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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th April)

Hallownest awaits

It's the weekend folks, which means it's time to find out which games we'll be sinking a few hours into. Before that, however, let's check out a recap of what's been going down this week. First up, we found out that the Switch might have an even bigger task ahead of it if we want it to become the best-selling console of all time...

• Sat 6th Apr 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (30th March)

Birdie!

The weekend is here, which means it's time to dive into what we've all got planned with our Switches (and other consoles too, we guess). Before that, however, let's take a look at what's been going on this week. First up, the Switch got its latest firmware update, and although it's not the most exciting thing in the world, we always...

• Sat 30th Mar 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Advance Library

Another F-Zero game joins Nintendo's paid service

Update [Fri 29th Mar, 2024 02:00 GMT]: In case you missed it earlier this week, today marks the arrival of F-Zero Maximum Velocity on the Switch Online + Expansion Pack GBA service. Japan has also received this game. To play it, you'll need to update your GBA app on Switch. You'll also need to have...

• Fri 29th Mar 2024
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Online
• F-Zero
• Game Boy Advance
• GBA

Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

Maximum overdrive!

Hi folks, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, to celebrate the marvellously macabre Halloween season, we took a look at Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for the Wii, pitting North America and Europe against Japan. Although many appreciated the western design for the game, it was ultimately Japan that...

• Sun 6th Nov 2022
• Box Art Brawl
• Polls
• GBA
• F-Zero

Random "Die-Hard Nintendo Fan" Reportedly Forked Out Over $40K To Ask For A New F-Zero

Nintendo says it's "always" open to new titles & remakes

Update [Fri 1st Jul, 2022 05:45]: Yesterday, VGC had a story about a Nintendo shareholder who asked the company if they had any plans to revive past IPs such as the futuristic racing series F-Zero, the RPG Baten Kaitos, and various other titles like Wario Land. It turns out this question...

• Fri 1st Jul 2022
• Random
• Nintendo
• Nintendo Switch
• F-Zero
• Shuntaro Furukawa

News Reggie Doesn't Seem To Think Nintendo Has "Abandoned" F-Zero, Says There's Still Hope

Some dev could still be "playing around with an idea"

One series we're sure many Nintendo fans would love to see make a return is the F-Zero. Although the Nintendo 64 version got a re-release in March via the Switch Online service, there hasn't been a new entry in the futuristic racing series since the 2004 Game Boy Advance title, F-Zero Climax...

• Sat 14th May 2022
• Nintendo
• F-Zero
• Reggie Fils-Aimé

News F-Zero Isn't Dead - It's Just Sleeping, Says Nintendo Legend Takaya Imamura

"Without a grand new idea, it’s hard to bring it back"

If you ask any Nintendo fan what series they'd like to see resurrected today, there's a fair chance that F-Zero will be mentioned at some point. The futuristic racing series made its debut on the SNES at the start of the '90s, and although it has seen several sequels since then, it's been...

• Fri 16th Apr 2021
• Takaya Imamura
• F-Zero

News The F-Zero Series Is Now 30 Years Old

Speeding away

The Super Famicom this week celebrates its 30th anniversary and you know what that means, right? The F-Zero series is now also 30 years old. The first game was released in Japan on 21st November 1990 and followed with a North American release in 1991 and a European release in 1992. Since the original game's arrival, Nintendo has...

• Sun 22nd Nov 2020
• Anniversaries
• Nintendo
• F-Zero
• Super Famicom
• Japan

News Move Aside Mario, A New F-Zero Twitter Account Has Been Discovered

Second time's a charm

Following on from the discovery of a private Super Mario Twitter account earlier this week, there are now reports that another account - with a recovery email potentially linked to Nintendo - has been discovered. Yep, this time it's for Nintendo's dormant F-Zero franchise which hasn't received a new entry in about 16 years...

• Fri 17th Jul 2020
• Nintendo
• F-Zero

News Former Nintendo Staffer Giles Goddard Would Love To Make A New F-Zero

"Expectations for these old-school games are so high now"

Giles Goddard is a name that will be instantly familiar to anyone who followed the development of titles like Star Fox and 1080 Snowboarding. The British developer started his career with Argonaut and along with Dylan Cuthbert would go on to join Nintendo's ranks - making them two of the...

• Wed 5th Jul 2017
• F-Zero
• Giles Goddard
• Interviews
• Vitei