Here’s your F-zero game: a battle royale where you bump into 99 people
And like that, the Direct just lost any further steam I could’ve had for it.
It’s at least something F-Zero. TBH battle royale racer was already F-Zero’s niche. Races always had 20+ drivers and most races would end with some being blown up. I’m pretty sure F-Zero X had a survival mode to be the last one standing.
But yeah this being the original makes it much less exciting. F-Zero really hit its stride with X, featuring a MUCH larger cast, metal music, and faster gameplay.
TBH battle royale racer was already F-Zero’s niche
While you’re technically correct, the literal last thing I wanted to hear when I heard ‘F-Zero news’, the literal bottom of the barrel, was a minimum viable product using 25 year old assets that deliberately plays follow-the-leader chasing genre trends that a romhacker could’ve made.
Sounds fun for a short while.
Like the Battle Royal Mario game. Is that game still available?
I understand the disappointment coming from longtime F-Zero fans. I haven’t played GX yet, so I was totally looking forward to a port of it myself. At the same time, this actually looks really fun. And as a hilarious (not really) bonus, since it wasn’t released on an anniversary, it won’t be delisted!
I think F-Zero 99 is way for Nintendo to gauge the temperature. If the this game ends up getting a big player base and it stays consistent, then they will likely see that proper F-Zero game should be developed.
I remember a while back hearing Nintendo higher ups stating that they weren’t sure the popularity was there for a new game. This is there way to checking.
I think that is highly wishful thinking. I’m sure Nintendo has been going through the whole back catalog to find ways to make a battle royale of a game. Once someone saw the risk/reward that F-zero had with boosting depleting your life energy, it becomes a big an instant click. Plus, the racing environment allows all 99 players to interact in a way that none of the other games allowed (the other games were merely sending garbage to the other player.). F-Zero 99 is a good concept for the developers of the 99 games to try and apply. It wasn’t designed as a test to see if the community actually cared about the franchise.
Miyamoto has said that the reason we haven’t seen F-Zero again is that the developers haven’t found a way to differentiate the series in a way that will attract players. Although I feel like any of us could come up with a way (HD, Online play, randomized equipment drops,), Nintendo is convinced that these are not strong enough to justify the development cost.
Sounds like a fun concept. I liked Tetris 99 and Mario 35, so might try it.
