Back during the days of the Super Nintendo, there was a gem
released by Nintendo named F-Zero. F-Zero literally paved the
road for the futuristic racing games that we all have come to
love today. The original F-Zero consisted of excellent music,
great tracks, good challenges, and an intense racing
experience. The sequel to this great masterpiece was F-Zero X
on the N64, which took F-Zero to the next level. It provided
the player with better music, more track design variety, and
more challenging game play since you could now attack your
opponent. Finally, the last game they made was F-Zero:
Maximum Velocity, for the GameBoy Advance, which albeit was
mediocre but good nonetheless.
Now Nintendo has unveiled its next F-Zero game, which will be
for both the Arcade and the Nintendo GameCube. To the
surprise of many it's not going to be developed by Nintendo,
but rather SEGA's own Amusement Vision 2 team, the ones who
made Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2, Rez, and many other great
games. Obviously, their experience with Super Monkey Ball and
Rez should help them make F-Zero better than it ever was
before. The new F-Zero also has new features, yet it still
has many old features to boot. It still has the classic
F-Zero characters that we all know and love, yet it also has
so much more like being able to trade data between the Arcade
version of the game and the GameCube version. I've also heard
the arcade version will include two special characters that
will only be obtainable through the arcade version. The tracks
are also more intense than they ever were before, with more of
an emphasis on speed and racing than they ever have been.
I've also heard that there may be a mode where you can create
your own track, and that would be awesome. Can you imagine
going to the arcade and playing some other people on your own
track? That'll be awesome. I can hardly wait!
Also, if you haven't noticed, this game looks just about as
good as it sounds. The sound has always been something that
lured me in with the F-Zero series, yet the graphics were
never really top-notch. But instead of just focusing on the
music, they also put a lot of their attention onto the
graphical prowess of the game, which definitely places it a
notch above many other games. Also, I've seen many movies on
this game, and I got to say that the special effects are quite
good. I love the way the exhaust looks when the racers take
off.
Overall, I'd say F-Zero is shaping up to be one of the best
games of 2003, and I'll be sure to buy it along with Zelda
and the many other great games coming out this year.
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