The Next F-Zero Game Should Avoid Star Fox Zero’s Mistakes
When Nintendo is brought up, their most popular franchises like Super Mario, Pokemon, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Smash Bros. are inevitably mentioned. However, there are dozens of other series by the studio often left in the dust despite their fanbases. Some of them, like Metroid, Kirby, and Fire Emblem, manage to be popular and consistently successful despite not reaching the same level of fame as the aforementioned series. Others are currently doomed to being relics of an increasingly distant past. F-Zero is one of those series.
Despite having a decent presence in the 1990s as the most notable racing game on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 aside from Mario Kart, F-Zero took a hit in relevance after the early 2000s. Nowadays, the series is known for its surprising difficulty, Captain Falcon’s memetic appearance in Super Smash Bros., and having fans that beg for a new installment whenever possible. A new F-Zero game is seemingly less likely as time goes by, especially due to some of Shigeru Miyamoto’s comments regarding the series’ potential. If it were to happen though, this hypothetical new F-Zero game should not follow the example of Star Fox Zero, another game made in similar predicaments.
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F-Zero and Star Fox have a lot in common, despite their clear differences. Both were created by Miyamoto in the early 1990s at a point where Nintendo dominated pop culture and finally started getting competitors. Fitting for their 1990s introduction, both Star Fox and F-Zero made their debut on the Super Nintendo.
Both games also have heavy science-fiction elements: F-Zero is about races in a futuristic metropolitan city, and Star Fox is about anthropomorphic animals on a combat team that
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