Main Universe Discrepancies

**First and foremost, there are at least three different F-Zero universes. Four, if the Anime-based spinoff parody manga counts.**

**This will focus on F-Zero's Main Universe or "Mainverse F-Zero."**

Mainverse F-Zero games actually don’t have years for its timeline, but fans have determined a way around the issue. This page will also address SNES F-Zero pilot information in comparison to later games, stuff within the manuals, along with other changes or additions per game.

## **No exact years VS Stewart Theory**

It has no actual given name, but it would probably be easier to refer to this as "Dr. Stewart Age Theory" / "Stewart Theory."

**Taking Dr. Stewart’s age in the SNES Manual and comparing it to later Mainverse games** *(X, GX)* **as a reference point because he was the only pilot with a believable age change from SNES to X.** *(31 to 41, as opposed to Pico going from 34 to "123, or so he says.")*

* Dr. Stewart was also the only one of two pilots with an actual given age in the SNES Manual, but we don’t look at Pico BECAUSE...

**This also requires ignoring some cosmetic retcons.**

* Pico’s change in appearance and drastic change in age from SNES to X. *(34 to “123 [or so he says]”) due to* retcons commonly occuring in various fictional media. It doesn’t have that grand of an effect.
* SNES Machines are no longer being used by X and GX.

**This also requires trying not to think too hard about some odd current information while keeping the theory in mind.**

* Draq wanting to be an F-Zero racer for his whole lifetime / since he was young, despite being at an age that is much older than the races, but only in the theory. *He is 136 in X, 137 in GX. With the theory*, it makes no sense if F-Zero only existed for 11 years*,* so one can assume Nintendo didn’t bother caring deeply about making sense.
* Dr. Clash *(54 in X, 55 in GX)* similarly wanted to be an F-Zero pilot since he was young, but 44 isn’t exactly young in 2560. *(THE THEORY.)* Ignored this one too.
* Silver Neelsen being the pilot with the most F-Zero Grand Prix entries out of anyone, even more than its reigning champion Captain Falcon
	+ Though we also don’t know how many GPs were held across 11 years (in Stewart Theory) but keeping track of the 3 year suspension. *(So with the theory, the Accident occurred in 2567, then races were suspended in the same year until F-Zero X which happens in 2570.)* It’s not that big of a deal.
* **And taking F-MAX into consideration, as something new mentioned in F-Zero X's manuals.**
	+ A predecessor to F-Zero by 200 years. A 24th century Grand Prix that the Skull was once a legendary driver in, when he was actually alive. Even in both canonical and theory instances, it will still occur in the 24th century. (The theory provides a year of 2360.)
* **Maximum Velocity taking place a quarter of a century since** *"Captain Falcon, Dr. Stewart… piloted their way to fame."* **Quarter of a century is 25 years.**
	+ Maximum Velocity doesn't seem to acknowledge F-Zero X, which was released before Maximum Velocity. So it can be assumed that it connects to SNES. Theory-wise, adding 25 to 2560 gives you 2585.

**And as a reminder, the F-Zero X Nintendo of America website content was never canon nor backed up by information canonically/officially provided in English and Japanese.**

It is also recommended to use Stewart Theory for fan content, as there is no way to canonically prove this theory can apply to the actual Mainverse timeline. Though there are some implications.

Trying to actually figure out F-Zero's Main Universe timeline by taking everything into account (F-Zero X's "25XX is when F-Zero began" along with several other pilot information and so on, only raises more questions and inconsistencies.

Stewart Theory for Mainverse fan content and timeline connection for the Mainverse games revolves around the following: [2360 (F-MAX), 2560 (F-Zero), 2567 (Accident), 2570 (X), 2571 (GX), 2585 (MV)].

## **SNES F-Zero**

**SNES F-Zero provides a backstory that says F-Zero began in 2560.**

* The SNES manual’s character bios & the comic seem to imply the game itself is not during the first Grand Prix. With that implication in mind, there’s still the possibility that the Grand Prix we witness in the comic and the game is still within the same year.
* The JP manual says F-Zero began in the 2560s.

