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Falco Lombardi [[Star Fox (1993 video game)|Star Fox]] (1993)

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Falco Lombardi
Star Fox character
GameStar Fox (1993)
Created byShigeru Miyamoto
Designed byTakaya Imamura
Voiced by
Information
SpeciesAvian
OccupationAce pilot
AffiliationCornerian Army
Cornerian Defense Force
Free-As-A-Bird
Star Falco
WeaponBlaster
HomeCorneria

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Falco Lombardi[lower-alpha 1] is a character and a major protagonist of Nintendo's Star Fox series. He is an anthropomorphic avian created by Shigeru Miyamoto and designed by Takaya Imamura. He was introduced as a teammate and non-playable character in the original 1993 video game Star Fox. From each game, to varying extents depending on the entry, the player usually can’t control Falco in his Arwing. He is the cocky and self-assured ace pilot of the Star Fox Team, but deep down he cares deeply for his teammates.

Falco is a protagonist of several Star Fox games, comics, and other media. He has been featured in several other game franchises, including as a playable character in every installment of the Super Smash Bros. series, with the exception of the original Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64. Falco has received a positive response from fans, though his portrayal in the Super Smash Bros. series divided critics.

Design

Falco Lombardi is an anthropomorphic avian with blue feathers, with bright red dots around his eyes, he has a sharp blue tail, which, much like Fox, appears to be very short in Star Fox 64 and Command. His eyes are consistently shown to be green. He will occasionally wear large tanker boots over his legs when fighting on the ground. Takaya Imamura from the Star Fox development team noted that the anthropomorphic styling was to help players feel empathy towards the characters in Star Fox.[6] Falco’s outfit has changed in every game he appears in, but generally includes an orange or red jumpsuit under a pale gray flight jacket or combat vest and a headset. Nintendo has never officially cited Falco’s age or height in a game manual, but Nintendo Power released a card featuring Falco, which stated that during Star Fox 64 he is 19 years old, his height is 1.88 SM and his weight is 74.84 SK.[7] The SNES Star Fox soundtrack booklet stated that Falco’s height is 175 centimetres (5.74 ft) and his weight is 46 kilograms (101 lb).[8] Falco would be 27 in Adventures (as Adventures takes place just 8 years after the events of Star Fox 64), 28 in Assault (the game manual stated 1 year had passed since the conclusion of Adventures), and 30 to 31 in Command (exactly three years right after the conclusion of Assault).[9] Unlike Fox McCloud, Falco is much more arrogant, cocky, and sarcastic. He often looks down on Slippy Toad and makes sarcastic remarks whenever Fox saves him.[10][11] Despite this, Falco is loyal to the team and deeply respects Fox as a leader, despite rarely openly stating it.[12]

According to an interview, original Star Fox graphic designer Takaya Imamura revealed that the faces of the characters on Team Star Fox are actually based on staff members that worked on the game. They stated that Falco was based on designer Tsuyoshi Watanabe, stating "Falco is Watanabe. At the time, we laughed over how his nose sticks out like a beak!"[13] According to Dylan Cuthbert, Falco was the first character to get his name chosen, already having his name planned by the time he was asked by his Nintendo colleagues what “good sounding, English names” to call the other 3.[14]

Unlike the voice actor consistency with other Nintendo characters, such as Mario, several different individuals have contributed their vocals for Falco. He was first voiced by Daniel Owsen in Star Fox, in both the English and Japanese versions of the game. His most consistent English voice actor has been Bill Johns, who first portrayed the character in the localized release of Star Fox 64 and Star Fox 64 3D. He has since then consistently voiced Fox, supplying the character with his voice for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Star Fox Zero, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In both the Japanese release of Star Fox 64 and Super Smash Bros. Melee, Falco was voiced by Hisao Egawa.

There was a fan theory that Falco Lombardi, alongside the other three Star Fox members, had his legs amputated and replaced with metal prostheses;[15] Cuthbert stated that the characters' legs were not amputated,[16][17][18] and Miyamoto stated that the appearance of metal legs was a design choice rather than an indication that the legs were amputated;[19] he wanted the character to appear more human, and was unaware of the issues faced by fighter pilots at the time.[20]

Appearances

In Star Fox series

Falco first appears in Star Fox for the Super NES as the ace pilot of Team Star Fox, alongside Fox, Slippy, and Peppy. He and his allies face off against Andross and his empire. They also appear in Star Fox 2, a cancelled games released decades later. He and his allies later appear in Star Fox 64, fighting against Andross as well as Star Wolf, consisting of Wolf O'Donnell and notably Falco’s rival, Leon Powalski. In the game Star Fox Adventures, Falco is absent throughout most of the game, leaving to pursue being a freelance pilot. During the final boss against Andross, Falco comes back to assist Fox by shooting down Andross with Smart Bombs. A manga called Farewell, Beloved Falco, explains Falco's absence in Star Fox Adventures, with him getting a request from Katt Monroe. In the conclusion, Falco chooses to stay behind with Katt.[21]

In Star Fox: Assault, Falco and his allies are hired to defeat Andross' nephew, Andrew Oikonny, who started a rebellion. They also face off against the Aparoid race, led by the Aparoid Queen, with assistance from Star Wolf.

