"The most common complaints aren't about problems with the game, but desire for more of it." This echoes my opinion of your channel. You do such a great job, I I just wish there were more videos.
Thank you for the kind words. I wish there were more videos too, but I am unable to make a video unless I’m proud of it every step of the way. And I’m a perfectionist so it can be rough. Lol.
When the snes first came out, my dad took me to a electronics shop where they had a display snes up and running. F-Zero was playing. My dad got me to try it 'i was only 7 or 8' and he was laughing and joking saying "oh you can't do it, shall we not get it" 😄 He didn't buy it while we was there, but a couple of weeks later it was Christmas day and it took pride of place under the tree as the main present for me and my brother. Happy memories ☺ My dad loved to play too! He would stop up late playing on the likes of Chrono trigger, Secret of Mana and Zelda. I think we played 80% of what games there ever was.
@@NESComplex My dad wasn't into all the SNES games, but he used to spend ages playing Lethal Enforcers with the pink and blue light guns with me. I really treasure those childhood memories, especially since we lost him to cancer just couple of years after that.
This game was so much more than a "tech demo". If fact it's probably my favorite racing game on the system. It gets brutal with the Master difficulty but you have to beat it to see the true ending. I love that sound of early SNES games which all use that same drum sample and bassline for the tracks. My favorite tracks in the game are probably Big Blue and Port Town. I never knew Mute was an abbreviation for Mutant but it makes sense. I also really like the old comic book version of Captain Falcon. He looks more like a futuristic racer where as his current form makes him look more like a super hero. It's sad to see that the F-Zero series has been dormant for quite some time but hopefully Nintendo brings it back someday.
I agree! It’s definitely not a tech demo. Port Town is also one of my favorites. And I think Nintendo will resurrect the series one day. Hopefully the Switch gets a new one. Racers are sorely lacking on Switch
I haven’t beaten F-Zero nor is it anywhere close to my favorite games list, but I watched the entire video because of the care, detail, and passion you pour into each one of these video golden nuggets.
This game is legendary. I remember going to a friends' house to play it, when it first came out. I was blown away. I was having dreams of playing it and saved my money to get it. I must've put well over 100 hours playing it. It was so good, that I don't even think that any of the sequels ever matched it.
As usual NESComplex bats it out of the park. I've owned F-Zero on various Nintendo systems but I never would play it more than a few minutes. I had no idea what I have been truly missing and appreciate this love letter to the franchise. Your time, effort and care to make this both informative and entertaining is vastly appreciated. Thank you!
This retrospective series of videos you've made is the best around. I love how you start with development and history, and then every single detail of the game is pulled out and how to play. Then you don't forget the important stuff like sound creation and all that. Please continue this series as it truly is the best out there!!! Bravo
Thank you so much for noticing! I give every shot my all! The more someone has edited, the more they might appreciate my attempts... again... Thank you!
Between F-Zero and Wave Race 64, Nintendo made two of my absolute favorite racers of all time. I’ll never forget getting this probably days after getting my SNES on launch day. We were blown away like the kid sitting in the chair in that commercial. I even remember Dad telling me later that if I beat F-Zero he’d get me Turtles In Time. I tried so hard... never accomplished that but he got me TMNT anyway! Incredible video bro
F-Zero Maximum Velocity is my favorite game of all time, and I have great appreciation for its true ancestor. Thanks for making this video. The sound and art design is incredible given the constraints they had. The only improvement that makes MV better for me is tighter controls. I’m very impressed by the output of this game’s makers.
Interestingly, Yumiko Kanki, according to her Nintendo fandom page, is credited for every single track theme in the game… except big blue, the most famous theme from the game. Ouch. Fire field was always my favorite.
I Wish I would Have Found Your Channel Years Ago. The Memories You Bring Back Of Me And My Best Friend Staying Up All Night Trying To Beat These Games Is Awesome. Thank You For Taking Me Back To The "Good Ole Days" The Late 80's And 90's Were The Best.
@@NESComplex Amazing job...I’m actually watching your NES retrospective right now! Just great work all around. Hopefully, I can make videos like that one day for my channel.
Haha! That’s a fantastic compliment! Thank you! The other tracks seem a bit more experimental but work very well as a background to the gameplay and soundscape.
Yo I am not even particularly a fan of this game or nostalgic for it, but your presentation and delivery made me watch the whole video start to finish. I think you even falsely implanted some memories into my childhood of me loving this game. Well done you beautiful bastard.
Wow, beautifully written and put, this is the BEST, most in-depth review for a classic racing game I've seen. I've always been curious about the history of one of my favorite SNES games, and I couldn't be happier to find out here. These videos are so full of passion for expressing the experience and the impact of these games, I can just feel it, and it's excellent in its delivery. It was fast, it was intense, it was innovative. Pure Nintendo in their glory days, and it was just another jewel in their crown for a brilliant new era for the history of gaming. I love F-Zero, and I STILL play it every now and then.
