It’s no secret that F-Zero fans are very hungry for a new game, especially when you realize that there hasn’t been a new entry in almost 20 years.
So far, Nintendo has done very little to appease those fans beyond the occasional re-release or Super Smash Bros. como. Now even its own shareholders are asking for another F-Zero game.
At a recent meeting, one shareholder asked if Nintendo had any plans to release new games or remakes for some of its older franchises.
They cited F-Zero as one such example, but also mentioned Baten Kaitos of all things. We are not sure if the one counts since the first game was published by Namco, but the second has been published by Nintendo.
It is not surprising that Shinya Takahashi, the general manager for Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (Nintendo EPD), gave a typically vague answer.
“When it comes to remakes of older titles, we think of a wide range of interesting ways to try new and old things,” he said, as transcribed by Twitter user NStyles (and translated by VGC).
‘We’ve had a similar question before. At that time, we happened to have a planned remake, so we discussed it, but there are things I can not say now. ‘
The only Nintendo remake we know of is the Advance Wars one, but whether that’s what Takahashi was referring to is anyone’s guess.
There have been several explanations in the past for the lack of F-Zero, but the common thread is that Nintendo simply did not come up with a new idea for the series. This and none of the original games, other than the original SNES, were particularly big sellers.
Although Nintendo claims that it does not just want to release another F-Zero that is identical to previous entries, most fans will be completely happy with exactly that. Or, at least, a re-release of the GameCube title F-Zero GX.
As for Baten Kaitos, there is speculation that a remaster of some sort is in the works, as in 2021, Bandai Namco has filed new trademarks for the original and its prequel.
Then, earlier this year, mailing lists for an HD reloader of a 3D action game, one commissioned by Nintendo, were found on Bandai Namco’s website. The one contradiction is that both Baten Kaitos games are role players, not action games.
In addition, Bandai Namco has been allowed to work on Nintendo’s own properties, such as Pokémon, so it could easily be the remaster in question here.
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