Falco, like all, pilots a customized vehicle, his own being the Sky Claw, a slim Arwing-like fighter with forward-swept wings armed with a single laser and a multi-lock.įalco has a cocky attitude and is often uncooperative, frequently chastising his crewmates. In Star Fox Command, Falco has again isolated himself from the rest of the characters, though he is still considered to be a member of Star Fox. Every one of the story mode's missions has Falco in his Arwing, as he never joins Fox on foot like Slippy and Krystal. Star Fox: Assault sees a calmer Falco as part of the core team again under the title of "Ace Pilot".
Near the end of the game, Falco aids Fox during the final boss fight and shortly appears again to join the other main characters in the ending cutscene. The comic explains Falco's absence, and directly leads up to the events of Adventures.
A manga entitled Star Fox: Farewell, Beloved Falco came with the Japanese edition that takes place during the eight-year gap between Star Fox 64 and Adventures. This is simply due to the fact that he was not able to be properly worked into the plot when Nintendo told Rare to put the Star Fox label on the game. In 2002's Star Fox Adventures, Falco is notably missing for nearly the entire game. Falco returns in the game's remake, Star Fox 64. In later games, he is further detailed as being brash and egotistical, as well as suggested to have formerly been a gang member. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii Uįalco Lombardi was first introduced in the SNES game, Star Fox, as the best pilot of Fox's three wing mates.