In other media

Outside of Star Fox series. Falco Lombardi has appeared in four of the five Super Smash Bros. games as an unlockable playable character. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he is light and has the best jumping height in the game, surpassing Luigi and Zero Suit Samus, and has fairly weak attacks that allow for a number of combos. His attacks include a blaster, a dash attack, a hexagonal reflector (also called the "shine") which he kicks forward in later games,[22] the "Falco Phantasm” attack, and the Landmaster tank as a "Final Smash". Fox and Wolf also have similar movesets. In competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee, Falco is considered to be one of the best characters in the game,[23] utilized by a lot of top players, such as Leffen and Joseph "Mango" Marquez, although his slightly slower movements compared to Fox make him a little tricky to handle without practice.[24] Falco also re-appears alongside the rest of the Super Smash Bros. cast in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and is based on his Star Fox Zero design. Unlike in Brawl, Falco’s "Final Smash" makes use of the Arwing vehicle instead.[25] He also makes a playable appearance in the Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and was added to the game alongside his teammates, Peppy and Slippy.[26][27][28][29]

Reception

Since the release of the original Star Fox, Falco Lombardi has received generally mixed-to-positive reception. While being a fan-favorite character for most Star Fox fans,[30] some critics weren’t a fan of his arrogant and condescending personality,[31] but critics did think he was a more useful character than Peppy Hare and Slippy Toad, and thought his appearance was a little bit stale compared to the others. However, he was praised by critics for being more reliable than most other characters. UGO Networks listed Falco as one of the top twenty-three second in commands in entertainment, characterizing him as a "dick", but the most reliable character in the Star Fox series.[32] CraveOnline ranked Falco as the tenth "Greatest Nintendo Characters" describing him as the Han Solo to Fox McCloud's Luke Skywalker.[33] Falco was also placed among by GamesRadar in a list of 10 sidekicks that deserve their own video games.[34] Because of his personality, Falco has been placed on many of the "douchiest" video game characters lists. He was ranked sixth on Joystick Division's "The Top Ten Biggest Douchebags in Video Game History".[35] Similarly, Complex listed him on their list of 25 "douchiest" video game characters, as "Falco's ego was too big for the team".[36]

His appearances in the Super Smash Bros. games was also met with mixed reception. Jeremy Parish of Polygon ranked 73 fighters from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate "from garbage to glorious", listing Falco as 27th and stated that "You get the impression Falco ended up in Smash against his own better judgment, and you can’t help but respect such a well-developed sense of duty even as you sympathize with his frustrations."[37] In a more critical analysis, Gavin Jasper of Den of Geek ranked Falco as 55th of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters, criticizing and stating that "Falco does the same as Fox moves", and claiming the character design was a "waste."[38]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ファルコ・ロンバルディ Hepburn: Fokkusu Makuraudo?

