Honestly the best part about this game is that you can feel accomplished even if you don't get an amazing placement, which make it waaaay more accessible. In Tetris99 you have to be the last man standing. Sure, you can end up in Top10, but you still died, which doesn't feel great, especially when you were so close to 1st. I Would never reach 1st in Tetris99 anyway and i don't wanna grind away to become a Tetris God, so i personally don't have much reason to play it. F-Zero99 is different. Getting 1st is still the main goal, but this time there are other goals that might take priority based on how the race goes. Maybe it's your last lap and you're very low on health and just thinking to yourself "Alright, screw my placement, i just wanna survive this race." and then you reach the finish line and feel the big relief. Or maybe you just get an average placement, but the game then tells you "Hey look, you beat all your rivals! Good job!". Maybe you even managed to K.o. one of your rivals? OR you just play to get these very satisfying K.O.s And that's what makes it special. Anyone can pick it up and feel good about it, even if they don't reach 1st place. Just because of these smaller, more realistic goals.
Also it does seem like there are three other kinds of tracks that are dummied out. Forest from Satellaview, and two more I don't recognize, Sulfur Swamp is one of them
Nintendo won't run out of tracks, there are over 100 GBA tracks that would be incredibly easy to port over. Hell, throw in Super Mario Kart Rainbow Road, it's not like it would be much harder than some of those later GBA tracks
I’m willing to bet that Rainbow Road WILL be in F Zero 99 at some point. Since ofc F-Zero already featured in MK8. I get the sense that a lot of people are familiar with Mute City and Big Blue just from MK8.
I think the reason the game feels so much slower than the OG is because of the further view distance. You couldn't see that far ahead of yourself in the OG game, so it made everything feel like it was moving so much faster. This kind of reminds me of how the original Rock Band game (2007) didn't have a hyperspeed option like the Guitar Hero games before it, so people used to actually put a towel over a part of their TV so that you could see less of the note highway and it would therefore feel like it was moving much faster than it really was.
I love this game so much. If they really put lost tracks in this, new machines, new modes and add an offline modes they gotta release this as a physical version.
I'd love to see a totally new marathon-style map that is super-long, and no laps, where it is purely about survival. Lower positions are slowly eliminated until it ends. Maybe it is even procedurally generated.
more tracks have been added few days ago, and more are being added this month. Because as of writing this, it is October. I can’t remember what day this month they’re adding more, but yes, they are adding more. Hopefully at some point, they’ll add more machines. Like some from the Game Boy advanced games. Or some from the Japanese only releases. Because apparently in the Japanese releases, there are new machines.
I am absolutely obsessed with this game and I was only mildly interested in Fzero before this. Now I feel like I *need* to own physical cartridges of the game's series, I just got Fzero X today, but obviously I want the snes version.
I haven't checked in awhile but SNES cib used to be kind of cheap for retro games. I have a CIB copy for the US and JPN versions, and it ran me like 75$ a year ago or so.
I don't think the skyway is even a comeback mechanic so much as an attempt at keeping everyone in a pack, you rarely move up more than a few places. IRL racing leagues sometimes implement rules specifically to do that to keep things more exciting, particularly NASCAR, and it's pretty thematically appropriate for the F-Zero league to dial that way up for the sake of seeing more explosions.
nah it definitely is if you use it right, there's plenty of turns and parts of the track where if you use the skyway to get over it, you definitely catch up, biggest problem is trying to get skyway in a position where it can get you first, i've done it before and i've had t done on me, but the timing is very hard to pull off
There is also some strategy to it since the skyway can be more useful on some locations on the track than others, like say the very end of Sand Ocean where you skip can skip both a bend in the road and a u-turn in one go at full speed if you activate the skyway boost there. It still very much plays into that track memorization and strategy that F-zero is known for! I also like that its something that has to be earned. Getting super sparks will be easier if youre towards the back but in many cases if you want to actively get them you have to go a bit out of the way due to the way they land. Just more on the fly decission making, do you try to take the corner the long way to get a few more sparks, or do you focus on sticking to your cornering for now?
Are the lap times all that different between versions of the game? While the SNES version definitely seems faster, I think it’s just a perspective issue. F-Zero 99 seems pulled back… or something.
I haven't really tested in time trials but from what ive seen in the F-Zero Nexus discord, the times are shorter in 99 than SNES because of the new boosting.
