# Star Fox Star Fox is Nintendo's rail-shooter series starring anthropomorphic pilot Fox McCloud, first launched on the Super Nintendo in 1993. The franchise built a devoted online fandom, particularly within furry communities, that produced fan art, fan fiction and fan games long after the original release, keeping the Lylat cast alive online well past the games' commercial peak. ## Origin The first game, titled Star Fox (released as Star Wing in Europe), shipped on the SNES in 1993, developed by Nintendo EAD and directed by Katsuya Eguchi[3]. Players piloted Fox McCloud in his Arwing to defend the planet Corneria from Andross, using the cartridge's Super FX chip for early polygonal 3D visuals[2]. A completed SNES sequel was scrapped ahead of the Nintendo 64 launch, and many of its ideas were folded into Star Fox 64, released on July 1, 1997[3]. That N64 entry introduced rival squad Star Wolf and became the reference point most online fans cite, later remade as Star Fox 64 3D for the 3DS on September 9, 2011[1]. - **Platform:** Super Nintendo (game) / Tumblr, Reddit, DeviantArt (fandom spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 1993 ## Overview The Star Fox fandom is centered on Fox McCloud and the pilots of Team Star Fox as they fight the ape scientist Andross across the fictional Lylat system[1]. Because the entire main cast is anthropomorphic, the series became a fixture within furry art communities, where fans redraw Fox, Falco, Krystal and Wolf O'Donnell in original scenarios well outside the games' own plot[3]. Beyond fan art, the fandom expresses itself through fan fiction archives, dedicated wikis and full fan games like Shadows of Lylat, plus long-running community sites such as Star Fox Online[3]. The series' quotable dialogue and ring-flying gameplay also filtered into wider internet slang, with Urban Dictionary logging repurposed uses of the name years after Star Fox 64's release[2]. ## How to Use Fandom activity typically follows a few common patterns: furry-style redraws of the pilot roster on DeviantArt and Tumblr, ship-focused fan fiction on FanFiction.net, and Lylat-set gameplay mods such as the fan game Shadows of Lylat[3]. In-jokes usually lean on quotable Star Fox 64 dialogue and Andross-era lore rather than the newer entries. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Star Fox? Star Fox is a Nintendo rail and scrolling shooter series starring anthropomorphic pilot Fox McCloud, first released on the SNES in 1993[3]. ### Where did Star Fox come from? The original game was developed by Nintendo EAD under director Katsuya Eguchi and used the Super FX chip for early 3D visuals on the SNES[2]. ### What does Star Fox mean? In the games, Star Fox is the name of Fox McCloud's mercenary flight squad defending the Lylat system from Andross[1]. Online, the name also picked up joke definitions on Urban Dictionary tied to the ring-flying gameplay[2]. ### How do you use Star Fox in fan communities? Fans typically produce furry-style art of the pilot roster, write fiction on FanFiction.net, and build community projects like Shadows of Lylat and the Star Fox Online fansite[3]. ### Is Star Fox still popular? The series still has active fan wikis, subreddits, DeviantArt tags and long-running fansites, and Fox McCloud still appears in Super Smash Bros. crossovers[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJxkJ_Ze6qM]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Star%20Fox]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/star-fox]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU-a6ZkF0io]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWyxVbOa5PA]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/star-fox Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library