Status El_Diegote Dec 9, 2024
I have barely played games in the last... eh, 6 months? The only game I've booted is this eternal gem. Hope you never die, dear F-Zero 99
F-Zero 99 (2023)
3.44 from 66 ratings
132 members have it in their collection · 10 playing now · 18 backlogged · 7 wish listed
A battle royale game featuring tracks from the original F-Zero for Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Line up with 98 other F-Zero machines and race to the finish in this thrilling take on the original Super NES game. Keep an eye on your power meter as you boost and bash, because speed is just as important as survival. Defend yourself with …
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A battle royale game featuring tracks from the original F-Zero for Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Line up with 98 other F-Zero machines and race to the finish in this thrilling take on the original Super NES game. Keep an eye on your power meter as you boost and bash, because speed is just as important as survival. Defend yourself with a Spin Attack and collect Super Sparks to breeze past the competition on the elevated Skyway.
Outpace and outlive your opponents in rotating modes
The core F-Zero 99 mode is just one way to race at breakneck speeds. Mini Prix and Grand Prix modes appear on a set schedule and challenge you to compete and qualify in a series of races. Team Battle and the extra-tough Pro Tracks mode rotate throughout the day. Prepare yourself in Practice Mode and race against your ghost.
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Details
- Developers
- Nintendo Software Technology
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Genres
- Racing
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction, Survival
- Franchises
- F-Zero
- Series
- F-Zero
- Event
- Nintendo Direct - 2023.09.14
Release dates
- Sep 14, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
Related
Updates
- F-Zero 99: Ver. 1.5.0 (Oct 2024) · NSW
Rating distribution
5 stars
7
4 stars
27
3 stars
22
2 stars
8
1 star
2
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status El_Diegote Nov 29, 2023
New classic mode just came up and it's (apparently) just like SNES but with 20 players. It will definitely be a Stingray fest. Good for me as I was actually playing with the Stingray.
Status El_Diegote Nov 19, 2023
Anyone else still playing this? I believe this game fits incredibly well into my "competitive but 5 minutes please" category, hope it doesn't die soon, although unlikely, considering that most lobbies are half filled with CPUs
Status El_Diegote Oct 1, 2023
I really like the new tracks added in the latest update - Red Canyon is really fun. They make a bit painfully obvious when to use the super boost however. And it seems the meta shifted from the Fox to the Goose? Seeing it everywhere and still no one playing the Stingray. Way more Blue Falcons as well.
Status El_Diegote Sep 27, 2023
Earlier today, this finally happened:
I asked my supervisor if this could be a sign of me finally nailing my thesis. "Lol what? -he replied- You better start writing".
Status El_Diegote Sep 22, 2023
Switched to the stingray and I definitely feel more competitive on my good races. My bad races suck amazingly though, but I believe that's a skill issue. Still winless but hoping to change that at some point before they take the game out completely.
Status trayson Sep 18, 2023
easily my favorite 99 experience so far (and i love tetris 99). there's such a fun balance between strategy and pure skill, and just enough factors to keep track of that makes it so much fun to zone into. the risk-reward is also just so strong and addictive. i do wish the spin recharge was a little more noticeable, but …
Read moreeasily my favorite 99 experience so far (and i love tetris 99). there's such a fun balance between strategy and pure skill, and just enough factors to keep track of that makes it so much fun to zone into. the risk-reward is also just so strong and addictive. i do wish the spin recharge was a little more noticeable, but overall this game was such a pleasant surprise -- of course i hope big f-zero fans aren't teased by this for too long and that this does lead to a true new f-zero some time soon
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Status georgeypoorgey Sep 18, 2023
Played for hours yesterday.* I have a piece of advice for anyone who is struggling to get a win- practice. F-Zero is a twitchy racing game where you need to respond to hazards, boosts, turns, and jumps with precision. F-Zero 99 is a twitchy racing game where you can't respond to hazards, boosts, turns, and jumps with precision unless …
Played for hours yesterday.* I have a piece of advice for anyone who is struggling to get a win- practice. F-Zero is a twitchy racing game where you need to respond to hazards, boosts, turns, and jumps with precision. F-Zero 99 is a twitchy racing game where you can't respond to hazards, boosts, turns, and jumps with precision unless you know the topography of the track. So go to practice mode until you can get through the track without hitting walls while hitting the boosts and jumps. Not only have I "git gud", I also am having a blast!
*It was my day off! Gimme a break!
Status BMO Sep 17, 2023
Let’s get some real discussion going. In the wake of Nintendo’s latest attempt to convert an old classic into multiplayer mayhem, the important question is simple: do battle royale games suck or is this game just bad?
Please provide you answer on a short essay format and cite all sources using Chicago or MLA 6.
Status georgeypoorgey Sep 17, 2023
I love this game. This is one of my favorite games of the year.
Status El_Diegote Sep 16, 2023
The more I play it, the more nuances I start to find. I'm kind of digging the economy of when to go to the sky, or the balances between hitting turbo and dying.
And the sound track is as good as I remembered
Status SIGINT Sep 15, 2023
I only played the default mode but did enough to get an overall impression of the game. It checks a lot of the boxes of the battle royale format, more than it initially appeared to me, but the moment-to-moment gameplay can feel like a bit of a mess crammed into tracks that were never designed for it. I’d say overall …
Read moreI only played the default mode but did enough to get an overall impression of the game. It checks a lot of the boxes of the battle royale format, more than it initially appeared to me, but the moment-to-moment gameplay can feel like a bit of a mess crammed into tracks that were never designed for it. I’d say overall it fails to really match the highs of the best battle royale games in terms of tension, meaningful small skirmishes, and decision-making. Some mechanics just don’t go far enough, like only up to 5 or so people at the back of the pack getting cut from each lap. The rival mechanic which assigns you 4 similarly-ranked racers who you’ll be compared against to determine rank changes is a good idea, but I just don’t perceive that they’re even there in the mob of similar-looking vehicles slamming into each other. Killing people to recover your meter is a good idea but with such limited ways to do it, it doesn’t feel that satisfying to me. I do like what they did visually in making a version of original F-Zero that looks this sharp on modern TVs without losing the original aesthetic. I just come away from this feeling like it’s a decent novelty that I feel little need to return to again.
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Status kingbk83 Sep 15, 2023
Gave it a shot.
Way too crazy and chaotic. I love arcade style racers like Out Run and the Cruisin' series, and I love F-Zero, but this is just too much.
Seems very luck based, and you are likely stuck wherever you start the race.
This isn't the F-Zero we wanted, Nintendo. Do better.