This is pretty much it! The Miiverse is shutting its doors forever tomorrow evening. Backing up the Krystal posts on there has consumed my weekend, which is why I didn't post the last two days. I want to let you know that, as of this evening, we have downloaded over 2000 Krystal-related posts and replies!

I'm finishing up some testing related things, making sure my downloads are working and complete. Those of you who are still trying to send me Krystal posts, we're waiting on them (you know who you are). Sometime late afternoon, we will try to download the last remaining Krystal posts we are able to find, then it's lights out for the Miiverse.

Once I get a chance to check, cleanup, and organize the content, the Krystal Archive will be hosting a backup of all these posts. None of the links will work, but the pages, images, and replies will all look pretty much exactly the way they always did (plus some improvements).

Though it won't be visible for much longer, here's the source of the image above. The art is by CommanderD, a reader of the site and big Krystal fan on the Miiverse.

See you, Space Cowboy...

Remember how I won that auction a while back for a Krystal figurine by Golab08? It took a while to get here all the way from Poland. But it's here! I've actually had it for a couple weeks, but never had a chance to post about it. It's pretty cool to look at up close. At about 5 inches tall, it's got just enough room for some detail work on the tattoos, armor, and eyes. Golab08 did a fine job with this hand-painted sculpture.

This week's Star Fox Assault cutscene is another from the Sargasso level. After Star Fox defeats Star Wolf, Panther gives in to Krystal and reveals Pigma's location. This video is 4K, or rather, 5K because of the 4:3 aspect ratio.

In these type of in-game cutscenes, there's no difference between the Japanese and English visuals, save for the on-screen text. But I've included the Japanese version anyway.

I'm very happy to finally show you this most excellent Krystal commission from Hollulu (Monica "Holly" Grover). Her cute, yet realistic style is one of my favorites, to say nothing of her lighting and shading abilities. Just wonderful!

She sent me several sketches during the commission project to get ideas for what to go forward with. You can see those sketches below. We ended up going with a combination of the inside-the-Arwing Option C, with a slightly less serious expression found in other sketches.

As I usually do with my Krystal commissions, I want you guys to have the full resolution. So here it is. You can download the full size image, an astounding 5700 by 3900 pixels! Also, there's a tiny hidden surprise somewhere in the image that can only be found by looking at the full size image. Post in the comments if you can find it.

Please visit Hollulu's gallery for other great artwork. If you'd like to leave her a comment about this Krystal commission, visit the Krystal Commission page in her gallery.

In the spirit of Halloween, here's radroadmeat's Krystal facepaint, part of her 31 days of Halloween project from 2015. The idea is that she paints up her face as a different character every day of the month in October. She did Krystal here, as you can see, on October 9th, 2015. I really like the fur texturing she did. Somehow I missed this when it happened two years ago, but I'm rectifying that now. Happy Halloween!

Here's a short little picture story about an overworked Fox McCloud. Everyone comes to support Fox. Everyone.

Video by 梨月みの (S_mino930). Have a look at all the images.

PS: Sorry this was posted so late. I'm feeling a bit like Fox right now.

Once again, I will be attending Nightmare Nights, a brony convention in Dallas, TX. It's the very last year the convention will take place, and they're pulling out all the stops. So am I. I'll be cosplaying the whole time!

It will last all weekend, and I'm about to head there now. As a result, I won't be posting or responding much. Don't worry, though. Regular posts will resume Monday, including some really cool stuff. Thanks for your patience.

When a you try to access a page that doesn't exist on a website, servers send back a 404 error. Optionally, they can send back a page explaining the situation, and many sites use this space to be creative. In fact, the Krystal Archive 404 page does just that!

Anyway, Reddit user NicoDarunia discovered that the official European Nintendo website features a Peppy Hare-themed 404 page, complete with a button that makes the website do a barrel roll.

Try it yourself: Go to the official Krystal Smash Bros Announcement page.

There are a few hiccups, but you can actually play Switch games with GameCube controllers via the USB GameCube Controller adapter. This support came with the 4.0 update to the Switch system software. There are two obvious use cases:

1. A new Smash Bros
2. GameCube Virtual Console

There's a third possibility too: Nintendo may be opening up the Switch to allow it to work with any USB gaming controller in an effort to give developers more options for porting.

I don't know about you guys, but the GameCube controller still remains one of my favorite game controllers ever made. Plus, I'm excited for a new Smash or GameCube Virtual Console games. Of course, two out of the three Star Fox games with Krystal as a playable character are on GameCube.

Discovered by Master Mewking. Video by GameXplain. News via GoNintendo.

Update: Looks like the third option was closest to the mark. Nintendo didn't even know they were enabling GameCube controllers. It was a byproduct of planned future support for third party controllers.

Here's a slightly older MMD by SchattenKitsune666 featuring different Krystal and Renamon rigs from before. SchattenKitsune666 converted the rigs to work with MMD. I would link to the original models, but they are NSFW.

The song is "Good Night" by 드림캐쳐.