Unfortunately, with Criterion's decision to turn down the opportunity, it now seems the future for the franchise is uncertain. In 2013 we had the chance to speak to Miyamoto, and he admitted the company didn't know how to revive the series itself, perhaps explaining why it approached Criterion.
"I certainly understand that people want a new F-Zero game," he said. "I think where I struggle is that I don’t really have a good idea for what’s new that we could bring to F-Zero that would really turn it into a great game again. Certainly I can see how people looking at Mario Kart 8 could see, through the anti-gravity, a connection to F-Zero. But I don’t know, at this point, what direction we could go in with a new F-Zero." Luke Karmali is IGN's UK News Editor. You too can revel in mediocrity by following him on Twitter.