F-Zero Racer

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A few F-Zero Racers in Big Blue.

An F-Zero Racer is a special racing vehicle from the F-Zero series. These hovering vehicles appear as platforms and obstacles in the Big Blue and Mute City stages of Super Smash Bros. Melee. In Mute City, the F-Zero racers will occasionally drive past the battlefield, damaging any players who get hit. However, their knockback is quite weak on high handicapped players, often making it impossible for them to KO anyone. Players are also able to jump on hovering platforms to avoid getting hit. On a side note, players can damage and even destroy the F-Zero vehicles on this stage.

In Big Blue, the players actually fight on the F-Zero Racers, in a side-scrolling level. However, if a player falls off a F-Zero Racer or the platforms hovering above them, he or she will hit the race track and be pulled outside the screen very fast, causing the player to lose a life.

In the stage, F-Zero Grand Prix, the F-Zero Racers will drive around the stage, and if any players are in their path, they can be heavily damaged and even KO'd.

The F-Zero Racers return in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, appearing in the Port Town Aero Dive stage. They have the exact same role as they did in the Mute City stage from Melee, driving past the stage, ramming into players who are standing on the track. Unlike in Mute City, however, the F-Zero Racers on this stage can't be attacked, and they can KO players at below 100% damage. As a result, they're much more dangerous to players on this stage.

The Blue Falcon, Captain Falcon's F-Zero Racer, does make an appearance as a Sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

List of racers

These are the 30 basic racers which appear in the Mute City and Big Blue stages - all directly taken from F-Zero X for Nintendo 64.

No.	Name	Pilot	Appears as a trophy? (apart from the F-Zero Racers trophy)
1	Red Gazelle	Mighty Gazelle (MM Gazelle in Japan)	No
2	White Cat	Jody Summer	Yes (SSBM, SSBB)
3	Golden Fox	Dr. Robert Stewart	Yes (SSBM, SSBB)
4	Iron Tiger	Baba Orninion	No
5	Fire Stingray	Samurai Goroh	Yes (SSBM, SSBB - assist trophy)
6	Wild Goose	Pico	Yes (SSBB)
7	Blue Falcon	Captain Falcon	Yes (SSBM, SSBB)
8	Deep Claw	Octoman (Octman in Japan)	No
9	Great Star	Mr. EAD	Yes (SSBB)
10	Little Wyvern	James McCloud	No
11	Mad Wolf	Billy	No
12	Super Piranha	Kate Alen	No
13	Death Anchor	Zoda	Yes (SSBB)
14	Astro Robin	Jack Levin	No
15	Big Fang	Bio Rex	No
16	Sonic Phantom	The Skull (Arbin Gordon in Japan)	Yes (SSBB)
17	Green Panther	Antonio Guster	No
18	Hyper Speeder	Beastman	No
19	Space Angler	Leon	No
20	King Meteor	Super Arrow	No
21	Queen Meteor	Mrs. Monique L’Amoreaux Arrow	No
22	Twin Noritta	Gomar & Shioh	No
23	Night Thunder	Silver Neelsen	No
24	Wild Boar	Michael Chain	No
25	Blood Hawk (Hell Hawk in Japan)	Blood Falcon	Yes (SSBB)
26	Wonder Wasp	John Tanaka	No
27	Mighty Typhoon	Bellonngian "Draq" Draquillie	No
28	Mighty Hurricane	Roger Buster	No
29	Crazy Bear	Dr. Clash	No
30	Black Bull	Black Shadow	Yes (SSBB)

In addition, the Port Town Aero Dive stage features also the new entrants from F-Zero GX:

No.	Name	Pilot
31	Fat Shark	Don Genie
32	Cosmic Dolphin	Terry "Digi-Boy" Getter
33	Pink Spider	Dai, San & Gen
34	Magic Seagull	Spade
35	Silver Rat	Dai Goroh
36	Spark Moon	Princia Ramode
37	Bunny Flash	Lily Flyer
38	Groovy Taxi	PJ
39	Rolling Turtle	QQQ
40	Rainbow Phoenix	Phoenix
00	Dark Schneider	Deathborn

Trivia

• Two F-Zero Racers make a cameo in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. They are models owned by Hinopio and found in his shop in the Barrel Volcano. These models correspond to Blue Falcon (Captain Falcon's racer) and Fire Stingray (Samurai Goroh's vehicle).
• Captain Falcon's F-Zero Racer, the Blue Falcon, is one of the F-Zero Racers found on Mute City and Big Blue. It will even appear when Captain Falcon, the only one who drives the Blue Falcon, is in the battle.

Trophy Information

Name	Image	Game	Description
F-Zero Racers	File:Trophy176.PNG	F-Zero X 10/98	In the year 2560, an association of wealthy space merchants created the F-Zero Grand Prix in an attempt to add some excitement to their opulent lifestyles. The jet-powered racers have no tires, but use G-Diffuser systems to float a foot above the surface. Many believe the F-Zero championship is the highest claim to fame in the galaxy.