F-Zero Draws Console Gamers To Arcades?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday July 8, 2003 @07:12AM from the reason-to-start-quartergobbling-again? dept.

Thanks to Gamers.com for their report discussing the newly revealed synergy between F-Zero's home and arcade versions (here's an alternate article at GamePro.) According to the article, "..customized racers are freely interchangeable between the arcade and console versions of the game. Just save a custom racer to the GameCube memory card with either game, and you can transport it from one game to the other." As well as this, "..winning a race in the arcade game can unlock.. ships or tracks as a special bonus - save that data to a GC memory card and you can play an otherwise unavailable ship or course in the home game." You'll also get a special magnetic License Card for high scores in the arcade version, in this interesting attempt at providing incentive for players to return to arcades.

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Re:Why? by sweeney37 · 2003-07-08 07:29 · Score: 4, Informative

Why not just play the game that you already own from the comfort of your couch rather than standing feeding loads of quarters into a machine?

had you of read the full article you would of noticed this:

As well as this, "..winning a race in the arcade game can unlock.. ships or tracks as a special bonus - save that data to a GC memory card and you can play an otherwise unavailable ship or course in the home game."