Star Fox designer says the game's iconic mascot is based on the "essence" of Shigeru Miyamoto: "I think if you look closely you can see the similarities"

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In fact, Fox himself channels the “essence” of Shigeru Miyamoto.

Then one day Miyamoto-san came along and said, ‘Let’s make these characters animals.'"

The animal characters would then be further inspired by the game’s developers.

I think, if you look closely, you’re able to see the similarities."

Gotta be honest - I’m not sure I’m seeing the resemblance.

Either way, the game’s staff inspired pretty much the entire core cast.

“Falco was based on [Tsuyoshi] Watanabe-san on the graphics team,” Imamura continues.

“When I looked at his face, his nose was quite big, like a Roman nose.

How did each of those developers feel about being turned into a cartoony animal mascot?

“None of them reacted much at all, to be honest,” Imamura says.