History Trivia / StarFoxZero

* FanNickname:
** "Chicken Wing" for the Arwing's "Walker mode" because of its resemblance to a chicken.
** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Five Nights at Grippy's]]/Five Nights at Slippy's'' for Star Fox: Guard, both being Defense games that involve security cameras.

* FranchiseKiller: The game was intended to act as a revival for the series after ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'' initially sent it into an hiatus. Unfortunately, its poor sales and mixed reception would only cause the franchise to go into hiatus yet again. While Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto has shown interest in [[https://nintendoeverything.com/miyamoto-wants-to-put-more-energy-into-star-fox-pikmin/ continuing the franchise]], outside of a crossover with ''VideoGame/StarlinkBattleForAtlas'' and of course, continuing to be repped in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games, little has been done with the franchise post Zero.

** There were plans to make an Arwing Toys/{{amiibo}} and some prototypes were created that would be capable of transforming into a Walker but the prototypes weren't finished because according to Miyamoto, they were not able to meet the safety guidelines for children. The only trace of this project remains in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' which has a Arwing/Walker costume [[EarlyBirdCameo available]], and was likely meant to be unlocked via this amiibo.

** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Five Nights ar Grippy's]]/Five Nights at Slippy's'' for Star Fox: Guard, both being Defense games that involve security cameras.

** The Treehouse streams from E3 mentioned having future levels change in some way based on how you beat a stage, citing the Androsa boss' pilot from Corneria showing up again based on whether or not you destroy ship's cannons from the outside (leading to the pilot escaping) or the core from inside (causing the entire structure to explode). Though the "Mission Complete"/"Mission Accomplished" messages will still show up depending on which you chose, the pilot never reappears, nor does your choice make any impact besides the Complete/Accomplished message at the end of the fight.

* AcclaimedFlop: Did fairly well with the critics and sold pretty decently in the U.S and European markets. But the game did poorly overall, selling well below Nintendo's expectations, especially in the Japanese market.

* RoleReprisal:

** Mike West, Lyssa Browne, and Ja Green are back as Fox [=McCloud=], Slippy Toad, and Leon Powalski originally voicing them in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and its UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS VideoGameRemake. It was later announced that ENTIRE cast of ''64'' would reprise their roles, though this later turned out not to be true, as Peppy, Falco, and Andross had their voices from the 3DS remake, and Wolf was though to have his [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl]] voice, though investigation shows it may have actually been Ja Green doing his best Jock Blaney impersonation. On the other hand, David Frederick White (the original voice of General Pepper, ROB 64, and Pigma) did return to reprise his roles.

* AcclaimedFlop: Did well with the critics and sold pretty decently in the U.S and European markets. But the game did poorly overall, selling well below Nintendo's expectations, especially in the Japanese market.

** [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Five Nights At Grippy's]] / Five Nights at Slippy's for Star Fox: Guard, both being Defense games that involve security cameras.

** The Treehouse streams from E3 mentioned having future levels change in some way based on how you beat a stage, citing the Androsa boss' pilot from Corneria showing up again based on whether or not you destroy ship's canons from the outside (leading to the pilot escaping) or the core from inside (causing the entire structure to explode). Though the "Mission Complete" / "Mission Accomplished" messages will still show up depending on which you chose, the pilot never reappears, nor does your choice make any impact besides the Complete/Accomplished message at the end of the fight.

* DevelopmentGag: The Arwings being capable of transforming was taken from the then unreleased ''VideoGame/StarFox2''.
** Katt getting an earring on her left ear is a reference to Miyu, a cat character who wore an earring on her left ear who was introduced in the now released ''VideoGame/StarFox2''.

* DevelopmentGag: The Arwings being capable of transforming was taken from the never-released ''VideoGame/StarFox2''.
** Katt getting an earring on her left ear is a reference to Miyu, a cat character who wore an earring on her left ear who would have been introduced in ''VideoGame/StarFox2''.

** Mike West, Lyssa Browne, and Ja Green are back as Fox [=McCloud=], Slippy Toad, and Leon Powalski originally voicing them in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and its UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS VideoGameRemake. It was later announced that ENTIRE cast of ''64'' would reprise their roles, though this later turned out not to be true, as Peppy, Falco, and Andross had their voices from the 3DS remake, and Wolf has his [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl]] voice. On the other hand, David Frederick White (the original voice of General Pepper, ROB 64, and Pigma) did return to reprise his roles.

* AcclaimedFlop: Did well with the critics and sold pretty decently in the U.S and European markets. But did poorly overall, selling well below Nintendo's expectations, especially in the Japanese market.

* AcclaimedFlop: Did well with the critics and sold pretty decently in the U.S and European markets. But did poorly well below Nintendo's expectations, especially in the Japanese market.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Creator/DaisukeGori committed suicide in 2010, which necessitated a complete recast.

* SequelGap: 10 years after ''VideoGame/StarfoxCommand''.

* FranchiseKiller: Due to low sales, many analysts and fans fear that Nintendo will put the franchise back to the "vault" alongside ''F-Zero'' and ''Metroid'' who haven't released a main game in several years (six for ''Metroid'', thirteen for ''F-Zero'')

* AcclaimedFlop: Did well with the critics and sold pretty decently in the U.S and European markets. But did poorly well below Nintendo's expectations, especially in the Japanese market and considered a failure by the company.

* FranchiseKiller: Due to low sales, many analysts and fans fear that Nintendo will put the franchise back to the "vault" alongside ''F-Zero'' and ''Metroid'' who haven't released a main game in several years (five for ''Metroid'', thirteen for ''F-Zero'')

* FranchiseKiller: Due to low sales, Many analysts and fans fear that Nintendo will put the franchise back to the "vault" alongside F-Zero and Metroid who haven't released a main game in several years (five for Metroid, thirteen for F-Zero)

* RoleReprisal: Mike West, Lyssa Browne, and Ja Green are back as Fox [=McCloud=], Slippy Toad, and Leon Powalski originally voicing them in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' and its UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS VideoGameRemake. It was later announced that ENTIRE cast of ''64'' would reprise their roles, though this later turned out not to be true, as Peppy, Falco, and Andross had their voices from the 3DS remake, and Wolf has his [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl]] voice. On the other hand, David Frederick White (the original voice of General Pepper, ROB 64, and Pigma) did return to reprise his roles.

* CreatorBacklash: From Shigeru Miyamoto to Nintendo and fans of Star Fox, no less. The acclaimed Japanese games designer made it clear in interviews that making a new game '''did not interest''' or appeal to him at all. Unless he was allowed to try out controversial innovations with the Wii U (see YMMV), Star Fox Zero wouldn't even exist.

* CreatorBacklash: From Shigeru Miyamoto to Nintendo and fans of Star Fox, no less. The acclaimed Japanese games designer made it clear in interviews that making a new game, '''did not interest''' or appeal to him at all. Unless he was allowed to try out controversial innovations with the Wii U (see YMMV), Star Fox Zero wouldn't even exist.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In the Japanese version, Monarch Dodora is described as an Ancient Mechanical Bird-Dragon, which also explains teammates' dialog throughout the mission. For unknown reasons, the English localization changed the last word to "Raptor". Velociraptors are a dinosaur species known for their bird-like skeleton, but anyone can tell you that is ''not'' a velociraptor.

** There were plans to make an Arwing Toys/{{amiibo}} and some prototypes were created that would be capable of transforming into a Walker but the prototypes weren't finished because according to Miyamoto, they were not able to meet the safety guidelines for children. The only trace of this project remains in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' which has a Arwing/Walker costume [[EarlyBirdCameo available]], and was likely meant to be unlocked via this amiibo.