Arcade Racer Rise: Race The Future Speeds Onto Switch This Month

Let's hope it's not another Xenon Racer situation

I hope this game is good. Big fan of the V-Rally series. Fernando would've been proud. As I understand it he was at the time really looking forward to having this published on NX. RIP.

@mist Exactly, it looks better from the screenshots although Xenon Racers screenshots were deceptive as they didn't use screenshots from the Switch version at first... Fingers crossed this is better!!

Why must Nintendo keep neglecting F-Zero? Why Nintendo!!!??? Why????!!!!

why not just FZero, its like, gazilions of money for them

@mist i hope its not - developer is much better and has much more experience. The game has positive reviews on steam.

4 worlds (with 3 track types : fast, intermediate, twisty / 16 combinations per world
Erm 4 times 3 = 12 (guessing there is one more type to unlock)

And NL - add who made this game.

@mist I was about to post the same thing 😂

F Zero GX HD please. Just a port with upgraded graphics would do me.

I’ve had an eye on this one for a while. It looks like it could be good. The dev has a track good record. Also, they’re called VD Dev, and they’re French. Brilliant.

@Zyph Absolutely. I've loved their work from the moment I came across the GBA V-Rally and everything before and since is at the very least amazing from a technical perspective. The loss of Fernando Velez still saddens me today, though I've never met the man. All the same, VD-Dev deserves a lot more love and I'll be getting this as soon as possible.

There's already Switch footage out there and it's quite good, nothing like Xenon.
The devs, VD-Dev, are the guys who made Ironfall, that Gears of War-like game, on 3DS

For a second I thought it was the 90's Arcade racer resurfacing with a new name. I'd play this, but I think i want to go with Redout after I get paid again. Closest thing to F-zero for a while.

@Fragarach Was Fernando the head developer of most games from VD-dev?

@Fragarach Wow? I remember playing both V-Rally and Stuntman on the GBA. I didn't know this is from the same studio. I'm suddenly really looking forward to this!!
They both pushed the GBA to the limits....

Meanwhile, I fired up NFS: Most Wanted U the other night and it looks better than this.

Come, now... FZero, Sega Rally, Ridge Racer...? I don’t care how good you think your game is, it’s not THAT good, lol! Goodness...

I am once again very interested in this game but alas probably not on the Switch.

@hihelloitsme That game looks better than a lot of games as its beautiful.

@Dakotastomp AFAIK it was initially a two-man team with Fernando being the lead developer (coder) and in some ways a game designer. Co-founder Guillaume Dubail was the lead graphics designer.
I think they also have a 3rd guy formerly @ Ubisoft who worked on Watch Dogs but not sure if he's still at VD-Dev.

Look forward to @shiryu opinion/review on this.

Looks good

I'd like to see the rebirth of the Screamer series. Nuff said.

I'm a video game player and describe it as a mix of a random mobile racing game, Big Rigs and Bus Driver Simulator 2008. Please quote me next time.

There is no way somebody compared this to F-Zero. It has zero sense of speed. It looks slippery and slow.

This game is more Sega Rally than F-Zero, I would still play this over Xenon Racer and Virtua Racing by M2 though. The Sega Ages version of Virtua Racing had that annoying screen jittering when pressing acceleration which makes the game feel unstable and Xenon Racer had framedrops that just isn't acceptaple even after multiple patches. The only racer still worthy to keep is Fast RMX and it's still disappointing that Shin'en never made a physical version of that.

@Dakotastomp As far as I know, yes.

I believe the old Velez & Dubail site had a portion dedicated to the team history, but that seems to be absent from the current VD Dev one.

I would suggest watching the video below by SSFF, as it does a great job of showing their work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfOR3XqrJc4

@BANJO Yes, most of their work was technically outstanding, if not always very entertaining. I would also suggest trying Asterix and Obelix XXL on GBA, though don't bother too much with Driv3r.