The Real Sean W. Stewart I’ve just discovered F-Zero a couple months ago and was blown away, I feel like I’m on ‘91 playing this innovative new game, and now I wake up and get this beautiful gift to start the day!
I mastered the original F-Zero as well as X and GX for years. My favorite racing game ever, and I can play it anyday. Looking back, the first game was a total revolution; fastest supersonic racing game then and 1st futuristic, SNES launch title, and had such intense gameplay and wonderful music and this is coming from a powerful home console in 1990! I bet this game had many people dropping their jaws when it was new. I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed the Silence track looked like a 9mm pistol! Nowadays, we need a new F-Zero, but it's so unlikely, considering flatscreen and input lag ruining reaction times.
i remember reading a review in a magazine (this was before the age of the internet) about f-zero x for the n64 and the reviewer gave it a low score all because it lacked weapons. this annoyed me because it almost seemed like they were comparing play style to mario kart and totally missed the point on what f-zero x was all about.
@@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr Wonder if that review came before or after WipEout 2097's release on the PS1. If it's the latter, that might explain the complaint.
I'm barely 3 minutes in into this video and I wanted to comment how amazing and in depth it is that I immediately subscribed and can't wait to watch more videos.
I like this video and I love this game. I never was a skilled F-Zero player "but" it's music kept with me and maybe that can explain my love for synthwave music. F-Zero did very well for a title of the first batch of SNES games. Few are the games that can boast of having left a great legacy as F-Zero did (same can be said of Super Metroid).
So, I never grew up playing the Super Nintendo and F-zero, and honestly I kind of wrote the game off until recently. I've have been jamming so much F-zero lately, I think It's my second favorite racing series next to Outrun. Dope vid as always dude!
Ummmm....randomly stumbled upon one of your videos and I'm blown away! The production is amazing and the DETAIL! Amazing. Thank you for putting all these together. I've learned so much about games I thought I knew like the back of my hand!
@@elesfinter9753 Pokemon is owned by Game Freak, Creatures, and Nintendo so it's still a Nintendo IP. Though the mainline titles in the series are developed by Game Freak...
I don't know how your videos haven't exploded. Your production quality is excellent and the content is also great. Keep up the good work, loving your channel.
I really love your attention to detail with the music. Most of us definitely fell in love w/ SNES soundtracks, but also didn't get to fully appreciate them until several years later. Like you said, it is much more beneficial w/ a headset on. You get to hear every single note being played. So much respect for the composers of that era!
Thank you! Whenever I write about the music I just keep playing it over and over with a headset on. Really trying to consider what they’ve written. The score it SO intricate!!!
I grew up playing F-Zero GX but over the past 7 years I’d say I’ve played every game (except for Climax, AX, or other official Japan only games) and this honestly teared me up a bit. It’s so great knowing more about the franchise I loved ever since I was a toddler and why it became such a success in the 90s. To this day I still pray every Nintendo Direct or E3 to just see at least a teaser for a new entry in the series. You’re such a great content creator and I wish you the best!
I still believe we will get a follow up in the series, but each year that passes I begin to doubt. The Switch could use another solid racer in its line up.
NESComplex I hope so F-Zero has been one of my favorite series of all time it hurts me to see it so neglected nowadays. Hoping if anything Shin’en makes the next game.
I love Big Blue too! but how about some love for Sand Ocean, Port Town, or Red Canyon. There are SO many great tracks in this game and they always get overshadowed by Mute City or Big Blue.
Your retrospectives are really special. Something I can't find anywhere else is really putting me in that place and time, for either the NES or the SNES, they were before my time, so even with retro gaming as a passion, it's not for nostalgia for everything, but appreciation for what's come before I guess, so getting a sense for what it was really like to experience something like F-Zero and why it was so special isn't something I'd have really felt, even if I kinda understood it from an outsider point of view. You give a perfect sense of scope and perspective, and it doesn't go unappreciated, great work!
Absolutely stellar effort with this video. F-Zero is without a doubt a classic and so are the other entries. Been playing this game off and on since it released and it'll always have a special place in my heart for everything that it is and what it achieved. Great video, thanks!
@@Jolly-Green-Steve I don't think this is entirely true. Nintendo is one of the very few companies that still gives chances to franchises that don't sell very well for the sake of innovation, quality and fun. This isn't always the case, but even then we have to remember that companies exist to make a profit. So with that in mind, we customers are partly responsible for many good franchises dying out. Sad but true. On the other hand, Big N is very stubborn sometimes and don't seem to hear its fans out for what they really want. They often make games when and the way the feel like doing them.