**SNES F-Zero provides character bios. Age is the most crucial thing here.**

* Dr. Stewart’s age is 31 years old.
* Captain Falcon’s age is left as *“Rumored to be in his early 30s.”*
* Samurai Goroh’s age is left as *“(Unknown) Believed to be in his 40s.”*
* Pico’s age is 34 years old.

SNES F-Zero also says Samurai Goroh's name is actually an alias, and that the Fire Stingray is rumored to be stolen property with an unknown designer.

**This is all fine, until we get to F-Zero X and beyond.**

## **F-Zero X**

* **Besides 26 new pilots, the original 4 notable SNES pilots return but they look a bit different. They also have given actual ages, but they are different as well.**
	+ **Dr. Stewart is now 41.**
	+ **Falcon is now 36.**
	+ **Goroh is now 44.**
	+ **Pico is** *“123 (or so he says).”*

**Right away, it is quite noticeable that Dr. Stewart seems to be 10 years older than how old he was in SNES F-Zero. It's the reason some people have designated years for F-Zero events in Mainverse.**

**Hence, Dr. Stewart Age Theory.**

Following this path by using Dr. Stewart’s age as some sort of (not canon, but helpful) guide, and given all the other info in the games; It would basically provide a clear timeline for Mainverse F-Zero *(as a competition*) spanning *(2560, 2567, 2570, 2571, 2585*) across a set of years. If someone did the math, it would also be possible to get the other three’s *‘actual ages’* during SNES F-Zero’s events.

**But there’s some strange things about the other three SNES-origin pilots in this game.**

* **The other three's ages from SNES to X must be addressed.**
	+ SNES Falcon and Goroh were left at “Rumored to be... / Believed to be...” Rumors and mere beliefs when it comes to character information do not equate to being outright facts. So it’s perhaps not too odd that Falcon is now in his mid 30s (36), and that Goroh is now in his 44, in this game.
		- Plus, going with the Dr. Stewart Age Theory, doing the math to get the *‘actual ages’* for Falcon and Goroh during SNES F-Zero would give something fairly believable and arguably close to the rumored age ranges: Falcon’s *‘actual age’* would be 26, and Goroh’s *‘actual age’* would be 34.

**The remaining pilot** *(of the original 4)* **to discuss is Pico.**

The answer for why he was altered so drastically in appearance and age from SNES to X lies in a possible retcon. It is not known why.

**New looks and ages aside, the Original 4's machines also got modernized.**

**And continuing with the contents of the F-Zero X Manual...**

* **The English F-Zero X manual states** *“The F-Zero Grand Prix dates back to the 26th century.”*
	+ **The 26th century spans from 2501-2600.**
	+ **The Japanese F-Zero X manual** *(according to a translation by Sidier)***, states that F-Zero began in the year 25XX.**
	+ **It’s no longer “F-Zero began in 2560” in this game.**

**However, there’s still something interesting to note.**

* **The JP manual mentions that prior to F-Zero X, the F-Zero Grand Prix races were suspended for three years after a huge accident with several victims in one race, and spectators pointing out the danger.**
* **English manual just says** *“several years.”* **Nintendo of America also screwed up a lot of things in the English manual** *(Pilot bio information being cut short or just crucial elements of a character being cut out of the English bios)* **so we’re going with the JP manual saying three years.**

**So there is still something that can be plausible to the “Dr. Stewart Age Theory” timeline. 2560, 2567, 2570 fall into the 26th century and are all 25XX numbers. But there’s actually more to bring up.**

* *(Both manuals basically state this but)* **The English X manual states** *“F-Zero is derived from the old F1 Race of the 20th and 21st century, and the F-MAX Grand Prix of the 24th century.”*
	+ F-MAX was a new element to the canon in the F-Zero X manual.
	+ And one of the new pilots in F-Zero X, is connected to F-MAX. *(The Skull is 240 years old in his X bio and has risen from the grave after 200 years, to compete in F-Zero X.)*