Absolutely loving this game, easily the best '99' style game so far, just lots of smart design decisions imo. I'm crossing my fingers that the SNES tracks getting rolled out aren't the only things added to this game, as I think they've really struck a sweet spot that could be expanded over time to maintain that extra NSO value proposition.
I think its the draw distance and scale of the machine relative to total view area that effects the sense of speed. I think they are moving at the same speed really.
I think it's a great game. I think it does a good job striking the balance between a new F-Zero and a game Nintendo would be willing to spend the risk of time and money to develop and release.
3:17 No way, I think you actually were playing with Barbarian during his livestream for this. I can't believe I actually spotted that, I'm pretty sure I was watching that live stream too.
you can still play Tetris 99. And so far, aside from this one, that’s the only other 99 game still actively playable. Yes, technically, you can still play Pac-Man 99, but not the same as when it first launched. And as for Mario, 35 well… That one’s completely gone. And I think they’re discontinuing Pac-Man 99 sometime this month. if they haven’t already. Because I know it’s not completely discontinued, because, as I just said, you can still technically play it, but it is not playable online I believe. Or something like that. Someone feel free incorrect me if I’m wrong.
One of the reasons why it feels slower is that you can see farther into the distance than the original on the SNES. It seems that laptimes with the same cars are actually the same/very similar if you look at Nintendo World Report’s video.
Man I reckon they’re missing a trick by not including Death Race in this. They’d need to tweak a few things but if they’re making a sort of Battle Royale F-Zero it would be amazing if they included a proper battle Royale mode since it’s lifted from F-Zero X. They could maybe stop boosts after a certain number of laps and maybe adjust attack power dealt by the cars with less health so they’re a bit like a glass cannon etc. but I hope they consider it for a future update.
While they nerfed Fire Stingray for obvious reasons, they really need to buff Golden Fox and slightly nerf Wild Goose. He is everyones go to in this game and easist to win with. Golden Fox dies when someone sneezes in his direction. And the amount of red bumbers or bumpers in general get way out of hand on the final lap to the point where you could be zoned out just before the finish or pile them up right on a sharp turn. Im expecting some balance changes and possibly add on content for this.
I feel like Golden Fox is in a good spot personally, they can kinda just go “fuck it we boost” and not care about their power because it’ll recharge to about full each lap. Though it does fall behind if the other machines start getting KOs, since they can boost similar amounts once they do.
everything I've seen online would suggest that all cars are viable but wild goose holds a comparative advantage. certainly better than the snes balance at the very least
GF is a glass cannon and WG is slow burn and the other two fit in the middle. GF’s big weakness is durability but it’s recovery is insane, and WG has abysmal recovery but it can carry its high durability and good cornering to stay comfortably in the middle and score kills to extend and recharge boost meter
As a PAL player the SNES Switch version is much faster than the original PAL version I think and that makes it just even harder and makes me even more just playing Time Trials xD FZ99 does not feel slower at all. Maybe it was Nintendo Europe who made FZ99.
8:18 that would be so cool! Hopefully in an update of some kind, I imagine it would be good for anyone who's mostly filled out the cosmetics for the four machines we already have.
more than likely (But honestly imo is cooler) is we get the "F-Zero 2" cars in a update. The lost Satellaview cars, in fact I could see its content being a new 4th cup.
The game is not slower. It just feels slower. Search for comparisons. They have the exact same speed. The slight change of perspective and the fact you see a lot more ahead of you gives that impression.
We FINALLY got a new F-Zero! And YET, we still don't have Captain Falcon in Mario Kart 8 and 8 DX, despite having F-Zero tracks and music in Mario Kart...
I do understand your point of view regarding the lack of variety of content, in the long run. I somewhat agree, even though it won't really affect me personally. However, let's cross fingers for the Satellaview content!!
So this game still has a lot of success after 3 months, does anyone know if there are plans beyond patch 1.15, where we are now. I mean if they added new tracks and cars, it would really not be a lot of work on their behalf, and keep it fresh… has anyone heard if they plan on doing more, or do they consider it done and move to the next one?
hah, well, I do plan on hopefully having another FZ99 video out tomorrow morning (on tips and tricks on how to improve) But maybe I can do some commentary over gameplay videos explaining my thought process and more in depth strategies
Why did Nintendo abandon F-Zero? The last game before this one came out in 2004. I've never played any F-Zero game and only know about it from Super Smash Bros and the Mario Kart track. It feels similar to what happened with Metroid or Pikmin. No games for years and then a single drop out of the blue.
