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is a fictional character from the Star Fox series of video games. He was created by Takaya Imamura. As his name implies, he is a fox (although anthropomorphized), and the protagonist of the Star Fox series; despite confusion that he was originally understood to be a human whose name was Fox, Imamura has since made it clear that he is indeed a fox. According to Star Fox 64 Player's Guide, Fox's image was modeled after the Japanese god Inari's foxes (kitsune), though they are white while McCloud bears Red Fox markings. Fox even wears a red "bib" around his neck, much like the statues at the Inari shrines.

Fox McCloud hails from the planet Corneria in the Lylat System and pilots the Arwing space ship as leader of the mercenary Star Fox team, summoned by General Pepper. He is the son of the James McCloud, founder of the Star Fox team. In Star Fox 64, his father was captured by his archnemesis Andross.

In Star Fox and Star Fox 64, Fox was around the age of eighteen, and was naturally still learning. Now he has become an expert pilot in his late twenties, and is much more confident, as evident in his appearance.

In Star Fox 64, he was voiced by Mike West (Contrary to popular belief, Charles Martinet did not provide the voice for Fox, nor was he even involved with the game). In the Super Smash Bros. series, Fox's voices were done by Shinobu Satouchi. For English dialogue of Super Smash Bros. Melee and Star Fox Adventures, Fox's voice was done by Rare's Steve Malpass. In Star Fox: Assault, his voice was done by Jim Walker.

Physical appearance

Fox wears a flight jacket and a communications helmet in Star Fox, Star Fox 2, and Star Fox 64. This can also be seen in the games Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Adventures, his look was updated. He loses the helmet and puts on a red scarf and zips open his jacket. He also wears some hard metal boots and switches his pants color from gray to green. He also wears a knee pad on his left leg. In Star Fox: Assault, Fox wears all green and a white jacket, apparently lightly armored. He also wears more pads on his elbows and knees and has a communicator on his arm. He also has a back pack for carrying items, including rock candies and Krystal's Staff in Adventures to weapons in Assault.

Appearance in games

Fox McCloud has been featured in several games, beginning with the original Star Fox for the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom:

Star Fox (Scrolling Shooter, 1993, SNES
)
Star Fox 2
(Unreleased Scrolling Shooter, 1995, SNES
)
Star Fox 64 (Scrolling Shooter, 1997, N64
)
Super Smash Bros. (Fighting Game, 1999, N64
)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (Fighting Game, 2001, GCN
)
Star Fox Adventures (Adventure Game, 2002, GCN
)
Star Fox: Assault (Scrolling Shooter, 2005, GCN
)

Fox also has small cameos in other games, notably Stunt Race FX, where a portrait of him can be found in track-side billboards. In F-Zero GX, a Fox McCloud custom paintjob can be applied to the vehicles. Another cameo is in Super Mario RPG where his Arwing can be seen on a crate.

Star Fox

In the original game, Fox is still an amateur pilot and learning. His father has gone missing after pursuit of Andross, and was last seen around the Awesome Black Hole (a result of Andross' experiments) before his disappearance. Fox has decided to step up and take control of the Star Fox Team. Soon, he and the rest of the Star Fox team are hired by General Pepper to stop the threat of Andross. Star Fox currently consists of Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, and Slippy Toad. With a strategic route in mind, they tackle Andross' forces until they reach the planet Venom. After several more hardships, Fox decides go to Andross' base alone at the last moment. He goes against Andross in the final battle alone, and successfully defeats him.

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