Fox's Moves - History Behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl

[@Musoumaru]

No explanation for Fire Fox? I think it's a reference to how the Arwing burns up with a trail of fire when it gets shot down.

[@TheRealZXXZ]

apparently 643D has referenced the Fire Fox in its multiplayer as a new power up where you can tackle enemies with your ships it's named after Falco's Fire Bird as well

[@MSKFan15]

I was thinking for Fire Fox. Knowing of what Slippy said on 7:50, it probably contributed to Fox, knowing the arwing can take temperatures, so can Fox.

[@BlueNinjakoopa553]

In Star Fox: Assault, Landmaster shots become blue when you get a laser upgrade.

[@nahor88]

2:49 Fox: "Bebadabadabada!" Rest of team: O_o 17:30 Falco: "Lemme know if you get lonely and I'll drop by." Fox: "Falco... I'm straight."

[@GuenterErde]

the blaster shot debuted in Star Fox 64, actually, only in multiplayer mode after doing some ridiculous things to get it. Some people even doubt its exsistance, but it's there.

[@chrisconrad4521]

This is way longer than it has to be.

[@MorganJaneP]

Krystal:Fox! I`ve got enemies on my tail! Fox:Wait a sec,I`ll just look at my beautiful Landmaster a bit more.

[@starfox329]

Are you kidding me?! Everything from StarFox Assault was awesome, including all the voice acting!!!

[@AlakazamMast3r]

7:09 #doabarrelroll

[@JEST7STARS]

A couple of other things I noticed are that: 1. If you've ever seen multiplayer in Star Fox: Assault and taken a look at the blaster fire, it's pace is incredibly fast at times, which is likely where SSBB Fox got it from, and... 2. Notice the Arwing as Fox gets out of it in the starting animation. Its wings are open, which is a sign that Fox was buzzing around near the stage before the battle, possible combating another threat. Great video! I look forward to seeing more! :)

[@jasmin8ter2010]

7:16 Link used Bow! It's not very effective... Link's hit with recoil! Why did I just use Pokemon talk for a Zelda character?

[@brixxter8340]

DO A BARREL ROLL! This is very nicely done, as usual :D.

[@shutupandmarmalade]

spent an awful lot of time talking about the landmaster. the stuff about the blaster was very cool and informative, especially that you could go on foot in star fox 64 at all. never knew that before, and couldn't have figured it out through the 3ds version.

[@TheNineFiveSeven]

So in a way, Fox is a walking Arwing.

[@Kalificus]

I learn more in these videos than I learn in school.

[@AnnCatsanndra]

Come to think of it, the shape of the blue special effect ceneted at the barrel when firing the shots in Brawl's Landmaster, the blue form that appears briefly (not the shot itself) looks a lot like an Arwing.

[@rayanzaidi2793]

7:58 The Danger Alarm sound on Solar

[@extremechiton]

i also noticed that the barrel roll in ssbb uses the wings boosters to roll rather than the boosters under the treads like in star fox 64. which is most likely due to star fox assault.

[@CoolxBreese]

I was about to point this out too, but good call. I'd like to add that his Up-B move could also be based on Japanese mythology. Kitsune are associated with fire and a will-o'-the-wisp is said to hold a portion of their magical power.

[@ArchSageDragonlord]

since it wasn't mentioned in the video and i see people asking how fox's b up relates to his games here's my guess. i think it comes from when fox is in his arwing and he loses all of his health the arwing catches on fire and then explodes when it crashes. since fox goes helpless after the move it's like when he loses all of his health he is "helpless" because he lost a life.

[@Dillo64]

Fire Fox is likely just based on the boost. Fox uses it to give himself that extra lift to help reach the edge of a stage much like he uses it in the games to avoid enemies and collisions. In other words, he uses the boost to get through. Fox Illusion meanwhile is likely based on the Warp Zones in Star Fox 64, where your ship left blue after images as it traveled through space/time to warp you somewhere else. Much like Fox's side B.

[@LakituAl]

@stewiedude59 There is also space for "Do a barrel roll!", "It's a trap!" and "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of gum".

[@chubzoid]

Yo. Great job on the video, but I noticed a tiny mistake! Star Fox does actually use his blaster in 64, just not in the main campaign. In battle mode, the final unlock for getting lots of medals is the ability to play as any of the characters on foot, with blaster in hand. Since it's difficult to unlock, it's understandable that you missed it! Keep up the good work!

