In case you missed it, Nintendo has posted their Digital Event video where Star Fox Zero was initially revealed. See Miyamoto, Iwata, and Reggie as Star Fox character puppets too! Mr. Miyamoto also spends a while talking about the development of the game.

They're showing off high quality images of characters, screenshots, and the vehicles. See these and many more on Nintendo's E3 page!

Don't forget, Star Fox Zero comes out this Christmas!

Platinum Games, most recently famous for their work on Bayonetta 2, are the co-developers of Star Fox Zero. The director of Bayonetta 2 himself, Yusuke Hashimoto, is working on Star Fox Zero. Platinum Games are known for making extremely high quality games. Later today, they will be joining Treehouse Live to talk about the development of Star Fox Zero.

Nintendo lead with Star Fox, complete with a throwback to the original puppet inspiration for Star Fox. Arwings transform into a walker, Landmasters have a flight form, and the new Gyrowing with its tethered robot will be appearing. This is not a sequel or a remake, this is more prequel, set during the Star Fox 64 era (so no Krystal, but that's understandable). The game's visual style is simple, but complete-looking. Lots of epic large bosses and huge stages. Voice acting returns just like Star Fox 64. No announced release date.

Today's the day, my fellow Krystal and Star Fox fans! In less than one hour, we'll be seeing our first glimpses of the next Star Fox game (and maybe Krystal too, fingers crossed). Check the live stream (e3.nintendo.com or twitch.tv/nintendo) and join us in the chat for live reactions with your fellow fans.

Thanks to rhyfe2002 for the awesome art! (Original)

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It's finally time! Nintendo has prepared several big events for us. (All times are in Pacific time zone, use this for timezone conversions.)

First, on Sunday morning at 7:40AM, Nintendo will give a pre-E3 Smash Bros. Direct. Other than details on Lucas, I don't think we know what they'll be talking about. Here's to hoping it's announcements of Krystal (and other suggested character) DLC! Unfortunately, I won't be around to cover this one live, but I will be keeping my eye on the events as they unfold.

Later that day, starting Sunday sometime after 2:20PM, Nintendo will start up their pre-E3 Treehouse Live show. Don't expect many announcements from this one, but they will probably give a big overview of stuff already revealed.

Right after that, at 3PM, the Nintendo World Championships will start. We only know for sure that Splatoon will be playable, and that seven other secret games are on the roster. Since this competition starts before E3, I sadly don't think we can expect to see competitive play of the new Star Fox game.

Finally, the main event! 9AM on Tuesday, Nintendo broadcasts its Digital Event. This will probably where we get our first glimpse of Star Fox for the Wii U. Further announcements and gameplay footage should show up throughout the next two days.

Streams

All streams and video will be posted on Nintendo's official E3 site, e3.nintendo.com. Nintendo's official YouTube channel looks like it will broadcast the events as well.

Hanging Out

If you want to hang out with other Krystal and Star Fox fans, myself included, I have a group chatroom ready to go. I will post it tomorrow. No need to sign up or anything.

DanSweeto posted a video explaining very quickly the main reasons why we want Krystal in Smash. Of course, everyone here has already voted for Krystal (YOU DID RIGHT?!), but this video is just so well done, I wanted to show you all.

Thanks to Santos for the heads up!

For the Krystal Archive Podcast Episode 35.5, I proudly present my interview with Estelle Ellis, the original voice of Krystal and several other characters in Star Fox Adventures. She was employed at Rare right before the big transition to Microsoft ownership, so she is able to provide an interesting perspective to the work environment at Rare as it changed.

Sorry this took so long. I recorded the interview in 2012, but editing it took about a week of work, which is why it's taken me so long to get around to it. Some of the information is a bit dated, but still interesting.

Please enjoy!

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