Falco Lombardi
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An expert pilot of the Star Fox team, and a good friend of Fox, Falco Lombardi (ファルコ・ランバルディ Faruko Ranbarudi) is often a cocky and smart-mouthed bird. His first name came from the genus "Falco" for animals like a peregrine falcon.
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[edit] Biography
Falco often joins and leaves the Star Fox team throughout the series of games. After Star Fox 64, Falco leaves the team, returning at the end of Star Fox Adventures. Depending on the path in Star Fox Command, Falco may or may not leave Star Fox after joining, but he stays in the default ending.
Falco is seen as Fox's good friend and second-in-command. He is the best Arwing pilot in the team, making him very handy in battle. However, he has a tendency to not follow advice (he dislikes authority), and also likes to be late and appear at the last minute to save the day (as seen in the end of Adventures, and in several missions in Command). He would not like to admit it, but he considers the team his family. He also may have an interest in Katt Monroe. It is also revealed in the Manga "Farewell, Beloved Falco" that the reason why he left the Hot-rodders was because he didn't want to end up being Katt's "rescuer" all the time.
In Star Fox Command, Falco pilots the Sky Claw (スカイクロー Sukaikurō), which is armed with a multi-lock. In one of the game's endings, he joins Fox's son Marcus as the senior member of a new Star Fox team, apparently serving an advisory role similar to Peppy Hare in the original team. In another, he left Star Fox permanently after Star Fox defeated the Anglar forces without him. Listening to Katt Monroe, they form a new team with Dash Bowman named Star Falco. In a third ending, he attempts to console Fox McCloud who is distraught over Krystal leaving him for Panther by converting his and Fox's ships into racing machines and retire as pilots for the Ultra-High Speed Galaxy race: G-Zero Grand Prix (a play on the F-Zero franchise). They become successful racers and forget their life as part of Star Fox.
[edit] The Star Fox Team
[edit] After the Lylat Wars
Some time after the wars Falco mysteriously disappeared as he was suffering from boredom.
It should be noted, however, that four years after the events of the Lylat Wars, Team Star Fox recieved a distress signal from Titania from Katt Monroe, which Falco acted upon without the teams permission. He then saves her and the other Hot-rodders from another Goras and he learns from her that Captain Shears is apparantly researching Andross's projects, and she doesn't trust their motives. the next day, the Hot-rodder's ship was attacked by Star Fox (Captain Shears previously told them that the ship belonged to the remainents of Andross's army.), prompting Falco to get into a dogfight with Fox, which ends up in a draw, and Falco's ship being critically damaged, thus forcing him to crashland in the desert to try and fix it, while commenting that, Fox seemed quite impressive in the dogfight. later, he reappears saving the Hot-Rodders again from Goras (this time, destroying it for good, as his first fight against it ended with it retreating), then in the aftermath of the battle, he flies off, mentioning how he's going to "go it alone for a while", also telling Fox (who had just defeated a newly resurrected Andross clone) to tell Katt and her blue cat teammate to retire from the Hot-rodders.
Nobody knew what happened to him until he returned out of the blue to save Fox from the recently resurrected Andross who was about to eat him. After the battle Falco seemed eager to rejoin the team.
Falco remained on the team when Andrew started a rebellion against the Cornerian Forces and continued to play a part when the Aparoids invaded the system.
[edit] Falco Goes Solo, Again
Before the events of Star Fox Command Falco once again left the team to live the same thrills he had but found his life to be an empty one so he rejoined the broken up team. After the Anglar Blitz, he Starts his own team with Katt, and Dash called Star Falco
[edit] Other Appearances
Falco has appeared in two of the three Super Smash Bros. Games.
[edit] In Super Smash Bros. Melee
Falco appeared in Melee as an unlockable character alongside Fox. His moveset is based entirely off of Fox's, being almost a complete clone.
