Game Debate #142: F-Zero X

[Reed Rothchild | 9,526]

[ZeldaFan042 | 1,181]

[Sumez | 2,950]

Not big on any racing games, but I'm actually curious to try this out some time, if only to say that I have played it. I own three F-Zero games, and I have never played any of them...

[DefaultGen | 5,405]

The game rules and is my favorite example that framerate is king. TLOU2 will eventually look like we see PS1 games now. F-Zero X is chilling with a bunch of blurry racing ovals but it’s still smooth as butter.

It’s crazy that Nintendo axed this franchise. It’s the perfect hardcore, twitchy, track-memorizing complement to the casual, party focused Mario Kart. I remember Miyamoto said something like “Where do you want F-Zero to go, it’s already done everything” and he’s right. F-Zero GX is perfect and untoppable but who cares? The gaming industry rehashes literally everything to death and beyond, just give me more F-Zero. We don’t even have one in H-freaking-D.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

I really enjoyed this one. It was a great follow up to the SNES game.

[RH | 4,903]

I didn't play this one much, but I was a big fan of the Extreme-G series, even if it were a knock off of what F-Zero brought to the racing genre.  My opinion would probably be different had I had a SNES and F-Zero and played this title first, but IMHO Extreme-G was the racer to go to for lightening-fast racing on the N64, plus battle mode was kind of fun too.

[RH | 4,903]

7 hours ago, DefaultGen said:

The game rules and is my favorite example that framerate is king. TLOU2 will eventually look like we see PS1 games now. F-Zero X is chilling with a bunch of blurry racing ovals but it’s still smooth as butter.

It’s crazy that Nintendo axed this franchise. It’s the perfect hardcore, twitchy, track-memorizing complement to the casual, party focused Mario Kart. I remember Miyamoto said something like “Where do you want F-Zero to go, it’s already done everything” and he’s right. F-Zero GX is perfect and untoppable but who cares? The gaming industry rehashes literally everything to death and beyond, just give me more F-Zero. We don’t even have one in H-freaking-D.

I can go along with that second comment, for sure.  I know I just gushed the praises of Extreme-G but it's a pipe dream to ever assume we'll get another one of those, so I'd gladly accept a new, top-of-the-line F-Zero in HD.  Heck, it's be awesome to see one being made to showcase the "Switch 2" if/when it launches and (hopefully) supports 4k output!

[Webhead123 | 675]

I haven't played this one but I would like to. The original F-Zero is one of my all-time favorite SNES games and I've always had a soft spot for the franchise as a result.

[Andy_Bogomil | 815]

I like all the f-zero games but never really got in to any of them for whatever reason. 7.

[Tanooki | 4,933]

Defaultgen raised a good point and quote.  They bailed on it which is a shame, and bailed before it was actually really done too.  GBA got one fantastic F-Zero, it stayed in Japan, CLIMAX.  That release also re-issued the N64DD track maker and included it with enough save room to store 20 courses.  That one feels like a well executed hybrid of SNES and N64 titles with just a lot of style.

The N64 game I always liked, but maybe just a little less than the SNES one since I kind of just enjoyed racing, not so much the combat antics, but it did them well.  It was handy the game already did flying courses so given the scope of what 3D the first gen could pull off then, it played to the room well keeping the courses in the air and limiting background because of it.  That allowed the game to run a rock solid full 60fps that kept the game blazing fast even with a full load of cars on screen... ExG1/2, WIpeout64, etc couldn't keep up.

[CMR | 519]

I thought F-Zero X was a fantastic racing game.  I wish we had gotten more N64 games that had focused on fast gameplay and solid framerates. 

[twiztor | 851]

count me as the exact same audience as @RH. while i like and appreciate what F-Zero is (and the more years that go by, the more i appreciate the series, even if i'm not great at it!), my first exposure to this type of racer was Extreme-G, which i immediately fell in love with. 

that said, i do wish the series would continue. 

[AstralSoul | 502]

I love this game to death, in my top 3 racing games of all time. My favorite in the series. Still kicks my ass because it's so hard but I love it! 10/10