ChickyBoy37 (Craig Beverlin) has been working on a Krystal puppet from scratch for a while now. He sent in some photos from the creation process, and a video "interview" with Krystal using voice clips from Alésia Glidewell. Check out the photos below to see the work in progress steps used to create the puppet.

Unlike the English Version, Fox shows actual outrage in the Japanese version of the Sauria Briefing cutscene. Seriously, it looks like he is about to rip somebody's throat out. Also, Krystal gets all offended. It's super cute! According to Peppy, "Aparoid Hatchers" are called "Aparoid Factories" in Japanese.

And here we have the mixture of Japanese footage with English voice acting and text. The lipsyncing is pretty good here. Actually, it's better than good in some places. It's almost like they did lipsyncing to the existing footage, then the developers changed to a different system in post-production.

Heads up! The Game Awards show will be starting in a little over an hour. If you want to watch it with us, head over to the events channel in our Discord Server. I don't expect any Star Fox, but there should be a couple of interesting announcements from Nintendo, and other key game developers across the industry. I'm hoping they release the Zelda DLC Pack tonight!

The Aparoids have attacked the dinosaurs of Sauria. Fox and Krystal head to the surface for their first couples' adventure on the planet where they first met.

Once again, this is the 4K (5K) English version of this scene from Star Fox Assault. I cannot WAIT to show you guys the Japanese/Mix version of this scene. So much more emotion and pretty good lipsyncing.

Several months ago, I posted about the_real_seal's Human Krystal Cosplay at WonderCon and Anime Expo 2017. She agreed to let me post full resolution photos of her cosplay to the Krystal Cosplay Group, provided I wait a while. That time has passed and I'm happy to report that over 60 photos of the_real_seal can be found in her album. Go check it out!

Photo by yo_ernie on Instagram. Thanks to the_real_seal for being awesome!

Gensou Ichida, aka kokorogensou, has uploaded a video essay about Dinosaur Planet, its history, the rising interest, and the potential for a fan or official remake. The essay is made up of two parts. In part one, Gensou goes over the history of development for the game. She covers the initial creations, and public appearances of the game, as well as the transition to Star Fox Adventures. Also covered is the extensive set of assets that have been gleaned from early copies of Star Fox Adventures.

Part two goes into more depth about the needs and challenges of a remake. This includes copyright issues, art asset creation, and programming. It includes more details about hidden story elements found within the source code that could be used to direct the story of the potential remake.

With over a decade of exploration and research into Dinosaur Planet, Gensou is one of the best sources of information on the long lost game. Though this essay doesn't cover everything, it is pretty effective at summing up the whole situation with Dinosaur Planet and the realistic problems a fan or official remake would have to overcome.

SchattenKitsune666 already released his updated MMD rig, but never got a chance to make a video demo, until a couple days ago. Here it is! It shows off Krystal's unbanded tail, ear physics, head jewelry, and a bunch of small fixes. Krystal sings and dances along to I Love You, My One and Only by Remix 8 (Japanese) from the game Rhythm Heaven Fever. I really like the way the animation works with this model. I think the next thing that could really improve her from here is to animate more of the mouth and hair. Right now, her mouth just opens and closes, without effecting the lips and cheeks. Meanwhile, the hair doesn't have the same expressiveness that the ears and tail now have. I hope to see even more improvements in the future.

Finishing out editing of his 1700+ photos, Vulpine Media has sent in 34 new photos of Ayano Harumaki as Krystal at Furry Fiesta 2017. The extremely high quality photos have been uploaded to Flickr. As before, they're in the Krystal Cosplay Group, as well as the Furry Fiesta 2017 album, starting with the image above. Thanks so much to Vulpine Media for being the photographer and editor. Thanks to Ayano Harumaki for modeling for us and letting us follow her around. Sorry for the huge delay in videos from the con. They're going to take a lot of editing.

Ayano Harumaki posted a short video on her Twitter yesterday. It's low quality, but this is the very first recorded time she wore the suit, Ayano stating that this was the first fitting! The video was recorded in her hotel room during Further Confusion 2010, the debut of the cosplay. So cool to see the beginnings of what would go on to become so popular and visible.

The SNES Classic came out a while ago, along with Prima's "Playing with Super Power" book. It's chock-full of Nintendo development documents, game info, trivia, fanart, and other fan activity features. Definitely worth a read. I didn't realize until weeks later that I had been mentioned in the book! Right there on page 309, under the Starfox-Online.net section. Probably the only time Mr. Krystal has (or will?) be mentioned in a book:

The book researchers are right on about the history of the site. Some of my interactions there led me to decide to create the Krystal Archive, since I had a lot of Krystal-specific knowledge and no good place to put it all. The original owner had disappeared prior to my joining the site in 2005 as a very active member. Then, in 2006, the site went down. The original owner had let things expire and we were unable to contact him. I volunteered to take up the mantle, and DZComposer asked to be a partner. Together, we built the site up to the beginnings of what it is today. I was largely in charge of site content and news, while DZComposer largely ran the forums. I worked on the site until 2010, a few months after the above screenshot was taken. Sadly, some disagreements about how the site should be run led me to voluntarily step down from an admin position. But, as you guys know, I didn't stop. The Star Fox news I might have otherwise posted there came here, to the Krystal Archive. I have even grander plans for Star Fox in the future, as well.

Plus, they showed a screenshot of my Starfox-Online theme, the height of internet technology at the time. :)

Meanwhile, it's not just me that was featured in the book. Our beloved blue vixen was mentioned too!

This might be old news to a lot of you, but I wanted to publish about this to make sure it's archived. Prima's "Playing with Super Power" book is for sale as a hardback for $27, softcover for $15, or eGuide for $10 (which is where I obtained the screens and text). The eGuide comes free with the purchase of a physical version.