Random Thoughts

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I like to think, even in a future with technology almost unimaginable more powerful than todays, that the old, ancient games will still be played. Like, true virtual reality and the most amazing graphics ever created exist, and some @$$hats are sitting around playing Space Invaders instead. On an old tv. With joysticks.

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The original Star Fox team.

Does this count for “photo’s taken before disasters”?

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Chameleons don’t really use their color changing ability for camouflage. It’s more based on mood/communication.

Leon’s usual coloring, green and yellow, means relaxed. Bright vibrant colors can either mean angry and agressive or happy and excited. Dark colors, like brown and black, means they are either stressed or too cold.

Chameleons can see in color spectrums we can’t, so they are probably even more colorful then we can perceive. And since regular chameleons communicate with color, Leon’s species probably has an entire actual language of it. Like, with verb tenses and such.

This is based on the the snes Star Fox 2 game descriptions of Star Wolf, which was posted a while back by outofthisdimension, so credit to them for that.

Anyway, in Pigma’s description it said he had a “fiendish strength”. I looked up how strong pigs were and yup, they’re pretty strong. They can uproot small trees and toss a fourty gallon water trough like it’s nothing. Their strength is mostly in the shouders and neck, but they can kick hard too. They’re very dangerous animals.

Pigma is basically the team’s “tank”. You would not want to get bodyslammed by him.

Man these designs are weird to look at. They’re so different from the designs I’m used to, but technically they came first. I kinda like them tho.

While drawing Leon, I noticed his eye’s look like watermelons and now I can’t unsee it.

Also, Pigma’s nose is shaped more like an upside down heart than later iterations. I love the way he emotes with his ears, too. They just fly all over the place and it amuses me.

Not much to say about Wolf. Though this design look like it could be the father of the Wolf we’re familiar with.

Apearently, Algy is some kind of lemur... I think.. it’s not a bad design, but what he is isn’t immediately obvious. I had that same problem with Andrew in 64, oddly enough. “Why is there a demon wearing a bucket on Star Wolf?” 64 graphics... did not serve him well.

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Since I already did one about where Star Wolf vacations, I thought I’d do one about Star Fox.

Star Fox enjoys the fair. More so the games and food than the rides. Given their profession involves piloting jets at hyper speed into intergalactic dogfights, most of the rides are too tame by comparison. They still go on them, though, just because.

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When building a spacecraft, the builders take into account a species abilities. For example, arboreal species are good at climbing and the structure would reflect that. Such as having poles instead of ladders and jungle gym bars down the halls. Unfortunately, I think that also can cause problems for aliens that can’t navigate such a specialized ship, where lacking the ability to climb or fly could be seen as a handicap.

Normally, it isn’t such a problem. Most ships are built with multiple alien species in mind. But Star Wolf isn’t above stealing ships and sometimes they run into these kinds of vessels. It’s usually only a problem for Wolf and Pigma, though.

Sometimes these types of ships are even built with the sole intent of dissuading thieves.

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So I was watching a video about frog facts, and learned about amplexus. It’s just hugging. That’s all frogs do, they don’t mate, the male frog just jumps on the females back and gives her a bear hug until she lays eggs.

Imagine the missunderstandings that must have occurred when Slippy’s family first moved to Corneria. I like to imagine Slippy moved there with his family when he was about high school age and met Fox. And he absolutely panicked the first time he saw some other students giving each other hugs. Fox had to explain that mammals don’t work that way. Slippy felt kind of embarrassed about the mistake.

Slippy: Sorry about that, Fox....

Fox: It’s okay, Slippy. You’re still pretty new here. If anything else confuses you, feel free to ask.

Slippy: Wait, if you don’t have amplexus then how do mammals-

Fox: Exept that!

Slippy’s so innocent.

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Both Wolf and Andrew are cold climate animals. As such, they don’t need to dress in snow clothes for ground missions in arctic conditions. Their normal attire is usually enough for them.

Pigma and Leon, not so much. Pigma lacks fur, but he’s still warm blooded. Normal arctic clothing is enough. It’s Leon who is the real problem. As a cold blooded lizard, normal warm clothing is pointless. It’s like wrapping a potato in foil and expecting it to bake in a fridge. He requires heated clothing in order to just survive on cold planets. It’s pretty much a life support system for him at that point and his life expectancy on cold planets is tied to the batteries he keeps in that backpack. He’s one malfunction away from death at all times.

Wolf, of course, is paranoid about that. He usually avoids bringing Leon entirely if he can help it. Even Pigma has him worried. Wolf is no stranger to the arctic. He’s run across frozen bodies in the snow, even witnessed some succumb to hypothermia and he’s seen quite a few people lose fingers and limbs to frostbite, too. He makes sure to stop periodically to check Leon and Pigma for any signs of hypothermia or frostbite, even when it slows the mission down. Much to everyone’s annoyance.

Andrew is mostly oblivious to all this. It’s his natural habitat and he sees the beauty in it more than the danger it poses to some of his teammates. He has yet to see the things Wolf has witnessed, though.

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These guys would make a great team.

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Dedicated to Star-foxxing-muses...

... Who, much like the Star Fox team, is probably regretting their life choices right now.

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Wolfens.

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If there’s one thing the entire Star Wolf team can agree on, it’s where to vacation at.

The Japanese Macaque, also known as a snow monkey, loves hot springs. Andrew is no exception. It’s kinda what they’re best known for, and it sets them apart from other primates.

Pigs, oddly enough, also love water. They are natural born swimmers and there’s even an island in the Bahamas called Pig Island because it’s inhabited by feral pigs. Pigs being good swimmers wouldn’t have been my first guess, as pigs are built like barrels with legs, but nature is weird like that.

Wolves, and dogs too, love water and can swim well. They’re the reason why it’s called the doggypaddle, after all.

Chameleons aren’t really big on swimming, but they can. Leon much prefers to sunbath while the others swim, though.

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You gotta wonder what was going through Fortune’s head when Pigma, Leon and Andrew showed up with that package. I mean, he looks pretty tall, and we can see from Star Fox standing next to Mason that everyone from the Lylat system is fun-sized. So the Star Wolf team had to be pretty tiny compared to him. And they just show up and ask him, one of the most dangerous outlaws in atlas, to deliver something.

And he actually does it.

It’s probably because they caught him so off guard, but he also seemed kinda intrigued by them and the cake. Curiousity might be a weakness of his.

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You’ve heard of t-posing... but what about... CAPITAL T-POSING?

Yeah, this one is not catching on. Peppy walked in on this terrible idea and just turned and left.

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Leon powalski

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Poor decision making at it’s finest

To be fair, Leon has the best aim of anyone on the team. Chameleons spent millions of years evolving those eyes for a reason, after all.

Don’t you hate it when you get to the top of a ladder, only to find you forgot something?

Pigma: Hey, can ya hand me that screwdriver?

Wolf: ... How about I give you advice for living longer, instead.

Pigma: Nah, screwdriver.

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I wonder what kind of stuff Wolf has walked in on. And you just know this isn’t the weirdest thing. By a long shot. His entire team is disaster prone. He often ends up with more questions than answers in regards to anything they do.

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Arwing.