<s>
F-Zero	B-Application
:	I-Application
Maximum	I-Application
Velocity	I-Application
is	O
a	O
futuristic	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
NDcube	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
F-Zero	B-Application
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
a	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
Velocity	O
takes	O
place	O
twenty-five	O
years	O
after	O
F-Zero	B-Application
,	O
in	O
another	O
F-Zero	B-Application
Grand	O
Prix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
past	O
generations	O
of	O
F-Zero	B-Application
had	O
"	O
piloted	O
their	O
way	O
to	O
fame	O
"	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
F-Zero	B-Application
game	O
without	O
Captain	O
Falcon	O
,	O
Samurai	O
Goroh	O
,	O
Pico	O
,	O
or	O
Dr.	O
Stewart	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
BS	O
F-Zero	B-Application
Grand	O
Prix	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
four	O
series	O
named	O
after	O
chess	B-Application
pieces	O
:	O
"	O
Pawn	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Knight	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Bishop	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Queen	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
Velocity	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
two	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
using	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
link	O
cable	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
cartridge	O
,	O
or	O
one	O
cartridge	O
per	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
players	O
will	O
boot	O
off	O
the	O
link	O
cable	O
network	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
the	O
cart	O
using	O
the	O
GBA	B-Device
's	O
netboot	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aptly	O
,	O
Silence	O
in	O
Maximum	O
Velocity	O
has	O
no	O
background	O
music	O
,	O
unlike	O
in	O
most	O
other	O
F-Zero	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-Zero	B-Application
:	I-Application
Maximum	I-Application
Velocity	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
titles	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
NDcube	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
original	O
F-Zero	B-Application
for	O
SNES	B-Application
,	O
Maximum	O
Velocity	O
implements	O
a	O
pseudo-3D	O
visual	O
technique	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
scaling	O
and	O
rotation	O
effects	O
of	O
bitmap	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
Velocity	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
ten	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
games	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
Ambassadors	O
,	O
a	O
program	O
to	O
give	O
free	O
downloadable	O
games	O
to	O
early	O
adopters	O
who	O
bought	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
before	O
its	O
price	O
drop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Wii	O
U	O
Virtual	O
Console	O
on	O
April	O
3	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
April	O
17	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
+	I-Application
Expansion	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
service	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NextGen	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
A	O
classic	O
SNES	B-Application
racer	O
that	O
ports	O
well	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
look	O
is	O
definitely	O
dated.	O
"	O
</s>
