F-Zero (universe): Difference between revisions

Several dozen F-Zero racers race at a time in some games, and each pilot has a different reason for taking part in the grand prix, whether it is intergalactic fame, the monetary grand prize, or satisfying some sort of vendetta against another racer or group. Each individual machine is balanced in relation to each other with different gradings in the areas of Body, Weight, Boost, and Grip. The wide cast of humans, aliens, monsters, androids, and other life forms that race against each other are designed in an aesthetic style reminiscent of American comic books, and the recurring character that is the closest to being the series' "mascot" is a space-faring bounty hunter named [[Captain Falcon]], whose wardrobe gives him the appearance of a comic book superhero and whose multiple rivals resemble stereotypical supervillains. Disregarding the alternate-universe ''GP Legend'' subseries, there is usually little heed paid to continuity between installments in the series, and little focus on up-front storytelling in a given game itself, except for the story mode in ''F-Zero GX''.

The series once again mirrored its roots as a technical showcase for a newly launched Nintendo system with the Game Boy Advance launch title ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero: Maximum Velocity}}'', which transplanted the Mode 7 presentation style of the original into a handheld system. Then, the series made its most technically advanced appearance yet in ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero GX}}'' for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] in 2003. This is the first entry in the series not developed in-house, and was instead outsourced to [[Sega]] as the first official collaboration between the two since their pulling out of the console market. This game was lauded for being the best racing game for the GameCube; critically acclaimed elements include its visuals, high sense of speed and intensity, track design, challenge, and fleshed-out single-player modes, with some criticism leveled against a very sharp difficulty slant. An arcade counterpart to this title named ''{{iw|fzerowiki|F-Zero AX}}'' was published by Sega for the Triforce arcade system board (a system that was conceived from a business alliance between Sega, Nintendo, and [[Namco]]), and it featured special connectivity with the GameCube title in which a player that inserted a Nintendo GameCube memory card into the ''F-Zero AX'' system could instantly unlock content in ''F-Zero GX'' that would normally require successful playthroughs on high difficulties to access.

===Fighter===

===Music===

**{{GameIcon|SSBB}} [[Samurai Goroh]] appears as an assist trophy.

*Trophies:

*Stickers:

**{{GameIcon|SSBB}} Captain Falcon, Samurai Goroh, Golden Fox, Wild Goose, Fire Stingray and Dr. Stewart appear as stickers.

**{{GameIcon|SSBU}} "'''{{SSBUMusicLink|F-Zero|Fire Field (Original)}}'''": The Fire Field theme, sourced from ''F-Zero''.

**{{GameIcon|SSBB}} "'''{{SSBUMusicLink|F-Zero|Fire Field (Remix)}}'''": The music that plays on the Fire Field track in the original F-Zero. This track is also played during Captain Falcon's Classic Mode credits.

===''{{s|fzerowiki|F-Zero X}}''===

**{{GameIcon|SSBM}} The models for the cars on this stage are ripped directly from this game.

*Trophies:

*Stickers:

**{{GameIcon|SSBB}} Red Gazelle, Blood Falcon, Octoman , Mr. EAD, White Tiger, Black Shadow, Iron Tiger and Gomar & Shioh appear as stickers. Captain Falcon (F-Zero X) and Samurai Goroh (F-Zero X) use artwork from this game.

===''{{s|fzerowiki|F-Zero GX}}''===

*Stages:

*Trophies:

**{{GameIcon|SSB4}} Deathborn appears as a trophy.

*''F-Zero'' and {{uv|Punch-Out!!}} are the only universes where none of their playable characters have any projectile attacks.

*''F-Zero'', {{uv|Kirby}}, {{uv|The Legend of Zelda}} and {{uv|Super Smash Bros.}} itself are the only universes to use the same series symbol throughout the entire ''Smash Bros.'' series.

**This was technically the case for {{uv|Wii Fit}} and {{uv|Duck Hunt}} as well, as neither series received a stage in ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' at launch, though the {{b|Duck Hunt|stage}} stage would later be added as free DLC to the 3DS version of ''Smash 4''.  

*''F-Zero'' and {{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}} are the only franchises in the ''Smash Bros.'' series to feature a playable character that debuted in a racing game, though ''Banjo-Kazooie'' itself represents the platformer genre.