@@Jolly-Green-Steve F-Zero GX is my favorite racing game of all time. It is very rare for me to like a game that is so frustratingly difficult, but the game is overall so well done that I kept trying until I've mastered it. I know Nintendo will make a new F-Zero someday, I just wish it happens soon. I agree that GX deserved to sell much better. As you said the game isn't very friendly towards casual (and even most hardcore) gamers, so it problably helped to make many stay away from it.
I'm new to this channel, this is my first video ever on it and you tuched my heart. I'm a very longtime F-Zero fan, I played the original on SNES til' my controllers were broken, I played F-Zero X for years including beating all the staff ghost, and I did the same with F-Zero GX which I consider the very best racing game of the entire generation. I even bought the two GBA F-Zero ones and played them to death, my Smash Bros main is Captain Falcon and for years I had a Captain Falcon poster on my room. So many memories, and now, 17 years without F-Zero. It's sad, this franchise need a serious return. I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves it. Thank you for the video and keep the good work.
The franchise has definitely been gaming gold EVERY time... I think it would take a total outcry from fans before they responded with a new entry in the series. I know a Switch version would be huge!!
wow, i have never seen a retro game review that not only highlights the quality of the music, but also explains both how and why the music works so well! kudos, i'll be watching all of your retrospectives from here on out!
I’m pretty sure this is my favorite racing game of all time. By no means is it the only racing game I ever owned, but I can’t think of any racing game that I logged more hours into.
Awesome retrospective, currently playing this on my 3DS. It's very much a game of its time and I mean that in the best possible way. The music is top-notch.
I’d honestly love to see an F-Zero Collection someday soon to rejuvenate interest in this franchise, especially considering just how long it’s been since the last game; I’m more than certain the Nintendo Switch can handle a compilation of SNES/ N64/ NGC/ GBA titles under one game cartridge.
I cannot be overstated, music is SO IMPORTANT to a game. Can make you feel part of the experience or completely through you off. Thanks for bringing that out! Another great video! Thanks for your time and labour for such great content.
@@NESComplex I don't get how they didn't even make a remake/remaster of X (on 3DS f.e.) or GX (WiiU or Switch). oO I know those sold less and less, but this franchise and it's fans deserve at least one more game, a last chance so to say.
I got good at F ZERO. Back when it first came out . There was no other game like it , had you literally leaning into the turn with tongue firmly sticking out between your lips, so focused on the game . Lol. I loved that game .
Thank you so much, totally reminded me of all the nostalgia I have for this game, fantastic watch as well. Appreciate you, keep up the fantastic amazing work you do 🤝
NESComplex > Gaming Historian - and this was the best retrospective yet! I literally learned 36 things I didn't know and I'm diehard fan. Excellent, excellent work. Wow.
Great video man love your work. You did a great job at describing the music especially. I always thought the music sounded very Superhero-esque like those classic 80s themes in Japan and America
Wow that was amazing! You put so much love into these. your passion for video games Radiates thanks nescomplex I had to hold back the tears when you got into the music of the game.
Hello buddy, i'm 30 years old and i played F-Zero for the first time in 2019 when I found my old Super Nintendo somebody gave me as a child. I went to a classic game store and picked up F-Zero since it was cheap. It is really cool and so is this video, thanks.
Excellent video of a game I loved as a kid. I remember racing my best friend for best track time. Countless hours of enjoyment. To put it in perspective. I remember watching O.J. in the Bronco then playing F-Zero 🤣. Time flies keep up the good work.
You’re kinda like this game NESComplex. Edgy, unpredictable, yet...undeniably cool. That sniffle made me laugh 2:27. Also, do more videos with ArcadeImpossible. You two are great together.
Haven't play this game since I was a teenager. I think I need to revisit it. These retrospectives are your thing Chris. Unique, nostalgic and informative.
Excellent video! I didn't know anything about the history of this game. But when the SNES was brand new, a cousin of mine owned an SNES and this game, and we played the heck out of it, constantly trying to beat each course faster and faster, excitingly figuring out ways to save a fraction of a second here and there. Good times! It really was a revolutionary game.
Fire Field best total and lap time, White Lands 1 & 2 best total and lap time, and for the life of me cannot remember the 7th off the top of my head. All records can be found on Twin Galaxies. I still have a SNES and the game cartridge with the times on it. who knows someone may have kicked my ass since then...was a long time ago. i am not a pro, i just really enjoyed the game to the extreme.
thanks i appreciate it. i find there are tons of people out there that have world records like me. they just dont know it. i didnt know it. until discovering Twin Galaxies and browsing the records. i pulled out my old cartridges and powered it up and was like "mine is better than that", but then of course you have to practice and "do it for the camera" to submit it. but yea. im sure everyone has that one game that they played to perfection and dont know that what they saved on it may be the best anyone has done on that game.
