Falco Lombardi

Falco Lombardi
Star Fox character
Falco Lombardi as portrayed in Star Fox Command
First appearance	Star Fox (1993)
Created by	Shigeru Miyamoto
Designed by	Takaya Imamura
Voiced by (English)	Bill Johns (Star Fox 64) Hisao Egawa (Super Smash Bros. Melee during gameplay) Ben Cullum (Super Smash Bros. Melee dialogue, Star Fox Adventures) Mike Madeoy (Star Fox: Assault) Dex Manley (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Mark Lund (Star Fox 64 3D, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Star Fox Zero)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Hisao Egawa (most appearances) Kosuke Takaguchi (Star Fox 64 3D, Star Fox Zero)

Falco Lombardi (Japanese: ファルコ・ランバルディ, Hepburn: Faruko Rambarudi^?) is an anthropomorphic bird character from the Star Fox series of video games. He was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and designed by Takaya Imamura. Falco acts as the wingman and friend of title character Fox McCloud for the majority of the series.

Falco first appeared in the 1993 video game Star Fox. Since then, he has appeared in multiple Star Fox games. A variety of voice actors lend their voice to the character in the English language releases, but Hisao Egawa portrays Falco in all Japanese language releases except for Star Fox 64 3D where he is voiced by Kosuke Takaguchi. Besides the Star Fox games, Falco has starred in his own manga, and also appears as a playable character in three Super Smash Bros. titles.

Falco was based on the model designer of the original Star Fox game. Reception to the character has been mixed, with popularity among fans high. Falco has been mainly criticized for his appearance and contentious attitude, but praised for being far less annoying than other characters in the series. Reaction to his appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been similarly mixed, with some reviewers objecting to his moveset being cloned from Fox, citing it as an example of low effort on the part of the developers.