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Captain Falcon is a pilot from the F-Zero series who made his original debut in the SNES game F-Zero and has appeared in all but one of the games. Aside from racing the Blue Falcon as racer #7, he is also a well-known bounty hunter who has brought in countless criminals. His deeds have earned him many rivals, such as fellow hunter Samurai Goroh and notorious criminals like Zoda and Black Shadow.

Falcon's true origins and name are mysterious and different games have appended different names to him. His supposed son, Kent Akechi, appears in Maximum Velocity and he has even has a clone, Blood Falcon, thanks to Black Shadow. Captain Falcon is a playable character in all the Smash Bros. games. The moveset he was given include the notorious Falcon Punch which has since worked its way into the F-Zero anime and was even mentioned in a background song from F-Zero GX.