Wolf O'Donnell

Wolf in Star Fox Command.
Wolf O'Donnell
Species	Wolf
Eye color	Green
Voiced by	Grant Goodeve (1997-2005)
Debut	Star Fox 64

Wolf O'Donnell is the leader of team Star Wolf, a group seemingly formed to rival Star Fox. Not much is known about Wolf or how he received his eyepatch. The roots of Wolf's rivalry with Fox McCloud also remain unknown.

Background

Wolf and his team was hired by Andross to deal with Star Fox during his attempt to take over the Lylat System in Star Fox 64. As a result, Wolf and Leon were joined by Pigma, former Star Fox pilot, and Andrew Oikonny, the nephew of Andross. The team encountered Star Fox on Fichina while leading a fleet of Venomian ships. Despite their advantage, the Star Wolf team was defeated. They fight again on Bolse, only to lose yet again. After most of Andross's forces had been defeated, Star Wolf arrived to defend Venom and were defeated yet again.

In the nine years after, Wolf became known as 'Lord O'Donnell' among the criminals at the Sargasso Space Hideout. When Fox invaded Sargasso looking for Pigma in Star Fox Assault, Wolf organized his team (consisting now of himself, Leon, and Panther) to take down Star Fox, but was inevitable defeated. However, once the Aparoid threat become more apparent, Wolf and his team arrived on Corneria to provide Fox some necessary aid. Afterwards, Star Wolf provided Star Fox backup two different times, including the battle on the Aparoid Homeworld. After the planet exploded, the Star Wolf team was nowhere to be found.

Star Wolf continued their lives of crime, not unnoticed by the Cornerian military. In response, a bounty was placed on their heads (Wolf has the largest bounty, at S$3000000). To avoid the military's attention, they set up a base on Fichina.

Wanting to remove their bounties and tired of being seen as villains, Star Wolf began to plot out a way to defeat the Anglar Empire in Star Fox Command. After a battle with Fox, Slippy, and Lucy Hare (assuming Fox and Slippy went to Lucy's aid), the team split up. While Leon and Panther went to Katina, Wolf was presumably researching a device that Andross built that would neutralize the toxicity of the Venom Sea. Star Fox found the device on Titania first, however, and Star Wolf was not seen again.

Possible Fates

Three storylines of Star Fox Command do have Wolf and co. finding the neutralizing device and using it to assault Venom. In one of those, they are only able to destroy the Anglar HQ and force them to the Asteroid Belt, where Star Fox finishes the Emperor Anglar off. In the other two, Star Wolf defeats the Emperor Anglar and they're considered heroes, stealing glory from Fox and Falco (who recruited Wolf at Fichina and brought him to Titania to get the neutralizing device; Wolf then stole the device from them).

Other Appearances

Video Games

• Wolf briefly appears in the opening cutscene for Super Smash Bros. Melee, dueling with Fox in space. He does not have his own trophy, but Star Wolf's Wolfen starfighter does.
• Wolf is a playable secret character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is unlocked by playing 450 brawls, beating the Boss Battles mode with Fox or Falco, or by getting him to join the party in "The Subspace Emissary". His moveset is a stronger but slower clone of Fox's, making him the second Fox clone in the games after Falco. He has two trophies available in the game, a normal trophy and one of his Final Smash. Oddly enough, Wolf's trophy description says that Wolf's grudge with Fox originates from his history with Fox's father, James McCloud. There are also two stickers of Wolf using art from Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Assault. He can also activate special conversations with members of Star Fox and Star Wolf in the Lylat Cruise level by doing a special taunt, and he appears in some conversations triggered by Fox or Falco (one of which hints at him being playable).
  • Wolf is not part of "The Subspace Emissary"'s main story. However, after The Subspace Emissary is beaten for the first time, a new door will appear in the Ruins level. This leads to the Lylat Cruise level, where Wolf leaps out from a Wolfen to challenge the player. Defeating Wolf in this level will unlock him in Subspace Emissary as well as in the rest of the game if he had not yet been unlocked.

Canceled Appearances

• Star Wolf was originally made for the canceled game Star Fox 2, with the members fighting individually and Wolf being the last opponent before Andross.

Trivia

• Wolf and his team were originally conceived for Star Fox 2 for the Super Nintendo; after the game's cancellation, Star Wolf was one of the elements of the game that was instead passed on to Star Fox 64.
• Command description: "The leader of the Star Wolf squadron. Despite the fact that Star Wolf is a rival organization, Wolf has a grudging respect for Fox."
• Wolf can be unlocked to play in Star Fox Assault's multiplayer mode. Due to his three maxed out stats, he's quite a formidable player.