I don't know how I missed it, but TerminalMontage has released another amazing animation featuring our favorite version of Fox McCloud: Melee, No Items. And hey, a certain special someone shows up too. :)

Surprisingly, we actually did get some Star Fox news in today's Nintendo Direct. The original SNES Star Fox is coming to the Nintendo Online service, free with paid membership, on Thursday, September 5th, 2019. A new exclusive is Stunt Race FX, which has never released outside its original SNES launch. They promised more games in the future, so seeing Star Fox 2 show up here eventually is probable, given that they released it for the SNES Mini.

In Smash news, Sakurai announced to our surprise that he would continue making more DLC fighters even after the 5th Fighter Pass character is released. From the sound of it, the team intends to focus on non-Nintendo series when picking newcomers, but hope always remains. Nintendo (and Sakurai) can do whatever they wish, and if fans want Krystal, we might just get her! The ride never ends, the hope never dies!

It's that time again, folks. Time to see what's next from Nintendo. I don't expect any Star Fox news, except maybe an announcement that the Star Fox DLC for Starlink will be made free to download, now that Starlink's development is officially shut down (sad face). Other than that, they will probably announce the launch date for the Banjo Kazooie DLC in Smash and one or two other surprises. There are plenty of speculations and rumors, if you're into that sort of thing.

You can watch the presentation above or on Twitch. We will be watching closely. Just a couple hours to go.

A new Krystal cosplayer has appeared. Hikaru Cosplay made very quick work of her project, concept in February 2019 to completed costume in August 2019, just six months! She will be making her first public appearance at A Video Game Con NJ on Saturday, September 7th, 2019 at her booth. That's this weekend, folks! Hopefully we'll get to see some footage and photos from that event. For the actual convention, she plans to add more makeup and some new fingernails to complete the look.

Hikaru says that Krystal was a very important character to her in her childhood, with lots of memories from playing Star Fox Adventures. Krystal was her role model in a way. She only worries that people won't recognize the character at the convention. Somehow, I don't think she'll have trouble.

The tail and ears were made by CuteTailStudio on Etsy, and the wig was made by Epic Cosplay Wigs. Hikaru made the bodysuit herself from scratch. Check out the WIP posts below.

• Tail and Ears
• Wig
• Body Suit 1
• Body Suit 2
• Body Suit 3
• Body Suit 4
• Body Suit + Tail
• Completed Costume

I meant to post about this earlier, but Reddit user Tylerort93 took advantage of the Starlink ship modularity system to create an Arwing-wing-wing. Three wings per wing, or "Godwing" as he calls it. His monstrosity beautiful creation even got featured by the official Starlink Twitter.

The game actually handles this. The Starlink developers said it would, but to see it in action, it's really incredible.

Check out the original thread and the image gallery of it in-game. I think the best comment was "Truly a weapon to surpass metal gear."

A long and detailed review of the the events leading up to the launch of Star Fox Adventures, an overview of the pros and cons of the game, and some defense against those who claim it to be a tragedy to the Star Fox franchise. I agree with most of his points, though some of his particulars are slightly off. Apparently he didn't know how Saurian worked until after the video was posted because his game copy didn't come with an instruction booklet, for example.

After his Krystal vs Wolf Animation in 2017, animator TheIronGauntlet is working on a new Krystal animation, and it's almost done! This one is going to be about Krystal as an Arwing pilot. He's posted a video preview of the audio from the animation as a sneak peek, which you can see above. On his Twitter, he's posted sneak peeks of Krystal and the Arwing from the animation.

It took a little bit to prepare, but the public release of the Krystal Joins the Fight Artbook is finally ready! You can download and print your own copy right now, today! Most of the files included are slightly higher resolution than the original print. The file names have been organized for your convenience. One additional piece that didn't make it into the original version, as well as a credits page, are included in the download.

Download Artbook Files

110MB

Contributor Credits and Artwork Links

• Front and Back Cover - GeroVort
• Page 1 - Atticus-Kotch
• Page 2 - Nadoelix
• Page 3 - Bluhr
• Page 4 - Kaylii
• Page 5 - Kadath
• Page 6 - codym512s
• Page 7 - FaulksMccloud
• Page 8 - MissMcCloud
• Page 9 - SkyHunter95
• Page 10 - VemiVelleity
• Page 11 - AdmiralN30
• Page 12 - Anti-Ho0f
• Page 13 - Inari-Fox
• Page 14 - Videogamelover66
• Page 15 - JV_NERDSON
• Page 16 - Alain Jullien
• Page 17 - V-TAL
• Page 18 - StarDogSmasher
• Page 19 - FlippantFox
• Page 20 - angelasamshi
• Page 21 - Grinn3r
• Page 22 - josharaujo1115
• Page 23 - ChristenL33
• Page 24 - Commander Douche
• Page 25 - Angelfoxdreamer

Read more for instructions on printing your own copy.

Photo by NaredoPhoto.

In a video I made about two weeks ago, I noticed that there were two Krystals at Montréal ComicCon in July 2019. This other Krystal turned out to be Technicolor Cosplay's first appearance as Krystal in a new, custom-made Kigurumi costume.

Heavily inspired by Ayano's work, Technicolor Cosplay 3D printed the mask, created the Assault suit from scratch, and constructed the wig from other wigs. The tail was custom work too.

Technicolor Cosplay and Moonllita at the same convention.

This was Technicolor Cosplay's first time making a cosplay mask and probably some of the other costume parts. The mask is getting upgrades in the future, as is the jumpsuit. Check out the credits for the cosplay. Hope to see further improvements as time goes on.

Technicolor Cosplay's next Krystal appearance will be at Edmonton Expo (September 20-22, 2019). You can follow the progress and get tons of WIP and photoshoot photos at the official Facebook page.

Zygart uploaded some behind-the-scenes footage from the animation and motion capture experiments for Starlink, featuring multi-talented animator, actor, and artist Rundeep Khaira. I love this WIP stuff!

Here's some initial footage for Fox's character intro posted by Rundeep Khaira himself.

He seems to have done a lot of mo-cap for the game, even for the human characters. Also, check out his ArtStation gallery, where he posted tons of renders!