But first, here's some interesting information about the build.

Stats

• Modeling/Design Time: Roughly 2 months
• 3D Printing Time: 8.8 days, or about 212 hours
• Sanding and Priming Time: 5-6 months during weekends, on and off
• Painting Time: 1.5 months
• Start to Finish Time: Around 11 months
• Height: 21 inches without the base (see Pepsi can for scale)

Download

Want to make your own? Of course you do! You can download the files for 3D printing this project yourself either on Google Drive or Thingiverse. The Google Drive version has a copy of the full model that hasn't been broken up into individual parts if you want to choose how to split the model up for printing yourself.

If you print one for yourself, please let us know. We'd love to see it. And please thank CardScientist and Liana.can.art for making it available!

Gallery

Check out these sweet photos of the finished product.

I got some more photos from the cosplaying duo Tom_MJCosplay, who have a Fox and Krystal cosplay they've been showing off at several cons the last few years. Check out their skit if you haven't seen it already.

As a side note, I must make a correction on that previous post. I had said that the extra lines they created for Fox and Krystal were AI generated, but I was mistaken. They were done by Tom and MJ themselves. WOW!

First, in late May 2025, there was Anime North. After I posted about their skit, I got an email with info about how they used their own voices for the skit and they won the award for Best Mascot Stage in the Artisan Category, right below Master level. They also included some photos.

Then there was Rouyn Con 2025 in July, where they were invited as special guests. They look forward to participating again at Rouyn Con 2026 starting on July 18, 2026.

Finally, there's G-Anime 2026, which took place last weekend from January 16-18. On Saturday, the 17th, Tom and MJ once again donned their vulpine costumes to explore the con. They sent me a couple of photos.

It's no secret that the Krystal Archive hasn't had a major change since 2012 when the site was taken offline due to a massive hack. Plus, I never got around to bringing all the historical content back online because that was right as I started having a real job for the first time. Things slipped.

So, I will occasionally make a post like this one to chronicle my process of restoring the site to better than its former glory, and reworking the technology to be much better, allowing for faster and more consistent posting of Krystal news and features.

Today, in addition to doing a real news post, I also did technical work:

• Made complete backup of the entire site and its data. (Always a good idea.)
• Updated the backend software and plugins.
• Fixed all of the YouTube embedded videos. (YouTube changed requirements for embeds and broke things.)
• Installed a new helper to simplify the prose-writing process. (No more directly editing HTML for me!)
• Updated my Gab account, which had lost my profile images somehow. (I dual-post on Twitter and Gab. Maybe soon I'll also add BlueSky to that list.)

Stay tuned for more updates like this. A lot of these will go under your radar, but I'm focusing on making the site easier to run, faster, and more easy to expand.

For those of you who didn't hear the news a couple months back, UndyingNephalim has released the latest demo of Star Fox Event Horizon for download. It contains the entire Sauria Crisis campaign, with five of the levels fully voiced and lots of changes and overhauls.

You can download the game via Knossosnet. After downloading and installing the application, search for Star Fox Event Horizon via the Explore tab.

Posted above is the video that released alongside the announcement. A video showing off Sauria Level 3A The Golden Plains. Fox and Krystal ride on Tricky's back through the hostile dessert as Kyte flies near the ground with them. They think they'll be facing the aggressive Bonehead tribe, but the SharpClaw create chaos where least expected.

I haven't tried a demo since before there was voice acting of any kind in the game. Looking forward to trying it soon.

Wow. 20 years. Hard to believe it has been this long. How many fansites do you know that are still going 20 years later. I can only think of a few. Site readers like yourselves often come and go, but it means a lot to me that there are always some watching and appreciating what I'm making here.

As I mentioned in the Krystmas post, I kinda dropped the ball after starting strong last year with tons of posts. Sorry again to not have more updates for you. I'm working to become more stable this year, but it hasn't happened just yet. Yesterday, for example, I was up for 27 hours because of work. Not an emergency, but rather, having to temporarily go on a night shift and then come back off it in the same week. Also, I have family in the hospital. Never a dull moment.

However, I am already working on some Krystal related projects. I just can't talk about them yet. I hope to finish off this work week strong so I can begin posting seriously this weekend. I have already been able to free up some time, and that time should get more significant as the year progresses. Please just hold out a little longer. I have lots to show you!

Good morning! Let me wish you the merriest of Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope you are all spending time with your family and loved ones this holiday season.

I know it has been quiet around here most of the year. You probably guessed that my New Year's Resolution for 2025 involved posting here a lot more, and for a time, I did. Unfortunately, real life concerns hit me hard.

Things are looking up, however. Not only was a major project at work finished up literally two days ago, but I have also made some adjustments to my life that should give me a lot more time. I thank you for your patience. Soon, the posting will resume and I have a lot of catching up to do. There were several changes to important Krystal and Star Fox projects, and I can't wait to tell you about them.

Hang in there, we aren't dead yet!

Artwork by AvaikaofStarfox, used with permission.

YouTuber Poogles managed to get into contact with Lee Schuneman, the director of Star Fox Adventures and Dinosaur Planet before that. In the video, Poogles starts by setting the context in which the game was announced, then lets Lee explain in detail the thought processes that led them to turn Dinosaur Planet into Star Fox Adventures.

One of the most interesting aspects of the interview is how some of the early renders of the game implied much more involvement of other members of the Star Fox team like Slippy and Peppy. We already knew that Krystal would have been more involved too. But due to time constraints and not wanting to rework everything they had done in Dinosaur Planet, Fox ended up with the major role.

Humorously, Poogles forgot to ask about why Krystal was redesigned the way she was in Adventures. Fortunately, we have the answer to that one.

It has been known for a while that the Dinosaur Planet to Star Fox Adventures transition was not Nintendo forcing ideas onto Rareware, but an agreed upon collaboration between two giants. Good to see that reemphasized in the face of the popular narratives.

The video also shares some never-before-seen renders and animations from the development process. Some of these feature Krystal. I'm going to reach out to Poogles to see if I can access them.

Lastly, Poogles said that the full interview contained more insights into the game, but he had to cut some of it for the sake of time. If he gets a big enough response in the comments, he might post the full, unedited interview. That's your cue! GO TO THE COMMENTS AND ASK FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW!

Thanks to Lily for the heads up!