F-Zero Racer

A few F-Zero Racers in Big Blue.

Mario and Yoshi overtaking the Blue Falcon in Super Mario: Im Rausch der Geschwindigkeit.

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, they will hit the race track and likely be scrolled offscreen into the blast zone, KOing them.

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.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, F-Zero Racers also appear in the games' Mute City stage. The racers in this stage are stylized like their 16-bit sprites in the original F-Zero game, and serve as platforms for the players to stand on. However, when a second racer appears, the one already on the stage eventually has a CHECK warning appear on it. Soon, the racer knocks away the one with the CHECK on it, KOing any players on the one with the CHECK.

Mario and Yoshi fleeing from the F-Zero Racers in Super Mario-Kun.

The Blue Falcon, has appeared as a cameo in the German Club Nintendo comic, Super Mario: Im Rausch der Geschwindigkeit. Also, during the ending of a chapter in volume 4 of the Super Mario-Kun, Mario and Yoshi are chased by F-Zero racers.

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 the Nintendo 64.

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

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

Trophy Information

Name	Image	Game	Description
F-Zero Racers		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.

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 the Hino Mart in 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 even appears when Captain Falcon, the only one who drives the Blue Falcon, is in the battle.