**This will now pertain to some of the new 26 characters.**

**Nintendo of America cut many of the English bios short and changed things, in comparison to how they were originally displayed in the JP F-Zero X manual.**

**And some of the 26 new pilots are implied to have been part of the F-Zero Grand Prix, either as a pilot or non-pilot, prior to F-Zero X.**

* **Mrs. Arrow, wife of another pilot (who debuted in F-Zero X and had no prior driving nor race experience) named Super Arrow, is said to have racing experience in F-Zero prior to X.**
	+ This experience of hers would have to come before the accident 3 years before X.
* **Silver Neelsen is a pilot who has the most Grand Prix entries out of anyone.**
	+ Such instances could only happen before the accident.
* **Kate Alen is a pilot who was also the singer who performed the opening ceremonies for F-Zero in the past.**
	+ Again, has to be before the accident.

**New thing. Everybody has ending images if they win.**

* **Falcon is pretty interesting because in normal modes, you get him smiling either a thumbs up, saying** "My time has not yet passed."
* **And in his master ending, he is seen with his helmet off, revealing black hair underneath and unknown eye color. He also says** *"I now retire undefeated champion!"*

**A peculiar detail that gets retconned by F-Zero GX.**

**"Snaky Lore" / the F-Zero X Nintendo of America website content is also another can of worms. Ask Lifescythe1 on Twitter about the investigation on the Nintendo Of America exclusive F-Zero X pilot bios which are full of inconsistencies and wrong information.**

## **Maximum Velocity**

**It came out after X, but before GX.**

**Maximum Velocity seems to not acknowledge X at all. It seems more connected to SNES F-Zero. It takes place 25 years after** *"Captain Falcon, Dr. Stewart… piloted their way to fame."* **Though the VERY FAST PILOT MANUAL guidebook says 25 years after the 2560s, and the 2560s is what was given directly from the JP SNES manual. Which… probably means 25 years after 2560 for US anyway.**

**Many can say the original 4 retired, but the English manual only mentions Falcon and Dr. Stewart. There are also no older pilots here, just new ones.**

* **24 year old Kent Akechi, pilot of the Falcon Mk-II, claims to have Falcon’s blood running through him.**
	+ This is from the MV guidebook, which says he claims to have Falcon's blood. Thank you, Sidier, for translating Kent’s bio.
* Nintendo Power, however, states that Kent claims to be Falcon's son.
	+ Considering the JP MV manual’s information, however, it seems to imply generations have passed despite it being only 25 years after Captain Falcon and Dr. Stewart *(and presumably the other 2 SNES pilots) “made a mark for themselves as pilots.”* The current MV group is just described as *“a new generation of pilots.”*
	+ Kent is not stated to claim to be a specific type of blood relation to Falcon, only that he claims to have Falcon's blood in him. While possible that 25 years (or rather 24 years since that's Kent's age in the VERY FAST PILOT MANUAL guidebook) would make claims of being a more direct descendant or relative like a son. Alas, it's just not stated like that directly.
* **Blitz Wagner's machine, the Silver Thunder, was apparently designed by Dr. Stewart.**
	+ **According to Nintendo Power, and only Nintendo Power.**
		- Yet, Nintendo Power also said Megan *(another pilot and arguably face of Maximum Velocity)* was a definite karate expert despite the fact she was merely rumored to be one in the MV guide and English Manual. It lines up with her JP Manual bio though.
		- Strangely, there is nothing that mentions Dr. Stewart being the designer of the Silver Thunder in the guidebook. Some MV pilots are also not featured in the game manuals, so claiming that such a thing can be found in the manuals is pointless. Checking the MV site also doesn't offer pilot bios.
		- Plus, some questionable sources will claim that Blitz Wagner is a protégé of Dr. Stewart BUT THERE IS NO BASIS FOR THAT INFORMATION and no citation for that information.
		- It is also not known where Nintendo Power got their information about Dr. Stewart being the designer for the Silver Thunder, considering that the information can not be found anywhere else.

