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'''Captain Falcon'''{{ref|a}} ({{ja|キャプテン・ファルコン|Kyaputen Farukon}}, ''Captain Falcon'') is a character from the {{uv|F-Zero}} series. Renowned throughout the Milky Way Galaxy | '''Captain Falcon'''{{ref|a}} ({{ja|キャプテン・ファルコン|Kyaputen Farukon}}, ''Captain Falcon'') is a character from the {{uv|F-Zero}} series. Renowned throughout the Milky Way Galaxy a prestigious race car driver, Captain Falcon is also the ''F-Zero'' series' de facto mascot.<ref name=FZEROdevs/> | ||
As a member of the "[[Fighter#"Perfect-attendance crew"|perfect-attendance crew]]", Captain Falcon has been featured as a playable character throughout the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series. His highly offensive playstyle, signature moves (most notably his [[Falcon Punch]]) and memorable quotes have made him a fan favorite character across the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series despite {{uv|F-Zero}}{{'}}s status as a lesser-known Nintendo franchise. His voice actor throughout the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is Ryō Horikawa. | As a member of the "[[Fighter#"Perfect-attendance crew"|perfect-attendance crew]]", Captain Falcon has been featured as a playable character throughout the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series. His highly offensive playstyle, signature moves (most notably his [[Falcon Punch]]) and memorable quotes have made him a fan favorite character across the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series despite {{uv|F-Zero}}{{'}}s status as a lesser-known Nintendo franchise. His voice actor throughout the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is Ryō Horikawa. | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
Near the end of ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero}}''{{'}}s development, the game's designer, Takaya Imamura, sought to create a character in response to an internal request for a mascot to represent the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Following on the requester's naming suggestion of "captain", Imamura also sought to use a red, blue and yellow color scheme for the character, in reference to the Super Famicom's controller buttons.<ref name=FZEROdevs> | Near the end of ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero}}''{{'}}s development, the game's designer, Takaya Imamura, sought to create a character in response to an internal request for a mascot to represent the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). Following on the requester's naming suggestion of "captain", Imamura also sought to use a red, blue and yellow color scheme for the character, in reference to the Super Famicom's controller buttons.<ref name=FZEROdevs>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-f-zero/|title=F-ZERO Developer Interview - Super Nintendo Entertainment System: Super NES Classic Edition - Official Site|date=2017-09-12|accessdate=2018-11-03|publisher=Nintendo.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912011823/https://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic/interview-f-zero/|archivedate=2017-09-12}}</ref> Although Imamura does not recall why his prototypical captain character was no longer sought to be the SNES' mascot, he nevertheless created concept art of ''F-Zero''{{'}}s four racers. | ||
During a discussion regarding the game's packaging, Imamura decided to depict these racers in [[fzerowiki:F-Zero: The Story of Captain Falcon|an eight-page comic]] that used an {{iw|wikipedia|American comic book}} art style, instead of reusing their original designs. Due to this comic gaining an overwhelmingly positive response from {{iw|wikipedia|Nintendo of America}}, it was included within ''F-Zero''{{'}}s game manual and, in Imamura's assumption, was the reason as to why Captain Falcon became the series' de facto mascot.<ref name=FZEROdevs/> | During a discussion regarding the game's packaging, Imamura decided to depict these racers in [[fzerowiki:F-Zero: The Story of Captain Falcon|an eight-page comic]] that used an {{iw|wikipedia|American comic book}} art style, instead of reusing their original designs. Due to this comic gaining an overwhelmingly positive response from {{iw|wikipedia|Nintendo of America}}, it was included within ''F-Zero''{{'}}s game manual and, in Imamura's assumption, was the reason as to why Captain Falcon became the series' de facto mascot.<ref name=FZEROdevs/> | ||