F-Zero X

[Hendo]

Neatly side-stepping the old thread about Japan getting this, what's everyone's thoughts about it now they can't moan about not having it?
Come on then, it can't be just me that got it!
I was talking with some friends about this only last night, comparing the different F-Zero's, and I said that after playing the Cube one, this may be a terrible come-down.
I am man enough to admit when I'm wrong - I forgot how fantastic this game is!
I got it about 1 in the morning and played it straight till about 3 or 4. I've done the Death Race, Novice mode and nearly finished Normal mode.
In all, this is well worthy of your cash - unlike the SNES one it has multiplayer (2-4) and having started on this version and then getting the Cube one, going back to the SNES original for the first time was a bit of a blow, I still can't bring myself to finish it - I just don't like the gameplay style, I much prefer the change they went with here.

In fact, due to the Cube version being ultra hard in Story Mode, I think this one is the one I've enjoyed the most.
So, hurray for one hundred (and one) VC games!

[Drake]

Yep, I agree. This is the best F-Zero game. I did manage to unlock everything in GX except the staff ghosts though (Yes, I beat every Story Mode chapter on Very Hard and went through at least one cup on Master with every single character for their special movies). The environments in this one are a little bland, but the music, gameplay and awesome sense of speed more than make up for that.

Rainbow Road ftw.

[neuzd]

I'm another one who don't like so much the classic F-ZERO titles gameplay (SNES & GBA).
I just finished the very first championship, I still have to get the right feeling with the whole environment.

It is funny to note that I originally hated also F-Zero GX, I bought it and then get frustrated quite fast so I gave it to a friend (but I was in the mood of throwing it from the window).
Some times later I realized that it was impossible that I was the only person in the world who didn't like it, so I decided to give it another chance, tried some different vehicles to find the best for my style and then (finally!!!) I fell in love.

Too bad I stopped playing just before unlocking AX tracks...

Anyway I'm gald to hear someone else talking about the difficulty of the story mode; until now, I found just a friend of mine sharing this feeling.

[Dazza]

Originally Posted by Drake

(Yes, I beat every Story Mode chapter on Very Hard and went through at least one cup on Master with every single character for their special movies).

Blooming heck! The challenges in story mode were insane! You are uberl33t!!

[Drake]

A few weren't that bad (I beat the one against Samurai Goroh because he crashed into a boulder and broke down, haha) but others (F-Zero Grand Prix, the time bomb one, the one where you escape the tunnels with the shutting hatches) are just bloody insane and I never want to see them again. Least I've got all AX characters without cheating or using an F-Zero AX machine (Which I can't find here anyway)

[Fearnavigatr]

I did all that too, am I not uberl33t?

[Mendez]

Originally Posted by Fearnavigatr

I did all dat 2, me no uberl33t?

Well you were until you said "dat" :P (I really really hate that "word")

I actually would download it probably, but using 200 odd blocks, I just can't afford the loss of memory

[SKTTR]

i would erase old games for this if i hadnt enough space.
you know you can download the old games for free again.

but like all N64 games on the vc, i already have the original so i save my points.

[Dazza]

Originally Posted by Fearnavigatr

I did all that too, am I not uberl33t?

lol anyone who could do all the challenges on F-Zero GX is a gaming god! I found it rock solid. Great game though.

[Joxe]

I also had F-Zero GX on the Cube, and sold it because I simply don't like the idea of pacing without braking, I'll rather do an nice and smooth overtake than do a spinning attack and pending my opponent off the track. Normally I love racing games, for instance I sometimes starts up Gran Turismo just to play the endurance races again and I can't imagine how many hours I've spent in Formula 1 '97 so I really love racing games but for some reason I can't stand F-zero.
It's like "wow, I'm going 1000 km/h and now there's a turn coming up, no problem I'll just press the right shoulder button and I can take it in full speed" and that is racing at it's most boring form, I remember that I used the brake once in GX and that was to try what would happened if I used it.

It contains some good stuff too of course but they aren't good enough to write on the Wii