F-ZERO™ 99 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site (2024)

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Where can I buy F-Zero 99? ›

The F-ZERO™ 99 game is only available to Nintendo Switch Online* members. Sign up to start racing today!

Publisher Nintendo announced the game during a Nintendo Direct presentation on September 14, 2023, then released it later in the day as a free download through the Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) subscription service. It is the first F-Zero game since Climax's 2004 release, and fourth 99-style NSO battle-royale game.

Interestingly enough, Imamura says that the reason can be attributed to another racing franchise: Mario Kart! "I think it's because Mario Kart is Nintendo's most popular racing game, and a new F-Zero would cost a fortune," said Imamura.

It was released exclusively in Japan on October 21, 2004. Like its handheld predecessor, F-Zero: GP Legend, Climax was published by Nintendo and developed by both them and Suzak. F-Zero Climax is the sixth and final main installment in the F-Zero series and the third to be released for the Game Boy Advance.

Nintendo has said for years that they won't do a new FZero because they didn't have any good new ideas for the series. Well, looks like they found that idea in a 99 player MOBA. Are you glad Nintendo held Fzero back for this? Would you be happy if they waited again for a brand new "idea" before making the next game?

In July 2023, former Nintendo artist Takaya Imamura cited the massive popularity of Mario Kart as a key factor to why there hasn't been any new developments with the F-Zero series.

Latest Critic Reviews

F-Zero 99 scratches a very specific itch where gamers can get an intense and thrilling rush for a bit before moving on to something else. It will be very disappointing when Nintendo inevitably terminates the service for it because it is some of the best F-Zero content since F-Zero GX.

The F-Zero series is a sci-fi racing franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo that debuted on the SNES with 1990's F-Zero, a launch title that would soon spawn a variety of other games.

Can I play Nintendo Switch games online without becoming a member of the service? A Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to participate in co-op and competitive online features for many first- and third-party Nintendo Switch games, including Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, ARMS, and Super Smash Bros.

There is really good content for single player offline in Practice Mode with an old school Time Trial that is pure gold, just like the original game!!! This is even better than Tetris 99 and not something time limited, expiration incoming like Pac Man 99 and Super Mario Bros 35! Nice!

What are the controls for the F-Zero 99 switch? ›

The player picks one of the four machines from the original F-Zero. While the game presents itself like the original game, the mechanics are more inspired by later entries. The player accelerates with the B button, brakes with the Y button, and steers with the control stick or d-pad.

F-Zero 99 is a multiplayer, battle royale style racing game released for Nintendo Switch in 2023.

It actually stands for Friction, as in Friction Zero. I remember seeing it in a really old interview in a magazine and being surprised it wasn't Formula. Thanks. We all learned something new today. Friction-Zero.

£1.8 million or nearly $2.2M at current exchange rates. Rodin Cars aims to have a fully working prototype by late 2022 to test out its claimed 4,000 kilograms (8,818 pounds) of downforce and hopefully its 224 mph (360 km/h) top speed.

F-Zero is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).