{"id":136767,"date":"2026-04-08T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-199598"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:30:00","slug":"f-zero-99-has-been-updated-to-version-1-7-1-here-are-the-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/08\/f-zero-99-has-been-updated-to-version-1-7-1-here-are-the-patch-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"F-Zero 99 Has Been Updated To Version 1.7.1, Here Are The Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f490c4f4e293e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f490c4f4e293e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f490c4f4e293e\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"1ZTjLQNDCP8\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ZTjLQNDCP8?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online battle royale racer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/f-zero_99\">F-Zero 99<\/a> has today received its first update of 2026, bumping the game up to <strong>Version 1.7.1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This follows a major 1.7.0 update last December, which included some new additions, adjustments and changes. As for the latest update, it&#8217;s a lot smaller and addresses multiple issues with the game you may have encountered.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full rundown, courtesy of Nintendo&#8217;s official support page:<\/p>\n<h3>F-Zero 99 &#8211; Version 1.7.1 Update (7th April 2026)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Fixed an issue with World Tour rewards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fixed an issue where even a player ranking in 999th place or higher in the World Tour&#8217;s weekly ranking sometimes wouldn&#8217;t receive a badge as a reward.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fixed an issue with Elite leaderboard resets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fixed an issue where the remaining days until the Elite leaderboard reset were not always displayed correctly.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fixed an issue where bonuses were not awarded when pilots reached S50 Elite<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fixed an issue where the 1,000 Elite points bonus for pilots reaching S50 Elite was not always added correctly.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other fixes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fixed issues to make for a more pleasant gaming experience.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t played F-Zero 99, here&#8217;s a little bit about what we thought it in our review here on Nintendo Life:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Adding more players doesn&#8217;t just feel perfect for F-Zero, it feels <em>natural<\/em>. This isn&#8217;t the definitive way to play F-Zero, but it is a brilliant take that supplements what worked so well in the original with thoughtful additions that make chasing victory utterly addictive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yesterday, Nintendo also released a system update for the Switch 1 &amp; 2, which you can read about in our previous coverage:<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:194972,199550 @ 1775662066 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Will you be hitting the track to try out the latest update in F-Zero 99? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online battle royale racer F-Zero 99 has today received its first update of 2026, bumping the game up to Version 1.7.1. This follows a major 1.7.0 update last December, which included some new additions, adjustments and changes. As for the latest update, it&#8217;s a lot smaller and addresses multiple issues with the game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}