The official reason was "we can't think of anything new to do with it" - I know some fans would be happy just to get a new game per console even if it's just new tracks and tweaked physics with the same machines and similar play.
@@browncoatkevin sounds like a weird reason when Mario had the new super Mario bros games. I think it also didn’t sell enough. Thank you for the reply! 😃
It would be very cool to see them bring in the tracks from maximum velocity after all the snes tracks are in. While I doubt they’ll do that and most likely bring in the tracks from the 2nd game, it would be a cool thing to happen
![F-ZERO 99 - GUIDE to Mute City I [Course Tips & Strategies!]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iGoBKIl-6aE/mqdefault.jpg)
Honestly the best part about this game is that you can feel accomplished even if you don't get an amazing placement, which make it waaaay more accessible.
In Tetris99 you have to be the last man standing. Sure, you can end up in Top10, but you still died, which doesn't feel great, especially when you were so close to 1st. I Would never reach 1st in Tetris99 anyway and i don't wanna grind away to become a Tetris God, so i personally don't have much reason to play it.
F-Zero99 is different. Getting 1st is still the main goal, but this time there are other goals that might take priority based on how the race goes.
Maybe it's your last lap and you're very low on health and just thinking to yourself "Alright, screw my placement, i just wanna survive this race." and then you reach the finish line and feel the big relief.
Or maybe you just get an average placement, but the game then tells you "Hey look, you beat all your rivals! Good job!". Maybe you even managed to K.o. one of your rivals?
OR you just play to get these very satisfying K.O.s
And that's what makes it special. Anyone can pick it up and feel good about it, even if they don't reach 1st place. Just because of these smaller, more realistic goals.
OK after playing with the other machines for an extensive amount of time I can say that they do actually play differently and that I was wrong
I used the wild goose because I suck balls
Also it does seem like there are three other kinds of tracks that are dummied out. Forest from Satellaview, and two more I don't recognize, Sulfur Swamp is one of them
Especially Fire Stingray on boost arrows. It slows down from 999km/h to 478 km/h a lot faster in F-Zero 99 than the original game.
I've been maining Wild Goose because the durability helps me immensely.
Nintendo won't run out of tracks, there are over 100 GBA tracks that would be incredibly easy to port over. Hell, throw in Super Mario Kart Rainbow Road, it's not like it would be much harder than some of those later GBA tracks
Rainbow road was also in f zero X
Unlike Mario Kart they didn't cheese the physics or widen the tracks
Yeah, a different featured Grand Prix every week would be super cool.
I’m willing to bet that Rainbow Road WILL be in F Zero 99 at some point. Since ofc F-Zero already featured in MK8.
I get the sense that a lot of people are familiar with Mute City and Big Blue just from MK8.
Love how this game truly kept the classic graphics while also making everything look so sleek and clean
YES! I Agree!
Well said. Definitely somebody who knew what they were doing.
It’s an amazing glowup when looking at the original. Crazy how they seamlessly fit 99 cars on these tracks
I think the reason the game feels so much slower than the OG is because of the further view distance. You couldn't see that far ahead of yourself in the OG game, so it made everything feel like it was moving so much faster. This kind of reminds me of how the original Rock Band game (2007) didn't have a hyperspeed option like the Guitar Hero games before it, so people used to actually put a towel over a part of their TV so that you could see less of the note highway and it would therefore feel like it was moving much faster than it really was.
People did WHAT
I love this game so much. If they really put lost tracks in this, new machines, new modes and add an offline modes they gotta release this as a physical version.
Apparently datamines show more content on the way!
I'd love to see a totally new marathon-style map that is super-long, and no laps, where it is purely about survival. Lower positions are slowly eliminated until it ends. Maybe it is even procedurally generated.
more tracks have been added few days ago, and more are being added this month. Because as of writing this, it is October. I can’t remember what day this month they’re adding more, but yes, they are adding more. Hopefully at some point, they’ll add more machines. Like some from the Game Boy advanced games. Or some from the Japanese only releases. Because apparently in the Japanese releases, there are new machines.
I am absolutely obsessed with this game and I was only mildly interested in Fzero before this. Now I feel like I *need* to own physical cartridges of the game's series, I just got Fzero X today, but obviously I want the snes version.
