Top 3 Cars:
-Fat Shark
-Hyper Speeder
-Black Bull
After monday's revealing return of our beloved main character from F-Zero in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U, seeing Sakurai's subtle question about the next title in the series prompted me to remind myself of typing out this particular blog post.
Shigeru Miyamoto's surprised response when questioned about the future of the futuristic racing games left be profoundly dumbfounded by his answer, the potential the overall franchise has for improvements and frankly, it's one of the few times I disagree with his statement entirely regarding having no ideas left to implement.
On the contrary, F-Zero U(or 3D if you prefer) is long overdue for an announcement, and despite that Mario Kart 8 seems to have gotten some racing elements from it's neighbour, there is plenty of features that could be added for an eventual sequel.
Let's start with the most obvious and easiest way to bring back the hype surrounding F-Zero. Which is, re-release previous titles and preferably remake GX for Wii U before announcing the successor, similar to The Wind Waker and Zelda U.
Thus, 1080p, 60 FPS and HD graphics seems to be a no brainer if this were to happen. In any case, a new generation deserves to play the amazing GX version, because it continues to uphold replay value in plenty of ways.
A returning track editor from the X version would do wonders not only in the sense of creativity, but in the sense of communication and connection. A crossover project similar to the latest Super Smash Bros. would be a benefit towards popularizing F-Zero once again proudly next to the other famous Nintendo IP's.
Just think of the Miiverse features and even Amiibo features that could be used with a new title. Share exciting moments and time trials, comment on custom tracks, debate about the drivers and their cars and what about a lineup of F-Zero figurines lining up with the exception of Captain Falcon himself, already being confirmed to get a figure?
I haven't even started on the potential of having an online mode available so that the replay value can be quadrupled easily, just like recent Mario Karts have. Seriously, there are enough differences between both franchises, and Nintendo can easily create another golden racer with at the very least using a few of my suggestions in this post.
Top that all off with more customization, more kickass songs, another challenging storyline or a separate challenge mode, potential DLC, potentially breaking the speed limit further, potential flashy showing me your moves and potential extra's such as the ending videos of every driver and you can POTENTIALLY make for me the most hyped up Nintendo game since the newest upcoming Super Smash Bros. crossover crossplatform project and besides a new long overdue Advance Wars as well(but Project S.T.E.A.M. kind of makes up for that).
As it stands, there is no excuse Nintendo. I know the hype train makes the sales go around the world, and that you are busy with countless projects, revivals, sequels and such, but F-Zero cannot end here. 11 years after the last console version is an eternity for the video game industry!
Top 3 Character Themes:
-Captain Falcon
-Black Shadow
-Princia Ramode
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