Nintendo just released two more game on their Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack’s Game Boy Advance app. Let’s have a look!
Game Boy Advance App
| Game | Genre | # of Players | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-Zero GP Legend | Futuristic Racing | 1-4 Competitive (Local Wireless / Online) | B |
tl;drThis game controls better than its Game Boy Advance predecessor, F-Zero: Maximum Impact, has more options, sees the return of classic series characters, and has a new campaign mode based on the F-Zero anime. This campaign mode is pretty terrible (terrible story plus short linear poorly-designed tracks), but the standard championship mode is still excellent, making this a solid entry in the series. | |||
| F-Zero Climax | Futuristic Racing | 1-4 Competitive (Local Wireless / Online) | B |
tl;drPreviously never released in the West, this Futuristic Racing game seems a bit more slippery to control than the prior game, and the options menu is unfortunately still in untranslated Japanese. That said, the other menus are mostly in English, and this game adds F-Zero X’s spin attack, as well as a custom course builder. As a result, on balance, I think this is about on par with GP Legend. | |||
These are two pretty solid Futuristic Racing games. Of course, they’re limited by the Game Boy Advance’s limited graphical capabilities, and don’t come close to the series’ peak of F-Zero GX, but even so these are both solid Racers, and this marks the first official release of F-Zero Climax in the West, and it’s nice that we can finally play it via official means (and without importing).
Overall, this is a pretty good pair of additions to the Game Boy Advance app!
tl;dr – The Game Boy Advance app gets two F-Zero games this month, including one previously only released in Japan. Both are good games, even if they fall short of the best games in the series. Still, this is a solid pair of releases that are much-appreciated, no doubt by F-Zero fans in particular.
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