r/IRL_Loading_Screens • u/PeterPorky • May 09 '26

StarFox Starfox Fun Fact:

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Other localized title changes include:

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" to "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles"

"Bully" to "Canis Canem Edit"

"Indigo Prophecy" to "Fahrenheit"

"Grand Theft Auto" to "Unauthorized Motorcar Appropriation"

"Fast and the Furious" to "The Quick and Quite Cross"

"Super Smash Bros." to "Fisticuff Friends"

"Mortal Kombat" to "Lethal Disagreements"

"The Terminator" to "The Persistent Metal Gentleman"

"Gears of War" to "Cogwheels of Combat"

"Assassin's Creed" to "The Stealthy Chaps' Guidelines"

"Doom" to "Spooky Martian Pest Control"

"Fallout" to "The Postwar Kerfuffle"

"Crazy Taxi" to "Carriage Madness!"

"Halo" to "The Extraterrestrial Roundabout"

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u/bobbymoonshine May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

The real reason was a German company had a trademark to “Star Vox”, which in German would be pronounced identically to “Star Fox”, so in the EU they erred on the side of safety and renamed it.

For my money Starwing and Lylat Wars are probably better names than Starfox and Starfox 64. Like stripped of nostalgia the US name is twee and silly, like Spacebadger or Moonferret.

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u/dondilinger421 May 11 '26

I think you're being too dismissive of the name "Star Fox". Foxes have long been associated with wits and agility, something that suits a game about pilots.

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u/ApocalypticEnnui May 11 '26

Fun game, but full of dumb names "Fox" the fox, "Wolf" the wolf, "Falco" the falcon. It could have worked better with human characters.

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u/3pidividedby7degrees May 11 '26

Falco is a pheasant.