In a another video interview this morning, Mr. Miyamoto revealed a new play mode when asked about fan reactions to the upcoming Star Fox Zero. To his surprise, the amount of fan requests for certain characters to return was simply overwhelming, with the vast majority of fans demanding Krystal's return in some form, as well as a playable Wolf character.

"To be honest, I am just a little bit disappointed," Mr. Miyamoto said, laughing, "I have spent over a year polishing every aspect of this game, along with dozens of other team members. However, many players focus almost exclusively on the character roster. I think it is something we also see with Super Smash Brothers and the excitement of predicting who will be the next revealed fighter. Because of that, I think we are partly to blame for how much our players focus on our characters." Mr. Miyamoto went on to explain that he can somewhat empathize with players' interest in specific characters. He lamented that one of his favorites, Slippy Toad, is almost always looked down upon by players.

To address these demands, Mr. Miyamoto explained a plan he hopes will satisfy fans for now: "I think most of all they want to play as Krystal and Wolf. They want them very strongly. We were unable to add unique story paths for these characters, or any others, due to scheduling and development resources. Instead, we have added a special mode to Star Fox Zero." In this mode, players will be able to choose their favorite Star Fox character from any game in the series. During the various missions, every character and NPC in the game will be replaced with the character the player picked.

Mr. Miyamoto also volunteered a bit of information about how the voice acting of the 'favorites' mode will work. Only Falco, Slippy, Peppy, Wolf, and Krystal will be fully voiced with all the dialog. Any other character the player picks will simply use the existing recorded dialog for the character they are replacing. Fox McCloud, who was already the main character, will not have his alternate dialog when chosen in the favorite mode. The sheer amount of dialog required to allow every character to voice every other character was too great to accomplish in a reasonable timeframe or budget. However, visually, every character will be fully modeled in 3D, ready to step into any and all roles in the game.

Watch Full Interview - Favorites Mode discussion starts at 04:01

Happy April Fools Day everyone!

Thanks for all your comments! I thought no-one would be fooled after such a silly picture at the top of the post. For those of you fooled, be careful of believing things when they happen to be what you want to hear.

This was released today. I suspect it will be used as the short trailer they show on the Nintendo product pages and perhaps in the Wii U eShop.

Looks like Ayano attended another event recently, and a bunch of photos are getting tweeted at her Twitter account. Head over there to see more shots of her Assault and Command suits with outer cosplayers and fursuiters.

Photo by Dream☆Characters, who also posted a ton of photos of Ayano.

The official Star Fox Zero websites, both the American site and the Japanese site, have been updated. The American site gained an amazing Story Trailer in which Fox narrates the history of the "Lylat Wars".

The Japanese site gained a list of the sectors in Lylat, which, if you can read Japanese, are:

• Planet Corneria
• Meteo α
• Area 3
• Planet Zoness
• Sector β
• Titania
• Sector γ
• Planet Fichina
• Planet Fortuna
• Sector Ω
• Venom

The American site will gain a page like this too, but it is currently listed as "Coming Soon", along with a page to contain "Media".

Sector names translated by GoNintendo.

We have some new gameplay footage from GameXplain. Click through below to see the videos. (Source)

Star Fox Zero megapost contains a bunch of stories that happened a while ago. Sorry I didn't get to post them individually, but I thought it would be good to post them for Archival reasons. This is the Krystal Archive after all.

GameXplain shows off the Retro Arwing mode you get when using the Fox McCloud Amiibo with Star Fox Zero. The sound effects and music also change when this Arwing is used. The transformed walker is like that found in Star Fox 2.

Nintendo Direct Media Assets Posted

GoNintendo posted all the media assets for the March 3rd Nintendo Direct, including a bunch of Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard screens, renders, and boxart. (Source)

Interview with Miyamoto about Star Fox Zero by TheJWittz.

• Wants to avoid spoilers, so not much significant data about the story.
• Focused on Star Fox 64 characters as a reimagining of the game.
• Miyamoto hopes fans will come to appreciate Slippy, who will have a special role in the game.
• Denied the idea that Star Fox team have metal legs.
• Blue Marine was skipped because it wasn't a good fit for the control scheme of the game.
• Miyamoto wanted to change his famous line "A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever." to "If you release a game in a bad state, you will always regret it."
• Used the delay for polish, obviously. However, initially they had made the game missions quicker, so that people would be able to play them in a single sitting in today's active lifestyle. However, fan feedback indicated that people actually did want longer, more epic missions. So that's what they did!
• They "aren't ready" to do online multiplayer for Star Fox yet, so it won't be in this game. Star Fox Guard, however, will have online play capabilities.
• Miyamoto had hoped to be approached for doing an animated Star Fox show using puppets like Thunderbirds, one of the original inspirations for Star Fox.
• They where very focused on making the game fun and accessible to new players while providing opportunities for mastery for skilled players.

Interview with Mr. Miyamoto about Star Fox Zero by Game Theory.

• Star Fox Zero was not originally a Star Fox game, but rather a model airplane prototype game that focused on using both screens in an interesting way.
• The Inari shrine's deity is one of good luck, which they also hoped would spell good things for the original Star Fox's financial success.
• The "barrel roll" was the result of a translation choice. In the Japanese version, it was just called "roll".
• Again, they denied that the Star Fox team have metal legs.

Arwing Transforming Amiibo Scrapped

GameInformer learned that there was an attempt to create a transforming Arwing Amiibo, like Transformers, except that it would transform from the Arwing to the Walker and back again. Unfortunately, they had to scrap the idea because the pieces would have been too small and unwieldy at that size, probably meaning parts broke off and the resulting small pieces would have been a choking hazard.

On the other hand, this means that it's technically possible to make an Arwing transformer like in the game, without pieces sliding through each other. Who's good at figuring out transformation patterns? Perhaps I could 3D print something. (Source)

Time Magazine's Look at Recent Star Fox Zero Changes and Facts

Check out this large article by Time, bolstered by interview questions, that sheds light on several aspects of Star Fox Zero's development, including things that have changed since the first delay.

Star Fox Zero gets Preorder Patch at Gamestop

If you preordered Star Fox Zero at Gamestop (like I did), expect to get this patch (while supplies last) when you pick up your copy. (Source)

Star Fox Zero Andross Face Revealed

Starfox Wikia managed to obtain the mugshot for Andross in Star Fox Zero. They probably got it from the Japanese Star Fox Zero site. (Source)

They go through all the previous games in virtual reality style. Star Fox 2 is absent, but what can you do?

Thanks to 17hockett for the heads up.

Europe is getting a Star Fox First Print Edition. Check out the video with character closeups.

Just a quick note for those of you planning to attend Furry Fiesta 2016 this weekend in Dallas Texas, I am going to be attending on Saturday, March 12th for that one day only. I don't have any presentations or meetups planned, but if you are going and want to say hello, send me an email and we'll work out a meetup.

Epic! Also, in case you missed it, check out the Nintendo Direct. Star Fox was their first topic, so start at the beginning!