[edit] Trophy info
| Type | Description |
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| Classic | A Star Fox team pilot, Falco's constant air of casual indifference belies his precise piloting skills. He avoids discussion of what he did before joining the team, but many consider it likely that his past was filled with reckless behavior. He's not much for cooperation, but he does respect those more skilled than he is. |
| Adventure | Where his leader, Fox, has blinding speed, Falco has his own distinct skills and advantages. He has both a higher jump and a longer reach than Fox, and although his Blaster lacks rapid-fire capabilities, it strikes with shocking force. Unlike Fox Falco can stop enemies in their tracks with his Blaster fire. |
| All-Star | Falco's amazing jumping abilities have many merits, but it's vital to realize that it comes at the cost of some attack power and defensive strength. He falls at a high speed, which disrupts potential attackers, but this also prevents successful recoveries occasionally. Hit an opponent with Reflector, and he or she will fly straight up; this is Falco's quickest attack. |
[edit] In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Falco appeared in Brawl as an unlockable character. His moveset is still similar to Fox's, but it's a little more personalized. For example, he kicks his Reflector instead of holding it.
[edit] Role in the Subspace Emissary
Ejecting from his Arwing, Falco shows up in the nick of time to save Fox from trophy-ization at the hands of Bowser and a Shadowbug clone of Diddy by flip-kicking the Dark Cannon from Bowser's hands and destroying it with dual lasergun fire, forcing Bowser to leave. The Diddy clone begins to absorb more Shadowbugs, becoming gigantic, and after Fox revives the real Diddy, the three fight the giant clone. Falco then turns to leave, but is dragged back by Diddy and reluctantly comes along. A stupefied Fox shrugs his shoulders and walks off after them as he received the same treatment from Diddy earlier.
As Captain Falcon and Captain Olimar look down at the ship carrying Donkey Kong's trophy, Falco's Arwing shows up, ejecting Diddy Kong from the cockpit. Diddy then activates his Rocket Barrel Jet Pack and shoots the ship with his Peanut Popguns. Landing on the ship, he quickly de-trophifies DK, and after DK, Diddy, Captain Falcon, and Olimar defeat the Primids that board the ship, Falco gives Diddy and Donkey Kong a thumbs up as he leaves.
He makes his next appearance in the battle against Duon on the Halberd, where he teams up with Fox, Peach, Sheik, Snake, and Lucario. When it's defeated, Peach revives Game and Watch as Meta Knight takes back control of his ship. He uses his Arwing during the attack on the Subspace Gunship and joins with the heroes throughout the rest of the story.
[edit] Trophy Info
| Type | Description |
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| Falco Lombardi | A Team Star Fox pilot whose real name is Falco Lombardi. He once roamed the starways as the head of a galactic gang, and his piloting skills are superb. He affects an air of cool disdain and is sometimes uncooperative, but in reality his passion for the Star Fox team is second to none. He once left the team to fly solo for a time. |
| Falco Lombardi (Assault) | A somewhat arrogant and smart- mouthed member of Team Star Fox. He often seems perturbed, especially when antagonized by Panther, and claims to dislike the cold. Although separated from the team, he joins back up for the battle on Sauria and pretends that the reason behind his loyalty to the team is purely monetary. |
| Falco Lombardi (Command) | Tired of the daily grind and monotony of work after the events of Star Fox: Assault, Falco seeks more stimulating adventures with his buddies from his days as a space delinquent. He meets up again with Fox, who is battling a new enemy, the Anglar, on the planet Venom. Falco again vows to fight alongside Fox as a member of the Star Fox team. |
[edit] Other info
[edit] Statistics
Falco has unique statistics and the best Arwing capability of all.
| Stamina: | 31 | |
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| Speed: | 83 | |
| Jump: | 67 | |
| Pilot: | 60 | |
| Arwing: | 100 | |
| Landmaster: | 41 |
Special: None
[edit] Miscellaneous
Falco is voiced by Hisao Egawa in the Japanese versions of the series, Bill Johns in the English version of Star Fox 64, Ben Cullum in Star Fox Adventures and English dialog of Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Mike Madeoy in Star Fox: Assault.
Falco is notably the only post-James era Star Fox Member who had ever gotten into a dogfight against Fox (albeit in Farewell, Beloved Falco), and the first of the post-James era Star Fox member to actually dogfight one of his/her own teammates (in the Katina mission in Star Fox Assault, Krystal was seen chasing and shooting at Slippy at one point.)
| Star Fox |
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| Fox McCloud | Falco Lombardi | Slippy Toad | Krystal | R.O.B. 64 |
| James McCloud | Pigma Dengar | Peppy Hare |
