James and the original Star Fox Team in Star Fox 64.. James McCloud is a fictional character from the Star Fox series.He is the father of Fox McCloud and the founder of Star Fox.He was betrayed by Pigma Dengar and captured and thought to be killed by the evil Andross. He then orders the team to switch to All-Range Mode and take the offensive to the overwhelmed tower, advising General Pepper to take shelter in a confined space. He is the leader of the outlaw, ragtag team who take residence on Papetoon, embarking on raids against Andross's Imperial Guard, identical to the tales of Robin Hood.
He leads the titular Star Fox team and is pitted largely against the forces of Andross, a villain who was responsible for Fox McCloud's father's and mother's death.
Fox McCloud was a cadet at the Cornerian Defense Army Academy when he heard the news … After his apparent and supposed death, James was later succeeded as leader of Star Fox by his only son, Fox McCloud. Fox then explained that Falco had emerged from the Androssian ship, ostensibly siding with them. Even though Peppy was older than all the other Star Fox Team members, he declined the leadership role and insisted that the younger Fox McCloud take over the team after Fox's father, James McCloud apparently made this his last wish. Once destroying the force leader and heading to collect its Core memory, Fox noticed that the distress signal had stopped transmitting, only to find out that the traitorous Pigma was behind the S.O.S signal and stole the core memory in order to sell it, deducing from Fox's protest that it was important. He is sometimes referred to by the name of Star Fox, especially by his many enemies. Fox and Shears had a sword duel that mostly involved Shears chasing Fox around on his Titanian River Boar. His professional side is shown when he is in serious situations especially in his Arwing, this is most notable side to Fox shown in all After rescuing Fara Phoenix from Venomian military forces,Fictional character and the protagonist of the Star Fox video game series
Peppy took Fox under his wing, and together composed a new Star Fox team, recruiting Falco and Slippy to the team and inheriting his father's Great Fox, ROB 64 and the great financial debt. Outraged by the betrayal and the government not doing any action, Fox dropped out of the Academy and formed the second generation of StarFox with Peppy Hare, Falco Lombardi, and Slippy Toad. Whenever he is called "Junior", Fox does not take kindly to this name and aggressively rejects it. But soon, the planet Venom was rising with its leader Andross. James was talented in terms of fighting, piloting, and adventuring. In 1992, Nintendo and Argonaut Software collaborated to produce a 3D space shooter for the Super NES, provisionally titled 'SnesGlider'. Fox knew that Bill would join Star Fox if he was asked to but didn't want to pull Bill into this troubles. Though angry at the sight of Pigma and losing the Core memory, Fox opted to give chase to him. However, without a story, it lacked any incentive to play beyond flying and shooting. Fox also barks at Falco's suggestion to steal from the people of Corneria since they don't steal from the innocent and oppressed. It was up to Fox to preserve the galaxy once more by gradually liberating invaded territory and arriving at Venom to vanquish the Anglar Emperor. With all due respect, Fox declined, stating that they preferred to do things their own way, while hearing a call from ROB that the Great Fox was ready to go and decreed that it was time for them to go too. Defending the orbital gate, Star Fox shipped out via a portal to make their final stand against the Aparoids, accompanied by the remaining Cornerian fleets. Miyamoto sketched out a universe, but could not decide on a natural hero to convey a sense o… On the planet's surface, Fox and Krystal took out the hatchers to try and disable the large shield covering the planet's core, but the shield reformed barring any entry. Fox takes the top, Falco takes care of everything below, until the Androsa loses the sections, leaving the spiny core tower with one section left. Following Peppy's directions to Slippy's cell, Fox and the Hot Rodders cooperated to foil Shear's plans and rescue Slippy. He asks ROB for any job requests, but ROB informed him that no official requests have been made for them, but he does have a concern for a particular planet.
He has a stereotypical bushy white-tipped tail which appears to be very short in The Star Fox franchise has generally treated both the games and certain tie-in media as canonical. When Fox started fighting off the Androssian vessel, he then spotted another Arwing disembarking the ship, and realized that Falco seemed to have "defected" to the Androssians. Fox McCloud is the main protagonist of the Star Fox series. After it made an attempt on Krystal, Fox ordered a return fire and destroyed it, where it left behind an interesting object which Peppy prompted him to collect before making a hasty retreat from an approaching armada. Fox appears in the Star Fox Comics published by Nintendo Power, in an exclusive continuity, based on the original SNES game. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. At the cost of their mothership, Peppy and ROB, Fox reluctantly respected Peppy's will and ordered that the team moves on, without him.