History VideoGame / StarFox1

* FauxActionGirl: Fara Phoenix, due to being a mix of LeeroyJenkins and a BadassDamsel.

* {{AntiHero}}es/JustLikeRobinHood: The Star Fox team was this in the beginning of the main story, having been [[TheExile exiled]] to Papetoon, and robbing Andross's scows to give aid to Papetoon's oppressed people.

''Star Fox'' (released as ''Starwing'' in Europe) was the very first of the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' series. It was released in 1993 simultaneously as a SuperNES video game and companion comic series; the comic actually began publication before the game itself was released, providing the first introduction to the game's story, setting and characters.

''Star Fox'' (game and comic) provides examples of:

* StopHelpingMe: Falco loathes having to be helped by Fox, even if he really needs it.
-->'''Falco:''' ''(after being saved)'' Mind your own business, Fox!

* {{Anti-Hero}}es/JustLikeRobinHood: The Star Fox team was this in the beginning of the main story, having been [[TheExile exiled]] to Papetoon, and robbing Andross's scows to give aid to Papetoon's oppressed people.

* DownerEnding: When you complete the game with just Fox [=McCloud=] left in the squadron. (See AnyoneCanDie and VideogameCrueltyPotential)

* NeverFoundTheBody: The sabotage that created the [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]] caused sucked Fox [=McCloud=] Sr. into it. [[spoiler:He lived.]]

* DownerEnding: When you complete the game with just Fox McCloud left in the squadron. (See AnyoneCanDie and VideogameCrueltyPotential)

* ItsUpToYou:
** WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou:

* AnyoneCanDie[=/=]FinalDeath: Unlike in ''64'', any of your wingmates can die. If they die, it's permanent for the rest of the game.

* TheExile: Fox [=McCloud=] Jr. and his companions were originally {{Ace Pilot}}s in [[RedShirtArmy Corneria Defense Force]]. But after the incident that created the [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]] and caused his father's disappearance, Fox and his friends protested. Cornerian leadership was terrified of Andross's growing power on Venom, and exiled the crew to Fox's ancestral home planet Papetoon to try to avoid Andross's wrath. [[FromBadToWorse It didn't work]], and Venom soon conquered Papetoon and invaded Corneria, turning the latter into a tense warzone while Fox and his friends spent the next few years just trying to hide and survive. At the beginning of the main story, General Pepper suspended their exile and they smuggled themselves back to Corneria.

* TheExile: Fox [=McCloud=] Jr. and his companions were originally {{Ace Pilot}}s in [[RedShirtArmy Corneria Defense Force]]. But after the incident that created the [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]] and caused his father's disappearance, Fox and his friends protested. Cornerian leadership was terrified of Andross's growing power on Venom, and exiled the crew to Fox's ancestral home planet Papetoon to try to avoid Andross's wrath. [[ItGotWorse It didn't work]], and Venom soon conquered Papetoon and invaded Corneria, turning the latter into a tense warzone while Fox and his friends spent the next few years just trying to hide and survive. At the beginning of the main story, General Pepper suspended their exile and they smuggled themselves back to Corneria.

* {{Badass}}: This game was actually moderately ''more'' {{Badass}} in characterization than the {{Narm}}ier characters in ''StarFox64''.

** RecurringBossTemplate: The Attack Carrier returns in Star Fox 64. Phantron and Plasma Hydra were combined and put in StarFox2. Monarch Dodora is in StarFoxCommand.

** 28-year old Falco was originally almost a decade older than his 19-year old rebooted persona in ''StarFox64''. He was not a {{Bishonen}}, and his head sported more of a feather mohawk than the pointy tip in his later appearance. All this accomplished to make him more of a BigBadassBirdOfPrey and certainly more masculine in appearance. It was specifically ''this'' incarnation of Falco that was specifically {{Expy}}ed as Eric Bradley Hawthorne in ''TheClassMenagerie'' ([[HilariousInHindsight also]] AmbiguouslyGay). One thing that didn't change much about Falco's characterization, was that he was OnlyInItForTheMoney in both incarnations, and [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules much to the annoyance]] of pre-reboot Fox.

* ThePowerOfRock: Thanks to music by Hajime Hirasawa, who left Nintendo after working on this game. The 1993 game and unreleased 1995 game had a much greater share of rock-themed soundtrack than ''StarFox64'' or its sequels. Some of Hirasawa's compositions were rearranged for ''SuperSmashBros Brawl'', both by him and by fellow composers like KenjiIto.

* TheSixthRanger: Fara Phoenix, though she was only shown in the comics. Originally the developers intended to include her as a playable character in ''StarFox2'', but she ended up being replaced by Fay and Miyu.

* {{Anti-Hero}}es JustLikeRobinHood: The Star Fox team was this in the beginning of the main story, having been [[TheExile exiled]] to Papetoon, and robbing Andross's scows to give aid to Papetoon's oppressed people.

** GetBackHereBoss: While all of the bosses except for a few are fought while flying, two bosses are very notable in this. Professor Hangar will flee whenever enemies show up and the first fight with the Great Commander has the two of you flying past each other, trading blows, and turning around and repeating the process.

* CuteEmUp: The level 'Out of This Dimension' is to the rest of the game what ''{{Parodius}}'' is to ''{{Gradius}}''.

** DamageSpongeBoss: The exceptions listed in AttackItsWeakPoint, except for [[spoiler: the Slot Machine.]] Professor Hangar plays this COMPLETELY straight, having an incredibly large amount of health. [[BreatherBoss: He's a VERY easy target, though.]]

** DamageSpongeBoss: The exceptions listed in AttackItsWeakPoint, except for [[spoiler: the Slot Machine.]] Professor Hangar plays this COMPLETELY straight, having an incredibly large amount of health. He's a VERY easy target, though.

** BossSubtitles: [[AllThereInTheManual: In the manual.]]

* FunWithAcronyms: It's uncertain whether the '''S'''uper '''FX''' chip was named after '''''S'''tar '''F'''o'''X''''' or vice versa.

* BadassFurry: This game was actually moderately ''more'' {{Badass}} in characterization than the {{Narm}}ier characters in ''StarFox64''.

* FauxActionGirl: Fara Phoenix, due to being a mix of LeeroyJenkins and a BadassDamsel

* FauxActionGirl: Fara Phoenix.

* SpeakingSimlish: Since there was very little in the way of voice acting, most vocal speech and inflection was simulated this way, and was one of the game's more memorable features. Regardless of what characters had to say, they said it one of only a few different varieties of moderately expressive gibberish. However, there were a handful of English language sound clips, including General Pepper saying "Goodbye!" at the briefing screen, Fox saying "Let's Go!" at the continue screen, and a few lines of voice-acted script of Fox and Pepper in the game's ending.

* SpeakingSimlish: Since there was very little in the way of voice acting, most vocal speech and inflection was simulated this way, and was one of the game's more memorable features. Regardless of what characters had to say, they said it one of only a few different varieties of moderately expressive gibberish. However, there were a handful of English language sound clips, including General Pepper saying "Good luck!" at the briefing screen, Fox saying "Good luck!" at the continue screen, and a few lines of voice-acted script of Fox and Pepper in the game's ending.