{"id":519105,"date":"2026-04-08T07:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519105\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:34:09","slug":"f-zero-99-has-been-updated-to-version-1-7-1-here-are-the-patch-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519105\/","title":{"rendered":"F-Zero 99 Has Been Updated To Version 1.7.1, Here Are The Patch Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online battle royale racer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/f-zero_99\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F-Zero 99<\/a> has today received its first update of 2026, bumping the game up to Version 1.7.1.<\/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<p>F-Zero 99 &#8211; Version 1.7.1 Update (7th April 2026)<\/p>\n<p>Fixed an issue with World Tour rewards<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed an issue with Elite leaderboard resets<\/p>\n<p>Fixed an issue where the remaining days until the Elite leaderboard reset were not always displayed correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed an issue where bonuses were not awarded when pilots reached S50 Elite<\/p>\n<p>Fixed an issue where the 1,000 Elite points bonus for pilots reaching S50 Elite was not always added correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Other fixes<\/p>\n<p>Fixed issues to make for a more pleasant gaming experience.<\/p>\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<p>&#8220;Adding more players doesn&#8217;t just feel perfect for F-Zero, it feels natural. 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<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>Will you be hitting the track to try out the latest update in F-Zero 99? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/63249\/~\/how-to-update-f-zero-99\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en-americas-support.nintendo.com\/app\/answers\/detail\/a_id\/63249\/~\/how-to-update-f-zero-99\" target=\"_blank\">en-americas-support.nintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766909708_631_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo&#8217;s Switch Online battle royale racer F-Zero 99 has today received its first update of 2026, bumping the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[180859,59,136,137,1374,1106,86,56,54,55,1232],"class_list":["post-519105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-f-zero-99","tag-gb","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-psa","tag-switch-eshop","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}