After the death of James McCloud, his team Star Fox was disbanded almost immediately before the maniacal scientist Andross launched a huge army on the Lylat system, and so began the Lylat Wars. Five years later, James' son Fox McCloud is a rookie at the Cornerian Military Academy. After an attack on Corneria by Star Wolf, Fox wanted to revive his father's legacy and reinstate Star Fox. General Pepper and the Corneria Defense Force disagreed for Fox was too cocky, too reckless to even lead one squadron. Breaking protocol, Fox leads a ragtag team of him, two academy students, his mentor Peppy Hare, and a stowaway maintenance droid known as ROB 64, to go and stop Andross and his forces from conquering the universe . . . as Star Fox.