## **F-Zero GX/AX**

**F-Zero GX takes place one year after F-Zero X. Maximum Velocity is not taken into account at all in this game.**

**AX is the arcade version of GX, but there are notable differences. The main thing is that you have the original 4 pilots, but you are also only given the other 10 AX exclusive pilots as playable characters; Don Genie, Digi-Boy, Dai San Gen, Spade, Dai Goroh, Princia Ramode, Lily Flyer, PJ, QQQ, and Phoenix. However, Deathborn is exclusive to GX.**

**I’ve been told by augitesoul that the other GX pilots can technically be playable if someone uses a custom machine with the pilot within their memory card, EXCEPT Deathborn.**

**One F-Zero X retcon.**

* **Falcon's retirement line from his F-Zero X master ending and taking off his helmet to reveal his face and black hair has been apparently retconned.**
	+ **By the end of GX's story mode, he's revealed to be a brunette.**
	+ **He also hasn't retired. He doesn't plan to anytime soon either, according to his GX interview line;** *"Of course not. There's still rivals to be defeated. The battle is just beginning."*

**GX ties some pilots to the Accident 4 years prior, and offers some more insight into pre-accident experience.**

* Winner of the X Grand Prix, Captain Falcon, was hospitalized 4 years ago after the accident. His DNA was stolen to make an evil clone, and the sub engine of the Blue Falcon *(BF-2001 x4, which is what the SNES Blue Falcon had, interestingly)* was stolen for the evil clone's machine. Captain Falcon is 37 now.
* Blood Falcon is Captain Falcon's evil clone from 4 years ago after the accident. Created by Black Shadow using Falcon's stolen DNA while the latter was hospitalized. His machine, the Blood Hawk, contains the stolen BF-2001 sub engine from the Blue Falcon. Blood Falcon is also 37 as opposed to 36.
* Pico was said to be responsible for the accident, due to his reckless driving. Even though fans dislike him because of it, he still keeps racing the way he always does. He is… uh… probably 124: A definite 124 only in the US in-game GX bio, but not in the manual nor any other region manual or bio. He is a self-proclaimed 124 year old or just left with an age of “124?” with the question mark intact.
* Implication of accident involvement, but Samurai Goroh is revealed to *"enter every Grand Prix without fail."* And he’s 45 now.
* Dr. Stewart prevented casualties! He’s 42 now.
	+ **He is also said to have more than 10 years of racing experience in his GX bio.**

**There's 11 new pilots (10 from AX) and machine bios.**

* **GX exclusive, Deathborn is the notable one because of several circumstances, but something pertains to pre-X events: he is a primary suspect in the disappearance of an F-Zero racing team called Team Shooting Star. The whole team disbanded after the accident** *(remember pre-F-Zero X? That accident!)***, then went missing during the suspension.**
	+ **Deathborn also somehow became Black Shadow's boss, and is seen punishing Black Shadow right in the prologue of the GX story mode, but Deathborn gives him one more chance to win a Grand Prix.**
	+ **...and then Deathborn bans him to the depths of space after Falcon wins the GX Grand Prix in the story mode, 7 chapters later.**

**Newer things.**

* Aside from dying three times before GX and replacing his body with mechanical parts each time, did I mention Deathborn is the champion of Underworld F-Zero?
* Blood Falcon also mentions racing in Underworld F-Zero when he’s not currently in the normal F-Zero races, in one of his interview lines. Both the Underworld and the interviews are a new development in this game.
* The Champion Belt lore is new too. Universal forces of light and dark were condensed in both F-Zero champion belts, then merging to form one belt of cosmic power capable of destroying the universe.
* Then the Creator, who created the entire F-Zero world, came out of the Ultimate’s Champion Belt to say the powers do not exist in the belts but the holder instead *(JP story text implies this)*. Falcon defeats the Creator and takes his own helmet off, revealing himself to be brunette… though we don't see his face. Again, the F-Zero X Master ending for Falcon was retconned.