Ahh yes, F-Zero, I didn't have this one myself growing up but one of my friends did and he would bring it over quite frequently. I actually got pretty good at it then but when I got the SNES mini and sat down to play it I discovered my reaction time now isn't what it used to be back then, don't get my wrong I still play the daylights out of it, there's just a bit more cussing now when I do play it.
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It's criminal that a new F-Zero doesn't exist. Nintendo owes this game. Thanks for the video.
Totally agree. Miyamoto said he doesn’t know how they could do anything new. I’d settle for an update on GX
Sega made an F-Zero game for the Gamecube. I can't believe you didn't know that.
@@iwanttocomplain As in a Nintendo Switch F-Zero. Gamecube Fzero is awesome
@@NotsoHardcore1 Sega says "you're welcome".
They would ruin it anyway. They can't make games as good as SNES games anymore.
"The most common complaints aren't about problems with the game, but desire for more of it." This echoes my opinion of your channel. You do such a great job, I I just wish there were more videos.
Thank you for the kind words. I wish there were more videos too, but I am unable to make a video unless I’m proud of it every step of the way. And I’m a perfectionist so it can be rough. Lol.
Quality over quantity
that's exactly what i was thinking! but yeah quality over quantity, absolutely. His channel's gonna start blowing up as he's able to make more vids
even a half ass attempt from you is better than most on youtube. Great job. I have always loved your channel. Best NES channel.
StrafeFox runs a gaming channel of similar quality.
When the snes first came out, my dad took me to a electronics shop where they had a display snes up and running. F-Zero was playing. My dad got me to try it 'i was only 7 or 8' and he was laughing and joking saying "oh you can't do it, shall we not get it" 😄
He didn't buy it while we was there, but a couple of weeks later it was Christmas day and it took pride of place under the tree as the main present for me and my brother. Happy memories ☺
My dad loved to play too!
He would stop up late playing on the likes of Chrono trigger, Secret of Mana and Zelda.
I think we played 80% of what games there ever was.
I love stories like this! I wish my dad had been into them too
@@NESComplex My dad wasn't into all the SNES games, but he used to spend ages playing Lethal Enforcers with the pink and blue light guns with me. I really treasure those childhood memories, especially since we lost him to cancer just couple of years after that.
Trying to get my dad to play Pilotwings was always fun. He wasn't/isn't really a gamer, but he could fly WAY better than I could, lol
That's a cool pops!
Lol
That loud hollow explosion still scares the crap out of me
Yeah dude it feels like youve died on the track
One of the best games ever period
Preach it brother!
Truth!
Big facts
Best F-Zero video on the internet
I still listens to the soundtrack till this day forward - So many memories playing my first race game :)
Heal yes!!
Agreed. I love the Big Blue track to this day.
1:04 Dude, your transition game is imppecable
That was amazing
I didnt even catch that. Those are the edits that you hope people notice. Actually sick
*impeccable*
@@jayskicksnfits9372 not my first language, sorry for any imprecission
This game was so much more than a "tech demo". If fact it's probably my favorite racing game on the system. It gets brutal with the Master difficulty but you have to beat it to see the true ending.
I love that sound of early SNES games which all use that same drum sample and bassline for the tracks. My favorite tracks in the game are probably Big Blue and Port Town.
I never knew Mute was an abbreviation for Mutant but it makes sense. I also really like the old comic book version of Captain Falcon. He looks more like a futuristic racer where as his current form makes him look more like a super hero.
It's sad to see that the F-Zero series has been dormant for quite some time but hopefully Nintendo brings it back someday.
I agree! It’s definitely not a tech demo. Port Town is also one of my favorites. And I think Nintendo will resurrect the series one day. Hopefully the Switch gets a new one. Racers are sorely lacking on Switch
The only other racing games as fun as F-Zero was Top Gear and Top Gear 2. All three games are my go to when I want to satisfy my arcade racing fix.
@@knightcrusader I haven't played much of Top Gear but I know it has it's fanbase.
I first played the original F-Zero on my SNES Classic. I must say, it’s absolutely amazing, and holds up incredibly well in my opinion.
Needs an upgrade with new cars, tracks and new challenges
@@earthsurgery1237 Fair point, that would be great.
I still play it in my actual SNES
I haven’t beaten F-Zero nor is it anywhere close to my favorite games list, but I watched the entire video because of the care, detail, and passion you pour into each one of these video golden nuggets.
Thanks man! You always leave such awesome comments too. Thank you for the kind words! It’s always encouraging!
@@NESComplex You're welcome
This game is legendary. I remember going to a friends' house to play it, when it first came out. I was blown away. I was having dreams of playing it and saved my money to get it. I must've put well over 100 hours playing it. It was so good, that I don't even think that any of the sequels ever matched it.
I remember staying up WAY too late playing over and over again!!! I love FZero! Thanks for sharing your story too.
