After an 8-GP marathon across every F-Zero 99 league, Misa emerged from the smoke of the final King League GP to be crowned the first-ever FZ99 Lounge Masters Champion.

The win continues a run of major titles for Misa, following recent victories at the GGP and PWCUP. The final GP was set up as a Misa vs. oliver showdown, until both leaders crashed out and Mr. Angelo's surge nearly stole the trophy.

Top 10 final standings

Full standings and round-by-round breakdown are on the tournament page.

The Mid-Tournament Meltdown

The opening Knight League went to ポリス, one of the title contenders, with a commanding 944 points. Even more impressively, he did it on Blue Falcon, a machine widely considered tough to win with in a stacked lobby like this. But the title run unraveled in the very next GP. ポリス collapsed to a mere 32 points and dropped out of contention before the field had really gotten going.

Misa stepped into the vacuum, but nag seized the lead in the third GP. He extended it in the fourth GP at Mirror Knight with a 962-point haul, the tournament's highest single-GP score. But he ranked out in the very next GP and fell out of the title fight.

The Grinding Comeback

In that same Mirror Queen GP, Misa responded with clinical precision. A 934-point showing reclaimed the throne, and as the field headed into the final stretch, the narrative shifted. While the leaders traded the top spot, oliver had been climbing quietly through the standings. A brilliant 956-point haul in Mirror Ace, the seventh GP played, capped his comeback from 5th into the runner-up spot.

Heading into the eighth and final GP, the King League, the title looked to come down to Misa and oliver.

Chaos at Port Town II

The final King League proved that in F-Zero 99, no lead is safe. The pressure of the trophy seemed to weigh on the leaders. Misa struggled to a 458-point finish, his worst of the day. oliver fared even worse, bottoming out with 362 points.

As the leaders stumbled, Mr. Angelo saw an opening. Playing with nothing to lose, Angelo tore through the pack to post a massive 928 points, erasing nearly 500 points of Misa's lead in one GP.

When the dust settled, Misa's earlier consistency proved to be his saving grace. He held on for gold by a 150-point margin, with Mr. Angelo's late charge earning him silver. oliver paid the steepest price for the meltdown and missed the podium.

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Read the winner's interview

We sat down with Misa a few days after the event to talk about the run, the moment that nearly cost him the title, and his best advice for stacked-lobby players. Read the interview →