Tomorrow (December 3rd, 2015), at 6PM PT (9PM ET), the Game Awards 2015 show will be broadcast live across the internet. Nintendo will have a presence there. It was hinted that they will show off some new things. Last year was an amazing spectacle and Mr. Aonuma showed some gameplay footage of Zelda for Wii U. This year? Who knows. It's not going to be the NX, but Star Fox, Smash Bros, and of course Zelda, are distinct possibilities.

Want to watch it with me? I'm going to hold a public chatroom while watching it so we can all see and react together, like we did for E3. As before, just go to the chatroom, choose a nickname, and use the password 'vixen'. Feel free to join the room early, though I might not be around (it's a public room, after all, so be careful). I plan to be ready in the chat around 15 minutes prior to the show start time. Hope to see you all there.

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A fact picked up on numerous news websites today, Mr. Yusuke Hashimoto, Platinum Games Director, and co-developer of Star Fox Zero, answered a tweet by Jordan Sweeto on August 16th.

‏@JordanSweeto Aug 16
.@PG_y_hashimoto Can we expect to see Krystal in Star Fox Zero at all?

To which, Mr. Hashimoto replied:

橋本祐介 ‏@PG_y_hashimoto
@JordanSweeto She won't show up this time, but I'd love to put her in a sequel if we'd get to make one!

So, an 11 year-old Krystal will NOT be in Star Fox Zero (expected), and Platinum would love to continue working on the Star Fox series (EXCELLENT!). Star Fox Adventures "reimagining" perhaps? :P

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Thanks to all who reported this, and a special thanks to 'earth being' for finding it first.

Well, here we are... We could be playing Star Fox Zero right now if it wasn't for Nintendo's old-fashioned ideas about "quality", and "value", and even, "releasing only when it's ready". Ha ha, ok, I can't keep writing this. Delays suck, but bad games suck more. If they need the extra time, they need the extra time.

In the meantime, what's a Star Fox fan to do? I mentioned earlier that the Falco Amiibo came out today, so you could use that with Smash (and see if it works with other games???). I REALLY wanted to have the Star Fox Assault Voice Acting page all ready to go in a nice sorting and searching capabilities, but it's simply not there yet (but I am working on it). Lastly, we talked about Layeyes's "Star Fox: Lylat Legacy" comic series before. What I didn't know was that he moved the comic's location and has been updating it consistently. (I thought he had taken a break from the project, when in fact he had just moved sites.) So, if you haven't started reading this EXCELLENT Star Fox comic, now's the time. You can find the whole thing so far on his dedicated comic blog.

Star Fox Zero wasn't released today thanks to a delay, but the previously scheduled Falco Amiibo was! I just picked mine up. Turns out it's a Best Buy exclusive Amiibo in America. However, it looked like they had plenty of stock. The Fox Amiibo is also getting restocked along with other older Amiibo due to rarity.

I'm planning to do a feature where I set up the Fox and Falco Amiibos on infinite stock in Smash Bros. and see which one comes out on top by the time they reach their max level. It should be pretty funny at first, with Fox and Falco not knowing what they're doing, but will quickly become fast-paced. Be on the lookout for that video in a week or so.

GoNintendo has just posted a huge list of media assets from the Nintendo Direct. That includes a ton of new Star Fox Zero images. There's pictures of the team, closeups of the new vehicles and modes, and, curiously, what look like ship textures and user interface textures used on the website. This in addition to a lot of images we've previously seen, but in different resolutions.

I say 'different' because the images are highly compressed, more so that we typically see. They look blockier than they ought to, even on the original versions of each image. However, this could have been an upload mistake somewhere along the line (either Nintendo or someone else). I'm looking into it. Update: They were compressed this way by Nintendo themselves. :(

See the Flickr Image Set for all the images.

Peppy Hare had a little Easter Egg in the latest Star Fox Zero trailer.

With the surprise reveal of one new character for Super Smash Bros., Cloud from Final Fantasy, Nintendo has teased a special presentation focused exclusively on Smash Bros. It's scheduled for next month. I expect we'll hear more about changes and DLC stuff (and probably even more stuff we aren't expecting) there. I'm excited.

Cloud is an interesting choice for sure. Definitely a popular and iconic character. I'm interested to see how he plays. He also represents new ground being the first Smash Bros. character never to previously grace a Nintendo platform.

Fan Speculation: START! Please try not to kill each other. :)

The delayed Star Fox Zero has a new release date: April 22nd, 2016. This was announced in the new trailer was shown off during the November Nintendo Direct. We also learned a couple of (I think) new things about the game.

• The remote controlled tethered robot that descends from the Gyrowing is called "Direct-i" (and has a very cute voice even in English)
• The Landmaster's flight mode is called "Gravmaster"
• The Landmaster can lock on to 3 enemies at the same time
• The Gyrowing is not a drone after all, but an actual piloted craft (Slippy is shown piloting it during the trailer)
• The cutscenes have a definite graphical upgrade over what we saw at E3
• No mention of Amiibo interaction or online modes, though

Here's a video of the part of the Nintendo Direct about Star Fox, including the parts after the trailer.

A brand new Nintendo Direct will air November 12th at 2PM Pacific Time. This is the first Nintendo Direct since Mr. Iwata's passing and should contain updates for this holiday season, and perhaps some stuff for 1st Quarter 2016. The presentation was explicitly NOT going to cover the Nintendo NX. What else? Who knows!

If they're going to announce the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot winners soon, this might be the time. I also expect them to talk about upcoming Amiibo announcements. After all, Mewtwo and Falco are coming in the next few days. I think they might also talk more about Star Fox Zero, specifically why it was delayed, and provide us with the new release date.

Official Stream - Check back tomorrow at 2PM PT

A fan-created episodic series based on the pre-Star Fox transition Dinosaur Planet is in the works. The team plans to recreate the story of Dinosaur Planet as closely as they can, since the game isn't going to come out. It's going to be a lot of work, but they have some basic animations already. They are looking for more "Animators, Artists, Sound Tech, and Voice Actors." If you want to help out, check out their sites.

• Official Site
• Series Tumblr

Thanks to Fire Yoshi for the heads up.