As usual NESComplex bats it out of the park. I've owned F-Zero on various Nintendo systems but I never would play it more than a few minutes. I had no idea what I have been truly missing and appreciate this love letter to the franchise. Your time, effort and care to make this both informative and entertaining is vastly appreciated. Thank you!
I remember renting this game as a kid without knowing what it was about and getting instantly addicted to all the colors and sounds.
It definitely draws you in! Even my kids started playing it because I was always playing and editing the video.
Pixel art porn imo. The color palette is like crack
From 1991 and at the age of 13, for a period of approximately 5 years, I was the F-Zero World Champion of my neighborhood.
This retrospective series of videos you've made is the best around. I love how you start with development and history, and then every single detail of the game is pulled out and how to play. Then you don't forget the important stuff like sound creation and all that. Please continue this series as it truly is the best out there!!! Bravo
People need a new F-ZERO entry! Please do it Nintendo.
I’d buy it day one
Brilliant video... It's amazing how people don't see that the title of the game is Formula Zero... F Zero... As in one faster than F1...
Yea thats annyoing
Also imagine F -1
FAR faster than F1. Supersonic speeds...
or formula zero gravity
6:25 I love how back then the concept of "multi-billionaires" was something that might happen in like 500 years. Instead it took 20.
Watching this as a Nintendo enthusiast and a video editor myself I have to say: WHOOOOOOOOOOA!!!!! AWESOME FREAKIN VIDEO!!!
Thank you so much for noticing! I give every shot my all! The more someone has edited, the more they might appreciate my attempts... again... Thank you!
When I first saw this as a young boy I was blown away by the cutting edge technology.
Always did like this music. F-Zero OST ftw
Between F-Zero and Wave Race 64, Nintendo made two of my absolute favorite racers of all time. I’ll never forget getting this probably days after getting my SNES on launch day. We were blown away like the kid sitting in the chair in that commercial. I even remember Dad telling me later that if I beat F-Zero he’d get me Turtles In Time. I tried so hard... never accomplished that but he got me TMNT anyway! Incredible video bro
Even with the incoming sunrise of the next gen systems, F Zero still is my favorite racing game of all time!
geekguitars mine too
F-Zero Maximum Velocity is my favorite game of all time, and I have great appreciation for its true ancestor. Thanks for making this video.
The sound and art design is incredible given the constraints they had. The only improvement that makes MV better for me is tighter controls. I’m very impressed by the output of this game’s makers.
What a cool video! It reminds me that F-Zero might be my most favorite game, as I replay it every couple years and love every detail in the game.
Man I love these retrospectives! Please give us more. Also you have an amazing voice for commentary
7:51
"The characters aren't even mentioned in the ga-"
*Master mode ending.*
This series is impressive. Keep up the good work. This is a top 5 racing game of all time.
Interestingly, Yumiko Kanki, according to her Nintendo fandom page, is credited for every single track theme in the game… except big blue, the most famous theme from the game. Ouch.
Fire field was always my favorite.
I Wish I would Have Found Your Channel Years Ago. The Memories You Bring Back Of Me And My Best Friend Staying Up All Night Trying To Beat These Games Is Awesome. Thank You For Taking Me Back To The "Good Ole Days" The Late 80's And 90's Were The Best.
So cool they talked about the game's BGM.
Amazing work. Your voice-over is perfection. Soft, smooth and informative. Make more of these and expect the views and the subscribers to follow.
Thank you! I make them as fast as I can... the research/script writing takes the most time of all
@@NESComplex Amazing job...I’m actually watching your NES retrospective right now! Just great work all around. Hopefully, I can make videos like that one day for my channel.
You took a game I have no nostalgia for and made me wish the soundtrack would start selling on CD! Great job as always!
Haha! That’s a fantastic compliment! Thank you! The other tracks seem a bit more experimental but work very well as a background to the gameplay and soundscape.
Yo I am not even particularly a fan of this game or nostalgic for it, but your presentation and delivery made me watch the whole video start to finish. I think you even falsely implanted some memories into my childhood of me loving this game. Well done you beautiful bastard.
one of my favorite games of all time...and I still hum along with all the tracks!
Wow, beautifully written and put, this is the BEST, most in-depth review for a classic racing game I've seen. I've always been curious about the history of one of my favorite SNES games, and I couldn't be happier to find out here. These videos are so full of passion for expressing the experience and the impact of these games, I can just feel it, and it's excellent in its delivery.
It was fast, it was intense, it was innovative. Pure Nintendo in their glory days, and it was just another jewel in their crown for a brilliant new era for the history of gaming. I love F-Zero, and I STILL play it every now and then.
The Real Sean W. Stewart I’ve just discovered F-Zero a couple months ago and was blown away, I feel like I’m on ‘91 playing this innovative new game, and now I wake up and get this beautiful gift to start the day!
