Glorious Scans Of A Forgotten 1992 F-Zero Novel Have Surfaced Online (2024)

I don't really care about F-Zero, but this was a good find. The detailed, gorgeous 90s-era Japanese art really makes it.

The scans don't tell me if this is a light novel, a children's picture book or I manga with little dialogue.

@Patrick-Sukiyaki Well, they call it a "novel," and the illustrations look like they probably spread across the entire page, so I'm guessing it's a light novel.

@Ralizah I see.... I thought so too but I needed some confirmation.

So much opportunity for Nintendo to focus a bit more on the bounty-hunting aspects of Captain Falcon and Samus Aran. With any luck, maybe The Mandalorian will inspire them to do so a bit.

The nexus between the video game F-Zero, the song "The Distance" by Cake, and the anime short "Neo Tokyo- The Running Man" must be explored.

F-ZERO GX tonight it is, then.

@bluedogrulez I recently re-watched that one and it pains me so much no one is using today's technology to turn that short into a full blown video game.

Getting a Moebius vibe of that art work.

@KingBowser86 Nintendo just uses "bounty hunter" as just a label for them. Outside of what the characters normally do, Nintendo doesn't want them to do actual bounty hunting, I'm guessing because it would go against their clean image of a game company for their 1st party titles. Captain Falcon is just a speed racing champion and Samus is an intergalactic government contracted explorer that just so happens to kill a bunch of aliens and space pirates on her journeys.

@russell-marlow Honestly that's sad. I feel like Nintendo should embrace those aspects. You can be a bounty hunter without doing anything shady, heck her actions in some of the games already state her accepting contracts and doing things against her clients wishes (thinking of Fusion for the latter point). Being able to take on bounties (e.g hunt X species of bad aliens attacking a colony) for rewards like power-ups would be great for a future title.

This is some really cool artwork.

This is beyond cool. Artwork is incredible. I don't get why nothing is being done with this IP. I always thought that the characters and world of F-Zero were so cool, its a shame we can't get anything new.

Holy [removed] this art is legit stunning. I love the way old manga cyber punk stuff looked like. This is incredible.

@Ainz Me seeing that the Star Fox crew and Samus are both government hired guns that do most of the work for their respective employers kinda tells me that Nintendo doesn't want to have either of them be in any morally gray areas when it comes to what they do or if they should question their employer. I just find it funny that Star Fox are "mercenaries", even though they're employed by the Cornerian government. I'm guessing the question of ethics and legality is off when their universes don't have much going on and everyone is either good or evil and nothing in-between. Nintendo really sucks at world building and telling stories.

This makes me want an F-Zero that expands on the universe a little bit more. Kinda like the story mode in F-Zero GX, but maybe with branching paths or something.

Rad. Love stuff like this.

@russell-marlow I agree. My dream game is a Metroid game with the kind of world building that Mass Effect has. I think it would be awesome if we could shape samus' character by going on different bounties.

Wow... first time i can think of looking at captain falcon and not thinking he’s an insufferable d-bag

@Shiryu man that was so cool, F-Zero meets Blade Runner. That time of Japanimation brings a lot of nostalgia to my hearth, I was a kid when I watched anime that was like that!

@Shiryu Thanks, sure made my day!

Futabasha books? Oh, man, I actually do have the Phantasy Star ones, bought them on Yahoo Auctions a few years ago. Really cool stuff!

Oh man I love that 90/80s anime aesthetic I loved me some gundam and lensman back in the day.

There should be something in the vein of Operation Rainfall for F-Zero.... it’s been too long

@Shiryu amazing music

This is some rad artwork. Awesome find!

@Patrick-Sukiyaki That's why there are letters and words in the article to explain it to you. Read them!

I like the order you posted them, page 3 being the most risquè xD

F-Zero needs to get the Castlevania team animation treatment and have it's own Netflix series.

@shani

But that takes too long and ...effort !

Thanx nintendo life this was so cool to see, i love f-zero

Ever since I saw that comic book in the manual f-zero I have enjoyed the lore of F-Zero. Nintendo will figure it out one day. Until then I'll just have to hold on to my fond memories.