After initially being teased to appear in "Star Fox Zero" during its reveal at Nintendo's E3 2015 digital event, Star Wolf was later confirmed by "Zero"s director, Yusuke Hashimoto, to appear in the game. 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.