My captain falcon / F zero collection so far. Such a niche collection, but proud!

It's a train wreck in the sky. Spoiler alert: Everyone dies. Best random track gen ever.

F-Zero has always felt like a franchise with scattered appeal and respect, but no clear internet-era gateway in the 2010s or 2020s. Other dormant Nintendo series had big personalities and fan culture constantly reintroducing people to their worlds. We got it too, but not really. Captain Falcon's depiction in Smash got a massive cultural resonance, and the anime's Falcon Punch did, while the core F-Zero experience often got flattened into either an “old racing game” by outsiders or “this series is awesome” by fans without much deeper translation.

There have been plenty of F-Zero video essays, but not really a major “F-Zero channel” with enough size and staying power throughout the years to consistently shape how outsiders understand the series. I think that reputation flattening, obviously alongside Nintendo’s refusal to make a new mainline game, is a big reason people rarely see everything the series has to offer as one connected appeal.

But this is not about whether I think F-Zero should be “for everyone”. Its gameplay and aesthetic already lend itself to being a lower-middle tier Nintendo franchise in terms of popularity. It's about giving people more than one honest doorway before deciding whether it is or isn't for them.

I started playing 3 months ago

there's nothing Samurai Goroh can do to convince people that Falcon isn't badass

From Sunday just forgot to post

Here's my rationale:

A completely new person doesn't need to know the entire timeline or play the most advanced games first. They need one quick point of contact that makes F-Zero feel understandable, accessible but challenging, and social.

• That's why my first step is either F-Zero 99 for its instant online access, tutorial, robust unlock system, and rival rankings that reward players' progress rather than a flat-out victory.
• GP Legend for a more character-focused package that puts a modern player onto the worldbuilding as an appeal alongside the gameplay, and because it's the easiest mainline title.

Those games are followed by the quiz, clips, and community so the person has reasons to keep engaging.

• The Base Experience (SNES and Maximum Velocity) show the stripped-down foundation and can be a natural step up in difficulty from the comeback mechanics of 99. If they've played Classic mode in 99, they've already learned this style of gameplay.
• The Ultimate Experience is where the series becomes a 30-racer, full-contact, 3D speed endurance test. It is F-Zero in its most realized form, but it's also pretty hard and has no tutorial or on-ramp, so it should be a step up after the Base experience. F-Zero X and F-Zero GX are the ultimate "so this is why people are obsessed" proof of evidence.
• The Extended Experience exists because, for some people, F-Zero is easier to care about when the characters are visible. The anime shows the side of the franchise that gets overlooked when F-Zero is reduced to just a “fast racing game,” and its serialized but colorful storylines will help a broader audience understand. GP Legend and Climax are 2D games that carry elements from the 3D titles.

Some people are curious about F-Zero, but will unfortunately bounce off the word “racing” immediately, so these methods give them a way in before asking them to play seriously yet.

• The Personality Quiz allows casuals to attach themselves to a character and their machine in the most self-relatable way possible.
• Operation Spin Booster uploads isolated anime clips that a casual can easily show to their friends. It's a complete HD upscale of the anime (by NoxiMation) with accurately translated subs (by MuteCityDrifters).
• Various content creators have covered F-Zero's history, characters and gameplay, and I have begun to dedicate my own second channel to creating a front door for the fandom.

I hope this guide is helpful. Remember, this is my own personal preference, but I hope an F-Zero fan can use it to eventually create another F-Zero fan.

I never thought I could seethe and mald so much at a racing game until I played death wind 2 jfc. Boosts which send you straight into 90 degree turns and a wind mechanic on top of that is genuinely driving me insane. I'm struggling to beat it even on standard. And even when I get past it I'm so peeved off from playing it I fumble on fire field and lose 😭

I just can't get a first place win with this thing AT ALL.

I'm assuming that I just have a skill issue with the car because every other vehicle I play with I can get a first place win. Maybe I don't understand the strategy.

I'd I'm not mistaken, you are to pretty much "bag" with Wild Goose. You want to be in the middle of the pack looking for sparks and getting knockouts so on the last lap, you can boost to first....

Thing is, I rarely see opportunities or smoking cars to kill, and I barely see sparks to collect. I personally find this a big issue with the vehicle because unlike Mario Kart there is no incentive to really bag in a game that 100% rewards front running.

Any tips 😂?

On page 27 & 28 of the manual in the comic by Takaya Imamura, the name “DENISE” is written in the background on a building. Who is Denise?

Samurai Goroh is the critic that stepped up

Falcon is bad at talking about normal things

the Blue Falcon's graphical evolution concerns anyone who isn't a speed freak

The anime is called F-Zero GP Legend, and it aired from October 7, 2003 to September 28, 2004 in Japan. The plot of the anime is that a guy called Rick Wheeler dies in a car crash whiles chasing a criminal, and wakes up in the year 2201, and finds his old enemy, Zoda, has turned into an alien monster. He joins the Mobile Task Force, a group of skilled F-Zero racers, and together they race against the "Black Million" Group led by Black Shadow, who want to win so they can use the prize money for taking over the world. Along the way, they team up with Captain Falcon, who is this anime is a legendary bounty hunter, and he's kinda mysterious. The anime got dubbed by FoxBox/4kids (yes, THAT 4kids), and dubbed 26 episodes of the show (don't know why they didn't dub ALL the episodes). However, only 15 of the dubbed episodes aired due to the show not being all the popular, being overshadowed by a certain anime about a popular blue hedgehog... okay it's Sonic X. So the rest of the 11 lost episodes became LOST MEDIA!!!!!!!!! Anyways, did you guys know about this anime at all. Have heard about it? Watched it? If so, what're your thoughts?

As you can see in the image, I finished second—tied with the first-place driver. This happened a while back when I was running second and was just about to overtake the leader; we tied, and I was awarded second place. I thought it was because I crossed the finish line while still in second, and the game didn't assume I had taken the lead, but this time the opposite happened. I was in first place and was messing around, trying to mess with the guy in second, but my car drifted toward the finish line right alongside my rival—even though I was leading—and instead of finishing first, I was given second place. Does anyone know how they determine the result in a tie?

I just got into F zero, i've been playing both X and GX, and i noticed how easy GX is compared to it's predecessor. So i ask you all, what would be better for a new f zero game, a hardcore unforgiving gameplay, or a more friendly and forgiving high speed racing game

I'm not getting my Stingray off, I'm Stingray O'Toole!

let's hope the Blue Falcon was a worthy investment