Star Fox is an arcade style rail shooter, space flight simulator, and third person action-adventure video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, developed and published by Nintendo.

Gameplay involves many adventures around the Lylat planetary system in the futuristic Arwing fighter aircraft, in other vehicles, and on foot.

The first game, Star Fox, or Starwing in Europe and Australia, was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993.

Developed by Nintendo EAD and programmed by Argonaut Software, it uses the Super FX chip to provide 3D graphics during a period of predominately 2D games.

Fox McCloud and his team, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, and Falco Lombardi, take on Andross, who threatens to overthrow the Lylat system.

The concept was inspired by a shrine to the Japanese fox deity Inari Ōkami, which Shigeru Miyamoto visited regularly.

During battles, each player's face appears on opponents' screens in a live reaction feed from the console's internal camera.

Taking place eight years after the events of Star Fox 64, the main antagonist is an army of dinosaurs called the Sharp Claws, led by General Scales.

Like the original Star Fox, gameplay is completely aircraft-based, and uses chatter much like the SNES game instead of the voice acting of later installments.

Players plot flight paths and engage enemies in an open arena-style flying mode using the Nintendo DS's touch screen.

For example, Slippy's ship has no lock-on feature and shorter boosts, but has stronger lasers and shielding; Fox McCloud pilots the redesigned Arwing II.

Command takes place two to three years after the events of Star Fox: Assault and features possible nine endings, determined by the player's story progression choices.

Other elements such as choosing characters, map pointing, and multiple ship variations were later implemented in Star Fox Command.

[7] One observer called it "an intriguing technical demo featuring a Star Fox-like spacecraft doing a lot of spinning and zooming in 3D.

Developed by Nintendo and PlatinumGames, Guard is a tower defense game where the objective is to switch between different views on security cameras and protect the player's base by shooting enemy robots.

Various Star Fox characters and stage themes have appeared in the Super Smash Bros. franchise of fighting games.

Fox McCloud has appeared in every series entry as a playable character, while Falco Lombardi has been unlockable in all games from Super Smash Bros. Melee onward.

In WarioWare: Smooth Moves for Wii, there is a Star Fox minigame in the style of the SNES title with three stages.

In WarioWare Gold for Nintendo 3DS, another SNES-styled Star Fox microgame appears, this time challenging players to not crash into anything when their ship is on the verge of being destroyed.

As part of the game's toys-to-life features, the Nintendo Switch starter pack includes figures of Fox McCloud and his Arwing that can be used in-game.

[13] A monthly Star Fox comic strip, illustrated by Benimaru Itoh, was printed in issues 45 to 55 of Nintendo Power in 1993.

The story follows the Star Fox team as they went from outlaws on Papetoon, to an elite Arwing fighter squadron.

A sequel set after the events of the game was produced in Nintendo Power by the same team which continued the story, featuring Andross's DNA being split between two clones.

[14] The official Club Nintendo magazine in Germany released a Star Fox 64 comic drawn manga-style to retell the game's storyline.

In the beginning, Katt Monroe returns from Star Fox 64 along with a rag-tag team of roughnecks with apparently an inside lead on the fact that Shears is evil.

The manga ends with the Star Fox team learning of Dinosaur Planet's broken state and choosing to investigate, as in the opening sequence of Adventures.

[18] The short was later released via the Wii U eShop as part of the Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins + Training demo.

[19] In an interview with The Serf Times, comedian and television host, Adam Conover revealed that back in February 2015, him and other members of CollegeHumor were working along with Shigeru Miyamoto to produce a clay-animated show of the series.

Additionally, taking the hard path to Venom enables the player to battle the Wolfen II, which outperforms the Arwing.

[45] In October 2009, Shigeru Miyamoto said that he was disappointed that sales of the Star Fox series in Japan had decreased during the preceding period.