I haven't checked in awhile but SNES cib used to be kind of cheap for retro games. I have a CIB copy for the US and JPN versions, and it ran me like 75$ a year ago or so.
@@TedbearFZ I dont tend to go for CIB but yeah its a very cheap game. Not really going for more than $15-ish loose.
I don't think the skyway is even a comeback mechanic so much as an attempt at keeping everyone in a pack, you rarely move up more than a few places. IRL racing leagues sometimes implement rules specifically to do that to keep things more exciting, particularly NASCAR, and it's pretty thematically appropriate for the F-Zero league to dial that way up for the sake of seeing more explosions.
nah it definitely is if you use it right, there's plenty of turns and parts of the track where if you use the skyway to get over it, you definitely catch up, biggest problem is trying to get skyway in a position where it can get you first, i've done it before and i've had t done on me, but the timing is very hard to pull off
There is also some strategy to it since the skyway can be more useful on some locations on the track than others, like say the very end of Sand Ocean where you skip can skip both a bend in the road and a u-turn in one go at full speed if you activate the skyway boost there. It still very much plays into that track memorization and strategy that F-zero is known for! I also like that its something that has to be earned. Getting super sparks will be easier if youre towards the back but in many cases if you want to actively get them you have to go a bit out of the way due to the way they land. Just more on the fly decission making, do you try to take the corner the long way to get a few more sparks, or do you focus on sticking to your cornering for now?
I think F Zero 99 feels a little slower than the original due to the increased view distance
Are the lap times all that different between versions of the game? While the SNES version definitely seems faster, I think it’s just a perspective issue. F-Zero 99 seems pulled back… or something.
I haven't really tested in time trials but from what ive seen in the F-Zero Nexus discord, the times are shorter in 99 than SNES because of the new boosting.
Gonna say the same thing. I think the speed is the same between the two
I think it's because the tracks are wider and the draw distance is massively extended
Dataminers found interesting stuff like a Death Race mode and a reference to a satelliview track.
Seeing Barbarian (barbarousking) at 3:16 was a nice surprise. Great video!
3:18 looks like one your rivals was Barbariousking
Oh, neat
Absolutely loving this game, easily the best '99' style game so far, just lots of smart design decisions imo. I'm crossing my fingers that the SNES tracks getting rolled out aren't the only things added to this game, as I think they've really struck a sweet spot that could be expanded over time to maintain that extra NSO value proposition.
I think its the draw distance and scale of the machine relative to total view area that effects the sense of speed. I think they are moving at the same speed really.
oh man a 99-player Fire Field is gonna be crazy.
I think it's a great game. I think it does a good job striking the balance between a new F-Zero and a game Nintendo would be willing to spend the risk of time and money to develop and release.
3:17 No way, I think you actually were playing with Barbarian during his livestream for this. I can't believe I actually spotted that, I'm pretty sure I was watching that live stream too.
haha, seems like a lot of people are noticing that!
you can still play Tetris 99. And so far, aside from this one, that’s the only other 99 game still actively playable. Yes, technically, you can still play Pac-Man 99, but not the same as when it first launched. And as for Mario, 35 well… That one’s completely gone. And I think they’re discontinuing Pac-Man 99 sometime this month. if they haven’t already. Because I know it’s not completely discontinued, because, as I just said, you can still technically play it, but it is not playable online I believe. Or something like that. Someone feel free incorrect me if I’m wrong.
One of the reasons why it feels slower is that you can see farther into the distance than the original on the SNES. It seems that laptimes with the same cars are actually the same/very similar if you look at Nintendo World Report’s video.
Man I reckon they’re missing a trick by not including Death Race in this. They’d need to tweak a few things but if they’re making a sort of Battle Royale F-Zero it would be amazing if they included a proper battle Royale mode since it’s lifted from F-Zero X.
They could maybe stop boosts after a certain number of laps and maybe adjust attack power dealt by the cars with less health so they’re a bit like a glass cannon etc. but I hope they consider it for a future update.
I've seen yah before tedbear in a few races! Good insights. See you on the track!
I hope that if this game remains popular, they update the game with some more race machenes and mabe some more mapps from gameboy and ds
While they nerfed Fire Stingray for obvious reasons, they really need to buff Golden Fox and slightly nerf Wild Goose. He is everyones go to in this game and easist to win with.
Golden Fox dies when someone sneezes in his direction.
