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His 'Captain' title is rumored to originate from his possible status as an officer in the Internova Police Force in the past. He is also known as the game's main character.Ĭaptain Falcon is described as 'an accomplished F-Zero pilot, a renowned and talented bounty hunter', and is also an eccentric man in his late thirties (36 in F-Zero X and Melee, 37 in F-Zero GX). In all these appearances, Captain Falcon and his machine are touted as the most balanced and easy-to-play-with machine for that game, so players of a new F-Zero game almost always play as Captain Falcon first. Melee, and his most recent 'main' design is in F-Zero GX for GameCube.

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Ĭaptain Falcon's design and backstory would be revised in future iterations of the F-Zero series his design in F-Zero X for Nintendo 64 would be used for his appearances as a playable fighter in 1999's Super Smash Bros. Zero, and Captain Falcon's Falcon Flyer and his status as a reputable bounty hunter. Stewart, Pico and Samurai Goroh alongside their respective futuristic racing machines, the F-Zero Grand Prix's announcer Mr.

į-Zero was released in 1990 for the Super Famicom in Japan, and in 1991 for the SNES.

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Due to this comic gaining an overwhelmingly positive response from Nintendo of America, it was included within F-Zero's game manual and, in Imamura's assumption, was the reason as to why Captain Falcon became the series' de facto mascot. Although Imamura does not recall why his prototypical captain character was no longer sought to be the SNES' mascot, he nevertheless created concept art of F-Zero's four racers.ĭuring a discussion regarding the game's packaging, Imamura decided to depict these racers in an eight-page comic that used an American comic book art style, instead of reusing their original designs. Following on the requester's naming suggestion of 'captain', Imamura also sought to use a red, blue and yellow color scheme for the character, in reference to the Super Famicom's controller buttons. Near the end of F-Zero's development, the game's designer, Takaya Imamura, sought to create a character in response to an internal request for a mascot to represent the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). His voice actor throughout the Super Smash Bros. series despite F-Zero's status as a lesser-known Nintendo franchise. His highly offensive playstyle, signature moves (most notably his Falcon Punch) and memorable quotes have made him a fan favorite character across the Super Smash Bros. Īs a member of the ' perfect-attendance crew', Captain Falcon has been featured as a playable character throughout the Super Smash Bros. Renowned throughout the Milky Way Galaxy as both a bounty hunter and racer, Captain Falcon is also the F-Zero series' de facto mascot. Official artwork of Captain Falcon from F-Zero GX and F-Zero X.Ĭaptain Falcon ( キャプテン・ファルコン, Captain Falcon) is a character from the F-Zero series.

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