If you’re a Star Fan fan, then there's a good chance you’ve heard of Dylan Cuthbert?
You know, the guy who moved to Japan in the early 90s to help create original Super Nintendo
Star Fox game--as well as its unreleased sequel, Star Fox 2.
He then went on to start his own Japanese-based company, Q-Games, which itself went on to
develope Star Fox Command and Star Fox 64 3D.
So yeah, Dylan’s been involved on and off with the Star Fox series for quite some time--but
that doesn’t include the just-released Star Fox Zero.
So when I heard he was streaming himself playing Star Fox Zero on their Twitch channel, Q-Games
TV,, I knew I had to tune in.
I mean, here we have the creator of the first Star Fox playing what is essentially a reboot
of a reboot of his original game.
And I wanted to see his take on it
And yeah, even as one of the creators of Star Fox, he still had trouble adapting to the
controls.
The whole streams thing’s actually quite funny to watch and I recommend checking it
out.
But that’s not why I’m making this video--instead, throughout the stream, Dylan gave some interesting
behind-the-scenes details on the making of Star Fox, what it was like to work alongside
Shigeru Miyamoto.
And on top of it all, he even busted a couple of widespread myths about the game--and even
himself.
So I put together the top 5 details that I found interesting from his stream.
So let’s get started.
1) And first up is a couple of facts about Star Fox’s first level: Corneria.
Or should I say, Cornelia?
Or maybe Cornleria?
The point is that, according to Dylan, Corneria was originally going to spelled with an “L”
within it somewhere--though he didn’t specify exactly where.
But he also shined light on why it may have been dropped, because Corneria was meant to
sound like the word Cornea, as in the outer part of the eyeball.
And this is because Corneria was meant to be the “eye of the Galaxy”
2) Do you remember that weird slot machine boss in Star Fox?
Yeah, Shigeru Miyamoto thought it was pretty weird too and that it didn’t fit into the
game anywhere, so they ended up creating an entirely new secret level “Out of This Dimension”
just to contain it, which they then filled with all kinds of other weird stuff.
But why a slot machine anyway?
Well, according to Dylan, who both designed and programmed it, the team had just implemented
scrolling textures into the game, but they weren’t sure how quite to use them.
So Dylan came up with the idea of basing a boss on a slot Machine Boss, since its turning
wheels were a perfect showcase for the technology.
3) If you’re a long-time Star Fox fan, then there’ a good chance you’ve heard the
theory that the Star Fox crew are actually amputees--that they voluntarily had their
legs and feet replaced with mechanical counterparts in order to better sustain high G-Forces.
And this is all based on the artwork and puppets designed for the original game, which show
the character's lower extremities apparently being made of metal.
And according to Dylan, it’s all bunk.
Here, I’ll let the man explain it himself (he’s the guy in the middle)
“They’re peg-legged furries in spaceships” He then went on to explain that the creators
of the original puppets “just couldn’t be bothered making feet; so they put boots
on them instead.”
So there you have it.
We can finally put that one to rest.
And that’s not the only myth he addressed....
4) Any time you see an article about Dylan Cuthburt pop up, I can guarantee you someone
in the comments state that “he’s also married to Shigeru Miyamoto’s daughter.”
So is it true?
As you probably guessed, he shot that down too.
5) And finally, Dylan shed a little more light on what it’s like to hang around with Shigeru
Miyamoto--and as it turns out, Miyamoto’s a fan of telling some bad jokes.
And he even gave an example of one of them
Okay, I’m going to cut it off there because the rest is kind of gross.
So for the rest, make sure to watch the archived version of the stream starting at 1-hour and
32-minutes.
And with that, that’s the Top 5 things I found interesting form Dylan’s stream, so
thanks for watching.
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