DF Retro: The F-Zero Saga Revisited - From SNES Launch To GameCube Perfection And Beyond
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Published 2021-09-12
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:29 Chapter 1: Formula Zero
00:06:05 F-Zero (SNES)
00:13:20 BS F-Zero Grand Prix
00:18:00 Chapter 2: The X Factor
00:21:02 F-Zero X
00:28:23 F-Zero X Expansion Kit
00:32:25 Chapter 3: Portability
00:33:17 F-Zero Maximum Velocity
00:36:48 Chapter 4: Rival Becomes Friend
00:37:21 F-Zero GX/AX
00:48:00 Chapter 5: Animated Racing (F-Zero Falcon Densetsu anime)
00:51:00 Chapter 6: The GBA Returns (F-Zero GP Legend)
00:56:10 F-Zero Climax
00:59:57 Chapter 7: The State of F-Zero
01:06:30 The Final Lap
kukun kun broadcast archives:
BS F-Zero Grand Prix (Week 1): • BS F-ZEROグランプリ 第1週 %7CBS
BS F-Zero Grand Prix (Week 2): • BS F-ZEROグランプリ 第2週 %7CBS
BS F-Zero Grand Prix (Week 3): • BS F-ZEROグランプリ 第3週 %7CBS
BS F-Zero Grand Prix (Week 4): • BS F-ZEROグランプリ 第4週 %7CBS
BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 (Week 1): • BS F-ZERO グランプリ2 第1週
BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 (Week 2): • BS F-ZERO グランプリ2 第2週
All Comments (21)
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Thanks for watching! What are your memories of F-Zero? What's your favorite entry in the series? And would you buy a F-Zero GX remaster today even if it was a barebones native upres port? Let us know in the comments and stay retro!
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F-Zero GX still looks & plays so well, they could simply boost it to 1080p & add online, and the game would be perfect.
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Reporting in a player that finished every GX Story mission in Very Hard difficulty. What a trip it was.
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It was a hot summer holiday in Australia in the early 90's. My sister, cousins, step brother's and I were obsessively playing F-Zero for 2 day's straight. I specifically remember us all drinking lime cordial and trying to beat each other's times. When it was time for family to leave and travel back home, my uncle thought he'd give it a go. Never played the game before in his life. He asked us which track time was the hardest to beat and said he'd show us how it was done. To our amazement he beat the fastest time by 2 seconds 😆 RIP Uncle Mike 🥰
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F-Zero GX, a top ten game of all time easily. Sooo good, they caught lightening in a bottle. Honestly don't know if they could repeat the success but I hope so.
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F-Zero GX is straight-up the sickest, fastest-feeling racing game ever made, and over 15 years later, there's not a single game that truly fills its niche. Razor-sharp controls, satisfying and demanding advanced tech... If you're reading this, play it. Or at least watch the CGN speedrun from 2014.
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I'd hereby like to express my vociferous support for GX. Best racing game ever made.
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Given the battle royale craze, a "F-Zero 99" should be an obvious project Nintendo should create.
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John, to address your complaints about the GBA F-Zeros feeling too "bumpy" around turns - tap the A button repeatedly during turns. This allows you to corner your ship much more efficiently. Regardless, great video as always, DF Retro is among the best gaming content on YouTube!
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F-Zero X is my favourite racing game ever, the music and comic book artstyle are god tier. I love that the cpu are godly on harder difficulty requiring you to take out your rivals to even qualify. It even has a bloody battle royale mode 255/10 would recommend
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Gx has aged gracefully like a fine wine.
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I bought a Gamecube just for F-Zero GX back in the day, & never bought anything else for it haha. Still have my copy & still play it today.
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If Mr. Linneman keeps getting closer and closer on each video, soon he's going to tell me all these interesting things sitting next to me on my couch... :-P
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DF Retro really is one of my favourite things on this entire platform. Just fantastic.
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Beating all of the story mode chapters in GX on very hard is still the video game achievement I’m most proud of. Nothing has ever topped that level of challenge and satisfaction.
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Nice coverage of the series! Small correction on AX mode in GX: it's not true that AX is in fact contained within the GX iso, though that seems to be a popular myth on the internet. A lot of AX assets are present, but the hack that forces AX mode is fairly cosmetic, you still play with GX controls and physics whereas real AX plays quite differently. You can in fact run AX on a gamecube (or wii) through something like Nintendont and it's quite educational to run both to see just how different the arcade game actually is. A bit disappointed that even DF got this wrong, but still great to see Fzero get some love :)
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back in 2004, I managed to finish all story mode chapters on the highest difficulty. Takes a ton of practice and track memorization. I don't think I could do it again at my current age
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I still consider GX to be the greatest racing game ever made. Nothing I've played has yet to top it.
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I've played this series since I got my SNES way back in the day, and I still consider all major console releases to be utter perfection for their platforms, with F Zero GX still being one of if not the greatest racers ever. As soon as the video notification popped up, I pressed play and over an hour flew by! Amazing retrospective on series that is everything to me. Amazing effort DF Retro!
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Beating the story mode of F-Zero GX on the hardest difficulty is one of my most frustrating and exhilarating gaming experiences.
