Sunday Longplay - F-Zero Climax (GBA) - Grand Prix (All Cups, All Difficulties)

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5 жыл бұрын

This week on Sunday Longplay, it's a forgotten entry in a series forgotten by its creator. Welcome to F-Zero Climax for the Game Boy Advance.
If you've never heard of this entry in the F-Zero series, that's because it was never released in America. Released only in Japan in 2004 for the GBA, F-Zero Climax is the last entry in the F-Zero series that follows up on the previous GBA game, F-Zero GP Legend (named after the anime which the game is based around).
F-Zero Climax has the most tracks of any F-Zero game, with 54. The previous entry did something that no other F-Zero game before it did, by not only making the AI harder on Expert and Master Grand Prix but also changing the tracks themselves to make them harder as well. So each track had two different versions: an easier Novice/Standard version and a harder Expert/Master version. Climax takes it another step further by giving the Master GP its own even harder track designs. So this means that in order to play every track in the game, you have to play the Grand Prix three times: Standard with the easy tracks, Expert with the medium tracks, and Master with the hard tracks.
There is also one more additional track exclusive to time trials that is unlocked after you complete every other track in the game. I may go back and cover that in a later video.
F-Zero Climax also has a much-requested feature that has only shown up in one other game before it which was also exclusive to Japan, in the form of a track editor. Only the F-Zero X Expansion Kit for the Nintendo 64DD had it before. The game comes with a few pre-loaded custom tracks available in Time Attack mode, and you can also create your own tracks and generate a password to share your creation with people.
Shigeru Miyamoto once said that the reason there hasn't been a new F-Zero game in the past 15 years is because he has writer's block with regard to how to progress the series after GX. But now, I feel like the Switch would be the perfect console for a new game. Online races and leaderboards, crazier track designs, maybe a more fleshed-out story mode. Besides, the Switch's working codename fits perfectly with the naming scheme for the console entries in the series. We had F-Zero X, GX, AX in arcades...F-Zero NX would be perfect! Hell, I'll even just take an HD remake of F-Zero GX on Switch.
Timestamps:
0:48 - Bronze Cup (Standard)
9:55 - Silver Cup (Standard)
20:10 - Gold Cup (Standard)
29:40 - Bronze Cup (Expert)
42:31 - Silver Cup (Expert)
52:16 - Gold Cup (Expert)
1:02:58 - Bronze Cup (Master)
1:13:01 - Silver Cup (Master)
1:23:06 - Gold Cup (Master)
1:34:35 - Platinum Cup
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Пікірлер: 53

@BobbyFluffy 3 жыл бұрын

46:40 Announcer: "You're about to lose the lead!" Me: "Would you kindly explain to me how exactly that could possibly be the case when I've literally been committing suicide by using all of my power boosting as much as possible this whole lap?"

@bjulin 2 жыл бұрын

Rubberbanding... (enlighting moment coming up 😉👍)

@Titanandenceladus 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading

@alexmoreno2606 3 жыл бұрын

F-ZERO 30TH ANNIVERSARY

@MetalSmasherGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe it's been that long. Man, I'm old...

@BobbyFluffy 3 жыл бұрын

1:41:01 How you know you're completely fed up with the absolutely bullshit AI.

@MetalSmasherGaming 3 жыл бұрын

It’s there for a reason, might as well use it. I was still a little gun shy after nearly losing in Big Blue.

@ElGatoLoco698 2 жыл бұрын

Such a shame that this franchise is withering away in video game history.

@MetalSmasherGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I always did like F-Zero better than Mario Kart, and it will always hold a place in my heart.

@evilblader7 9 ай бұрын

Well... now 2023 we have F-zero 99... not big deal... but is better than nothing.

@MetalSmasherGaming 9 ай бұрын

@evilblader7 hopefully it does well so Nintendo can see the interest in F-Zero and make a new full-blown game (or at least an HD remaster of GX).

@turtwigontheweb 9 ай бұрын

fzero 99 made me a new fan to the series after i excessively played the game and got top 250 for a bit. looking to pick this up and maybe fzero gx when i have the chance

@MasterJim2020 9 ай бұрын

⁠@@MetalSmasherGamingWell I wouldn’t say that 1 series is better than the other. Both Mario Kart and F-Zero are awesome series’s. It would’ve been nice if Nintendo had kept F-Zero going instead of discontinuing it.

