Fast Fusion scratches the hyper-fast F-Zero itch

Switch 2 technically launched with a F-Zero game, like F-Zero GX was available on the premium level of Nintendo Switch Online as part of the GameCube range. But if you are looking for a new F-Zero Or DestroyThe console has a spiritual successor which costs only $ 14.99: Shin’en’s Fusion.

Fusion You associate in futuristic science fiction aerogle makers where you advance hundreds of kilometers per hour. The races consist in managing the boosts by collecting parts to build your boost meter and by driving boost areas on the tracks themselves. (You can relaunch opponents to run them to win additional parts, which never age.)

The game looks great – this is the first time that I have really seduced by the graphics of Switch 2. The tracks are exciting, with hills and tight turns that sometimes give you the impression of being on roller coasters, especially when you advance in advance at ultra -fast speeds. They all feel so distinct: in one, you drive on a sand desert while whale creatures jump above you. A course in space forced me to dodge the meteors who fall on the track. A stage taking place around a volcano was filled with magma.

There is no online multiplayer, so you will probably conclude mainly against computer opponents. They can be tough, even to the lowest difficulty – sometimes he even has the impression of unjustly rubber bandwatch in front of you. But as I became familiar with the tracks, knowing when to stimulate and learn where to find alternative rounds, I found that I was better to follow. Fortunately, you don’t have to get first place in a cup to get a good part of the currency in play that you can use to buy new tracks or vehicles. And you can play local multiplayer, if you want to take your friends at home.

If you launch cups, there are a few other pleasure modes to play and earn money. My favorite was “Super Hero Mode”, where you need to get first place in a track without exploding – with additional torsion that your boost counter is also a shield counter, similar to F-Zero. This creates an exciting risk-reversal dynamic, and I want there to be a mode where you had to finish a whole cup in this way.

Game vehicles are much less interesting than levels. They all seemed to me quite generic. You can pay a modest sum to “merge” vehicles together to make better runners, although I cannot honestly make the difference between the different options.

Fusion is not exactly the same as F-ZeroAnd I really want Nintendo to make a whole new entry into this series. (F-Zero 99 Don’t just count. Sorry, wes.) And I don’t get my hopes for a new Destroy Game anytime soon. For the moment, Fusion scratches the itching of science fiction racing at high speed, and it is an excellent showcase with regard to the Switch 2 – and what a new F-Zero One day, maybe look like.

_{Fusion is available now on the Nintendo 2 switch.}