Falco Lombardi

Falco in Star Fox Command.
Falco Lombardi
Species	Falcon
Eye color	Blue
Voiced by	Bill Johns (1997) Hisao Egawa (1997-2001, primarily in Japan) Bem Cullum (2002) Mike Madeoy (2005-present)
Debut	Star Fox

The hotshot pilot from the Star Fox Team who likes to fly solo, but always has Fox's back.

Background

Not a lot is known about Falco Lombardi's background, aside from his contact with Katt Monroe. When the original Star Fox team was reduced to just Peppy Hare, Falco joined the reborn team led by Fox McCloud. In the Arwing, Falco was a better pilot than even Fox, making him quite cocky when dealing with the other members.As such, it was always a source of humiliation whenever he would have to get backup from Fox or his other teammates. To that extent, he also got on Slippy about his poor pilot skills. Regardless, Falco was a loyal member of the team.

Team Star Fox's first mission was against Andross's fleet. Falco inevitably led the team on a more dangerous route that eventually led the group to Andross's true form. Along the way, Falco met Leon Powalski, a cold-blooded assassin from Star Wolf that took to targetting Falco. He also met Katt Monroe again, although their past relationship is unknown. Together they worked their way to Planet Venom, where Fox went in alone to defeat Andross. Afterwards, the team reunited, they turned back to the Great Fox.

In the eight years that followed, Falco eventually left the team to pursue a solo career. However, when he heard Fox was on a mission on planet Sauria, he came to Fox's aid during the battle with Andross. Together, the two were able to defeat Andross. As a result, Falco rejoined the team. A year later, the Star Fox team was pitted against Andrew's forces and afterwards the Aparoids. In the battles, Falco fought only as a pilot and did not engage in any on foot missions. After teaming up with Star Wolf, the team was able to defeat the Aparoid Queen, but only at the cost of losing the Great Fox.

In Star Fox Command, Falco had left Star Fox and begun exploring the galaxy in search of a more thrilling lifestyle, though he couldn't find anything that compared. He willingly rejoined the team after a rendezvous at the Asteroid Belt, where he showed up just in time to save Fox from the Bio Brain. Depending on Slippy's location, Falco and Fox either went to Aquas to recruit their third member, or the three of them instead went straight to Katina in search of Krystal.

While Fox went off to bring Krystal back, Falco and Slippy were contacted by Bill Grey, in need of assistance protecting Katina, and the three of them fended away the Anglars. Falco and Slippy then met up with Fox and Krystal at Titania, where they recovered a device that would neutralize the toxicity of the Venom Sea, then went on to Venom to defeat the Emperor Anglar.

Possible Fates

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  The older Falco in Ending 2
  Falco rejoins Star Fox in Endings 1, Ending 3 and Ending 6, Falco eventually rejoins Star Fox.
• In Ending 2, Falco rejoins Star Fox for the final battle with the Anglar Emperor but it is disbanded afterwards. Years later, an elderly Falco is shown as a member of Marcus McCloud's new Team Stat Fox.
• In two separate endings Falco is waylaid from his Anglar-stomping mission by Pigma, preventing him from taking any glory in defeating the Anglar Emperor. In Ending 8 he becomes depressive, but Katt convinces him to start his own team: he, Katt, and Dash Bowman form Star Falco.
• In Ending 9, Fox is waylaid by Pigma with Falco and the one to become depressed until Falco brings him out of it by persuading him to join G-Zero races.

Other Appearances

Other Games

• Falco is an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. His moveset is a clone of Fox's. In Melee he is unlocked by playing 300 Vs. Mode matches or completing 100-Man Melee. In Brawl, he is unlocked by completing 50 Vs. Mode matches, clearing the 100-Man Brawl or by having him join the party in "The Subspace Emissary". In Melee he has three unlockable trophies. In Brawl he has four different trophies- one normal one, one of his Final Smash and two which had him as he appeared in Assault and Command respectively. His first trophy description says that he once led a galactic gang.
  • In "The Subspace Emissary", Falco first appears to help Fox fight off a giant shadow clone of Diddy Kong in the swamp. As he entered, Falco destroyed Bowser's Dark Cannon and caused him to retreat. After defeating the giant shadow Diddy Kong, they restored the real Diddy Kong, who then literally dragged Falco into helping him search for Donkey Kong in the same way he had done to Fox earlier. After spotting Donkey Kong being transported to the Island of the Ancients aboard a Smash Skiff, Falco gave Diddy Kong a lift there in his Arwing, and then he left to join in on the air battle with the Halberd. He eventually ejected from his ship to participate in the battle with the Duon. Afterwards, he became part of the main party for the final battles against Tabuu.

Other Media

• Falco appeared with the rest of the Star Fox team in the 1992 Star Fox comic adaptation.
• He also appeared in the 1997 Star Fox 64 manga adaptation.
• Falco appeared in the 2002 Star Fox manga (which serves as a prelude to Dinosaur Planet). The 2002 manga showed Falco leaving the Star Fox team four years prior to Dinosaur Planet.

Trivia

• Falco apparently knows both Katt and Leon from the past, although to what extent is never established.