r/starfox • u/Relevant_Orchid2678 • 20h ago
Sauria is the Lylat System all in one planet
People for years have said Star Fox Adventures is the black sheep of the Star Fox and that the jurassic world never fit Star Fox at all. I've been thinking before and definitely noticed on my latest playthrough that the planet of dinosaurs is pretty much Lylat System all in one planet. There is a lot of biomimicry and level theming.

Not much to say about Thorntail Hollow and Fortuna having much in common beyond being the areas of greenery. Or the Volcano Forcepoint Temple and Solar being the fire/lava zone on top of being the warmest planet and biome in the games. Or Snowhorn Wastes and Fichina being the winter worlds. All thats basic surface level tropes. But the others
Cape Claw and the Ocean Force Point parallels Aquas, not just being the water worlds but also that its about being a submerged civilization which Slippy pointed out, Aquas used to be too. Even their music has this chilling into the deep feel the farther in we get.
Walled City gave me Katina vibes. The fact they both have pyramid like strongholds surrounded by architecture gave me something to work with.
When I went through Moon Mountain Pass, Meteo in the Switch 2 version comes to mind because of the meteors all over the place and both have a mixture of black, dark green and grey lighting.
Dragon Rock and Venom are the poisonous wasteland planets and the final frontier that both Andross and Scales respectively raised they're armies and made into their hidden base.
Do these level themes and tropes exist elsewhere, of course. But while some are generic green place, snow place. Some Lylat planets actually do share with Sauria's biomes. I doubt Rare had these concepts in mind during development, given this was reworked into a star fox game at later stages and a lot of this carried on from the original dinosaur planet. But the idea is that Adventures isn't as a stray from the series, game worldwise as you think.