- Racing, Action, Science fiction, Survival
A battle royale game featuring tracks from the original F-Zero for Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Plot-driven, grave, relentless and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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ShacknewsAsif KhanDec 202310/10The Internet is brimming with tons of new F-Zero fan content born out of the game's release with musicians covering and remixing sweet tunes, artists drawing their favorite characters and vehicles, and even speedrunners streaming and making videos. While the seeds of an F-Zero revival have been sowed by F-Zero 99, diehard fans know that this may just be the beginning of a new era for our beloved racing game franchise.
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Nintendo LifeCharlie WacholzSep 20239/10Despite its relatively unchanged look, F-Zero 99 is unexpectedly refreshing. Though it may not be the return for the franchise that fans hoped for, it's a triumphant and welcome look back at Captain Falcon's first game with a clever twist. F-Zero is simply suited for the -99 style structure in ways that Tetris, Mario, and Pac-Man aren't; it was already an elimination-style battle royale, just a small one. Adding more players doesn't just feel perfect for F-Zero, it feels natural. This isn't the definitive way to play F-Zero, but it is a brilliant take that supplements what worked so well in the original with thoughtful additions that make chasing victory utterly addictive.
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Hardcore GamerJordan HelmSep 20234/5Despite its smaller and unfortunately limited pool of content, F-Zero 99 still stands not just as another terrific application of the 99-player Royale format, but one that goes as far as to redefine any and all prior knowledge people may have had of the original SNES debut.
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WayTooManyGamesLeonardo FariaSep 20236.5/10This is not the worst idea Nintendo has ever had, but it’s really poorly implemented. F-Zero 99 feels restrained, never fully grasping the concept of an actual battle royale, just punishing the smallest percentage of players per race. It’s just a revamped take on the SNES original, with just more drivers per race, with a lot less room for skill, and more room for nonsensical mayhem.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Nintendo Software Technology
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Released
- September 14, 2023
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Battle Royale
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 17 ratings.
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