History VideoGame / FZero99

*** Port Town features different magnet locations.

*** White Land I adds spinners at the jump plate segment and relocates some ice floors.

** Hilariously, Mirror Red Canyon II has an added Jump Plate near the start of the lap adjacent to a sharp turn. Typically, seeing a jump right before a sharp turn will indicate to some players that they should try skipping the turn by launching high, such as in Red Canyon I. However, this specific turn has magnets immediately adjacent to the plate such that attempting to skip the turn by jumping will cause the magnets to pull you down and kill you instantly by causing you to land out of bounds, catching many players off-guard.

* ColourCodedMultiplayer: In a Team Race, players are split into Green Team or Pink Team, with the color of their vehicle automatically changing to their team's color regardless of their set color scheme.

** In a Team Race, players are split into Green Team or Pink Team, with the color of their vehicle automatically changing to their team's color regardless of their set color scheme.

* SnowySleighBells: When starting up one of the "Frozen Knight League" tracks during the December 19, 2023 to January 16, 2024 event, sleigh bells can be heard jingling as the Skyway appears during the opening pan.

** When you are in Power Down status, pressing the Boost button will cause you to accelerate to boost speed momentarily before decelerating back to Power Down speed, typically referred to by fans as a "dry-boost". There is no cooldown on using Boost while in Power Down, and using Boost while in Power Down does not consume Energy (as you are out of Energy and are thus are on your LastChanceHitPoint). The result is that, [[DifficultButAwesome assuming you are skilled enough to avoid hitting anything]], it is possible to maintain a lead in Power Down by spamming the Boost button, as you can maintain a higher average speed than usual, and some players have won races by deliberately knocking their health down to win this way.

* StoneWall: The Wild Goose's advantage is that it's much more durable than the other machines due to taking less chip damage from collisions and being less susceptible to knockback while also being able to shove around other cars easier. This makes it viable for sitting in the middle of the pack for much of the race and hoarding resources to expend on one big push in the final lap.

The game launched with seven courses from the SNES original, those being the Knight League courses (Mute City I, Big Blue, Sand Ocean, Death Wind I, Silence), White Land I from the Queen League, and Port Town II from the King League. On September 29, the game received its first update, which added the remaining Queen League courses (Mute City II, Port Town I, Red Canyon I and White Land II) and Death Wind II from the King League. On October 18, the remaining tracks from the King League (Mute City III, Red Canyon II, and Fire Field) were added. On November 28, "Classic Race" mode was added, which essentially functions as a more faithful remake of the original game, removing mechanics like the spin attack and Skyway. On January 25, the game introduced "???" tracks: [[SecretLevel secret tracks]] that have a small chance of appearing during the 99 Race and Mini Prix modes, which are essentially fusions and remixes of existing tracks in the game. In March 27th, the game received a huge update which introduced a weekly challenge, mirrored version of all the tracks, rebalanced machine stats, practice mode that includes mirror and classic mode version of all tracks, extra customization features, and a steer assist toggle that prevents players from hitting barriers, rough patches, and prevents flying off the course when jumping.

The game launched with seven courses from the SNES original, those being the Knight League courses (Mute City I, Big Blue, Sand Ocean, Death Wind I, Silence), White Land I from the Queen League, and Port Town II from the King League. On September 29, the game received its first update, which added the remaining Queen League courses (Mute City II, Port Town I, Red Canyon I and White Land II) and Death Wind II from the King League. On October 18, the remaining tracks from the King League (Mute City III, Red Canyon II, and Fire Field) were added. On November 28, "Classic Race" mode was added, which essentially functions as a more faithful remake of the original game, removing mechanics like the spin attack and Skyway. On January 25, the game introduced "???" tracks: [[SecretLevel secret tracks]] that have a small chance of appearing during the 99 Race and Mini Prix modes, which are essentially fusions and remixes of existing tracks in the game.

** The March 2024 update adding steering assist to the mechanics, an optional toggle mode that prevents players from crashing into walls. This is an accessibility option to make the game easier for children and players with lower skill at racing games.

