I know everyone wants the Captain Falcon GTA F-Zero, but the whole reason the franchise appeals to me is its purity as a racing game. GX pushed the absolute limits of what arcade racing could be, and there hasn’t really been a non-realistic racing game since that has a skill ceiling that high. It’s absolutely mind-boggling what Amusement Vision created with GX twenty years ago.

Adding vehicle weapons, RPG mechanics, or a GTA like open world would probably garner more sales and interest from average joe gamers, but doing so would lose sight of what makes this franchise great. All that is probably more likely to happen than not should there be a new installment, as much as I hate to admit.

Update: I found someone on Discord who unlocked it by happenstance. You have to finish a Grand Prix race with the lowest possible Safe rank provided the number of racers doesn’t drop below it.

So for example, if the Safe rank bottoms out at 40 to qualify for the next race, you must finish in 40th for it to unlock. If there’s 39 racers or less left in the race and you place last (which technically should meet the criteria), it won’t unlock.

I was hoping this wouldn’t be the case, because virtually every race has enough racers KO’ed to drop below the rank. This is so needlessly situational, and I dislike how it encourages sandbagging.

That’s a good idea, I’ll have to try for that. I’m hoping it’s not, because that would be obnoxious - It’ll be painful to wait to run it back in case I miss it.

The more I think about it, the more terrible this badge’s criteria becomes:

• Is it the per-lap Safe rank?
• Is it the per-race qualification Safe rank in GP/MP?
• Does it apply to Mini Prix?
• Is it “last” in the sense that it’s the last qualifying racer in the penultimate race?
• Is it “last” in the sense that it’s the last person qualifying on the penultimate lap of a race?
• If the number of racers drops below the threshold of the Safe rank, does it still count?
• Does it have to match the Safe rank exactly, thus making it unobtainable if the number of racers drops below the Safe rank?

Has anyone here unlocked the “Be the last pilot to qualify with a Safe rank” badge? I have no idea if it’s referring to the per-lap safe rank or the Grand Prix per-race one. I deliberately sandbagged to come in last place in both situations but it didn’t unlock…

That first quarter delay of game to put the Packers out of field goal range really came back to bite them in the ass

6 TDs and 0 INT on the season so far for JLove. Looking like the real deal

Packers offense is cooking. Rough start but it’s heating up now

I understand the reasoning to switch to a single thread, the problem is that unless commenters explicitly provide context for each comment they make, no one is going to know which game they’re reacting to.

Could there be subcomments automatically added to this thread for each game that we can reply to instead of the root thread? I.e. “Packers vs Falcons @ 1pm ET”, etc?

I feel like this thread is quickly going to become a mess without proper context.

I had a hunch Rodgers was going to get injured before 65% of snaps, but never would have thought it would only be 0.1%

Bears getting booed at home?

And the Jordan Love era begins with a touchdown pass. My body is ready

I can’t tell if I don’t like Starfield, or playing games anymore.

I don’t know your tastes, but it’s probably the latter if you only stick to the AAA realm of games. I sure as hell have burned on them - the indie and mid-budget space is where you’ll find games focused on simply being fun. Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk to name a few that came out this year.

Want to really feel old? In just a little over two years from now, the Xbox 360 will be 20 years old.

Shout out to Gunstar Super Heroes! I feel like many fans of the Genesis original never even knew it got a (VERY good) sequel.

For those unaware, Sukapon from Joy Mech Fight is an assist trophy in Smash Ultimate.

Honestly, most “professional” game reviews are made by average joe gamers who happen to have a platform to broadcast their thoughts. Most of these writers are not expert players nor are they always well versed in the genre of the game they’re reviewing.

I never understand why people put so much stock into them when their opinions are no more valid than any random person on the internet.

The ol’ Brett Favre pass it to yourself

What was the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for?

No, I’ve been focused on the Slamfest search, and no one else is actively looking for this as far as I know.