In Star Fox 64, Andross appears in the form of a giant, disembodied floating head.

Andross is a fictional character from the Star Fox universe. Andross in Star Fox 64 This is a copyrighted promotional image. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... The Star Fox series (Japanese: スターフォックス) is one of Nintendos many famous video game franchises. ...

Like the other inhabitants of the fictional Lylat System, Andross is an anthropomorphic animal. In his case, an orangutan-like creature. He is most often the lead villain of the video game series. He is voiced by Daisuke Gori in Japanese The Lylat System during the time of Star Fox 64. ... Type Species Simia pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1760 Species Pongo pygmaeus Pongo abelii The orangutans are two species of great apes with long arms and reddish, sometimes brown, hair native to Malaysia and Indonesia. ... Daisuke Gōri Daisuke Gōri ), real name: Yoshio Nagahori ), is a seiyū, or voice actor, born February 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. ...

The Name Game

In the original Japanese, his name is Andorf.

Some fans speculate that Andross’ last name might be Oikonny, the same as his nephew Andrew Oikonny. Since the parentage of the latter is unknown, this remains speculation. It is also the nickname of Andrew Liang. This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. ...

Different Universes

Unlike most other fictional universes, even most other Nintendo game franchises, Star Fox has tried to tell a tale in logical order. Events in one game lead into the next, characters die, things change, etc.

The game makers still chose to make deliberate changes at one point, however. By series creator Shigeru Miyamoto's admission (in his interview in the official Nintendo Star Fox 64 Player's Guide), Star Fox 64 is 60% the first game, 30% the unreleased Star Fox 2, and 10% entirely new. Star Fox 64, also known as Lylat Wars in Europe and Australia (due to trademark issues), is the second game in Nintendos Star Fox series and the sequel to Star Fox. ...

It may be possible to classify the Nintendo Power comic book and the original Star Fox game as the same universe. Of course, more likely is the unreleased Star Fox 2's connections with the original game. As for Star Fox 64, subsequent games branch directly from it to form a seemingly new timeline, so it is the ideal basis of continuity for the rest of the games in the series. This article is about the first game in the series. ... Star Fox 2 is an unreleased video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that was a part of the Star Fox series and a sequel to Star Fox. ...

Andross in Star Fox & Nintendo Power

This comic appeared in serialized form via several issues of Nintendo Power magazine at the time of the original Star Fox game's release.

Andross is an adopted son. His foster parents were upstanding Android Pigs living on the planet Corneria . Andross followed in his robo-parents' hoofprints as a scientist. His brilliant mind was soon well-known across the Lylat System, mostly for his medical work. Corneria is the most important planet on the fictional Lylat System from the Star Fox series of video games, for other planets from the Star Fox series, go to List of Star Fox planets. ...

Yet Andross turned his back on serving his beloved homeworld when his parents were killed; victims of a cruel military experiment by the Cornerian government itself. Unknown to anyone, Andross swore a vow of revenge that day. In time he became Head Scientist of the Cornerian Academy, his focus having changed to completely military technologies.

He also met, and fell in love with, the vixen Vixy Reinard . There was just one hang-up to their relationship: She was already married to Fox McCloud (billed as James McCloud in the games). Vixy and Fox had recently had a son together as well. This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. ...

Vixy regretted her actions, but the arrogant Andross refused to let her go. His bid to keep her was to remove her husband from the equation. Unfortunately for Andross and Fox Sr. alike, it was Vixy and not the elder McCloud who fell victim to Andross' car bomb.

Refusing to admit defeat, Andross bitterly hatched a new plot. Fox Sr., still unaware of his wife's affair to start with, was blissfully ignorant of the danger when he volunteered for Andross' assignment. Fox Sr. was given the task of hauling the newly-developed Gravity Bomb to a field laboratory in the Meteos Asteroid Belt for testing.

Thanks to Andross' sabotage, the experimental weapon went off mid-flight. Fox Sr. disappeared, along with half the asteroid belt, into a black hole created by the Gravity Bomb.

The scientist's victory was bittersweet. An investigation of the "accident" led back to him. The trial ended with Andross being exiled from Corneria to the barren world of Venom for the rest of his days. The Lylat System during the time of Star Fox 64. ...

