Wolf O'Donnell

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Wolf O'Donnell is the leader of the Star Wolf team and a rival (or possibly an antihero) to Fox McCloud from the Star Fox series of video games. He flies the Wolfen fighter (and the Wolfen II in Star Fox 64), which is more agile and perhaps faster than the Arwing used by the Star Fox team. Although Wolf and Fox are at odds at each other, the exact reason why is never fully explained.

History

Star Fox 2

Wolf first appeared in the cancelled SNES/Super Famicom game Star Fox 2 as the boss prior to Andross. In this game, he wore no eyepatch, but there is a large scar that runs across his right eye, which is opposite of the eye that is damaged in his current form.

Star Fox 64

In Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars), Wolf's current image was created with him wearing an eyepatch. In this game, the player faces Wolf and his team at least once, no matter what path you take to get through the game, unlike in Star Fox 2, where he was faced only once altogether.

On a humourous note, if the player fights Star Wolf on Venom, Wolf looks slightly different over his transmissions. Upon closer examination, his face is covered with bandages, to express damage from their last encounter with Star Fox. The rest of the team appears in far worse shape however, as they sport cybernetic prosthetics. Alternately, these augmentations could be explained away as necessary to the operation of their new Wolfen II fighters, since they're not shown on any Star Wolf members in subsequent games.

Star Fox: Assault

After sitting out during Star Fox Adventures, Wolf makes his next appearance in , with a new costume and a more advanced looking eye patch. At first he is angered at the fact that Fox McCloud raided the Sargasso Space Hideout while looking for Pigma Dengar. But fighting an enemy (the ) that means to conquer (or destroy) the entire Lylat System and all of its inhabitants (Cornerian or otherwise) brought out the good in Wolf and he actually saved Fox's life when Fox was ambushed by Aparoids on top of the Persimmon's Building in Corneria City. Wolf explained that he only saved Fox because he wanted to be the only one to "tan his hide."

In return, Fox blasts enemy fighters, anti-aircraft turrets, and General Pepper's Aparoid-infected flagship as they shoot at and chase the Wolfen. Throughout the fight with General Pepper, Wolf gives Fox encouraging words for the first time (though most likely to also ensure his own survival). United by a common enemy, Wolf and his team assist Star Fox twice more, once during a missile attack on the Cornerian Orbital Gate, and once in the tunnel leading to the Aparoid Queen. It was also Wolf's advice "Don't hesitate. When the time comes, just act" that got Fox past some internal struggles when facing the Queen.

Though it appears that Wolf was killed when the Aparoid Homeworld was destroyed, Fox McCloud believes that he and his team somehow survived the explosion, a belief which is later confirmed in Star Fox: Command.

The game has been confirmed to feature a Wolfen. Wolf and his team have been confirmed as being in the game as well, but their actual role is still a mystery. It is known from game artwork, however, that they are wanted men.

Trivia

• Wolf's first GameCube appearance was a very brief cameo in Super Smash Bros. Melee: In the game introduction movie, he flies past Fox's Arwing, looking Fox in the eyes. During this brief encounter, Wolf looks identical to his Star Fox 64 counterpart. The game also has the Wolfen spacecraft as a trophy. Finally, in the Corneria and Venom levels, the Wolfen occasionally appears as a platform that the players can use, or at least until it flies off-screen.

• He can be unlocked as a playable character in Star Fox: Assault. He is the most powerful character in multiplayer.

• Wolf in Star Fox: Assault is voiced by Grant Goodeve.

 

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