[@chubzoid]

@superstarman9001 good deal! my internet was really terrible and cut out before that point in the video. :)

[@pirajacinto4]

Could it be possible that when the Landmaster drops down, it's to assume it's coming from the Great Fox, so in a way it has the ending of the 64 version being used as the intro, and the intro of the Assault version as the exit (though I do remember when the Landmaster is destoryed in Assault it teleports out like how it teleports in)?

[@TailsMiles249]

You were right, the dialog did kinda distract me a bit but no big deal. Practically half of the video was about the Landmaster... not that's a problem or anything!

[@jasmin8ter2010]

Did you ever play with Star Fox 64's title screen? In the original N64 version of Star Fox 64, tilt the control stick in any direction. The "64" part of the title will move around and Fox, Falco, Peppy and Slippy will all look at it. It's just a hilarious easter egg!

[@aquil37]

@Ultimatesmasher Yeah, it was though. I'll never understand why some reviewers hated it so much.

[@DoctorPorkenfries]

IMO, it's a reference to boosting in a vehicle. Fox moves a short distance in a given direction very quickly, covered in flames (when boosting a vehicle has stronger afterburn than usual and can't boost for long). Furthemrore, after Fox does Fire Fox, he falls from wherever he is and can't do anything else until he hits the ground and recovers. In the Starfox games, after boosting, a vehicle has smaller afterburn than usual, and can't boost again until the boost gauge recovers.

[@isladeadchannellmao]

DoctorPorkenfries hi hank hill

[@JelloKatsu]

How do you bypass the SSBB Camera Restrictions?

[@NateDJ123]

What about the fire fox move. I think that move was perhaps inspired by the fire waves from that fire planet in this video. Compare those waves to his move and they do look similar perhaps you could add that in or give me your thoughts about it.

[@RockmanBrawler44]

:c I came here expecting an explanation for Fire-Fox and Fox's Kung fu moves

[@msw1755]

Me too

[@MasterChiefthe5th]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it's supposed to represent the Arwing overheating and then cooling down via a boost, or something like that.

[@SantaFeSuperChief1]

Actually, there's a mode in VS mode, Star Fox 64 that allows you to play on foot with a blaster. So the blaster didn't debut in Smash Bros.

[@Leopoldshark]

I assume the Up + B is attempting to simulate a kamikaze attack where your ship is about to crash but you attempt to control your crash a bit to at least take the other ship out with you.

[@zedocta1234]

And with the games origins. Star fox was a tribute to a flying fox god that one of the devolpers visited regularly.(the shrine that is.)

[@nintendude1861]

not sure if some one said it already, but fox can use his blaster on foot in the multiplayer of starfox 64, so the info at 03:17 is off a bit. you just had to beat starfox 64 100% on expert to unock foot mode for multiplayer, everyone got the single blaster and fox being first player had his blaster as red. the beam and gun are taken from that.

[@LogoAttitude]

You forgot this: Fox is able to land the Landmaster on top of opponents for damage in Brawl, which is related to how it could damage Fox if it landed on him in Assault

[@schnajp96]

also the reason why starfox characters are fast and moves are kick centered, is because they removed there legs and replaced them with robotic ones so they didnt black out when performing high G manouvers, sadly they did this before the G-dampner was "invented" in the starfox universe

[@uwusauce666]

Jan Paul Schnabel G-Defuser and that was debated as a myth because supposedly the n64 couldnt handle regular legs so they made them appear as metalic boots

[@LeoFan93]

how'd you turn the camera around 360?

[@SSBFWU]

@CrappyCaptureDevice you forgot something about star fox assault. If you are in the landmaster and you get a green power upgrade or a red power upgrade (the things that makes the twin laser and hyper laser in the arwings), the non-charged shots transforms in a blue shot, the super cannon (that's the name of that type of shot) it's stronger and it's faster than the normal one sorry for the long request and thank you for your attention! ;)

[@weijay21]

@TheWolfboy007 I don't think that's the case, since that doesn't explain why Falco can do it ;)

[@Aaron_Aroma]

the only reason i went out of my way to find this video was to find an explanation for the fire fox move...so disappointing

[@bartymatrix7]

AyAyron It has a few references. It could reference the sun level in Star Fox 64. It could also reference how your arwing can catch fire.

