Silver Neelsen

Silver Neelsen is a recurring character in the F-Zero series. He is an elderly racer who is pilot #23 and his machine is the Night Thunder.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Silver's primary trait is that he holds the record for competing in the most amount of races out of any other racer, which gives him tons of experience.
 * 2) In spite of his advanced age, Silver is not planning on retirement any time soon, even after he turns 100. Wow.
 * 3) If Silver were to successfully win a Grand Prix, he shows true excitement with his victory. This is justified given how long he's been a racer.
 * 4) He is one of the few pilots to play a supporting role in F-Zero GX's Story Mode; he begs Captain Falcon to enter the bet race, and disguises him as Famicom to even the odds. When Falcon does win the race, Silver makes millions of dollars and gives the bounty hunter his share of the profit.
 * 5) In the F-Zero anime, Silver acts as a racing coach for Jack Levin, trying to help him beat Rick Wheeler. He has his own plot where he realizes his long-time friend Anthony Ropkin is still alive, and they have a deal where one of them gives up racing if they lose; said race ends with them tying for 3rd.
 * 6) Silver has a humorous Pilot Profile called Shadow Boxer. He does boxing punches at nothing for two rounds until he comes face to face with Michael Chain.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It is pretty strange how, despite him racing for many decades, Silver has never one a single race in his entire career. How is that possible?
 * 2) His main drawback when racing is the Night Thunder having terrible handling.
 * 3) The other pilots tend to dislike or avoid Silver because of his critical nature of their more modern F-Zero machines.