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…

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

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

This has sleeper hit written all over it.

I have a stickied post on the hobbyist subreddit I frequented, highlighting fediverse and Discord alternatives. I’m not even a moderator there, but they deemed it worthy enough to sticky.

Just hanging around in case anyone comes forward with questions.