I mastered the original F-Zero as well as X and GX for years. My favorite racing game ever, and I can play it anyday. Looking back, the first game was a total revolution; fastest supersonic racing game then and 1st futuristic, SNES launch title, and had such intense gameplay and wonderful music and this is coming from a powerful home console in 1990! I bet this game had many people dropping their jaws when it was new. I'm glad I'm not the only person who noticed the Silence track looked like a 9mm pistol! Nowadays, we need a new F-Zero, but it's so unlikely, considering flatscreen and input lag ruining reaction times.
i remember reading a review in a magazine (this was before the age of the internet) about f-zero x for the n64 and the reviewer gave it a low score all because it lacked weapons. this annoyed me because it almost seemed like they were comparing play style to mario kart and totally missed the point on what f-zero x was all about.
They were mad because a racing game didn't have weapons? What do they think racing means?
@@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr Wonder if that review came before or after WipEout 2097's release on the PS1. If it's the latter, that might explain the complaint.
Your camera focusing, angles and your overall editing is incredible.
Incredible and detailed review for an incredible game of the good 90s. Best F-Zero content ever seen on RUclips.
Wow!! Thank you so much!!! I definitely tried :-)
@@NESComplex Always thought I read so much about the SNES, but I still learned so many new things from this Retrospective, I thank you Sir
This is an under rated channel that should have over 100k subscribers. These videos are well edited, entertaining, informative and narrated well.
Definitely a very underrated gaming channel with impressive quality content! 👍👏👏👏👏
I'm barely 3 minutes in into this video and I wanted to comment how amazing and in depth it is that I immediately subscribed and can't wait to watch more videos.
I like this video and I love this game. I never was a skilled F-Zero player "but" it's music kept with me and maybe that can explain my love for synthwave music. F-Zero did very well for a title of the first batch of SNES games.
Few are the games that can boast of having left a great legacy as F-Zero did (same can be said of Super Metroid).
So, I never grew up playing the Super Nintendo and F-zero, and honestly I kind of wrote the game off until recently. I've have been jamming so much F-zero lately, I think It's my second favorite racing series next to Outrun. Dope vid as always dude!
This was a great video! I learned so much about this game and have even more love for it
Ummmm....randomly stumbled upon one of your videos and I'm blown away! The production is amazing and the DETAIL! Amazing. Thank you for putting all these together. I've learned so much about games I thought I knew like the back of my hand!
Just a reminder that F-Zero is the father of Super Mario Kart, the best selling Nintendo IP nowdays.
I thought it would be pokemon or mario? But not really surprising just a shame fzero and metroid couldn't get those sales numbers eh?
@Jerry Smith Pokémon is from GameFreak, not Nintendo.
@@elesfinter9753 Pokemon is owned by Game Freak, Creatures, and Nintendo so it's still a Nintendo IP. Though the mainline titles in the series are developed by Game Freak...
I don't know how your videos haven't exploded. Your production quality is excellent and the content is also great. Keep up the good work, loving your channel.
I think F-Zero was not just a game, it was a work of art.
Every good game is a work of art.
I really love your attention to detail with the music. Most of us definitely fell in love w/ SNES soundtracks, but also didn't get to fully appreciate them until several years later. Like you said, it is much more beneficial w/ a headset on. You get to hear every single note being played. So much respect for the composers of that era!
Thank you! Whenever I write about the music I just keep playing it over and over with a headset on. Really trying to consider what they’ve written. The score it SO intricate!!!
Holy cow.. this channel is destined to blow up
Best comment of the day! Thank you
I grew up playing F-Zero GX but over the past 7 years I’d say I’ve played every game (except for Climax, AX, or other official Japan only games) and this honestly teared me up a bit. It’s so great knowing more about the franchise I loved ever since I was a toddler and why it became such a success in the 90s. To this day I still pray every Nintendo Direct or E3 to just see at least a teaser for a new entry in the series. You’re such a great content creator and I wish you the best!
I still believe we will get a follow up in the series, but each year that passes I begin to doubt. The Switch could use another solid racer in its line up.
NESComplex I hope so F-Zero has been one of my favorite series of all time it hurts me to see it so neglected nowadays. Hoping if anything Shin’en makes the next game.
Yes yes yes! Big Blue for the win!
Love that song!!!
I love Big Blue too! but how about some love for Sand Ocean, Port Town, or Red Canyon. There are SO many great tracks in this game and they always get overshadowed by Mute City or Big Blue.
Your retrospectives are really special. Something I can't find anywhere else is really putting me in that place and time, for either the NES or the SNES, they were before my time, so even with retro gaming as a passion, it's not for nostalgia for everything, but appreciation for what's come before I guess, so getting a sense for what it was really like to experience something like F-Zero and why it was so special isn't something I'd have really felt, even if I kinda understood it from an outsider point of view. You give a perfect sense of scope and perspective, and it doesn't go unappreciated, great work!
