On a day like many others of my college winter break, I pulled the trigger and published the Krystal Archive on January 8th, 2006, after a couple weeks of furious work to build it. At 19 years online today, the site is the same age as Krystal was when she first stepped onto General Scales' Galleon in the intro to Star Fox Adventures for the Nintendo GameCube in 2002. What a ride!

I know it has been quiet around here of late. Real life took precedence over the site work. I even promised to do better last year, but I didn't manage it. This time, it's a little different. Work is not quite as stressful, as I have adapted to my new role. Also, I've committed to posting at least once a day as one of my New Year's Resolutions. So far (other than over the last weekend), I've kept it up and I have no intention of stopping anytime soon. I have more than enough content to post about, with many things stuck in backlogs that I never got around to posting. Get ready for some serious necro-posting! But hey, that's what it takes to be an "archive", right?

I can't fully express how thankful I am for those of you who have stuck around. I want to do right by you by posting more and interacting more.

On that note, there hasn't been a Krystal Archive Podcast episode since January 8th, 2020! 5 years ago!!! That's going to change soon. I'm planning to record a new episode this Saturday and post it when I get it edited. So, here's your time to shine. If you have any questions, comments, or things you want me to cover, please send them in! What were your favorite Krystal events that happened in the last 5 years? What do you hope to see in the future? Do you have any burning questions about the site or Krystal? Let me know! Comment down below with your question or comment, or email me at mrkrystal@gmail.com. Looking forward to read what you have to say.

The Star Fox Adventures voice actress for Krystal, Estelle Ellis, recently ran a successful campaign to create a support plush, designed after her Krystelle portmanteau character (Krystal + Estelle). I have in fact received mine in the mail.

Now, she appears to be working on a second plushie, this one with an extra add-on. Could it be a magnetically attached Staff prop? More updates surely to come on her Twitter/X Feed.

In a "blink and you'll miss it moment," Krystal makes a quick cameo appearance at 1:19 in TerminalMontage's latest crazy video about Crash Bandicoot.

This isn't the first time she's shown up in a video by TerminalMontage. She has also appeared in Vaporwave Dimension - Star Fox 64, Speedrunner Mario vs Melee Fox, and Something About The Subspace Emissary.

Is TerminalMontage hinting something? Could a "Something About Star Fox Adventures" video be on the horizon?

Jacob Sorrells' fan film was delayed and didn't quite make the intended release date of the 22nd Anniversary of Star Fox Adventures. But now, you can watch the film in full.

Jacob used his full body Fox McCloud cosplay along with Krystal's staff and a bunch of lego and plush-based props to recreate several scenes from the introduction to Star Fox Adventures, putting his own spin on some of the scenes and dialog. Pretty much all work from acting, to voices, to editing was done by Jacob. I think there must have been at least one additional camera operator, but pretty much everything else was Jacob.

This is one of the very few live-action Star Fox videos in existence. I hope to see more from Jacob and other creators.

After completing and releasing the previous Krystal mod for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, AngelTheVixen is at it again! This time, the legendary game is the GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess!

AngelTheVixen released a video in this tweet showing Krystal taking out numerous baddies. The tweet implies (confirms?) that Estelle Ellis is on track to provide her voice for the mod as well.

Not much detailed information is available yet beyond the ability to play as Krystal where players would normally control human Link. The game uniquely allowed Link to turn into a wolf. Not a humanoid wolf, an actual feral-style wolf. I wonder if this mod will allow a Wolf Krystal form.

Watch for further developments at AngelTheVixen's Twitter/X account.

This takes a bit of explaining, but dedicated fans have been working for the last few years on decompiling Nintendo 64 games. This means that they take the output ROM data from their games, and using advanced techniques, they attempt the imperfect and artistic task of reverse engineering that back into human-readable code. Once in this form, the games can be recompiled again, this time for any system, not just the Nintendo 64.

This appears to have been what happened with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time a while back with the Ship of Harkinian project. Now, people associated with that project, have done the same for Star Fox 64. Their code has been released at the Starship GitHub page. Using this code and your own (LEGALLY SOURCED!) Star Fox 64 ROM, you can compile the game for your own PC, Mac, Steamdeck, or other system.

The project also supports modding if you know what you're doing. This kind of thing can open the door for full-speed, HD versions of Star Fox 64. Remember, this is NOT emulation! It will play better than on an Nintendo 64 with no slowdowns or incompatibilities due to issues with Nintendo 64 emulators. (Well, that's the theory. There are still many issues on the project remaining.)

Who knows how Nintendo feels about this, but it would be very difficult for them to argue this is illegal, as the project has no copyrighted assets. I think the future of game preservation will have a large wing for things like this: reconstructing the original game's intent by rediscovering the code that made it. What do you think?

To all the fans of Krystal and readers of this site, I want to say Merry Christmas to you all. I hope you are well and enjoying your holiday, with family and friends where possible. I haven't been the most consistent this year with posts. Ok, I've been terrible. Life has been very busy for me. But I will not abandon you or the site. I'm going to go forward into the new year with a renewed focus on the site. Stay tuned.

UndyingNephalim will be joining the Twitch streamer FoxDaddy for an interview today (Saturday, October 12th) at 4PM PST (6PM CST) about the progress of the fangame Star Fox: Event Horizon, his plans for the future, Star Fox, and game development in general. You can watch the stream live below.

Stream is over, guys. Stay tuned for a replay once it's uploaded.

Hard to believe it's been so long! The love for Krystal remains strong. If you haven't checked it out recently, be sure to keep an eye on UndyingNephalim's Star Fox Event Horizon project. He's continuing to provide frequent updates.

Also, Jacob's Star Fox Adventures short film was delayed due to filming issues, but he will be releasing some scenes from it later today. You can watch the premier on his YouTube channel.

CamChu22 has made this custom Krystal figure (along with several others like a Fox McCloud) and wanted you all to see it! Check out the numerous poses on the first post and second post. Nice work, CamChu22.