Logging as "retired" because I'm feeling the addiction wear off. Nevertheless, this was a great comfort game for pockets of spare time in the past few weeks. I'll probably never actually place first and that's ok. Trying to beat rivals and climb up the ranks is satisfying enough. Running into people I recognize from twitch or twitter is always fun too.
I'm not a big racing games person, but for all the F-Zero fans out there, I hope this game proves to Nintendo that they need not invest everything in Mario Kart alone; there's a lot of value in this style of racing that requires a bit more "resource management" as it were (boosting = health) and a strategic mind. The style and setting of F-Zero also have great appeal, even in a pared down retro version like this, and I like the classic comic artwork they went with for this release (I know it's pulled from an actual old F-Zero comic).
Even if, like me, you're not big on racing, I recommend checking this out. It's a lot of fun and very addicting. If you already have NSO, it's free, so why not?
I'm not a big racing games person, but for all the F-Zero fans out there, I hope this game proves to Nintendo that they need not invest everything in Mario Kart alone; there's a lot of value in this style of racing that requires a bit more "resource management" as it were (boosting = health) and a strategic mind. The style and setting of F-Zero also have great appeal, even in a pared down retro version like this, and I like the classic comic artwork they went with for this release (I know it's pulled from an actual old F-Zero comic).
Even if, like me, you're not big on racing, I recommend checking this out. It's a lot of fun and very addicting. If you already have NSO, it's free, so why not?