Love it! You are no biginner that's for sure 😎
Oh hey ;)
A winner is you!
Haha. I only show good footage dude!
You're winner
Absolutely stellar effort with this video. F-Zero is without a doubt a classic and so are the other entries. Been playing this game off and on since it released and it'll always have a special place in my heart for everything that it is and what it achieved. Great video, thanks!
This video goes to the "Nintendo should see this" list. Maybe then they remember what a wonderful series they created and decide to ressurect it.
@@Jolly-Green-Steve I don't think this is entirely true. Nintendo is one of the very few companies that still gives chances to franchises that don't sell very well for the sake of innovation, quality and fun. This isn't always the case, but even then we have to remember that companies exist to make a profit. So with that in mind, we customers are partly responsible for many good franchises dying out. Sad but true. On the other hand, Big N is very stubborn sometimes and don't seem to hear its fans out for what they really want. They often make games when and the way the feel like doing them.
@@Jolly-Green-Steve F-Zero GX is my favorite racing game of all time. It is very rare for me to like a game that is so frustratingly difficult, but the game is overall so well done that I kept trying until I've mastered it. I know Nintendo will make a new F-Zero someday, I just wish it happens soon. I agree that GX deserved to sell much better. As you said the game isn't very friendly towards casual (and even most hardcore) gamers, so it problably helped to make many stay away from it.
They would need a Super Nintendo 2 and a mode 7.1 to pull it off.
I'm new to this channel, this is my first video ever on it and you tuched my heart. I'm a very longtime F-Zero fan, I played the original on SNES til' my controllers were broken, I played F-Zero X for years including beating all the staff ghost, and I did the same with F-Zero GX which I consider the very best racing game of the entire generation. I even bought the two GBA F-Zero ones and played them to death, my Smash Bros main is Captain Falcon and for years I had a Captain Falcon poster on my room.
So many memories, and now, 17 years without F-Zero. It's sad, this franchise need a serious return. I'm sure I'm not the only one who loves it. Thank you for the video and keep the good work.
Man, you just took every single word out of my mouth, are you a mind-reader?
The franchise has definitely been gaming gold EVERY time... I think it would take a total outcry from fans before they responded with a new entry in the series. I know a Switch version would be huge!!
Whoa, dude. I dont recall subscribing but I'm glad I did! Awesome, high quality content! Thank you. Good stuff....
Thank you! That original sketched comic is freaking gorgeous, but even the one in the booklet is pretty awesome!
wow, i have never seen a retro game review that not only highlights the quality of the music, but also explains both how and why the music works so well! kudos, i'll be watching all of your retrospectives from here on out!
Thank you Jonny! I hope you enjoy the channel. I’m not sure why some videos don’t get views. I put the same effort into everything. Anyway. Thank you!
I’m pretty sure this is my favorite racing game of all time. By no means is it the only racing game I ever owned, but I can’t think of any racing game that I logged more hours into.
Awesome retrospective, currently playing this on my 3DS. It's very much a game of its time and I mean that in the best possible way. The music is top-notch.
I’d honestly love to see an F-Zero Collection someday soon to rejuvenate interest in this franchise, especially considering just how long it’s been since the last game; I’m more than certain the Nintendo Switch can handle a compilation of SNES/ N64/ NGC/ GBA titles under one game cartridge.
You kinda got one, 99 is awesome
I cannot be overstated, music is SO IMPORTANT to a game. Can make you feel part of the experience or completely through you off. Thanks for bringing that out! Another great video! Thanks for your time and labour for such great content.
It’s so true. Music can change the entire feeling of an environment
backgrounds were crazy.
i used to imagine what life would be like in all of those futuristic cities and barren landscapes🎨
This title STILL plays amazingly and seamlessly
Who's watching in 2560?
Excelent video! The tecnic research, the editing, the sensibility and feeling... so much nostalgia! Thank you Nescomplex and Retroforce!
I always hated those pink blinkers that exploded on you.
Agree
I always liked running into them. :3
Top-notch as always man. I agree we do need more F-Zero can't believe it's been almost 17 years since the last one.
17! That’s nuts. I don’t know how they’ve ignored it so long. A new one would be amazing! Switch style
@@NESComplex I don't get how they didn't even make a remake/remaster of X (on 3DS f.e.) or GX (WiiU or Switch). oO I know those sold less and less, but this franchise and it's fans deserve at least one more game, a last chance so to say.
I got good at F ZERO. Back when it first came out . There was no other game like it , had you literally leaning into the turn with tongue firmly sticking out between your lips, so focused on the game . Lol. I loved that game .
Thank you so much, totally reminded me of all the nostalgia I have for this game, fantastic watch as well. Appreciate you, keep up the fantastic amazing work you do 🤝
Excellent job! Wonderful watch!
