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F-Zero 99


Maryokutai

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took a while but got around to playing this and really enjoying it! surprisingly so as it is a bit of a mess playing it with so many ships all grouped together it's like the peloton in a cycle race but more chaos, at the start anyway, it does calm down later on in the race. the only way it works is collisions from other players don't throw you off course much, unless they're doing a spin attack. 

 

not done too many single 99 races, mostly doing the championships which are hard to finish even with decreasing number of players qualifying for the next race, sometimes (or always?) only the top 20 get to the last race, only finished a few of those. think the best i've done in a single 99 player race is 7th, and 10th in a championship.

 

the 20 player is the best mode when it comes round, got some wins in that one.

 

the pro pad d-pad is fine for left right but has caused me a few crashes when pressing down off a jump to go further and inadvertently veer off the track.

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There's some event running currently, is there? Or was that during the holidays? Wanted to check it out but kind of forgot about it.

 

I'm playing this with the analogue stick, as much as I like the Pro Controller but that D-Pad comes straight out of hell. Sounds like a line from a diss track but it's not even good enough to play Tetris.

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Yeah when I was playing yesterday it said there’s an event on, so it’s probably still on, but as I’ve only just started playing I don’t really know the difference between event/non event stuff.

 

ive spent so long playing f-zero (well this style f-zero) with a d-pad I’m not sure I could use the stick, might give it a try though.

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Really enjoyed my time with this but think I’m done with it for now, played about 10 hours, got 1 win in a 99 player race, got to s rank, wanted to finish all the championships but missed out on a few as they are only on randomly. So yeah thumbs up.

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S Rank is pretty decent for such little playtime. I'm only at S2 where you lose a truckload of points if you don't beat any rival in a race.

 

Of course I ended up forgetting about the event and went online at the last minute yesterday evening. It's nice how they gave it a seasonal theme and the bumpers were kind of cute with their antlers.

 

I did one of those World Tour events that go over 9 courses. Took forever and I placed last on the final track, but I'm still happy I even managed to complete it at all. Got a truckload of those snow jewels as a result, which unlocked two of those five little customisation gimmicks. Not too mad I missed those, but I did notice that I never played the latest Cup they added (Ace), which unlocks completely new ship designs. Might stick around for a bit to get the one for Wild Goose at least.

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Yeah just finishing those 9 race ones is tough, I had loads of failed attempts.

 

do you stick with one ship you think is best?

 

I mainly used the first and last ones, I think the last one is best for the 20 player races on tracks I can get round with out crashing as it gets up to speed eventually and really flies, but for everything else I’m not sure.

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There's a whole metagame around ship choice, but I mostly use the Wild Goose (green) for no other reason than having played that one the most as a child because the pilot is a cool alien. That said it is arguably one of the better ones for GPs because it has the highest durability, so if you're not a top notch player it allows a couple more mistakes while also having the second highest top speed (even though by not much). But there are people who do great with Golden Fox (yellow) by basically perma-boosting to make up for its lack of high speed (it can fully recharge every lap unlike the rest).

 

You're right in that Stingray is the best classic vehicle simply because it's the fastest and boosts are limited in that mode. It's also really good in 99 modes so probably the best ship in general to focus on if you're really into it, but I'm not that hardcore into it.

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good info cheers! the green one was always my choice when i used to play it too because i thought it looked the coolest. i did try the others too but not that much, found the yellow one a bit too slidey for me, although getting to boost a lot was cool. they seemed reasonably well balanced to me anyway. if i go back to it i'll give the green one more of a go.

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