And the amount of red bumbers or bumpers in general get way out of hand on the final lap to the point where you could be zoned out just before the finish or pile them up right on a sharp turn.
Im expecting some balance changes and possibly add on content for this.
I feel like Golden Fox is in a good spot personally, they can kinda just go “fuck it we boost” and not care about their power because it’ll recharge to about full each lap. Though it does fall behind if the other machines start getting KOs, since they can boost similar amounts once they do.
everything I've seen online would suggest that all cars are viable but wild goose holds a comparative advantage. certainly better than the snes balance at the very least
GF is a glass cannon and WG is slow burn and the other two fit in the middle. GF’s big weakness is durability but it’s recovery is insane, and WG has abysmal recovery but it can carry its high durability and good cornering to stay comfortably in the middle and score kills to extend and recharge boost meter
Nah the golden fox doesn't need buffs it's already the best machine lmao. If you get an early lead and have good driving skills you're untouchable.
What can I do to play aggressively well?
Check out my tutorial video I uploaded yesterday: th-cam.com/video/xPRTrDisBf8/w-d-xo.html
Great to see another pros opinion on it. Love this game
As a PAL player the SNES Switch version is much faster than the original PAL version I think and that makes it just even harder and makes me even more just playing Time Trials xD FZ99 does not feel slower at all. Maybe it was Nintendo Europe who made FZ99.
8:18 that would be so cool! Hopefully in an update of some kind, I imagine it would be good for anyone who's mostly filled out the cosmetics for the four machines we already have.
more than likely (But honestly imo is cooler) is we get the "F-Zero 2" cars in a update. The lost Satellaview cars, in fact I could see its content being a new 4th cup.
Hopefully it updates weekly like in MKTour!
The game is not slower. It just feels slower. Search for comparisons. They have the exact same speed.
The slight change of perspective and the fact you see a lot more ahead of you gives that impression.
they also widened the tracks
We FINALLY got a new F-Zero!
And YET, we still don't have Captain Falcon in Mario Kart 8 and 8 DX, despite having F-Zero tracks and music in Mario Kart...
I do understand your point of view regarding the lack of variety of content, in the long run. I somewhat agree, even though it won't really affect me personally. However, let's cross fingers for the Satellaview content!!
We might actually get the Satellaview Machines. According to a datamine, some of the Satellaview exclusive tracks are named.
I'm hoping for the Sattellaview tracks too.
So this game still has a lot of success after 3 months, does anyone know if there are plans beyond patch 1.15, where we are now.
I mean if they added new tracks and cars, it would really not be a lot of work on their behalf, and keep it fresh… has anyone heard if they plan on doing more, or do they consider it done and move to the next one?
I personally hope they delve into the GBA cars and GBA tracks
i would watch casual videos of you playing this, like twd98 does with mkwii or such. watching top level players play games against people is amazing
hah, well, I do plan on hopefully having another FZ99 video out tomorrow morning (on tips and tricks on how to improve) But maybe I can do some commentary over gameplay videos explaining my thought process and more in depth strategies
I might actually feel like playing this now
lets go gamer
Hoping they add more machines from other games
do you use a d pad or the thumb stick to control?
Dpad for sure, SNES was intended for a dpad so its what I use and am use to.
Why did Nintendo abandon F-Zero? The last game before this one came out in 2004. I've never played any F-Zero game and only know about it from Super Smash Bros and the Mario Kart track. It feels similar to what happened with Metroid or Pikmin. No games for years and then a single drop out of the blue.
The official reason was "we can't think of anything new to do with it" - I know some fans would be happy just to get a new game per console even if it's just new tracks and tweaked physics with the same machines and similar play.
@@browncoatkevin sounds like a weird reason when Mario had the new super Mario bros games. I think it also didn’t sell enough. Thank you for the reply! 😃
It would be very cool to see them bring in the tracks from maximum velocity after all the snes tracks are in. While I doubt they’ll do that and most likely bring in the tracks from the 2nd game, it would be a cool thing to happen
I hope they add new courses after they add every original course. Doubt they would do it though
The rainbow bar is cool, but i wanna see it maxed out in size and full
f zero sucks but in a good way that actually means its one of the greatest nintendo franchises of all time
Its been 9 days and im still trying to decipher this comment.
@@TedbearFZ take it at complete face value
What kind of riddle is this?
I felt your passion for this game and recognised a lot. 😊 Only downside, the limited characters.