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos are among the very best I have ever seen. Informative, visually appealing and your calm voice is relaxing. Keep up the awesome work!
NESComplex > Gaming Historian - and this was the best retrospective yet! I literally learned 36 things I didn't know and I'm diehard fan. Excellent, excellent work. Wow.
Hard Disagree. GH properly cites sources, whereas NESComplex does not cite correctly.
Great video man love your work. You did a great job at describing the music especially. I always thought the music sounded very Superhero-esque like those classic 80s themes in Japan and America
Maybe the super hero inspiration was in the music too. Hmmm.
This review is so good! Its like a documentary
Thank you Nik. I’m actually a history teacher so that’s what I was aiming for. Woo hoo!
it IS a documentary!
One of the best Ive seen
NESComplex absolutely fantastic. More please! 👏🏻 and selfishness more early SNES games 😄
Wow that was amazing! You put so much love into these. your passion for video games Radiates thanks nescomplex I had to hold back the tears when you got into the music of the game.
When i first play this game and my jet exploded, i literally jumped and screamed really loud
Hello buddy, i'm 30 years old and i played F-Zero for the first time in 2019 when I found my old Super Nintendo somebody gave me as a child. I went to a classic game store and picked up F-Zero since it was cheap. It is really cool and so is this video, thanks.
The micromachines game was highly underrated.
It was quite popular on the MS:DOS systems.
It was ported to pretty much every system. But I believe the NES ones are somewhat rare.
Excellent video of a game I loved as a kid. I remember racing my best friend for best track time. Countless hours of enjoyment. To put it in perspective. I remember watching O.J. in the Bronco then playing F-Zero 🤣. Time flies keep up the good work.
You’re kinda like this game NESComplex. Edgy, unpredictable, yet...undeniably cool. That sniffle made me laugh 2:27. Also, do more videos with ArcadeImpossible. You two are great together.
Haven't play this game since I was a teenager. I think I need to revisit it. These retrospectives are your thing Chris. Unique, nostalgic and informative.
Dave!!!!! You da man! Thank you for the kind words!
Well, this game got a remake in the form of a battle royale. And it's awesome.
Excellent video! I didn't know anything about the history of this game. But when the SNES was brand new, a cousin of mine owned an SNES and this game, and we played the heck out of it, constantly trying to beat each course faster and faster, excitingly figuring out ways to save a fraction of a second here and there. Good times! It really was a revolutionary game.
If you really wanna experience what it was like to play F-Zero as a kid, get an emulator, an old style controller and toggle the games speed to 1.5x.
Nah, just play an original copy with a CRT TV.
Such a well put together and edited video. This may be your best yet.
this game was my life, including 7 world records
Cool, when and where man
Crap! You’re a legit pro! Which records do you hold?
Fire Field best total and lap time, White Lands 1 & 2 best total and lap time, and for the life of me cannot remember the 7th off the top of my head. All records can be found on Twin Galaxies. I still have a SNES and the game cartridge with the times on it. who knows someone may have kicked my ass since then...was a long time ago. i am not a pro, i just really enjoyed the game to the extreme.
@@siriusghosttv Yo that's actually lit and epic
thanks i appreciate it. i find there are tons of people out there that have world records like me. they just dont know it. i didnt know it. until discovering Twin Galaxies and browsing the records. i pulled out my old cartridges and powered it up and was like "mine is better than that", but then of course you have to practice and "do it for the camera" to submit it. but yea. im sure everyone has that one game that they played to perfection and dont know that what they saved on it may be the best anyone has done on that game.
That's it! I'm playing it when I get home from work. You got me pumped up!
Ahh yes, F-Zero, I didn't have this one myself growing up but one of my friends did and he would bring it over quite frequently. I actually got pretty good at it then but when I got the SNES mini and sat down to play it I discovered my reaction time now isn't what it used to be back then, don't get my wrong I still play the daylights out of it, there's just a bit more cussing now when I do play it.
It might not be your reaction time, but rather latency from the emulation or TV or both combined.
I was definitely rusty when I captured the footage. It took me forever to beat Fire Field.
What a video! Your skills with editing and narration is on the top man! And of course - what a game! All the best from Sweden!
The biggest reason I was jealous of snes kids.
Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels, great video!
The 4 people who thumbed down should be put in RUclips prison
I’ve never thumbed down a video in my life. If I don’t like it... I stop watching 🤷🏻♂️
They just couldn't make the first lap.
You have a wonderful gift for presentation. I've binged five episodes while working. They make for great background noise.
This game ruined all other racing games for me. Nothing compares. "Wipeout" came closest, but it didn't capture the magic F-Zero. Too floaty.
bro, wipeout sucks when you put him in front of the great F-Zero
Fzero X was the best of the 3
So happy you mentioned the music. I sometimes play this awesome game just for the music. Really takes me back to my childhood