@mechaspyder179 2 жыл бұрын

I love this game! I would either use Black Bull, Mighty Hurricane, or Blue Falcon! I love all of those ships!

@usvidragonslayer3091 3 жыл бұрын

Great!

@Cr1z4n63L 3 жыл бұрын

20:48 perfect timing hahaha

@steveluvscows2490 4 ай бұрын

Silence II, unlike the similarily named BS F-Zero GP track, is shaped like a flintlock pistol.

@beatziegraham6928 Жыл бұрын

Now with NSO, we should get this game on it so we can have online custom track races (if that’s how it works).

@reemademashki7656 2 жыл бұрын

Climax should have been outside of japan

@MetalSmasherGaming 2 жыл бұрын

It really should have. It's an amazing game.

@reemademashki7656 2 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming and it has so much content

@MetalSmasherGaming 2 жыл бұрын

@@reemademashki7656 It really does. More tracks than any other F-Zero game plus a track creator widening the possibilities even further...

@LITTLE1994 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, seriously.

@raphaelmarquez9650 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if the modified versions of the SNES tracks from this game will be implemented in F-Zero 99. It would at least give players a taste of this Japan-only game.

@WhiteBladeZero 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish this game had an English release T_T

@MetalSmasherGaming 2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@TachyBunker 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, this game seemed cool in my childhood, BUT IT'S STILL GREAT!!

@MetalSmasherGaming 3 жыл бұрын

F-Zero will always hold a special place in my heart. I always did like it better than Mario Kart, honestly.

@TachyBunker 3 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming yeah it kind of was the badass version of it, while mario kart is the more kiddy version

@mechaspyder179 2 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming same! F-Zero feels more fun to play than Mario Kart!

@MetalSmasherGaming 2 жыл бұрын

@@mechaspyder179 F-Zero (X in particular) actually helped me conquer a childhood fear of roller coasters that go upside down, and GX is still my favorite racing game of all time. So there’s a personal connection with this franchise for me.

@mechaspyder179 2 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming interesting

@darkridearts 3 жыл бұрын

Hope this gets put on switch online gba service

@MetalSmasherGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Same, along with Maximum Velocity and GP Legend.

@LITTLE1994 2 жыл бұрын

The LAST F-Zero...yet. Loved the series to death, and I'm a pro at it, but, Nintendo literally let this died out. It's miles better than Mario Kart...

@MetalSmasherGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I agree completely. In fact, F-Zero X actually helped me conquer a childhood fear I had of roller coasters that go upside down, so that game holds a special place in my heart. I feel like the Switch would be the perfect console to resurrect F-Zero. Think about it, we had F-Zero X on the N64, GX on the GameCube, AX in arcades...F-Zero NX would not only fit the naming scheme, but also works as a nod to the Switch’s working code name during development.

@LITTLE1994 2 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming Yeah. The Switch's controls seem suitable enough to handle the required reflexes for high speeds. I don't know what Nintendo was waiting for. My first F-Zero was the SNES original. I do too have X and GX.

@TheTetrahedronVG 3 жыл бұрын

@MetalSmasherGaming - Hello! I'm currently putting together a history video on the F-Zero series. Would it be okay to use this gameplay footage? Full credit will go to you, as well as a link to your channel. Many thanks!

@MetalSmasherGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Sure thing! Let me know when your video is done, because I'd like to see it!

@TheTetrahedronVG 3 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming Of course, thank you very much!

@TheTetrahedronVG 3 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming Thank you again for letting me use your gameplay, the history video is uploaded and can be found here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nreUadOcu9qqnoU.html

@flyingplantwhale545 2 жыл бұрын

Question: is it difficult navigating the menus and the game content in general (being a Japanese release and all) ? I’m thinking of picking the game up

@MetalSmasherGaming 2 жыл бұрын

The only things I couldn’t read were the screen that details the controls and the results screen with all the driver names. Despite that, playability shouldn’t be an issue.

@riddleiddle 4 жыл бұрын

I only have the Max Velocity and Legends on gameboy - is it possible to "drift" like you're doing around corners in those games like you're doing in this game?

@MetalSmasherGaming 4 жыл бұрын

The drifting controls are a bit different in those games than it is here. In MV and GPL, you drift by holding the opposite shoulder button in the direction you're turning (for example, holding L while turning right).

@riddleiddle 4 жыл бұрын

@@MetalSmasherGaming Thanks for the info! I never would have tried that. I just can't a hang on the mode-7 games like I can on X and GX.