Red Canyon

Red Canyon is a venue featured in many of the F-Zero games, excluding Maximum Velocity and AX. It is the home turf of the notorious bounty hunter and Space Bandit Samurai Goroh, along with the rest of his gang.

### **F-Zero (SNES)**

Although Red Canyon is missing from the venue descriptions in the SNES manual, it does appear in game, as well as the setting of where Captain Falcon captures Scalehead in the SNES manual's comic. Captain Falcon is quickly confronted by Samurai Goroh and his Space Bandit gang, and warns Falcon that he is trespassing on his (Goroh's) property, and to back away from Scalehead's corpse. But Falcon instead calls for his ship, the Falcon Flyer, and makes his escape with Scalehead under his arm. Goroh was left declaring revenge on Falcon for stealing his bounty, exclaiming "I'll get you for this at F-Zero! You'll pay!"

#### **Tracks**

* Red Canyon I
* Red Canyon II

### **F-Zero X**

Red Canyon is a rocky area, with some buildings placed close to the track.

#### **Tracks**

* Multi Jump
* Slim Line

### **F-Zero GX**

In F-Zero GX nor AX, it is not featured in any Grand Prix in the game. It is, however, the setting of Chapter 2 of the F-Zero GX Story Mode where Captain Falcon gets caught up in a race for his machine with Samurai Goroh.

When Falcon arrives in Red Canyon, he is confronted by Goroh and his gang. Falcon attempts to brush them off, but Goroh extends his katana outward to Falcon's neck. Goroh explains that the law of Red Canyon is that anyone who loses to him has to forfeit their machine to him. With Goroh and his gang pointing their weapons at Falcon, the latter is left with no choice but to accept. He defeats Goroh in a race and leaves him once again declaring revenge at the F-Zero GX Grand Prix, promptly before the Fire Stingray explodes behind Goroh.

## Anime Universe

### **F-Zero Farukon Densetsu (Anime)**

Red Canyon does not appear in the anime, although a similar venue called "Big Canyon" appears and is mentioned during Lap 31 - Vestige, as the course where Billy races against Jody Summer. However, this location is not connected to Samurai Goroh, as he is from the planet Cryton, an entirely different location.

### **F-Zero GP Legend**

The venue is featured by name and appearance, despite not having appeared in the anime. Due to conflicting with its own source material, Samurai Goroh is also stated to be from Red Canyon in this game, much like his Mainverse counterpart. Red Canyon is rocky, and has some bigger rock formations in the distance.

#### **Tracks**

* Junction
* Junction 2
* Peak Jump
* Peak Jump 2
* Red Canyon

### **F-Zero Climax**

Red Canyon is as red as ever, and now has much more tall rock formations.

#### **Tracks**

* Inside Out II
* Barrel Roll
* Inside Out
* Red Canyon II

## Trivia

**Main Universe:**

* It is not specified if Samurai Goroh was born in Red Canyon, as the manual bios from SNES manual bio only says he is believed to be Japanese American, and that he and his gang reside in Red Canyon. His X manual bio and his GX pilot profile in both languages do not seem to specify his true origin either.
	+ It is also not known exactly if Red Canyon is a planet name, or an area on some planet. Considering that the SNES manual specifically states there are 15 courses across 9 planets, Red Canyon is still either another planet or an area on another planet.
		- However, early pre-rendered F-Zero GX footage from E3 2002 states that Samurai Goroh's birth planet is apparently Mars. While there are some slight oddities in ages and heights, this may be a strong lead as to where Goroh was born, but also as to where Red Canyon is located.

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 [1]F-Zero SNES US manual
2. ↑ [2]F-Zero GX Story Mode Cutscenes, Chapter 2