Like the previous games in the ''99'' series, ''F-Zero 99'' takes a classic video game and puts a massive online multiplayer spin on it, this time being ''F-Zero'' for the Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem. Players compete in 4-lap races around tracks from the original game against up to 98 simultaneous opponents using one of four machines from the original game: the Blue Falcon, the Golden Fox, the Fire Stingray, or the Wild Goose. Whoever makes it to the end first is declared the winner, of course, but to survive to the end, keeping tabs on your LifeMeter is critical, as it will deplete when coming into contact with foes or barriers or [[CastFromHitPoints used as fuel for your]] NitroBoost. To fight back and defeat opponents, you can use your trusty SpinAttack to repel opponents on contact, instantly destroying anyone at low health. Opponents that collide with each other will also produce Super Sparks; collect enough of them, and you can activate your Super Boost to ride on the Skyway and gain a massive lead.

* AdaptationExpansion: This game is more or less a fully fledged version of the Death Race from ''X''.

** The Blue Falcon is the MasterOfNone, possessing average Durability, Recovery and Grip with above average Acceleration. Compared to the other machines, the Blue Falcon is completely unremarkable in every way, lacking any particular strengths, but giving it a glaring weakness of having no strengths to exploit.
** The Golden Fox is the GlassCannon FragileSpeedster. With the highest Recovery and Acceleration and second highest Boost efficiency, the Golden Fox is capable of staying ahead of the competition with relative ease of access to Boosts as long as it can find pit areas or knock other vehicles out to keep its small hit point pool topped up, but is the easiest for opponents to either KO or knock around due to its small amount of HitPoints and its poor grip. However, its highest turn speed allows it to take tight turns that other vehicles can't take if the pilot is skilled with blast turns.
** The Wild Goose is the StoneWall. With the highest Durability, the Wild Goose excels at combat, using its superior tanking ability and knockback resistance to punch competing machines around and take [=KOs=] to pad health extensions. Beyond this, however, the machine is otherwise mediocre and relies on aggressive play to build up a lead that can be used to push for advantage in the late-game -- and its rock-bottom Recovery rating means it'll struggle to keep its Power topped up ''unless'' it scores [=KOs=].

* DoWellButNotPerfect: One Badge requires you to pass the starting line while being at the exact placement for the elimination cutoff. This is extraordinarily difficult to get on purpose since this is generally not something you want to be doing if you're trying to win, and even if you are trying to do so intentionally you have to compete with a bunch of other players that ''aren't''. It is actually much easier to get the Badge for being the first vehicle to pass the starting line at the start of a race by entering the final race of a Grand Prix at or close to the minimum qualifying rank, as due to the unique quirk of Grand Prix final races, you will be placed right next to the line. At that point, any successful Rocket Start will push you past the line before anyone else, giving you the Badge.

** The infamous gap jump in White Land II was shortened considerably, making it much easier to clear at a lower speed requirement and without needing to tilt your machine upwards to get enough height. A similar gap in Red Canyon II was also shortened to make it easier to hit the arrow made of jump pads (if anything, making the shortcut while in a boosted state may make you liable to overshoot and crash out).

** The infamous gap jump in White Land II was shortened considerably, making it much easier to clear at a lower speed requirement and without needing to tilt your machine upwards to get enough height.
** "Ultra" shortcuts (where you skip enough of the track that getting pulled back by the UFO still gives a meaningful time advantage) were nerfed in the 1.1.0 update by increasing the amount of time it takes for the UFO to appear, making all of them virtually unviable for saving time.

** The Golden Fox's high Recovery and Boost efficiency make it the best craft to Boost persistently with, making up for its low top speed in spades. However, the craft's heavy reliance on Boosting also makes it very risky to pilot since it demands so much Power to stay ahead, greatly increasing the risk of Crashing Out if you fail to manage your resources properly and take a bad hit. Not helping matters is that the craft also happens to be a GlassCannon due to having rather middling durability, making its fragility an even bigger liability if you wind up stuck in the middle of the pack with some 50-odd other racers or get shoved out of the way by an extremely aggressive tailgater - and even if you do survive, your ability to Boost back toward the front is going to be crippled until your next pit stop, your low top speed greatly increasing your likelihood of a Rank Out. Finally its poor Grip means that advanced techniques are required to keep it in control when turning for more than a split-second, lest you spin out and lose precious momentum.

* AdaptationDeviation: Compared to the tracks in the original ''F-Zero'', the tracks in ''99'' are much wider to adjust for the larger number of players and the frequent spin attacks that can send racers careening. This is made more obvious when jumping into the "Classic Race" mode, where the tracks are as narrow as they were for the SNES original.