Most scientists, Andross included, thought Venom an uninhabited world. He was shocked to find a race of anthropomorphic lizards living in the depths of the planet. The natives had devolved from a once-mighty race; Andross put his great intellect to deciphering their ancient ruins and forgotten technologies. He was able to build a Telekinetic Amplifier from the knowledge thus acquired, among other things, and used it to brainwash the Venomians.

Over the next few years, Andross transformed Venom into a power base and proceeded to invade Corneria with his new Venomian Army of Imperial Lizards. This first attempt at revenge was undone by Fox McCloud Jr. and the rest of his Star Fox team. The mercenary pilots managed to destroy the Telekinetic Amplifier itself, shattering Andross' hold on his "loyal" followers.

Andross managed to escape, fleeing to the world Fortuna. He soon had one of Fox's teammates, Slippy Toad, kidnapped for use as bait. As Andross hoped, the Star Fox team soon followed Slippy to Fortuna. There, Andross unleashed his greatest weapon, the bio-mechanical beast Monarch Dodora (who bears a suspicious resemblance to another fictional monster, King Ghidorah), to kill the Star Fox team once and for all. The Lylat System during the time of Star Fox 64. ... Slippy Toad is a fictional frog (although often presumed to be a toad because of his name) character from the Star Fox series of video games. ... It has been suggested that Death Ghidorah be merged into this article or section. ...

The mad scientist's plans went awry again. Star Fox's efforts cost Andross control of the Dodora, which accidentally stepped on him. (In Fox's own words, "He's smashed flat as an ape crepe!")

But not even death can keep any self-respecting villain down. Having planned for just such an occasion, Andross had safeguarded some of his own DNA and, apparently, a copy of his mind somehow. Two clones of Andross were reborn, little different from his previous lease on life. They attempted to rule jointly, but soon grew tired of another, and one clone killed the other.

Andross' last attempt to destroy Star Fox involved deploying the tattered remnants of his Imperial Guard to attack the planet Papetoon. This attempted trap also backfired, and in the end Andross tasted defeat. The scientist fled into the very black hole that had claimed his rival Fox Sr.; never to be heard from again.

Andross in Star Fox 64

Andross was the Lylat System's most brilliant and most unstable mind. His specialty was bio-engineering for military use; but since Corneria remained peaceful, Andross had no outlet for his ideas. His arrogance fueled his disappointment, and over time he steadily went mad.

One day Andross decided to test his latest weapon--on the very citizens he was supposed to protect. The damage to several of Corneria's major cities didn't go uninvestigated. Shortly, Andross was held for military trial. His conviction at the hands of General Pepper led to Andross' exile to the barren planet named Venom. General Pepper in Star Fox: Assault. ...

Five years later, General Pepper received interesting-and conflicting-reports of bizarre events in Venomian airspace. The general hired his old friends on the Star Fox mercenary team to investigate. Soon, all three pilots (James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar) were probing Venom's skies. The Star Fox team is a fictional heroic team in the Star Fox series of video games. ... This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. ... Peppy Hare is a fictional character from the Star Fox series of video games. ... This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. ...

Pigma had secretly been on Andross' payroll for some time. He betrayed his comrades to his master. James and Peppy tried to escape, but only the hare was successful. This left Peppy with the unenviable task of telling James' son, Fox, about his father's death.

Back on Venom, Andross proclaimed himself emperor of the planet Venom and soon the entire Lylat System. With an army of androids, bio-mechanical warriors, and hired thugs like Pigma, Andross unleashed a carefully-planned blitzkrieg on his neighboring worlds. An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ...

Fox McCloud was forced to hastily step into his father's shoes and lead a new Star Fox team against Andross. With Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi at his side, Fox battled across the Lylat System to stop Andross. Not even the crazed ape's formation of a rival team, Star Wolf, could stop the group of heroes. Fox McCloud ) is a fictional character from the Star Fox series of video games. ... Slippy Toad is a fictional frog (although often presumed to be a toad because of his name) character from the Star Fox series of video games. ... Falco Lombardi is an fictional anthropomorphic falcon video game character who acts as Fox McClouds right-hand man in Nintendos Star Fox series of video games. ... Star Wolf fighting Star Fox Star Wolf is a fictional villain team of mercenaries in the Star Fox series of video games. ...

