Imamura: The Star Fox story is over.

[DZComposer]

It seems as though one of my predictions has come true.

Earlier, I made a prediction that SFC would either end the series or set up the next game to end the series.

Sure enough, in an interview with IGN, Imamura and Cuthbert dropped the bomb: Star Fox is over, story wise. Any new games will be prequels.

Cuthbert and Immamura also refused to place canoninity to any of the endings. Cuthbert said it didn't matter.

IGN: Which do you consider to be the one definite ending?

Cuthbert: The canon ending. Hehe. I think if the game continues it won't pick up where the game ends, but start more in the middle.

Imamura: This storyline, ends here, and if there's a continuation it would start from the middle, so it wouldn't depend on any of the endings.

Cuthbert: If you think about it, the timeline to the end of the game, jumped a few years. So we can pick the game up before those events. We're not going to start the next game with a 150 year old Slippy, or Falco with one leg.

Sadly, the story ends. But there is plenty of room for prequels. Perhaps SF Wii will go into the details of why Fox felt Krystal was in danger.

While all this has been said, we still do not know what any other developers who get their hands on the series might do. There is wiggle room in some of those endings to fit a game in there.

That said, I give clout to these guys. Many of the staff of Q Games worked on SF and SF64. These guys gave us Star Fox in the beginning. I hope the series remains in their custody.

EDIT: http://ds.ign.com/articles/731/731088p1.html

[Mr. Krystal]

I bet you that the developers said the same thing after they finished Super Metroid, because, after all, at the end of that game, Metroids "no longer exist." Secondly, one of the best Metroid games ever (my personal fave) was a prequal that only barely relates to the rest of the series: Metroid Prime. We will see more Star Fox games. That is unquestionable.

[Guest PhazonFox]

I wouldn't worry--It's not as really as bad as it sounds.

This isn't the last game in the StarFox storyline. There's plenty of room for sequels after the end of this plot.

What you have to realize is that most of the endings do not happen immediately, they skip ahead to years later:

"Cuthbert: If you think about it, the timeline to the end of the game, jumped a few years. So we can pick the game up before those events. We're not going to start the next game with a 150 year old Slippy, or Falco with one leg."

All they're saying is that the next game will not pick up where many of the endings left off--years after the Anglar incident. In other words, we won't be playing as Marcus and StarFox 2.0. The next games will be between the end of the Anglar war and the possible futures shown in the endings.

[Lilacs]

To me it really isn"t that bad Starfox Wii"s story line could be about what happened in the 6 or 7 years between SF64 and SFA, I am still sad the story line will no longer move on. :o

[Lord O'Donnell]

I feel like something inside me just died...

I dont wanna cry but ill do it

I wouldnt worry too much, when they say something is over they take it again, they cant let one of their franchises end just like that

I hope so...

[Blaz3]

I haven't played Command yet (yes yes, shock horror, I know, stupid shipping times ) but I highly doubt that Nintendo would just throw it off it's list of serieses (Is that a word?) Because people who aren't big Star Fox fans all knew about Command and liked it. And in Zelda, how many times have we beaten Ganon and Ganondorf? And what about Wind Waker's ending? I won't spoil it for the few who haven't played it but that makes it seem like the last Zelda game, but lo and behold, here comes Twilight Princess. Star Fox is far from done.

[Kal]

Metroid's story (so far) ended with Fusion, in which

Samus destroys the BSL' date=' along with SR388, the X parasite, and any Metroid clones the GF created. Any remaining Metroid DNA is in her possession, and she's practically cut off all ties with the GF, her employers for most if not all of her games[/color']

However, we've had three canon Metroid games (four if you count Pinball, and five if you count Corruption) since then, all of which take place in the gap between only two of the games.

Star Fox has major gaps in the storyline. What happened during the eight years between Andross' death and Fox's arrival at Sauria? Will we ever know for sure what happened to James? Was the war with the Aparoids the first time Krystal had flown an Arwing in combat? What about Oikonny's rebellion? What drove Fox to overprotecting his lover enough to kick her off the team? Will we ever find out what happened to Cerinia? Is Scales really dead for good? Too many questions left unanswered.

If you think that's going overboard in the question department, consider that the Metroid prequels all took place to answer the question "What happened after the fall of Zebes?", one that wasn't exactly at the top of everybody's mind after Super Metroid.

Hell, in a few years, they may even pull a Zero Mission on us and revamp the older games (they already have with SF64, and I think many would agree that the Adventure could use one...*coughgiveusbackDPcough*). Rewrite the canon the way Nintendo sees it, not the way Namco or Rare sees it.

EDIT: Spoiler quotes only work if you change the text color. >_<

[Infinity]

Actually, this is a really good thing in my opinion, therefore we could have various possibilities to go into anything kind of like Mario (a Starfox party game... hmm).

[Steve]

I still say....starfox timelines....were bad in most of the games...from N64 to adventures for example, was just horrible....but well, a prequel with the original starfox team could be nice.

[Guest Falco The Master]

I want an online RPG where you don't play as any of the charecters, but your own charecter with there own story that you build by what you do. I also want a Mario and Luigi game like that. To bad it will never happen.

[Fox P McCloud]

DZ How dare you steal my limelight from AL! *chuckles* I don't care, at all, honest.

Anyway, I pretty much agree with what you have said here, and either Imamura means that he intends to pick up from the middle of Star Fox Command or that he intends to pick up from the middle of the storyline...now that I've thought things over thoroughly, I'd have to concur that it means the middle of the series in general.

