{"id":2027,"date":"2025-08-30T15:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/anniversary_the_f-zero_series_is_now_30_years_old"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T15:01:40","slug":"anniversary-the-f-zero-series-is-now-30-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/anniversary-the-f-zero-series-is-now-30-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary: The F-Zero Series Is Now 30 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"F-Zero\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e0ff2437ebbb3\/f-zero.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/anniversary-the-f-zero-series-is-now-30-years-old.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"F-Zero\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/hardware_classics_the_super_famicom_is_30_today\">Super Nintendo this week celebrates its 30th anniversary<\/a> and you know what that means, right? The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/f-zero\">F-Zero<\/a><\/strong> series is now also 30 years old. The original Super Famicom launch title was released in Japan on 21st November 1990. It eventually followed with a North American release in 1991 and a European release in 1992.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">F-Zero for the Super Famicom was released on this day in Japan, 30 years ago (1990) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iVLJ7Bfrgr\">pic.twitter.com\/iVLJ7Bfrgr<\/a><\/span>\u2014 OnThisDayInGaming (@OnThisDayGaming) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnThisDayGaming\/status\/1330158075060383744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Since the original game&#8217;s arrival, Nintendo has published new entries in the series on platforms like the N64 and GameCube. The most recent entry in the series was the 2004 Japan-only Game Boy Advance title, <strong>F-Zero Climax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, F-Zero has popped up in games like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/nintendo_land\">Nintendo Land<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/mario_kart_8\">Mario Kart 8<\/a><\/strong>, and Captain Falcon is obviously still part of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/super_smash_bros\">Super Smash Bros.<\/a><\/strong> roster. If you want to join in on the anniversary celebrations, the original F-Zero is playable on Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online NES service.<\/p>\n<p><em>Feel free to share your own F-Zero memories in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/11\/anniversary_the_f-zero_series_is_now_30_years_old\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Super Nintendo this week celebrates its 30th anniversary and you know what that means, right? The F-Zero series is now also 30 years old. The original Super Famicom launch title was released in Japan on 21st November 1990. It eventually followed with a North American release in 1991 and a European release in 1992. F-Zero for the Super Famicom was released on this day in Japan, 30 years ago (1990) pic.twitter.com\/iVLJ7Bfrgr\u2014 OnThisDayInGaming (@OnThisDayGaming) November 21, 2020 Since the original game&#8217;s arrival, Nintendo has published new entries in the series on platforms like the N64 and GameCube. The most recent entry in the series was the 2004 Japan-only Game Boy Advance title, F-Zero Climax. 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