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[64bitmodels]

Yeah apparently some rumor said that there will be a new F-Zero in the Nintendo Direct... This was not brought to my attention previously.

GX is one of my favorite Gamecube games and it's infinitely better than that overhyped MK Double Dash. The music is a super cool blend of rock and techno that sounds great to this day, the graphics are some of the best seen of the 6th gen (while also being rendered at neckbreaking speeds) and the gameplay is F-Zero X but better. The control especially is pinpoint, precise enough when you need it but fast enough for you to hit the 90 degree corners, it covers almost all use cases enabling you to focus most on beating the shit out of other drivers and speeding all the way to the end of the race. It's such a memorable and distinctive game.

With all that in mind... If there even is a new F-Zero shown in the direct, what do you all expect of it? Will it blow GX out of the water and shame Mario Kart 8? Do you think it's going to be just OK? Or are you expecting a dumpsterfire on the horizon...

 

[GigaBowser]

Fzero 99 but probubly nothing

 

[MiguelItUp]

I won't expect it at all. But if it's there, cool! I feel like there are way too many "rumors" these days that don't have any real merit to them. So, they're not much different than, "Because my friend said so" or something similar.

 

[64bitmodels]

Fzero 99 but probubly nothing

I ain't gonna lie, all of those 99 games Nintendo released have all been gems IMO. Tetris 99, Mario 99.... maybe Pac Man 99 but i didn't play much of it.
An F-Zero 99 would be a lot more interesting to me than a port of GX (though what i'd really want is a brand new game)

 

[TransTrender]

Title should be updated to state a rumor

The troll video from last time was pretty damn funny but too bad it has since been deleted

F-Zero Fake Twitter Account Trolls Hopeful Fans With Pornography

An F-Zero Twitter page has turned out to be fake.

screenrant.com

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

I don't believe it'll happen, because it's been... fuck, 20 years.

If it did, I don't even want a new F-Zero. I want F-Zero GX with upgraded visuals and like 50 new tracks. They already made the perfect futuristic racer - I just want more of it.

 

[LakeOf9]

So F Zero is like Wipeout? and it looks like Nintendo hasn’t put out a new one in more than 20 years?

Might just be a rerelease of one of the older ones on their sub service I guess

 

[Azelover]

I don't believe it will happen

 

[RoboFu]

Nah it’s too close to the new console for there to be any surprises on that level.

 

[Thabass]

If a F-Zero game does appear, it will be a remake or port of F-Zero GX. I don't foresee a new game, at least not yet. But we shall see.

 

[64bitmodels]

Title should be updated to state a rumor

I should've stated that, yeah. I still have trouble believing it will even be a thing when there's been basically no aknowledgement of the franchise in 20 years

 

[TikiLagoonSam]

This should be everyones expectation

 

[64bitmodels]

This should be everyones expectation

the gba games dont get enough love, they're basically F-Zero SNES but a lot better

 

[March Climber]

So F Zero is like Wipeout? and it looks like Nintendo hasn’t put out a new one in more than 20 years?

I guess it can be comparable to Wipeout...if Wipeout was a Japanese arcade game and the speed of the gameplay was increased by 3-5x.

 

[bender]

I'm expecting nothing but we might see a SNES/GBA port. An F-Zero GX port would be beyond my wildest imagination.

Nah it’s too close to the new console for there to be any surprises on that level.

Given F-Zero's popularity or lack thereof, it makes a lot more sense to release it now than for new hardware to give it the best hopes of succeeding.

 

[64bitmodels]

I'm expecting nothing but we might see a SNES/GBA port. An F-Zero GX port would be beyond my wildest imagination.

F-Zero SNES and the first GBA game is already on Switch Online. The possibility of the second being added to Switch Online is there.

 

[bender]

F-Zero SNES and the first GBA game is already on Switch Online. The possibility of the second being added to Switch Online is there.

Ha, shows you how much I pay attention.

 

[StueyDuck]

It would be dope if it had a crash team racing / Diddy Kong racing kind of big map overworld with secrets and so on that connects all the races together

 

[64bitmodels]

Ha, shows you how much I pay attention.

I had to look it up myself and I owned a Switch Lite a month ago, so i'm not the most attentive either.

But most of the F-Zero games are already on Switch, the only exceptions being GX and GP Legend. So it's either those 2 getting on Switch or a new project entirely. Of course that's a possiblity inside another possiblity of rumors being rumors and not actually being true

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

So F Zero is like Wipeout?

It's like saying what difference there is in ketchup and tomato sauce.

 

[ReBurn]

That it will come with a million dollars in the box

 

[Gambit2483]

It's supposedly a 99 vs game...not exactly my cup of tea but I'll take any F-Zero I can get.

 

[Robb]

If it’s there I’m expecting a F-Zero GX remake/remaster, nothing new.

 

[diffusionx]

I doubt there is going to be anything F-Zero, except maybe adding the SNES/GBA games to NSO.

 

[Woopah]

Either a GX remaster or F-Zero 99. F-Zero coming to NSO was already announced.

It's like saying what difference there is in ketchup and tomato sauce.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Straight up GX port in the laziest way possible. $60

 

[daxgame]

Voted I don't think F-Zero will show up in the new Nintendo Direct.

can't get disappointed if you don't set expectations !

Jokes aside, if Nintendo was ever thinking about that, I'd think it'd make more sense on a switch 2

 

[Roman Empire]

IT'S DEAD!

Stop giving me hopes

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

Star Fox Grand Prix at any moment guys...

 

[Krieger]

F-Zero GX came out over 20 years ago. F-Zero as a series is deader than dead.

 

[diffusionx]

Straight up GX port in the laziest way possible. $60

I'd buy it

 

[Sanepar]

if there is a f-zero on the direct i will run to a store and buy a switch

 

[Sleepwalker]

I'd buy it

same tbf, I still have my complete copy of the gamecube version.

 

[Camreezie]

It'll be F Zero GX HD for £40

 

[Robb]

can't get disappointed if you don't set expectations !

That’s the lie we all tell ourselves;

 

[BennyBlanco]

GX remake would be ace