New "Iwata Asks" Focuses on Star Fox

[CrypticQuery]

I found this to be quite interesting; the newest "Iwata Asks" focuses on Star Fox, mainly SF64-3D, but there are snippets of information from several installments in there.

http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/starfox/0/0

[Yarah]

Did anyone noticed that Falco was called a pheasent in the third part of this interview, and in the fifth part he was called a falcon...

Takano:

I heard directly from Imamura-san that he drew upon Japanese folk tales. That's how he decided on Peppy the hare and Falco the pheasant.

Takano:

Each character has his or her own role. For example, if you help Peppy the hare, he'll give you hints here and there, so it works out to your advantage. But if you help Falco the falcon…

[Psygonis]

Maybe he was originally designed as a pheasant (when they did Starfox SNES) and then revamped him as a falcon for SF64! :D

[Dublinthefox]

Maybe he was originally designed as a pheasant (when they did Starfox SNES) and then revamped him as a falcon for SF64!

You should have seen what they made him look like in the 1992 Nintendo Power comic. He looked more like a blue turkey. <_<

[kkstarfox]

Or the guy who translated it, or itawa couldn't find the right word. Some times verbal mistakes happen.