Make This Game! F-Zero to Life

To kick off our new feature series about games we want some type of developer to tackle in the future, I am going to tackle a topic we have seen briefly at E3.

This series will take us inside games we wish we could make. This will take our deepest desires and craziest, most off the wall ideas we can muster. Without further ado..

A New F-Zero:

This is something that Nintendo fans and classic gamers have been pining for for ages. The last F-Zero game I can remember playing is F-Zero GX, the 2003 Gamecube title. The game featured a tough as nails campaign and racing at a breakneck speed. Since 2004, the series has been on a hiatus. I want that to change, and I think I have the perfect idea for it.

Let’s think about this for a quick minute here. If Nintendo isn’t willing to develop the racing title, instead opting to put cars from F-Zero in Mario Kart, maybe Ubisoft can do something with the series..

Toys to..life? Seriously?

Well, yes. So, hear me out here. At Ubisoft’s E3 press conference, they announced Starlink. Starlink was the only game announced at any of the press conferences this year coming to Xbox One, Playstation 4, and the Nintendo Switch. This is an important detail: If Ubisoft is willing to work cross-platform, maybe they would be willing to do this.

Starlink uses customizable toys that scan into the game. The scanned parts give your ship different attributes which gives ships consisting of different parts different playstyles. I think you probably get where I am coming from.

How would it work?

At the heart of this, we need a new F-Zero game. That means the game should have everything fans have come to expect from the series mainstays. A tough campaign, fun multiplayer, breakneck speeds and wild tracks. A new online mode couldn’t hurt, either.

Once the game has all of its bells and whistles, we need to see some high quality toy counterparts come into the fold. In the same way Starlink will use physical toys to control the ships in game, these toys can change and customize racing vehicles in F-Zero.

The ships can be sold in full, assemble able packs, or booster packs of varying ship pieces that allow players to build their own totally custom ship.

I think it goes without saying that these ships should also include classic iconic ships from the series. Ships like the Blue Falcon would look incredible sitting on my shelf as a high quality collectible model.

When it comes to online play and the such, these models should be prohibited, but only because stock cars in a game like F-Zero allow for some real level of competitive play.

It has been 14 years since the last F-Zero console game. Nintendo has said in interviews and dialogue that they haven’t made a new F-Zero because they couldn’t think of anywhere new to take the series. Well, Nintendo. Here is it. Make F-Zero toys to life, some of us would love to see it.