Throughout at the moment’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the corporate revealed that the traditional high-speed futuristic racer F-Zero will make a return as a…battle royale speedster.
Dubbed F-Zero 99, the sport places you in opposition to 98 different racers in a bid for the primary place trophy. That includes iconic programs and recognizable automobiles from the OG SNES sport, F-Zero 99 brings its retro aesthetic to the Nintendo Swap console. Watch out as you race, although, as a result of ought to your machine take an excessive amount of harm, and its energy meter fully deplete by crashing into different vehicles or guardrails, then you definitely’ll merely explode proper on the raceway. Ouch.
That very same energy meter, nonetheless, will be reserved for a short lived pace enhance to zip you handed the competitors. And if you happen to acquire sufficient tremendous sparks, yellow orbs that spawn after automobiles collide with one another, then you definitely’ll soar onto an ethereal observe referred to as the skyway. This blue raceway, floating simply above the principle observe, provides you the perfect likelihood to leap into a greater place.
There are additionally in-game objectives you’ll be able to full to unlock extra beauty choices on your automobiles, although they seem to largely be reskins thus far.
F-Zero 99 is obviously fairly paying homage to different Nintendo Swap On-line battle royale choices equivalent to Pac-Man 99 and Tetris 99, each of which put you in opposition to 98 gamers to grow to be the final one standing of their respective gameplay challenges. Who is aware of which different traditional licenses the corporate is at the moment turning right into a mass brawl.
F-Zero 99 can be accessible completely for lively Nintendo Swap On-line members later at the moment. NSO, the corporate’s comparatively cheaper subscription service that grants you entry to on-line gaming and traditional video games, can also be how one can play Pac-Man 99 (earlier than it shuts down on October 8) and Tetris 99.
