F-Zero's Funeral + F-Zero 99 (Retrospective) - Nintendrone

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  @Y2GTeranDelgado · 1 year ago · pinned

  F Zero GX on Switch 2 is a reality

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  @Voidhorrn · 2 years ago

  being a metroid fan and seeing dread become a real game after 19 years, means there's at least a little bit of hope for a new f-zero left in me

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  @HyperCharge · 3 years ago

  This will be the ultimate test to see whether people comment before or after watching the whole video.

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  @vegetafan9922 · 2 years ago

  If you harnessed the power of this man's ego, you could probably revive F-Zero 20 times over.

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  @IrishMonks15 · 2 years ago

  F-Zero 99 is legitimately one of my favorite games this year. F-Zero on SNES had no multiplayer, so being able to finally experience playing those classic tracks with other people is pretty surreal. It's also just as hard as F-Zero should be. I'm at Level 34 and have only achieved 1st Place one time.

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  @gabrialcanada6764 · 2 years ago

  I genuinely enjoyed F Zero 99. And think it represents a second chance not an end. Nintendo favors low high mixes in terms of its investments. 2D Zelda / 3D Zelda. 2D Mario / 3D Mario. Remasters like Samus Returns acting as ptoof of concept for a new entry like Dread. 99 is a good indicator we will see more. Likely as either a 4K remaster of GX on switch 2 or an entirely new entry.

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  @squiddler7731 · 2 years ago

  I think F-Zero 99 is Nintendo testing the waters for an actual new game. Whether or not they&apos;ll actually follow through remains to be seen, but you have to admit this is infinitely better thought out than whatever it is they were trying to do with the anime back in the 2000s. That was an extremely expensive failure that was inevitable in retrospect, but F-Zero 99 meanwhile is a safe and easy experiment that seems to already be paying off.<br><br>I&apos;ve literally never played an F-Zero game before, but after playing F-Zero 99 I&apos;m now more interested in seeing a new game come out than I am in seeing a new mario kart, and that&apos;s a series I grew up with. If there ever was a time to bring the series back, then now would be it because F-Zero 99 laid the groundwork for millions of potential new fans to pick up a new game.

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  @SuperNobody64 · 2 years ago

  You know it&apos;s bad when Pikmin sales stomp F-Zero into the ground.

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  @BlueNutella_ · 2 years ago

  Re: F-Zero 99. I agree that, as an F-Zero fan, Nintendo releasing another Mode 7 F-Zero game is so annoying. However, I think we F-Zero fans underestimate just how unpopular the series is, or even has been in the past. You even brought up that even though F-Zero GX was one of the most polished, smooth, and fun racing games ever made, it didn&apos;t even sell a million copies. The series essentially died by Nintendo&apos;s hand despite the really stellar console games. F-Zero 99 is Nintendo&apos;s attempt not to revive interest, but to create interest that was never there. That&apos;s why they didn&apos;t release it as a free-to-play, pay-to-win game; it&apos;s just a free game with Nintendo Online, which for many people is an incidental service for other games. The exposure to the franchise and fantastic gameplay is what matters. &nbsp;<br><br>An aside to show my point: my coworker and I are both gamers, but he hadn&apos;t played F-Zero since the SNES. He hadn&apos;t even thought of the series until 99 was announced, and now he&apos;s playing 99 at least a couple times a day. <br><br>By creating interest like described above, rather than just familiarity with the series, Nintendo is setting up the series for a successful Switch (or future console) installment of the series. People will be more likely to buy a new game after having recent positive recent experience with the free 99 game, rather than just think &quot;Oh the game Captain Falcon from Smash is in&quot;.<br><br>To be fair, I don&apos;t think we&apos;d be jumping for joy at a battle-royale version of a 30 year old SNES game if Nintendo hadn&apos;t utterly dropped the ball with the series in the 2000&apos;s, but I do think 99 is the right move to bring the franchise back to at least SNES levels of popularity and grow the franchise into something more meaningful.

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  @leeartlee915 · 3 years ago

  It was too beautiful for this world.

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  @NikoSoviet88 · 2 years ago

  I will always put aside F-Zero retrospectives to watch on the big tv in a dark room to get the full immersion. Thank you so much for making this and the future is bright for F-Zero after 99

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  @Avriel_Mimiga · 2 years ago

  personally, f-zero 99 made me actually play F-Zero on the SNES and F-Zero X, i, personally think that they are sticking their feet in F-Zero socks and dipping them into Piranha infested waters to see if they truly want F-Zero again

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