F-Zero on pelisarja, joka on viettänyt hiljaiseloa huomattavan pitkään. F-Zero Climax julkaistiin Game Boy Advancelle 18 vuotta sitten. Osa faneista on jo menettänyt toivonsa ollen sitä mieltä, että pelisarja on kokonaan kuopattu.

Games Beatille puhunut Pohjois-Amerikan Nintendon entinen pomo Reggie Fils-Aimé on kuitenkin sitä mieltä, ettei F-Zeroa ole hylätty. Nintendo ei vain toimi niin. Tauko johtuneekin siitä, ettei ole ilmassa ideoita, miten kehittää sarjaa pelillisesti eteenpäin.

Why was F-Zero abandoned? The insight I would share is that, at least during my tenure, Nintendo developers were always experimenting with different gameplay styles, always thinking about where a unique experience could be applied back, either to an existing franchise or maybe creating a new franchise.

My bet is that somewhere in the Kyoto development centers, some developer is playing around with an idea that might be applied to F-Zero. It's never a situation, at least in my experience, where the company makes a conscious decision not to continue supporting X-Y-Z franchise. Historically it just hasn't worked that way, not when I was there.