The young leader of the Star Fox team, Fox is always at the forefront of the team's attack. Because of his fantastic flying skills and quick decisiveness, he is an extremely respected leader.

Falco is the young hot headed pilot. He's been a close friend of Fox for quite a long time now. He may be a little insulting at times but its meant in good nature. His aggressive flying skills and reckless habits come from his younger days when he was member of the "space hot-rodders". He could be a better pilot than Fox if he wasn't as risky.

ROB runs the mothership, Great Fox. He offers suppore to the Star Fox team when needed.

James was once the leader of the Star Fox team. He was betrayed by Pigma Dengar on Venom. His son, Fox, can't believe that his father is really gone.

The commander in chief of the Cornerian Air Force, General Pepper still feels guilty for sending James McCloud to his doom. Now Pepper he feels guilty for Fox. But he has no choice...Andross must be stopped!

A former classmate of Fox, Bill commands the Husky squadron on Katina and defends the pyramid base often invaded by Andross's minions.

Katt is an expert pilot, and occasional ally of the Star Fox team. The Cornerian Military considers her a bit of a nuisance but acknowledges that she has been useful in the fight against Andross. Rumor says that Katt was once ambushed- and her ship crippled- by an Androssian patrol, and that because of this she had dedicated herself to Andross' defeat. Katt curently flies a heavily modified Invader-class fighter, dubbed the Catspaw, apparently stolen from one of Andross' bases. She has a crush on Falco, but he doesn't if know she's alive. She tends to make him notice and soon.

Andross, born and raised on Corneria, once studied under the great scientists of Cornerian history. His field was souly in bio-techonology, but since Corneria was a peaceful planet, his research went in vain. Over time, his thought became twisted and his morals demented. One day, Andross unleashed a weapon he secretly constructed himself on his home planet, leaving many of the major cities in ruins. General Pepper banished Andross to the desolate planet Venom as punishment, but that wasn't nearly enough to stop his madness.After years of planning and constructing, Andross has again unleashed his minions against the Lylat system.

Wolf, leader of the mercenary StarWolf team, would like nothing more than to see Fox fail.

Leon is a mysterious reptile that loves to cause pain and mayhem. He comes second to Wolf as a flyer.

TA former member of the Star Fox team and current member of the StarWolf team, Pigma turned James and Peppy into Andross's clutches for money and turned to evil.

Inexperienced and quite chalky at flying all together, Andrew was only put on the team because of his relation to Andross as nephew and uncle. Because of Slippy's equal clumsiness and lack of skills, Andrew chases after him during battles.