[@megamanfan3]

Gee, thanks for that viral "Do a barrel roll" moment. :)

[@SonicTheJackrabbit]

Actually, the concept of the Star Fox team using blasters was first introduced in the Star Fox Nintendo Power comic.

[@samgaralapoe]

Beast video dude

[@Darktega]

And... Anyway, I think that when Fox returns his landmaster it ressembles more the way that in the first Star Fox the Arwings are molded after.

[@ITheLoZKingI]

@TheJKizzKim "To barrell roll, press Z or R twice!"

[@AGCrazyRabbit]

So..does that mean if i would ''say Do a barrel!'' every time when i use the reflector it would make sense?

[@Pika250]

07:08 That famous quote from Peppy Hare

[@xRocketzFighterx]

@CrappyCaptureDevice I think in smash bros or adventures manual said fox is skilled in martial arts also note his speed kicks are from chun li for example and his forward smash is based on one of fox's combos in adventures.

[@MeReNDeRo89]

@CrappyCaptureDevice maybe the Landmaster disappearing is something related to wireframe graphics of original Star Wing game... (like 6:44)

[@TwistedN]

Actualy the landmaster was first seen in Starfox 2 but since it was cancelled they redesigned it to look better and also for the one for wolf put that he was also from starfox 2

[@haustyl12]

if u played star fox 64's multiplayer, one of the modes is ground combat where everyone has blasters. Thats where the blaster came from

[@schnajp96]

ok so the defelctor thingy? its actually supposed to be a G-dampner, it allows team star fox to boost without getting too many Gs and also can invert Gs which allows reflection. this is what he uses to do the speed dash attack.

[@nintendoboy36]

@TKnightcrawler What's so bad about Assault? Lemme guess, cause you don't get to fly nearly as much as in SF 64 and SNES? That is an opinion, not a fact, so don't say that, because he may like Assault, and you don't.

[@TKnightcrawler]

@Ultimatesmasher I guess the 4.5 or so flying levels from Assault is better than 2 from Adventure, yeah. ;-)

[@emeraldos319]

Forgot to mention where the kicks came from!??

[@hotdiddykong2]

once again good job WTH? the first star fox had a planet names Macbeth!

[@msw1755]

Starfox moveset my biggest question of my life

[@Dodighead01]

@TKnightcrawler What is that supposed to mean? StarFox Assault was a beastly game.

[@TKnightcrawler]

Good job on this one. Sorry you had to play StarFox Assault. :(

[@8bitdiedie]

There was also this Japanese fox god that inspired Myamoto to make star fox. That fox was said to fly at "blinding speeds".

[@redshepherd32]

notice how they got lazy with fox's starting animation. In smash 64, you clearly see the ship open up and eject fox. In brawl, the ship just passes and fox just randomly stands up when the ship leaves the platform.

[@SonicWolf1000]

In a way they are. It's really just copying the moves & stuff from the games by recreating them so they work for Brawl. What I mean by that is that if you just copy the stuff from the game & stick it in the game will be like "wtf?" & freeze or something so they must remake it into Brawl's file set for the stuff to work. Try putting a N64 or even GCN file in Brawl & making it work. It takes a long time for even just the model of the character. Much less the animations & info about the animations.

[@DaniloSantosVieira]

the original Know Your Moves

[@Rasenano]

@UFfan85 Well, he didn't...He just did the blaster and the reflector in the melee one. Guess it'll stay a mystery.

[@LakituAl]

0:40 I saw this and started humming to the Tunnel Scene...

[@comelydespicable]

Link: Oh the arrows make no effect! Snake: It's useless! no gear can get thru his reflector!!! Samus: DAMN EMERGENCY PISTOL!!!! Flashback: You got the wave beam! now you can shoot through walls AND reflectors Samus: THAT'S IT!! *uses her suit* take this! WAVE BEAM!!! Fox: Oh no!!!! not the wave beam noooo!!!

[@CrystalJupiter]

That's the coolest gun I've ever seen.

[@superstarman9001]

@chubzoid No, he didn't miss it. He compared them at 5:36.

[@spacepuppy720]

i think its from the starfox 64 crashing animation, im not sure though.