It's a shame that the storyline has to end here, with 9 different endings that are all canon and not canon at the same time (in essence, it's the player's choice). However, I think the prequels, such as what Fox and company did during the 8 dulrum years is entirely possible. If that's not the case, then I think Nintendo would, most likely, elaborate on the former Star Fox team, or possibly even a game that highlights Wolf and Fox's rivalry.

All in all, it doesn't mean the series is ending, it just means the storyline has ended.

Also, DZ, remember when you made the prediction, and I came along and suggested that I had harbored the same ideas? Everyone scoffed...hehehhehheh, now what can they say?

[DZComposer]

Some people are misinterpereting this.

This IS NOT the end of the Star Fox franchise. This is the end of the Story.

I am pretty sure there will be a Star Fox game on the Wii at some point. Miyamoto himself says he wants to do it. I don't think it is in development right now, but I do think we'll see it.

What this means is that SFWii will likely be a PREQUEL.

[Ksathra_Blackfox]

Good this may be a perfect time to "offically" tell who the heck Fox's mom was since the old comic for the Snes game is no longer canon due to SF64's release which nulls Vixy Reinard's creation unless they use that name again in some sort of prequel which I would like to see. I have to agree there are too many gaps in the storyline namely 7 years between SF64 and Adventures and 1 year between Adventures and Assault and I have no idea how long it was between Assault and Command.

[Fox P McCloud]

Some people are misinterpereting this.

This IS NOT the end of the Star Fox franchise. This is the end of the Story.

I am pretty sure there will be a Star Fox game on the Wii at some point. Miyamoto himself says he wants to do it. I don't think it is in development right now, but I do think we'll see it.

What this means is that SFWii will likely be a PREQUEL.

I concur...I might add though, that I did not state the series was overe, I merely restated that the storyline was over.

edit: Actually, there is an 8 year time gap between Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures.

I really don't consider the 1 year time gap between Star Fox Adventures and Star Fox Command to be a real problem, in fact, it seems normal to me.

[Sol-Ratcht Saporro]

Guilty as charged.

I often misinterpret things though....

But, these prequels could be the window of light for the series. SFC might have ended the story but all of these gaps in the years could be potential games.

What happened to Bill and Katt over the years?

Will Miyu or Fay make a debut for real? (They were really great characters)

How did Star Wolf start out before meeting with Andross and the Venomian empire?

All of these questions could be answered within a prequel (or two).

The story might have ended, but there's still alot to explain.

[ONE_HELLCAT]

Okay, this may have been answered or whatever but here's how it goes.

"Ah, that may have been a bit confusing, I tried to explain it more with the next answer but the fans failed to pick up on that.

I meant inbetween the end of the last mission and the gallery ending. Most of the endings jump forward quite a few years remember... anything could happen inbetween. " - Dylan

So basically, pick one of these final missions and make up a new ending type of thing is going on.

Edit: Wow, I should've read before posting this, PhazonFox was right on the money with that.

[Fox P McCloud]

it doesn't really matter what Dylan says, Takaya Imamura himself (who wrote the story, I might add) stated that the storyline ends with this game.

edit:

Where did you get that quote anyway? I have not seen it in any of the interviews.

Also, I'll re-iterate, Takay Imamura himself (who created Fox's character, and pretty much controls the Star Fox storyline) said that the storyline ends with this game.

[DZComposer]

Okay, this may have been answered or whatever but here's how it goes.

"Ah, that may have been a bit confusing, I tried to explain it more with the next answer but the fans failed to pick up on that.

I meant inbetween the end of the last mission and the gallery ending. Most of the endings jump forward quite a few years remember... anything could happen inbetween. " - Dylan

So basically, pick one of these final missions and make up a new ending type of thing is going on.

Edit: Wow, I should've read before posting this, PhazonFox was right on the money with that.

Linkage?

[ONE_HELLCAT]

It's hard to link to my mail box for all of you to see.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l77/ONE_HELLCAT/Star%20Fox/Dylansemail.jpg

[Fox P McCloud]

Ok, thanks for the information, Hellcat....

While this does put a hole in the "prequels from now on" theory (a big hole, indeed). I still contend that the storyline's path ultimately resides in the hands of Takaya Imamura, and not Dylan. After all, Imamura did make that one comment.

Still, I'm not saying you're wrong, or right...or that I am right or wrong, I'm simply saying we really won't know, for sure until the next Star Fox game.

[Bill Winters]

What if another company buys the franchise from Nintendo?

[ONE_HELLCAT]

How many franchises has Nintendo sold? I honestly don't know but I'm pretty sure it's zero. Nintendo's not going to sell Star Fox.

[Fox P McCloud]

while I'm not in *total* agreement with what Hellcat has said, I think it'll be a very, VERY long time before Nintendo even entertains the idea.

The only reason they'd sell it is if (a) Nintendo was going under ( Nintendo was in a financial crisis and decided to sell Star Fox to help themselves. © Nintendo doesn't think Star Fox could generate enough money to be of any importance.

All in all, it won't happen ANY time soon.

Please, enough of the "oh no! Star Fox is dead" it's not dead...even if you look at both theories regarding where Star Fox will pick up from...either way, the series is not dead.

[EvolutionSFox]

I wonder what the one on "Wii" will be about...

[Leo K. Lighthouse]

Yay! prequels are always so... enlightening!

I guess we'll still have to wait for the official announcement on where in the storyline the Wii game will be based though, I hope we get to hear about Fox' father...