As a kid I seemingly had an obsession with going fast, at least in games. I grew up on Sonic the Hedgehog and when it c…
As a kid I seemingly had an obsession with going fast, at least in games. I grew up on Sonic the Hedgehog and when it came to racing games, F-Zero was king. It began with F-Zero X for me, though playing the GBA launch game Maximum Velocity steered me towards the SNES original too.
After a brief bit of training that slowly ups the number of computer bots, it's time to jump into the main 99 mode. Players vote on one of two tracks - there's a limited number and they're all from the SNES original - and then start out on a wide starting grid that slowly funnels towards the main track. Then it's four laps of mayhem.
Aggression has another bonus: super sparks, used to initiate a superboost which launches players to a skyway overhead that's clear. It's a great way to overtake large swathes of the competition and knowing when to deploy it - to skip difficult sections of track, timed when others don't use it - is key to success. And when sparks litter the track, it's possible for the back of the pack to scoop them up and surge forward, providing some balance.
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