But in the end it was Fox alone who flew into the depths of Venom to face Andross.

The young hero got a big shock; Andross had carried out some more biological experiments on himself. The once-humanoid scientist had become a giant, disembodied head with two huge, equally disembodied hands (as seen in the picture above). Fox battled the strange new Andross to a standstill. (Additionally, it seems that Andross had also constructed an android version of himself, complete with a realistic "mask" resembling his own form, as a further "defense" against attackers.) However, if Fox took the path to Venom through Area6, the fight reveals Andross' true form... grotesque, immense, floating brain which proclaims "Only I have the brains to rule the Lylat!". After a lengthy battle, Fox managed to deal enough damage to Andross, who then gave his final words: "If I go down I'm taking you with me!"

Andross initiated his final defense. He set off a time bomb intended to destroy Fox. (If the player only fought the robotic head, the bomb is then only meant to cover Andross' retreat. Otherwise, it is truly meant to kill Fox.) However, Fox has a vision of his father who guides him out of the planet to safety before the flames consume him.

Andross in Star Fox Adventures

Andross survived the destruction of his Venomian base, but at a cost. Weak and wounded, reduced to a disembodied spirit, Andross fled to the planet Sauria (Saruia is only known as dinosaur planet in StarFox adventures.) . There he was able to enlist followers among the Sharpclaw clan of dinosaurs to keep him alive, but not much more. The Lylat System during the time of Star Fox 64. ...

For eight long years Andross tried to revive himself, failing time and time again. This was at least partially due to his mistrust of his Sharpclaw helpers, particularly their nominal leader, General Scales. Scales would happily take Andross' power for his own at the drop of a hat. This is a list of characters from the Star Fox series of video games. ...

Finally, Andross found a solution. To Scales' delight, Andross gave the dinosaur all the power that Scales had long coveted. The domination of Sauria was within Scales' grasp. And Andross' price seemed simple. All he wanted was a couple of artifacts and the capture of a young anthropomorphic vixen, Krystal. Krystal in Star Fox Adventures. ...

Unknown to Scales, of course, was that Krystal had the ability to channel the long-forgotten Krazoa power. Said power was contained in the artifacts Scales was gathering for Andross as well. Unaware he was being duped, Scales succeeded in acquiring most of the Krazoa Spirits and reducing Krystal to Fox's damsel in distress. A poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ...

Rebels to Scales' rule sent out a distress call that General Pepper did not ignore. His own troops spread thin, Pepper once again hired Star Fox to dive into the breach. Unfortunately for all concerned, team Star Fox was a pale shadow of its former self. Only Fox himself remained on active duty.

Once on the planet's surface, Fox found a helper in the form of a local named Tricky. Together the duo fought a two-animal war against General Scales and his forces. Finally, Fox and Tricky defeated Scales himself...only to unveil Andross as the dinosaur's puppet master. The duo raced to release Krystal from her imprisonment atop Krazoa Palace.

They succeeded, but it seemed the damage had been done; Andross awakened. Fox quickly boarded his Arwing starfighter to battle Andross once again. Infused with the great Krazoa power, Andross had Fox on the brink of defeat...until Falco appeared. Fox's old wingman rejoined the Star Fox team, not to mention the battle, and Andross was defeated... once and for all...?

Other appearances

Andross is not in the newest game, Star Fox: Assault, making it the first time in the series where he plays no role whatsoever. His nephew Andrew leads the remains of Andross' fleet as his own. Mentioning his uncle, Andrew even dares lay claim to Andross' title of "Emperor", but no sign of the real ape himself. Interestingly, Andross's name appears in the end credits as an enemy character; Andross might have been included in the game at one point and then dropped, or this could refer to Andrew's mech, which in itself is an homage to Andross's appearances in earlier Star Fox games.

Andross does have a small cameo as two different trophies in another game, Super Smash Bros. Melee. The first is as his Star Fox 64 self (with polygon count upgrade) and the next as his original character model in Star Fox. Super Smash Bros. ... Star Fox 64, also known as Lylat Wars in Europe and Australia (due to trademark issues), is the second game in Nintendos Star Fox series and the sequel to Star Fox. ... This article is about the first game in the series. ...