Andross, a banished primate from the Lylat System by General Pepper, seeks vengeance by launching an assault on Corneria and its innocent inhabitants, capturing Pepper in the process. Meanwhile, Team Star Fox enjoys another ordinary day: idling, venting over video games, and listening to their mentors' lectures while practicing combat skills. Everything shifts when a distress signal from a familiar face arrives.
Introducing Fox McCloud, the son of the late James McCloud, who leads his elite crew—Slippy Toad, Falco Lombardi and Peppy Hare—to confront Andross's mechanized forces with flair, aiming to rescue Corneria from the skies.
