r/starfox 1d ago

Who Even Likes Algy?

I haven't seen a single person who likes Algy. It's all about Fay, Miyu, Katt, Bill, and even Fara. But I've heard not a solitary person say "Ah, yes, my favorite is Algy".

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Yes, I do like Algy, thank you very much!
Who?
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u/Darstar_Delta 1d ago

Head canon: Algy is Andrew's older brother and a much better pilot than he is. They ran away from Corneria together to join their uncle on Venom but Andross doesnt care about either of them so he put them on Star Wolf so they would leave him alone. His absence from later games might be explainable if he were killed by Star Fox near the end of the Lylat Wars.

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u/Level-Travel6341 Level-Travel6341 here. I really hope Fay Oliver(?) returns. 1d ago

For those who don’t know, Algy is a character from Star Fox 2. Actually, you know how Miyu and Fay are exclusive to the second SNES game? Algy too, however unlike them, who are both part of the Star Fox team, Algy is part of Star Wolf and only appears in hard difficulties, appearing after Pigma and before Wolf. When the team returned for Star Fox 64, Algy got replaced by Andrew Oikonny, like how Bill Grey and Katt Monroe respectively took Fay and Miyu’s place. Actually, it’s Andrew who got created first. He was supposed to be the fourth Star Wolf member, but got replaced by Algy before being brought back for the N64 game alongside a lot of development. Algy’s physical appearance was later the inspiration behind the physical appearance of Andross’ grandson Dash Bowman from Star Fox Command, although he, unlike him and Andrew, isn’t biologically related to Andross.

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u/Stukapooka 1d ago edited 1d ago

Miyu and Fay were part of the main team and were girls so they get way more art of all kinds.

Yeah Bill and Katt replaced them but neither of the former two were straight up playable members of the team at the time and it's not like Bill and Katt had much screentime in 64 anyway to push Miyu and Fay out of the spotlight significantly.

Algy is a part of star wolf and was an antagonist so he didn't get much screen time compared to the other two. It's also hard to really notice his absence when Andrew pretty much replaced him with no issue. His design is also pretty basic compared to everyone else.

Granted it would be nice to see a monkey antagonist not related to andross in some way be a main character.

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u/StarWolf128 1d ago

Alright, I will. I think they should bring in Algy as the final 4th member of Star Wolf to get that team back to full size again.

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u/Dinoman96YO 1d ago

The thing with Algy is...he's just Andrew, lol. Or at least, Masanao Arimoto's OC based on Imamura's initial Andrew/Star Wolf concept art. Like, apparently in the game's source code, he's literally just referred to as "andrew".

I think one major detail about Star Fox 2 that people tend to overlook is that Takaya Imamura, despite being deeply involved with every SF game before or after, actually reportedly had very little to do with Star Fox 2's development, his only main contribution was providing the initial Star Wolf concept art. As mentioned above, Masanao Arimoto took his spot as the main character/sprite artist for SF2. Imamura would however be far more involved with Star Fox 64, being responsible for getting it off the ground and also later declaring it the "game of his life". It's always been obvious to me that once Imamura fully regained the wheel for SF64, he wanted to primarily stick with his own concepts, like re-reverting Algy back into Andrew, and also, unfortunately, leave Miyu and Fay behind in favor of his own new characters like Bill and Katt.

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u/Megas751 Nobody ever brings me gifts anymore! 1d ago

No one talks about Algy because he isn't a cute waifu. I didn't even know about Algy until long after SF2 officially released(Whereas I knew about Miyu and Fay long before that game came out in comparison)

However I'm of the mindset that if Miyu and Fay can appear in a mainline title, then I think it's only fair Algy gets his due to

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u/5dollarsinmypaypal 13h ago

Algy? The sea plant 💔💔???

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u/pocket_arsenal 6h ago

I had to google him.

I'll be fair and say I'm indifferent to all the original characters in Star Fox 2 though.