References

  1. ↑ "Star Fox Voice Cast Interviews". Geek Melee. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2020. Interviews with the English voice cast of Star Fox 64 & Zero.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Falco Lombardi Voices (Star Fox)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 November 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  3. ↑ HAL Laboratory. Super Smash Bros. Melee. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 0:32 in, Voice. Search this book on
  4. ↑ HAL Laboratory. Super Smash Bros. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 0:52 in, Voice. Search this book on
  5. ↑ HAL Laboratory. Super Smash Bros. Melee. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 0:25 in, Voice. Search this book on
  6. ↑ Tan, Xinyi; Tan, Chin (2022-11-22). "Empathy in game design - Exploring a human-centric approach in designing engaging video game experiences". Journal of ICT in Education. 9 (2): 123–136. doi:10.37134/jictie.vol9.2.9.2022.
  7. ↑ "Falco Lombardi card". Nintendo Power. 1997. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  8. ↑ Profile page of soundtrack Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine from game-ost, Page with data on Star Fox Crew Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "Star Fox Command Interview". The Hylia. 2007-01-25. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ Nintendo EAD (April 27, 1997). Star Fox 64. Nintendo 64. Falco: I'll take the sky any day. / Slippy: Sheesh, Falco! You, too? Search this book on
  11. ↑ Nintendo EAD (April 27, 1997). Star Fox 64. Nintendo 64. Falco: Gee, I've been saved by Fox. How swell. Search this book on
  12. ↑ Rare Ltd. (September 23, 2002). Star Fox Adventures. Nintendo GameCube. Falco: Hey McCloud! Different time, different planet, and you still need Falco's help. It's good to see ya, buddy. Search this book on
  13. ↑ Gilyadov, Alex (September 7, 2017). "Star Fox Characters Use Nintendo Legends' Likenesses". IGN. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Star Fox dev reveals how the crew got their names". My Nintendo News. March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  15. ↑ Reeves, Ben (January 29, 2013). "The Bizarre World Of Nintendo's Star Fox". Game Informer. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2026. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  16. ↑ Nolan, Liam; Guzman, Lynette (November 22, 2024). "Star Fox Characters Legs Aren't Amputated, According to Designer". cbr.com. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  17. ↑ Exchange on Twitter: In response to: @dylancuthbert dunno anyone asked, but do you know if the Starfox crew had robotic legs or were they hi-tech boots? Archived November 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine - Cuthbert: High tech boots - it'd be a bit weird to say the least if they all had no legs :) Archived April 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
    In response to: Sorcerer Lance: it's been a long-standing fan theory seeing the old puppets & art they had their legs amputated to reduce blood flow to withstand g-forces Archived November 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Cuthbert: Lol that's pretty hard core for Nintendo :) Archived November 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine - This is Dylan Cuthbert's official Twitter account. Retrieved on March 11, 2026.
  18. ↑ From this YouTube video: "Star Fox's Legs Weren't Cut Off - 5 Facts & Busted Myths from Series' Co-Creator Dylan Cuthbert Archived April 25, 2018[Date mismatch], at the Wayback Machine". Game Xplain. May 24, 2016: Starts at 2:45 - Cuthbert is being livestreamed playing the game and is directly answering that the legs have not been amputated.
  19. ↑ JWittz (March 3, 2016). Interview with Miyamoto: Star Fox Zero. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Speaking of Star Fox's crew[...]do they amputate their legs[...]or is that just a design, is everyone crazy? Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) (exchange begins at 7:54) - Miyamoto chooses the answer that this is a design choice, and his translator explains this in English.
  20. ↑ The Game Theorists (March 3, 2016). Game Theory SPECIAL: Miyamoto Reveals Star Fox Secrets!. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help) (exchange begins at 7:08)
  21. ↑ "Mario & 9 Other Nintendo Characters You Didn't Know Had Manga Adaptations". 3 February 2021. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2026. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  22. ↑ "Falco - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U / 3DS Guide - IGN". IGN. December 20, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  23. ↑ "Smashboards Tier Lists". Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2026. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  24. ↑ "Falco - Super Smash Bros. Melee Guide". IGN. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
  25. ↑ "Falco Guide: Matchup Chart and Combos". Game8. December 1, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  26. ↑ "Everything Star Fox in Starlink - Starlink: Battle for Atlas Guide". October 18, 2018.
  27. ↑ Compendio, Chris (February 13, 2019). "Starlink: Battle for Atlas to Add More Star Fox Characters and Content for Switch". DualShockers. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Starlink: Battle for Atlas Spring Update Adds More Star Fox Missions, Playable Characters".
  29. ↑ "Peppy, Falco, and Slippy Leaked for Starlink: Battle for Atlas? - News".
  30. ↑ "Super Smash Bros. Brawl Characters". IGN. News Corporation. 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
  31. ↑ Duggan, Kyle (October 24, 2023). "20 Video Game Characters Who Would Fit Right Into Baldur's Gate 3". Hard Drive. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
  32. ↑ "Second in Command: Our Favorite Number Twos". UGO Entertainment. Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2009. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  33. ↑ Tamburro, Paul (21 November 2012). "Top 10 Greatest Nintendo Characters". CraveOnline. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  34. ↑ Henry, GR (5 December 2012). "10 sidekicks that deserve their own game". GamesRadar. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  35. ↑ Hawkins, James (August 12, 2010). "The Top Ten Biggest Douchebags in Video Game History". Joystick Division. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 20 July 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  36. ↑ Anyanwu, Obi (18 April 2012). "The 25 Douchiest Video Game Characters". Complex. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  37. ↑ Parish, Jeremy (2018-12-03). "We rank the Smash Bros. (and friends)". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  38. ↑ "Super Smash Bros. Characters Ranked". Den of Geek. March 7, 2019.



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