F-Zero GX introduces a new mode called "Story" where you race as Captain Falcon throughout nine missions.
Chapters[]
- Captain Falcon Trains
- Goroh: The Vengeful Samurai
- High Stakes in Mute City
- Challenge of the Bloody Chain
- Save Jody!
- Black Shadow's Trap
- The F-Zero Grand Prix
- Secrets of the Champion Belt
- Finale: Enter the Creators
Storyline[]
Spoiler warning!
The story starts out with Black Shadow driving down a highway after losing a Grand Prix. Deathborn catches up to him and gives him one more chance to succeed but says it's the only other chance he'll get.
F-Zero GX's story mode continues with Falcon training for the Grand Prix, followed by racing his rival, Samurai Goroh, in a desert canyon. When he goes to Bet Race & Dollars to relax, he is forced by Silver Neelsen to enter the bet race under the disguise of 'Famicom' (a reference to Nintendo's first home console). After winning said bet race, Falcon notices Black Shadow attacking the Lightning area on the news. Falcon makes his way to stop him, but is delayed by a group of thugs lead by Michael Chain. After dealing with Chain's gang, Falcon enters a facility to save Jody Summer. His escape is a close one as the core was set to overload and detonate, with said facility going into lock-down procedures. With Jody out of harm's way, and reunited with John Tanaka he confronts Black Shadow. The evil overlord, with the help of Blood Falcon, binds Falcon and traps him inside his vehicle, strapping a bomb to the Blue Falcon that will detonate if the Blue Falcon goes too slowly. Falcon manages to survive, by driving the vehicle straight off an unfinished road and right under a crane, knocking the bomb off.
Falcon later attended the Grand Prix, with the rest of the pilots, where he emerged victorious. After receiving the champion's belt, he witnessed Black Shadow being punished by his master, Deathborn, for his incompetence. Deathborn challenges Falcon to a one-on-one race for ownership of both belts. Before said race occurs, Deathborn reveals his plan to take over the universe, revealing the energies of light and dark are condensed in each belt, and that when combined, provide ultimate power that will turn him into a god-like being, able to lay waste Falcon's galaxy in an instant. Falcon swears to take him down. Falcon stays true to his word, and Deathborn apparently dies. Both belts unite into one, and Falcon vows to keep winning so he can protect the belt from the forces of evil.
At his garage, Falcon is greeted by the creators. Falcon figures out the creators were behind everything, though they do not elaborate their motives. They challenge Falcon to a race, where, if they win, will rip out Falcon's soul and turn it into their creation, implying that he would replace Deathborn. Falcon defeats even them. Screaming, the creators disappear, though whether they actually die or decide to let Falcon go, honoring (but no less angered by) his victory is unclear. Falcon then removes his helmet and leaves the room, where the credits and an exclusive theme song begins to play. (The camera pans at a downward angle, so Falcon's face is not clearly visible. Only a portion of his head in the back is partially seen.)
Trivia[]
- Pressing the Button during a Movie Cutscene will toggle Subtitles on/off. This also applies to the F-Zero TV interviews and the Story Mode cutscenes displayed in the title screen's demo reel.
- There are a few instances in which the Subtitles display incorrect dialogue:
- In Prologue: Black Shadow's Disgrace, the subtitles say "Help", but Black Shadow never utters that word.
- In Black Shadow's Trap, Black Shadow says "Come out Blood Falcon!". The subtitles show "Come on out", but on isn't spoken.
- In Finale: Enter the Creators, one of the Creators says "with", but the word isn't shown in the subtitles.
- Kate Alen, Beastman, The Skull and Leon are the only pilots Captain Falcon races against who do not appear in any cutscenes within the story mode.