storylines that see Star Wolf having varying degrees of success in their bid to stop the Anglar Empire, Commands director Dylan Cuthbert considered the game as non-canon because of said storylines, rendering it as an alternate timeline-style game. Star Wolf appears in Star Fox Zero. Due to Zero being a re-imagining of Star Fox 64, Wolf and his team reprise their roles as illicit mercenaries hired by Andross to stop Star Fox by any means necessary. Like Star Fox's Arwing, Star Wolf's Wolfen also became capable of transforming into an all-terrain configuration. In other media Wolf's first appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series was a cameo in the opening cutscene of Super Smash Bros. Melee, while his first playable appearance was as an unlockable character in the subsequent title Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Wolf was not part of the playable roster in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, but returned in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Unlike in Brawl, Wolf no longer has a slightly modified version of his design from Star Fox: Assault and Star Fox Command; instead, it became a combination of his appearance in Star Fox Zero with attire unique to Ultimate. In addition, several of Wolf's moves were updated in regard to both aesthetics and mechanics; most notably, his Final Smash now consists of piloting his Wolfen alongside the rest of Star Wolf before proceeding to bombard the opponent with laser fire, mirroring that of Fox and Falco's versions with the Star Fox team. The Nintendo Switch version of Starlink: Battle for Atlas features exclusive Star Fox content, including a crossover story that occurs some time after the events of Star Fox Zero. In Starlink, Wolf decides to fly solo in search of additional firepower to use for himself in the power vacuum caused by Andross' defeat. He fled to the Atlas star system to acquire a Spin Drive for his conquest of the Lylat System. Soon after arriving in Atlas, Wolf forged alliances with several Outlaws, most notably Cash Guavo, Zonna Vangore and Koval Grimm. However, Wolf's hideout is eventually discovered by Star Fox and their allies from the Starlink Initiative, and his plot to transport weaponry over to the Lylat System is stopped. After Wolf's initial plan is foiled, he later returns alongside Leon, Pigma and Andrew in order to gain revenge. Reception Wolf has received mostly positive reception from critics.