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Message: [QUOTE="NotReallyHere, post: 228973, member: 81170"] Ah, my favorite N64 game! Seriously :cool: I believe the development on Wave Race 64 started off closer to a F-Zero title, with futuristic boats as the racers. Not sure why they went back to Jet Skis (licensing revenue from Kawasaki, maybe?) but I'm glad they did. Giving the game riders with names and personalities (from the wetsuit designs, at least) did a lot to add to the realism, as did all the little environmental touches like shipwrecks, seagulls, and whales. At the time, it was a game that truly felt real - or, at least, close enough to it. A F-Zero clone wouldn't have had the same effect. I've heard the series compared to F-Zero before, too, but I've never really made that connection in my mind. Yes, there are four racers (and one with the last name Stewart, which I'm sure was intentional) but they buoy / slalom style of racing is very much unique to Wave Race. At least, among Nintendo titles. Heck, they didn't even add a boost button until the Gamecube one... Personally, I feel that the N64 game is the best. Blue Storm was made by a different team, and while it is a beautiful, detailed game, I felt the gameplay just wasn't as tight as Wave Race 64. It was also much, much more difficult than its predecessor. In fact, that's one area where I think it compares well to F-Zero, as Blue Storm may very well be the most difficult racing game on the console next to F-Zero GX! I could talk about this all day. Nice post. Thanks for letting me reminisce at bit, OP 🤝 [/QUOTE]

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