There’s perhaps no Nintendo community quite as hard done by as F-Zero fans. The last major entry in the series (a couple of minor GBA titles aside) was F-Zero GX all the way in 2003. Since then, fan demands for a new F-Zero have largely fallen on deaf ears, and a lot of the series’ trademark antigrav gameplay was unceremoniously lifted for Mario Kart 8. Ah, but perhaps it’s not all doom and gloom – in the past year, prominent Nintendo leakers have begun to hint something F-Zero related was again in the works, and today during the most recent Nintendo Direct it was confirmed.
Well, today during the latest Nintendo Direct a new F-Zero was confirmed, and… it’s not what almost anyone was expecting. F-Zero 99 is a new battle royale version of the original SNES game. Yes, a battle royale. 99 pixelated players will take to the track with the goal of being the last one surviving. Some new mechanics have also been introduced, including the ability to rise up to an additional track above the regular one in order to get ahead of opponents. Check out the first trailer for F-Zero 99, below.
F-Zero 99 drifts onto the Nintendo Switch… today! What do you think? Interested in this unique take on F-Zero? Or is this just a cruel tease?