[@BlueScadoo]

I noticed that there wasn't anything about starfox adventures mentioned

[@TheYoshiBrawler]

wow,i didn't think you would be able to do this with anything other than the landmaster

[@TheWolfboy007]

The Fox Illusion is actually based on Japanese mythology. In Japanese myths, kitsunes (foxes) were known to be mischievous, always tricking people w/ illusions. They were also known to be extremely fast. Fox's side B move is quite similar to those myths.

[@jetkirby26]

@1441Shadow i know it only explained 1..2..3..4 moves! Blaster (B), Defletor thing (my game broke down so I for got moves(too lazy to get guide book))(down B), Fox ...um... crap for got how to spell (side B), and The most overused(3 ppl have it) final smash *Drum roll* Landmaster(Final Smash). so ya 4 moves.

[@weijay21]

What about starfox command? Since the starfox crew's design in brawl was taken from command, I thought that the physical appearance of most things related might be taken from command. Or you just simply forgot this game existed? XD By the way, I like assault too, though I have never played 64, I like the freedom of roaming around and changing vehicles in assault.

[@zwa7104]

In brawl the cockpit does not open when fox jumps out but in 64 it opens

[@ChrisGerardson]

Also there is a comic drawn by Benimaru Itoh before smahs brothers where fox and his crew uses that kind of guns

[@SSBFWU]

they changed the barrel rolls in star fox assault, the barrel rolls can "absorb" some laser shots.

[@MalachiCo0]

In fact, Fox himself was thought up of when Miyamoto looked at a shrine for the rice god of Shinto religion. He had a fox head.

[@TailsMiles249]

@BowserMovies1989 He's doing Pikachu next according to the roster.

[@starfox329]

Are you kidding me?! Everything from StarFox Assault was awesome!!!

[@Rasenano]

One Question: Where did the move Fire Fox come from?

[@zwa7104]

What is music in the part where fox shoots jigglypuff at the start

[@Ultimatesmasher]

@TKnightcrawler Maybe I just thought it was awesome because I had played the atrocious StarFox Adventures just days before.

[@ArwingDing]

Perhaps they have a particular internet browser they are interested in.

[@nintendoboy36]

@TKnightcrawler But see that's what bothers me, why do all of you think the foot based missions were terrible? I loved them, and not just because I love the series in general. So what if they're not exactly like the arwing missions, it lets you explore the interesting terrain and objects, such as in katina, did you ever notice the trees? They are basicly giant mushrooms, how is that not interesting? My point is that I don't see why everyone HATES the foot missions, HATE is a big word after all..

[@kalvarr]

Fox uses the blaster in star fox 64 if you unlock on foot mode for multiplayer

[@ChrisGerardson]

there is a concept art from the first game of Fox using the gun.

[@foorocker91]

What do you have against Jigglypuff man lol

[@lolm2kmeme]

Since Jigglypuff used to be a clone of Kirby, its gotten much salt everywhere. That's how badly clones are treated, no matter if they go through a moveset change or if they're only semi-clones. Dr. Mario, Roy, Pichu, Toon/Young Link and Ganondorf were also treated this way. (Sorry for the late comment, I had to tell ya this)

[@BthIX]

lol m2k Dr. Mario, Pichu, and Young Link aren't semi-clones. Roy wasn't a semi-clone until he w as DLC.

[@lolm2kmeme]

BalaTheHero9 I never said Dr. Mario, Roy, Pichu and Young Link were only semi-clones. I included them because clones aren't treated any better than semi-clones

[@tissuebomb5274]

how the hell is jigglypuff a clone

[@Puggo77]

I don't get how jigglypuff is a clone, all of jigglypuffs moves were different from kirbys

[@speedymarvin]

i always thought that the fox illusion was based off of the reflector shield, especially in melee

[@RomeloMorgan]

This baby can take temperatures of up to NINE THOUSAND degrees. How did no one notice this before? ._.

[@nintendoboy36]

Actually the Landmaster disapearing is most likely from multiplayer, because in there, if a vehicle is idle for about 2 minutes and 30 seconds it will disapear. See for yourself.

[@StarVerix]

What about star foxes fire attack

[@sMCCarthyTV1]

but where did they get the idea of fox turning to a ball of fire?

[@1441Shadow]

@CrappyCaptureDevice how is you vid so long?

[@afonlagaf]

@MeReNDeRo89 Yep, I think so.

[@dsadad21]

i like how you worded that.

[@Busterbalz]

I don't care what anyone says. I liked Assault. It's my 2nd favorite game of the series behind the SNES original.