Great price point. I really love futuristic arcade racers . . .and I want a new sequel to Star Wars Episode I Racer more than words can describe!

@Stocksy It has been on my STEAM wish-list even before release, so despite probably kissing goodbye to the 60fps (judging from both the trailer and Switch recorded footage at least) I will glady be picking this up next week instead of the PC version.

Also for anyone in doubt I can assure the trailer is 100% showcasing docked Switch footage only, no Xenon Racer shenanigans here.

I thought it was a boat

Nothing like F-Zero speed! Must be 50cc. But I’m interested none the less, will wait for reviews

@fafonio

I'll be that guy; FZero died after the snes.

The gba version was 'ok', the gamecube version was terrible.

@electrolite77 Guaranteed.

@fafonio Exactly what I'd like to know!

I am sorry, but this is one of the most laughable trailers I have ever seen. The lame guitar lick set to some of the slowest racing I have ever seen. This looks like a joke. Just give me F-ZERO GX HD already!!!!!!!

@Zyph I believe one of them passed away though. I remember finding that out when looking into why Ironfall didn’t receive any of its promised updates.

After all this time

I remember this game was announced in 2015, and they had Nintendo NX as one of the platforms listed

It's finally coming out NOW?

I pretty much only play racing games these days, so I hope this one's actually good! It looks nice so far...

@Fragarach Thanks!

F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer. F-Zero or Ridge Racer.

@N8tiveT3ch Option 3: Sonic R

No online no thank you (no mention of it anyways)...racing AI gets boring

Is it F-Zero? No. So I'll pass.

@BANJO Personally, F-Zero X was far superior. Sega stuffed up GX by adding humps, obstacles and other gimmicks to the courses. In saying that, I'd welcome an F-Zero Ultimate that had X (including the track editor), GX (including the AX tracks more easy to unlock) and the best of the SNES and GBA tracks enhanced with a 4 player split screen mode.

@hihelloitsme Yeah these indie racing games are usually disappointing and I go back to playing real racing games.

@HalBailman That would be some game for sure. The best tracks from each version in HD along with the track editor. It could sell well if it was advertised as the Ultimate Collection.... I would certainly buy that.

@HalBailman This, I can get into! I love all the console F-Zero games, although I prefer the 3D games. F Zero GX of course looks best, but you might be right saying that X had better gameplay.

@HalBailman
@BANJO
I love the 3D F-Zeros. X is the pinnacle of racing games imo. Game flirts with perfection. GX very good in it's own right but a lot of physics abuse and some things X just does better (imo).

@F-ZeroX I have really enjoyed both games. I agree about the physic's in GX, F Zero X is a more streamlined experience.... The music in X was amazing also. I still play the OST on Youtube often...
Extreme G had a good soundtrack too, made by the now defunct Acclaim.

@F-ZeroX You summarise it perfectly. X was a perfect execution of a racing game, and F-Zero itself. It was all about sustained speed on superbly designed tracks and made an exhilarating experience. Only a handful of GX tracks nailed this, with the game's reliance on gimmicks and weirdness making for a frustrating experience.

Oh god, here we go with another round of "F-Zero GX is the bestest game EVAAR!! They need to make F-Zero! F-Zero GX is better than all futuristic racers made since!" I know this will upset people here but I swear GX is the most over-hyped game I've ever experienced. It looked good for the time but I really don't think it was that great to play. I do like "pod racing" style games in general, so an all new F-Zero could be good, but I really disagree with the idea that they could just give GX an HD makeover and it would hold up.

I know it won't happen, but the racing franchise I'd love to see come back is the Excite Racing from the Wii. There's already several games similar to F-Zero on Switch (and better in my opinion), but there's nothing like Excite Bots.

Wow, looks pretty good from what I've seen on youtube.

Sega rally? F-zero? Ridge racer? I hope this game is good but I don't think the expectations set by invoking three of my favourite racers could ever be met.