F Zero GX: Retro Review - Harder Than Diamond...?
Sega and Nintendo working together to bring us one of the greatest racing games ever. But did the insane difficulty level put people off it? Let's get our collective teeth stuck into F-Zero GX and F-Zero AX and find out more...
CHAPTERS:
1. 00:00 - Intro
2. 02:33 - Nintendo & Sega... working together???
3. 03:57 - Getting a GameCube and previous F-Zero exposure
4. 06:31 - F-Zero GX - first impressions
5. 08:37 - The Triforce Arcade board and F-Zero AX
6. 10:00 - Main F-Zero GX discussion
7. 27:01 - Is the game too hard? Reminiscing about beating Master & unlocking the AX
Cup...
8. 44:54 - More F-Zero AX chat - focus on GC connectivity and 'hidden' version in GX
9. 48:45 - Playing GX in Dolphin Emulator with FFB enabled wheel, more AX chat and
Triforce emulation
10. 54:10 - Beta All Cup hack
11. 56:24 - The Future of F-Zero...? Discussion on the possibility of the franchise
being resurrected, fan hacks, homage games and conclusion of the video. Edit: slight correction required here - I mention the remake Zelda The Windwaker on Switch - I was getting my consoles muddled there, it was actually on the WiiU
*Links to the full versions of the videos I used clips from in this:*
F-Zero AX Deluxe Cabinet
Juni
https://youtu.be/wDiNgl8iIgA
F-Zero AX Monster Ride
AGS (videos from over the years)
https://youtu.be/SHkpu7JebdI
F-Zero GX multiplayer at AGDQ 2015 - Zewing, Naegleria, AKC, and Joselle
Joselle Astrid
https://youtu.be/UqxXxhrcmmc
Memory Card GameCube & F-Zero AX
Namer *AmetDj* Merli
https://youtu.be/ZzwhiQK2Xtc
F-Zero AX Update! Memory Card Sharing
Fossil Arcade
https://youtu.be/nhjijFO96H8
Nintendo Land (Wii U) - Captain Falcon's Twister Race Platinum Trophy (All Stages)
packattack04082
https://youtu.be/Pumn6GKY7LE
F-ZERO GX Custom Track: Mute City First Circuit (v1.0)
chmcl
https://youtu.be/uTUnd9cDXVw
*Links to the articles I discuss at the end of the video* ... and the crazy, but highly amusing, internet forum rant about the game I mentioned:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/11/miyamoto_puzzled_as_to_why_anyone_would_want_a_new_f_zero
https://mynintendonews.com/2023/07/03/ex-nintendo-designer-says-no-new-f-zero-due-to-mario-kart-low-sales-high-costs/
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/takaya-imamura/
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/08/sega_wanted_to_impress_nintendo_with_f-zero_gx_despite_losing_the_hardware_war
https://ew.com/article/2007/05/08/man-who-made-mario-super/?fbclid=IwAR33MrucFIxkNK1G7E9u-uMtKP3Y7p694UZevOyt1FU_L7Dlb4Pa3zlpHuM
https://www.reddit.com/r/Fzero/comments/11dwunh/cant_believe_nintendo_never_built_on_the_success/
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=711267
Not a video I used any footage from but *something interesting* from @ArcadeStriker
and worth a watch:
F-Zero AX Monster Ride in Dolphin is real
https://youtu.be/yZsVHabdpyI
Check out @LawnMeower AKA CosmoCourtney's YouTube channel for tons of interesting F-Zero content and Tutorials.
For more videos and info on custom tracks and the F-Zero GX/AX stage editor check out the channel of@StarkNebula
#fzerogx #fzeroax #sega
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