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"What a joke! I was hoping for some competition!"
— Pico

Pico (ピコ?) is a character in Nintendo's F-Zero series of video games. Although the character first appeared in the instruction manual of F-Zero, published in 1990, only his machine appeared in-game along with the other three pilots.[1] It was not until F-Zero GX that he actually appeared in-game.

Pico is an ex-military hitman. In F-Zero GX, he was known as a former assassin of a special unit in the Poripoto army where he carried out a number of dangerous missions.

Characteristics[]

Pico is described as a highly aggressive cold-hearted pilot, rumored to be a competent hit-man, in the first F-Zero game which was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.[1] In the game's manual, he was stated to be a former soldier in the Polipoto Army's Special Fighting Unit and a member of the Death Wind Tribe.[1] F-Zero X confirmed that he was indeed part of the Poripoto army.[2]

In F-Zero X, Pico claims to be 123, (124 in F-Zero GX, albeit not outright stated to be self-claimed).[3] However, in the first F-Zero game, his age was listed 34.[1]

Physical appearance[]

Pico initially had a more humanoid appearance, albeit with green skin and a long head in the SNES era. But in later games, Pico resembles a turtle and has a brown, tortoise-like shell on his back. His skin is covered by a unique veiny muscle structure prominent on his arms and legs. His elongated head features a mouth full of fangs and two small, yellow eyes. Pico wears an orange breastplate with yellow markings and wires that connect it to his shell. He wears blue gloves, and blue bands around his shoulders, knees, and midsection. Pico also wears red underwear and red boots covered by metal ankle guards.

Appearances[]

F-Zero games[]

He first appeared in the 1990 game F-Zero, as one of four original characters in the game and the only one out of the four that has not been seen outside of the F-Zero series. He was introduced as a mysterious alien racer from the 26th century. However, only his machine actually was shown in the game, portrayed by a two-dimensional sprite-- it wasn't until F-Zero X would he actually appear in-game.

The game F-Zero Maximum Velocity is the only story-driven (see the manual) game in the series not to feature this character, though it is implied that like the other SNES pilots, Pico also retired from racing by this time.[4]

Wild Goose

Wild Goose

In F-Zero GX, many considered Pico's reckless driving to be the cause of a major accident that ended the F-Zero Grand Prix four years prior to the events in this game. This has caused much of his fan base to disappear seemingly overnight. However, this fact does not seem to deter Pico from being an absolute menace on the race track. After retirement from the army, Pico opened a small shop near the military base, but he still operates as a notorious assassin.[5] If he wins the F-Zero Grand Prix, he will use the money to host the "Pico Cup".[6]

Pilot Profile Movies[]

Pico the Hitman!

Pico sure loves blasting things.

Only Pico himself appears in his Profile video "Polishing up the License to Kill." Taking place in a barren forest, he uses a large rifle to shoot two standees, followed by six more standees popping up. Taking two small pistols from his leg holsters, Pico shoots four of them side to side. Reloading his guns, he notices more standees pop up, performs a spinning jump, and shoots one of them, and another from behind him. He then performs a backflip to shoot another standee behind him. When the final standee pops us, Pico quickly shoots that one too, albeit above its marked head, in a blank zone. Done with his target practice, he walks away. The backside of the last standee is shown to reveal a drawing of Black Shadow, being headshotted.

Other appearances[]

F-Zero GP Legend[]

Pico GP Legend Icon

Main article: Pico (GP Legend)

As with the rest of the other 29 F-Zero racers seen in F-Zero X, Pico appears as part of the anime continuity of F-Zero GP Legend.

Super Smash Bros. series[]

Pico appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a spirit in Adventure Mode and is represented by Bowser (a turtle-like reptilian creature with an aggressive attitude). In the World of Light Mode, it is required to obtain his spirit in order to drive the Wild Goose which is sitting on the racetrack area, representing a race track similar to the F-Zero franchise.

Official Data[]

F-Zero X[]

North American manual
Japanese profile (translated)
He is a former soldier in the special forces of the Polipoto Army. He has an aggressive personality, but he compensates for this with a calm demeanor. Although he is ostensibly an "F-ZERO" pilot, he is often rumored to be a capable hitman in the underworld.

F-Zero GX[]

(His character model consists of)

North American profile

Sex:Male Age:

Japanese profile (translated)
He is a former member of the Special Forces of the Poripoto Army and has carried out many missions. He has a very aggressive personality, but he also has the calmness to control it. (In other words, he can be a handful when he gets out of hand.) Now retired, he works in a small store near the Poripoto military base, and is rumored to be an effective hitman in the underworld. His extremely belligerent personality is also evident in his racing, and his dangerous driving is said to have been the original cause of the wreck four years ago, and he is hated by all "F-Zero" fans. However, he does not care about such things at all, and continues to race in order to master aggressive driving.

Gallery[]

F-Zero[]

F-Zero X[]


F-Zero GX/F-Zero AX[]

Videos[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (1991-08-13) in Nintendo EAD: F-Zero instruction manual (in English). Nintendo. Retrieved on 2007-08-12. 
  2. (1998) in Nintendo: F-Zero X instruction manual (in English). Nintendo, pp. 22. 
  3. (2003-08-25) in Amusement Vision: F-Zero GX instruction manual (in English). Nintendo, pp. 32. 
  4. (2003-08-25) in NDCube: F-Zero: Maximum Velocity instruction manual (in English). Nintendo. 
  5. Pilot & Machine. F-Zero.com (2003). Retrieved on February 24, 2006.
  6. Mr. Zero: What do you use the one billion space credits in prize money? / Pico: Sponsor the Pico Cup, the most thrilling race in F-Zero history!. Nintendo EAD. F-Zero GX. Nintendo. Nintendo GameCube. (in English). 2003-08-26.

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Introduced in F-Zero
Captain Falcon - Dr. Stewart - Pico - Samurai Goroh
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Introduced in F-Zero GX/AX
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Introduced in F-Zero: GP Legend
Rick Wheeler - Lucy Liberty - Misaki Haruka - Lisa Brilliant
Introduced in F-Zero Climax
Berserker - Clank Hughes - Death Soldier


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