**Machine bios are new. The bios are in depth info about pilot machines, but such a thing was never given before GX/AX.**

* **In AX, machine bios are available through CARDTs displayed when you select a machine.** *(For AX, it’s SNES pilots and AX pilots only.)*
* The bios for the machines, in full, for everyone, in the Nintendo Power F-Zero GX Player's Guide. However, the Player's Guide has several issues when comparing them to CARDTs*,* and the JP F-Zero GX Complete Guidebook.

**Things taken from the machine bios that reveal things pre-GX and even pre-X.**

* Team Shooting Star made Drag and Roger's machines. The whole team disbanded after the accident and went missing during the suspension.
	+ The machines were originally said to be for *“unknown participants”* of the X Grand Prix, according to the X manual.
* Team Lightning Bolt made Jack Levin’s Astro Robin. The team is stated to be a famous racing team and part of F-Zero's old guard.
	+ Never mentioned before.
* Professor Hollow made the King Meteor and Queen Meteor, and provides the Arrows with their reinforced suits and weapons apparently.
	+ The King Meteor is modeled about the Queen Meteor, according to GX machine bios.
	+ The GX machine bios also reveal that the Queen Meteor is based on Mrs. Arrow's old machine that she used before X, and that means pre-Accident. She was also stated to be very active in F-Zero. Details were not given in F-Zero X, just that she was a past participant / had past experience.
* **Cyber Stick revived Mighty Gazelle after the accident, but also made the X Red Gazelle.**
	+ In X, we had no idea who revived him or who made his machine, nor the implications of another machine being used during the accident.

**Since it is assumed that the SNES machines were modernized in X - Three of them, excluding Dr. Stewart, have new engines for their machines according to GX machine bios.**

* Blue Falcon has BF-2003 x4, no longer BF-2001 x4 because the sub engine was stolen for the Blood Hawk.
* Fire Stingray has RS-5060 x2 now.
* Wild Goose has ES-8302 x4 now.

**There's basically nothing else within the game that seems to retcon anything prior, just additions more than anything.**

* Although John Tanaka’s initial concern for Jody in X has been twisted into him being in love with her, and that he even plans to propose to her if he wins this *(GX)* Grand Prix.
* Jody and Captain Falcon are implied to have some sort of relationship despite not having interacted on screen, but this is left to speculation.

**Though there aree some oddities.**

* **Pico's Wild Goose body stat changed from B to A, and if I didn't overlook anything, it's the only machine to have changed from X to GX.**
* **Bio Rex says he designed his own machine. The Big Fang's bio says the lab group that made Bio Rex were the designers. They then formed the Dinosaur Racing Team and are credited with that name.**
* **Princia says in her interview that the Royal Research Institute made her machine, the Spark Moon. Although, the designer is stated as either** *"Desert Kingdom Scientific Tech Board Agency"* *(JP GX Guidebook translation)* **or** *"Desert Kingdom Science Technology Department" (English GX Guidebook).*

**The Australian GX manual, however, has some odd issues but that is covered when comparing the In-Game Bios GX doc to the Manual Bios GX doc.**

***Also, the English GX guidebook actually has several flaws.***

* **Just one of the many things: Truthfully, when it comes to the Rainbow Phoenix, its pilot did not** *"design and built it himself in secret."*

**Pilot ages and gender oddities.**

* Pico is said to be *“self-proclaimed 123”* in the JP X manual, *“123 (or so he says)”* in the US X manual.
	+ As of GX, a year after X, he is stated to be a definite 124 years old in the in-game US bio. However, the GX manuals for Australia and France respectively say *“124?”* and *“124 (according to him).”* The JP bio even says *“self-proclaimed 124 years old.”* So Pico might not actually be a definite 124 year old in GX after all.
* Bio Rex’s gender is Male in the US in-game bio, but other manuals and bios say Unknown.
* Octoman is 88 years old in the US GX in-game bio, but he’s Unknown in the other manuals and bios. He was also unknown in X, a year before GX.
* Gomar & Shioh had an unknown age in X, but are 102 in the US GX in-game bio. Other manuals and bios except the French version, say Unknown age.