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F-ZERO 99 is available today for active Nintendo Switch Online members

The F-ZERO game returns as a 99-player battle royale! Race on classic F-ZERO courses with machines from the original Super NES game and tear through courses in high-speed races. But be careful, your Power Meter will decrease if you crash into pilots or guard rails. If it hits zero, you're out!

5 new tracks coming to F-Zero 99 tomorrow

By now, you’ve more than likely heard of F-Zero 99. The game was announced in the recent Nintendo Direct, and it was released by Nintendo the same day. That said, it has only been a matter of time…

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New circuits will be unlocked on Sep 29 (Japan time).

In normal F-ZERO 99:

- Mute City II
- Port Town I
- Red Canyon I

In Pro Tracks events:

- White Land II
- Death Wind II

The Queen League will also begin appearing in Grand Prix events.

The remaining King League circuits will be unlocked in mid October.

 

[Deerock71]

This...is actually badass.

 

[acm2000]

well at least its free

 

[DenchDeckard]

Not what I wanted but I'll play it!

 

[saintjules]

Crying. One of the first racers I've ever played.

This is how you do it.

 

[tkscz]

I'd still rather have a full remake of GX, but can't say I won't play this, it looks fun.

 

[Big Baller]

They had me I was like here we go a brand new F-zero or GX remaster! This better be some testing ground for a real entry on Switch 2

 

[Schmick]

This looks great!

 

[Sleepwalker]

Theyre gonna get me on the hook for one of those nes controllers arent they?

 

[West Texas CEO]

Theyre gonna get me on the hook for one of those nes controllers arent they?

I think fzero was originally a SNES game.

 

[Tarin02543]

Somebody mentioned F Zero 99 in the main thread for the Direct before it even started.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I think fzero was originally a SNES game.

Yeah i meant snes controller my bad

 

[Lokaum D+]

Didnt know Nintendo still make games for Snes

 

[digoutyoursoul]

I’ll give it a try, I hope it lasts longer than the Mario game, I loved it and they shut it down :-(

 

[saintjules]

Didnt know Nintendo still make games for Snes

I find it impressive they go back to the old games and add new modes in while retaining the graphics as they were (for the most part).

F-Zero? Super Mario RPG? STAR OCEAN R? My childhood is being revitalized.

 

[PanzerCute]

This looks like stupid fun. I look forward to trying it tonight!

 

[lughnasadh123]

Wonder how they balance being in the front vs the back of that mess.

 

[RickMasters]

Want. Need! Hopefully this is warm up for a full blown current gen F zero. It’s time…..

 

[nial]

I can't believe people are accepting this shit after them not doing anything with the series in two decades.

 

[RickMasters]

This looks like stupid fun. I look forward to trying it tonight!

I’ll probably never win a race in multiplayer but for sheer fun, this would be a blast! You can be middle of the field and still be battling with 20 other cars right next to you. This should be a luagh!

 

[Lokaum D+]

I find it impressive they go back to the old games and add new modes in while retaining the graphics as they were (for the most part).

F-Zero? Super Mario RPG? STAR OCEAN R? My childhood is being revitalized.

Yeah, i dont like to be charged 60usd to revisit my childhood when i can revist for free just booting my old consoles.

 

[Fake]

Is this using Doom engine? Looks so similar.


Kinda curious about this game.

 

[Robb]

I’ll give it a whirl for sure but it looks very cluttered/messy. We’ll see. Not really the F-Zero comeback I was hoping for.

 

[diffusionx]

I really wish they paired this up with the GBA games. Those are underrated imo.

 

[Needlecrash]

I've never been too into F-Zero aside from the SNES versions. That being said...

 

[eNT1TY]

I watched the video expecting this to be some lazy nintendo b tier shit but it looks legit. This is straight up awesome even. Don't know how i feel about the skyway thing yet.

 

[Honey Bunny]

Who actually wanted the SNES version over X or GX. Show yourselves grandpas.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Nintendo stole my idea!!!!!!!

 

[Punished Miku]

Who actually wanted the SNES version over X or GX. Show yourselves grandpas.

The music's probably the best at least, even though that metal OST in X is hilarious.

 

[Closer]

Who actually wanted the SNES version over X or GX. Show yourselves grandpas.

You're too late, like your birth

 

[Krappadizzle]

Very cool. That Mario 99 thing was fun for the little bit I played it.

 

[PanzerCute]

I’ll probably never win a race in multiplayer but for sheer fun, this would be a blast! You can be middle of the field and still be battling with 20 other cars right next to you. This should be a luagh!

Oh I suck at Fzero too, I just want to see the chaos

I just tried one game online. I didnt survive haha but that was LOTS of fun.

 

[edbrat]

This does look pretty freaking cool and fun.

 

[cireza]

That's pretty cool, even though I will never play it.

 

[Dacvak]

Somebody mentioned F Zero 99 in the main thread for the Direct before it even started.

Yeah, the entirety of the contents of this Direct got leaked a few days ago. It’s one of the few times a leak has been basically 100% accurate.

 

[Alexios]

That's the kind of shit they should be putting to mobile while they have full main entries on their platform. Still it's neat in a pac man/tetris/whatever 99/br sort of way.

 

[Big Baller]

Its cool, looks super crisp too.

 

[RoboFu]

So it’s pretty cool. I like you get one special attack now.

Tip for newbies… L/R are a scam lol… the real trick is to release and repress on the gas when going through a sharp corner.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Looks awesome!

 

[Soltype]

Man, I took the bait on all those GX remaster rumors. I really thought it was coming.

 

[Crayon]

Whaaaaaaaaaat. Fuck yeah!

 

[UnNamed]

Totally unexpected

 

[Synless]

Exactly what I thought it was.

 

[Big Baller]

Shit is pure chaos lol

 

[RoadHazard]

I'll try it I guess. Doesn't seem as fun as Tetris or Mario BR though.

 

[Soltype]

Ships are missing the frames from the jumping animation, not sure why they nixed those.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Nope, not subbing to NSO.

What a disappointment.

 

[aygomyownroad]

I can't believe people are accepting this shit after them not doing anything with the series in two decades.

Download it and play it. Maybe if there is enough interest they will make a new one.

Disappointed however

 

[Hardensoul]

Not what I wanted but I'll play it!

I was waiting for the HD overlay like the other remasters!

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

ooo hopefully this is to drum up excitement for the franchise before they release a new proper fzero game.