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nejinoki β How I imagined Wolf initially
Published: 2009-03-09 22:03:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 4706; Favourites: 108; Downloads: 0
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Before Starfox Assault came out to embellish the character of Wolf O'Donnel, I'd imagined him something like this ... kind of a brooding and dark figure who'd seen better times, someone whose habitat would mostly be in the back corner of a seedy bar.Plus his facial features would be more longer and pronounced as would be for a mature character, not to mention being of the Canis genus rather than Vulpes.
Then came Starfox Assault (and Smash Brawl) and told us he wore spikey armor.
*facepalm*
I can't exactly complain since his character was, though an important one in Starfox 64, not explained at all, and was basically expanded by fans from the few bits and pieces Nintendo provided.
But seriously, spikey armor?
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Inspector Wolf at your service !
I do agree agree with you about that. When I look at wolf, I just see an (at least) 50 years old mercenary with great experience and strong personality.
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I hated the spikey armor so muchβ¦ I wish Wolf looked like this! You should draw more of him with your ideas you knowβ¦
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I actually just beat all the Star Fox games(except command, which the time limit thing is making me mad.) and I have to say that I cant decide on my favorite character...Even Andrew is Funny.(from Assault) I agree that the spiky armor thing could have been left out, but but it seems appropriate for a younger Wolf and the trench coat for an older Wolf. I sure Hope that Retro Studios(creators of Metroid Prime series) and The man who created DMC gets together and creates the next Star Fox game for the Wii U.(because they both plan on making a game, but no info on if itll be cooperative or not) They would do an amazing job! and dont forget about Koji Kondo.(Involved in most of Nintendos Music)
Your artwork really does amaze me! your perspective is just WOW!!! when I saw your art it sorda reminds me of mine which is a bit sketchy but cool.(except yours is way cleaner)Keep up the Amazing artwork and thanks for bringing a little inspiration back into me!
ps. sorry if this message was long or randome it is my first post, and my first one on a comp. in awhile.(I dont have any artwork up yet either)
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*poke*
OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Wolf: what's it's just MY ARMOR
Me: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU NINTENDO USE NEJINOKI'S DESIGNS!
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Nice sketches here. Really nice work.
I sympathize with you on what you said about making him a more mature and fleshed out character, seeing as his background was never explained anywhere even after a number of years since his debut. I actually liked the outfit he was given in Brawl, but his trench-coat is just as suiting to him in my opinion. After all, the trench coat was his original attire before he gained that Mad Max/Hokuto no Ken inspired outfit with the blue jacket, black pants, colorful boots, long gloves, and spiked shoulder pads and knee pads. Though what I found strange aside from the fact that his background was never explained, is that Wolf seems to be relatively the same size as Fox in Brawl. Meaning that he's rather small compared to some of the other players in the game. Quite frankly, I always imagined Wolf being taller than that. I imagined Fox being about 5'3 while Wolf would most likely stand 6 feet tall. But that's just my vision. I'm not asking for anybody to agree with me. But anyway, nice drawings, and interesting description.
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He looks sexy somehow...
...what am I saying, i'm a guy!?!? DX
I always thought of Wolf sort of like Fox's cocky big bro.
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I miss the old fashion eyepatch, the "wolf" scouter seems... less classy. Maybe it's because it's not basic black.
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Gosh, I feel the same when I saw his outfit. Seriously, his charisma is just ruined by this piece of stupid armor (I find the design awful). Anyway, Wolf rules ! ^^
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when i was a kid i always thought of wolf just in a normal 90's skin tight space suit (like in gundam wing). then smash bros and melee came out, then my image of him kinda resemble this one yours but only he still had a black space suit, the trench coat, the armored boots everyone in star fox has and for some reason a katana. his fighting style in melee would of looked something like Virgilβs from dmc 3 and his specials would been just like fox's except would dark fire like (like mewtwo or ganondorf). idk why i just shared all that but just seeing that you used a trench coat made me feel happy for some reason. and now i feel like maybe i sould of written a fanfic about this or somthing lol.
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Yes, this is probably the best interpretation of him yet. If you re-imagine him in Smash Bros Brawl outfit, give him handcuffs, a police hat and a whip and he looks like a male stripper that wants to "experiment" on his fellow space furries (like the fangirls want him to...) WTF, seriously...
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Your take on Wolf O'Donnel is so much better than Nintendo's design for him! The Nintendo costume makes him look like a Boba-Fett-Wannabe, while your costume makes him truly badass!
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Yeah, the spikey armor was retarded! i like your take much better <3 makes him all cool and sexy like he should be ~ <3
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I like this.
But I like his spikey armor too xD
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he looks..... SEXY! LOL my bad 
Thats a nice Wolf O'Donnell! 10\10
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I agree on your version so much better. While playing through SF64 this is pretty much EXACTLY how I imagined him, cigarette and all.
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I agree, and I also preferred the voice actor from StarFox64, "What The Heck?" I didn't like the gravelly voice of Assault, actually I didn't like most of the Namco character models, with possible exception of Krystal, but I think she'd look better in a less fanservice style costume, like the boys get in Brawl, (And in the DS game) Yeah, what Teh hells with the spikes?
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What's wrong with spikey armor? You have something against bad guys looking bad ass?
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I dunno, I thought spikey armor was a bit silly, like he's trying too hard to look bad and evil
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Well, that's understandable. Me, I just like bad guys with sick armor 
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Hmm... you may be right.
I may have subconsciously made mine similar to him, after seeing drawings of Big Boss from the first MGS...
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Like a few others have said, you just made him look the way he SHOULD be. 
Spiky armor = Sad face.
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Thanks, but maybe I should tone down my fanboyisms a bit ... contradicting canon is usually not a pretty sight
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This is AWESOME
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Agreed ... but I can't change the official designs now
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A pity it is!
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Very nice! I think for his appearance in N64 this is pretty close to how he might have been shown, had we gotten a full-body shot.
I don't mind the spiky guards he has now though- although a bit much, he has sort of a "space cowboy" feel.
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I could make out a fuzzy pixel or two from the talking head picture, which looked like a brown coat, so this is what I thought he was meant to look like ... at the time
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All of a sudden, he seemed like he became one of the archetype evil goons that talk big but then get blown away by the hero by the dozens
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This is very close to what I imagined him out of cockpit back then too.
I always find it interesting that many artists have depicted him as a smoker in both art and writings.
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Yes, someone agrees!
Whatever they may say about the health detriments of smoking, I think the image of "smoker = badass" isn't going to go away any time soon. And I'm being part of the cause too
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^^ I like the spikey armour. Although it's a bit over the top...
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The spikey armor gives it sort of a Mad Max or Fist of the North Star feel to it...
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Mad Max? Fist of the North Star?
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Yeah, like those typical post-apocalyptic worlds (usually after some nuclear holocaust) where brutal warlords and their savage henchmen terrorize the populace in their chain-and-spikey armors
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Oh, now I see what you mean.
As I only really learned who Wolf was after I had played SSBB, I feel that the spikey armour suits him, although a plainer costume would probably have been better.
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Don't worry about it ... it's just old fanboys whining
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xD
But interesting, nonetheless. ^^
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