History VideoGame / FZero99

** The classic S-Boost from the original game returns in Classic Race. It is more potent than the ''99'' Boost, but like the original game you only get one stock of S-Boost per lap, meaning that you will have to make your limited uses count.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed slightly;]] while the game uses a modern HUD and mixes in modern sound effects, the gameplay, music, and graphics imitate the SNES original as much as possible.
** Classic Race is an Event Race format that more closely emulates the mechanics and format of the original ''F-Zero'', including featuring only 20 racers, reducing the draw distance and aspect ratio and using the original track layouts, physics and bumper cars. However, the rank out limits are relaxed and you still run 4 laps instead of 5.

** Classic Race is an Event Race format that emulates the exact mechanics and format of the original ''F-Zero'', including featuring only 20 racers, reducing the draw distance and aspect ratio and using the original track layouts, physics and bumper cars.

** The Blue Falcon is the JackOfAllStats, 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 also lacking any glaring weaknesses.
** 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, but struggles in direct combat and will get knocked silly by other cars if surrounded on all fronts or forced into a confrontation.

** The Fire Stingray is the LightningBruiser. The machine's excellent top speed and Grip lets it take commanding leads and take lines incomparable to other vehicles. Its main weakness is its poor Acceleration, making staying ahead of the pack and avoiding collisions a Stingray player's top priority lest they lose their momentum and their lead to competitors, especially on more winding tracks where building up to that top speed is a tall order in the first place.

* JackOfAllStats: The Blue Falcon is decent all across the board, combining an above average stat spread with good Acceleration. This gives it a fair learning curve compared to its compatriots and is usable at all skill levels and situations, but due to the game's nature playing heavily to the individual strengths of the other three playable machines the Blue Falcon tends to verge on being a MasterOfNone. This is spelled out in one of Mr. Zero's prerace advice blurbs:
-->''"BLUE FALCON is a versatile machine for racing in a variety of situations."''

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 of existing tracks in the game.

* LevelInReverse: One of the possible Secret Tracks is Mute City I but played entirely backwards.

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.

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''F-Zero 99'' is a [[BattleRoyaleGame battle royale]] RacingGame for the Platform/NintendoSwitch developed by Creator/NintendoSoftwareTechnology and published by {{Creator/Nintendo}} for the console's Nintendo Switch Online subscription service. It is the fourth installment in the ''99'' series, following ''VideoGame/Tetris99'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros35'', and ''VideoGame/PacMan99'', and the first one not to be developed by Creator/{{Arika}}. The game was announced and released on September 14th, 2023. It is the first ''VideoGame/FZero'' game in almost 19 years, following the release of ''F-Zero Climax'' in 2004.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: On top of the White Land tracks having FrictionlessIce stretches like in the original game. the "Frozen Knight League" event added icy patches to the Knight League tracks along with various snow and ice aesthetics from December 19, 2023 to January 16, 2024.

** One trick you can do in the last track of each Grand Prix, is to simply hang near the back and let other players go in front of you rather than fighting for pole position like you would normally do in other tracks. This lets you farm for Super Boost by letting other players clash with each other, which is extra-powerful in the Grand Prix finales compared to most other tracks in the game as it lets you completely bypass both of its tricky turns that would otherwise force you to slow down and potentially use up precious Energy on Boosting to stay in the lead. A well-timed Super Boost from a good enough position has the potential to push you straight to the lead since you get to avoid all of the nonsense that makes Silence, White Land II, and Fire Field difficult.

** One trick you can do in Silence, the last track of the Knight League, is to simply hang near the back and let other players go in front of you rather than fighting for pole position like you would normally do in other tracks. This lets you farm for Super Boost by letting other players clash with each other, which is extra-powerful in Silence compared to most other tracks in the game as it lets you completely bypass both of its tricky turns that would otherwise force you to slow down and potentially use up precious Energy on Boosting to stay in the lead. A well-timed Super Boost from a good enough position has the potential to push you straight to the lead since you get to avoid all of the nonsense that makes Silence difficult.

** In Classic Race, all 20 entrants line up in a traditional grid on the track. Players in the back get a faster burst of acceleration to compensate.

''F-Zero 99'' is a [[BattleRoyaleGame battle royale]] RacingGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch developed by Creator/NintendoSoftwareTechnology and published by {{Creator/Nintendo}} for the console's Nintendo Switch Online subscription service. It is the fourth installment in the ''99'' series, following ''VideoGame/Tetris99'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros35'', and ''VideoGame/PacMan99'', and the first one not to be developed by Creator/{{Arika}}. The game was announced and released on September 14th, 2023. It is the first ''VideoGame/FZero'' game in almost 19 years, following the release of ''F-Zero Climax'' in 2004.

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 UsefulNotes/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.

** 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.

** The game uses a rather unusual lap count of 4 laps to a race. This can be a little disorienting if you aren't paying attention and briefly forget that the race isn't 3 laps (like most racing games) or 5 laps (like most ''F-Zero'' games, [[FridgeBrilliance though you could make the argument that the rolling start on your way to the first lap is itself your unofficial early fifth lap]]) long enough to either burn up all of your resources too early or hold them too late.

* NintendoHard: Imagine the already-challenging original game, and then imagine upwards to 98 other racers all trying to eliminate you at every other turn with Spin Attacks and general bumping, plus CPU vehicles filling up the track just to impede or even try to kill you for bumping them. Then realize that you can Boost whenever you want past the starting line -- but it's CastFromHitpoints for your Power gauge that keeps you alive compared to the static, singular Boost per lap the original had. The only leniency you really get is that every race gives you some amount of points towards that next unlock or level, and you're encouraged to ''survive'' races rather than inherently rank at the top, but if you want to ace some of those [[AndYourRewardIsClothes Badges and Decals]], you've got your work cut out for you.

** The December 19, 2023 update introduces [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Frozen]] variants of the Knight League courses, which give the courses a snowy cosmetic makeover add extra ice and dirt zones to these courses. Mute City I in particular looks just like White Land except for the background.

** The December 19, 2023 update introduces [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Frozen]] variants of the Knight League courses, which add extra ice and dirt zones to these courses. Mute City I in particular looks just like White Land except for the background.

* HolidayMode: For the December 2024 update, the Knight League was transformed into the Frozen Knight League as TemporaryOnlineContent. In addition to Mute City I, Big Blue, Sand Ocean, Death Wind I, and Silence getting snow-themed visual makeovers, large ice patches were added to each of the tracks in 99 Race and Bumpers were decorated with reindeer antlers.