Probably never. This is nintendo, the same company that won't make another F-Zero game, because it needs to innovate for some reason.
There are lots of games. Lots of games! (Bill Cipher demonic voice).
At least you got F Zero GX as a send off. I'm over here having to deal with Star Fox 0 existing.
I remember buying the game and then returning it back to gamestop. Luckily for me, I kept it in the shrink wrap. I had pre-ordered it at the time, but I did not know about the force peripheral of using the touch screen. And the fact there were no other alternative methods of control. when I saw the Jim Sterling review, I immediately took it back the next day and got my money back. I got Panzer Dragoon and the other remakes to the sequels to look forward to.
Nintendo's statements on not making F-Zero games is because they think it's too similar a franchise to Mario Kart and want differentiation between their franchises, regardless of how many installments the franchises have.
No. Not everyone can play Mario Kart all the time. People love futuristic racers. It's called having variety in life. Even though I am more of a Wipe Out fan, F-Zero should have a new game. Maybe, you can't imagine the great potential, but I can. A multiplayer online racer with over 40 players racing against each other. You can even have a battle royale style racing mode where the person in last place ship will explode until there is only one! I'd be down for that awesome shit!
So is it just aesthetics that separates the two franchises? If so, my previous post still stands.
I'm inclined to agree with you, but at the same time, if they're saying "we're not inspired to make this any different than Mario Kart", do you really want the game they would make if they forced themselves too?
It's not just asthetics, F-Zero is a fucking fast game. Faster than Burnout and Mario Kart. The gameplay is on a different difficulty level than either of the two I just mentioned. Look at footage of the GX on GameCube or Fast RMX to see what I'm talking about.
There are people excited to make them, whether they're involved with Nintendo or not. Fast RMX is proof of that. Either way, it's the old fools at the top set in their ways or those in charge of developing that feel the need to "innovate" just to make a new game, which is bullshit. Just make a fun ass arcade racer. Fuck your innovation! That does not stop the over 20 dozen of Mario, Zelda, and Kirby games. So their excuses are hypocritical and bullshit. They lack vision and not using certain franchises to their full potential.
While I agree with you, I do want to point out that while there's dozens of Mario, Zelda, and Kirby games, they do all have a unique gimmick that previous entries don't have.
I didn't say "need", I said "want". I was curious about what made F-Zero appealing in particular.
It's video games, need / want are interchangeable. We don't NEED any games.
I cared because I actually enjoyed their Punch Out game on the Nintendo Wii and their Luigi's Mansion games.
