Shippo Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 [color=darkblue] This may be old new to some of you but, i didnt kno about it just until a while ago. I heard about it at cube ign, I dont know whether im gonna like it or...not, but what the heck....it seems cool, even tho there are barely any screens. But whaddre they gunna do in it anyway? Race? I hope it doesnt turn out like Street Racers! [/color] Anyway, what duz everyone else think of it? EDIT: Oh lord, i cant find the link to the F-zero anime thingi at cube.ign.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonballzman Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Ah...Yeah, I've heard about this on another board. I personally don't think it's gonna do well at all. I've got nothing against F-Zero, but...Well, the races are gonna get pretty old, pretty quick. Sure, it's fast, theres danger at all times, but after a few races you'll have seen it all before, which is when the half assed plots start to show up. I personally think that after the first ten episodes it's gonna end up being a high-speed Wacky Races. Falcon: OMGZ I GONNA WIIIN!1!!/1111!!! Samurai Gorah (is that his name? Go-somthing. I can't remember >_<): LOLOLLLL I PLANT TRAP ON TRACK RACERS GO BOOM HEHEHEH!1!!11 Falcon: BRUM BRUM BRUM OMGZ TRAP!!!!!!111111111!!1 ONOZ! Samurai guy: HAHAHAHAHAHAH *omgz flacno dodge sss and samauria goeos BOBOBOOOMMM111!!!1!!* Falcon: omgz i win!111!!!111 happy :) There's also the classic "Falcons car gets sabotaged", but I don't think you all want to sit through another prediction. XD Anyone ever seen Nascar Racers? Cars doing sonic-style loop thingies while going really fast and cars blowing up, then unimaginative kidnapping and conspiracy plots and stuff outside of the races. That's basically what I'm expecting. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I heard about this a couple weeks ago at least. I don't think that will be the case. This isn't Hanna Barbara's Wacky Races. There are many well defined characters in the game series, although some more than others. I think, that if they do it properly, it will work. It's not exactly going to be aimed at small childen (like Nascar Racers was) from the things I've read anyway. F-Zero appeals to a different set of people and there's no reason they can't write in such a way that would reflect that. The story mode in F-Zero GX just scrapes the surface of a lot of those characters. Most anime sucks as it is. I don't expect this to be amazing, but I do expect it to be decent at least. Hopefully it will turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 [color=#707875]And if you can dismiss an F-Zero anime, you can also dismiss a Pokemon anime and countless others. There are many "popular" animes that have been based on video games. F-Zero GX seems to put much greater emphasis on the stories of characters. There's no reason to immediately dismiss an F-Zero anime series...it's better to reserve judgement until you see it.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonballzman Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Meh. If it turns out good I'll take back what I said, but for now I'm basing my prediction on all the other racing cartoons I've seen... and they weren't exactly amazing. At least that means the F-Zero anime doesn't have much competition. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anime_Forever Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 F-Zero was an anime in the 80s. so was zelda and mario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Battosai Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 I doubt it will be anything special, and is most likely being made just to cash in on the popularity of the game. Same thing with Enter The Matrix and countless other game / movie - tv shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 I don't know how F-Zero could be an anime in the 80s considering the game was created in the 90s. I don't know what the hell you're thinking of, but it wasn't F-Zero. F-Zero isn't even popular in Japan. It has very little to cash in on at all over there. I think it's an attempt to make a quality show so that people might actually go [i]buy[/i] the game. If you've played F-Zero GX, go read the character profiles... they all have a surprising amount of past history, even in the little blurbs in the game. I think they could make something quite good from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiachi Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 He may be thinking of Speed Racer, although even with the similarites to F-Zero, its not that easy to confuse them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 That and Speed Racer is from like the 60s... heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinmaru Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 If there was an F-Zero anime, I'd certainly check it out. I've read some of the backstory on the characters (even though I haven't been able to buy the game yet...sucks to be cheap) and it is surprisingly detailed. There's some good stuff hidden under the racing. It's quite fun to read through. So, yeah, if the backstory is explored to its fullest potential, then an F-Zero anime could end up being really good. But I'll hold off opinion until I actually see something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Eggman Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 Yeah F-Zero anime that is a good idea .... BTW I Was Being Sarcastic It would get old real quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtakuSennen Posted September 7, 2003 Share Posted September 7, 2003 O_o An F-Zero anime? Um.. *cough cough* Yeah. So the people in Japan are gonna make an F-Zero-based anime to sell there, eh? Semjaza's correct, this series is primarily popular in America.. Which makes you wonder, did they put Falcom in F-Zero just because he is on a Nintendo-exclusive franchise and they couldn't think of another character that was as vibrant with the wide array of attacks, or because they planned to sell it in the US in the first place, and he would help get more buyers? Let's keep it at this: If the story mode didn't thrill me that much, (especially 'cause of the voices. Oi vei.) will the anime keep me entertained? -_- That's unlikely.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anime_Forever Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Maybe it wwas early 90s but I know its true because it said it In Nintendo Power magazine. There was Zelda, Mario, Sonic, and another show that FEATURED F-Zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desbreko Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 [color=indigo]There might have been an episode or two of Captain N or something that featured F-Zero, but there was no series devoted to F-Zero. I agree with OtakuSennen, though. The story mode in F-Zero GX was really, and I mean [i]really[/i] cheesy. (Though the missions themselves were pretty fun for the most part). Unless they come up with something substantially better for the anime, I can't see it being very good. I can hope, though...[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Well, there are anime like Slamdunk and Prince of Tennis which take a normal sport and make a long, interesting series of it. Their success came because of the deep and interesting characters. If they emulate that in F-Zero, it could be a hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I think the story mode was meant to be cheesy. The whole game is really, at least that's how the character designs lead me to think lol. However, my point was not that it was stupid... but that the characters obviously already have their own motivations and backgrounds and such. They have a lot to play around with, and since SEGA isn't involved, it probably won't be a problem. All of SEGA's arcade based games seem to have some cheesy quality to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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