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A former F-Zero developer believes Nintendo’s long-dormant racing franchise has remained that way due to the success of Mario Kart.
Based on the interview by VGC with F-Zero artist and the designer behind Captain Falcon, Takaya Imamura, implied the game wouldn’t be worth the risk when Mario Kart is already incredibly successful (having sold nearly 50 million copies for Nintendo Switch as of November 2022).
Imamura was asked why Nintendo games such as Star Fox get more attention than F-Zero. “I think it’s because Mario Kart is Nintendo’s most popular racing game, and a new F-Zero would cost a fortune,” he said. “I think that [Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto] is very affectionate about Star Fox.”
The original F-Zero launched in 1990 and was followed up with a handful of games, the final one being F-Zero Climax in 2004. That marks almost two decades since fans last saw a new entry, despite Nintendo loving other older franchises with remakes like Super Mario RPG or sequels like Luigi’s Mansion 3.
Nintendo hasn’t completely forgotten about F-Zero, of course, ironically making Mario Kart 8 DLC based on the classic racer, and last year released the N64 game F-Zero X on the Nintendo Switch Online library.
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