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[Tellis]

Well, neither of them are confirmed. The characters in the art for the original and Fox in Melee both look like they have robotic legs, so it's a theory that it's so that the g-force doesn't cause them to pass out. Buuuuut in Star Fox 64 there's the whole "G-Diffuser" thing so... eh. Not to mention that gets a bit confounded by the fact that Star Fox and Star Fox 64 are different timelines or whatever. It's a theory.

But uh... NP's the only people who've said that Mario and Wario are cousins, though. So yeah.