F-Zero
There’s not a game that’s come out that can quite match the adrenaline rush and speed that the F-Zero has. This futuristic racing series lets you choose from a variety of crazy alien and human characters while they take place in the F-Zero Grand Prix.
The weird characters featured are incredibly memorable, with the poster boy Captain Falcon being immediately recognizalbe. At this point Captain Falcon has been in just about as many Smash Bros. games as F-Zero.
You can really feel the rush of this racer as you blaze over futuristic racetracks. The games ended up being incredibly difficult, as players only have a split second to react to an obstacle or turn in the track.
The series debuted on the Super Nintendo and received a few other iterations on other Nintendo consoles. F-Zero GX was the last big title in the series on Gamecube, with a couple Game Boy Advance games following. Since 2004 Captain Falcon hasn’t gotten back in the cockpit of his racer. Something happened last year though, that showed us we still want F-Zero.
Shin’ en Multimedia released a game called Face Racing Neo on the Wii U. This game emulated everything that was great about F-Zero. The speed, adrenaline rush, crazy tracks, everything but the wacky characters.
With a talented developer Nintendo can partner with, who clearly knows what it’s doing, the time seems ripe for the return of F-Zero.
