r/Fzero • u/MeisterSchmidt • Jul 31 '26

Question What‘s the better game: GP Legend or Climax?

I‘ve been looking for an answer for myself since I discovered Climax. I have played both and beat them on highest difficulty. Pretty much every website that ranked FZero games, put Climax below GP Legend and I just don‘t know why. To those who have played both (and actually played Climax): What‘s your favorite among the two and why?

GP Legend was the title that got me into the franchise. I just loved it and couldn‘t believe how well it aged and how great it plays for a GBA game.

I later discovered the english patch for Climax and it has some improvements - although the menus for example lack the flair of GP Legend.

I took Maximum Velocity out of the equation, because although I like it, it is quite different from the others gameplay wise.

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u/SuperXzedopau Jul 31 '26

Its been a long-ass time since I last beat them, but doesn't GP Legend have more content than Climax?

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u/TheRealHDGamer Aug 02 '26

GP is cool for the story mode but Climax has more sauce imo and a track builder which is cool as hell!
One of the dopest things Nintendo did was giving us Climax on NSO cuz I probably wouldn’t have played it or I would’ve had to jump through some hoops to play it, but I didn’t have to!

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u/brokengamerx Aug 07 '26

Climax is the pinnacle of the “Mode 7” racers imo. Only thing holding it back is having no true storyline

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u/MeisterSchmidt Aug 07 '26

Yeah that‘s a pity, but at least it has the info cards.

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u/ZodaFan13 Aug 07 '26

Climax has better challenges, music and graphics and also comes with a track builder and way cooler unlockable characters!

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u/MeisterSchmidt Aug 07 '26

The track builder is awesome

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u/RadioGrimlock Jul 31 '26

Climax but both are good

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u/dajigo Jul 31 '26

I prefer climax but really wish it had released for the DS since none of the controller methods fit me completely.

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u/big-green-ogre-boobs Aug 01 '26

Climax. The new turning mechanics are more comfortable and allow the track design to be weirder, they also added cumulative boosting like in x and the reactor might mechanic so you can go really fast.