F-Zero X Expansion Kit

Details
Developer	Nintendo EAD
Publisher	Nintendo
Director(s)	Tadashi Sugiyama Yasuyuki Oyagi
Producer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto Hiroshi Yamauchi
Platform(s)	Nintendo 64DD
No. of players	Single player, multiplayer
Release dates
North America
Japan	April 21, 2000
Europe
China
Australia
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F-Zero X Expansion Kit (エフゼロ エックス エクスパンシヨン キット, Efuzero ekkusu ekusupanshiyon kitto^[?]) was the first add-on disk for the Nintendo 64DD, released in Japan on April 21, 2000. The kit will only operate in conjunction with the cartridge of the original game, however all of F-Zero X's regular features are accessible plus twelve new tracks, a car editor and a track creator. Since the Expansion Kit has a larger amount of storage than the original cartridge, it includes new soundtracks in stereophonic sound as well as the entire collection of monaural audio tracks from the original game. In addition to the two new cups, it is also possible to create custom cups. The disk can save up to a hundred tracks and up to three ghost racers per course. IGN singled out the track creator as the Expansion Kit's strongest feature since it is virtually the same tool the designers of F-Zero X used for themselves to create the original circuits.

The Car Editor offers a variety of options when creating a vehicle. Using a set of pre-existing parts, the player must balance their creations' settings and performance abilities before the machine is finished and named. The Track Editor is a detailed track creator that allows the player to design their own racing circuits. Using a cursor, the player can determine the basic layout of the track and also add points to it to create track elements such as curves and hills. Furthermore, numerous different properties like half pipes and cylinders, as well as numerous road surfaces, such as slip zones, can be added. The player also can test their creation at any time and run practice laps.

While these features never surfaced in the United States, many of the features were included in F-Zero GX, in the Garage mode.

Additions

Circuits

The F-Zero X Expansion Kit introduces 12 new courses. They can be accessed the same way as the standard five cup selection.

DD-1	Silence 3 Outside Loop	Sand Ocean 3 Cylinder Loops	Devil's Forest 4 High Dive	Port Town 3 Zig-Zag Crank	Devil's Forest 5 X	Big Blue 3 Japan
DD-2	Mute City 4 Slim Half Pipe	Space Plant 2 Straight Jumps	Port Town 4 Trap Road	Fire Field 2 180 Rollover	White Land 3 Star	Big Foot Big Foot

Edit Cup

An Edit Cup can be played that consists of courses configured by the player. Stock courses and original courses can be assigned to slots in the Edit Cup. If no course is assigned for a given slot, a stand-in course called Default will be used instead.

Edit	Default

Course Edit

Course Edit

Create Machine

Create Machine

Replacement Machines

Other

Gallery

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  Title screen with 64DD to confirm it detects the Expansion Kit

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  Main menu

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  Create Machine

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  Editing Sector α - Inverted Loop

Cut Content

Main article: F-Zero X Expansion Kit on The Cutting Room Floor

Trivia

• Soundtrack from the F-Zero X Expansion Kit was included in Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.2: Koopa Loud Music, which is only available for Japan Club Nintendo users, along with regular soundtrack from F-Zero X and music from other Nintendo franchises. The soundtracks taken from the F-Zero X Expansion Kit include Rainbow Road, Rendezvous of Ghost and Japon.