n64 classic

November 15, 2018

Nintendo Is Not Considering An N64 Classic, Says Reggie

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Rumors have been blazing all over the cybersphere regarding the imminent arrival of the N64 Classic this holiday season. This mock-up appeared online, showing a model N64 with four proprietary plugs. An automated ad from Target was regarded as a leak. One website claimed there would be a second Nintendo Direct this month where the miniconsole would be announced, and that Banjo-Kazooie would be confirmed as part of the installed game lineup. People are wishing pretty hard for this product, but any Nintendo fans knows by now that demand is almost never a factor in what the company chooses to make. And today’s revelation from Reggie Fils-Aime should be quite the blow: the N64 Classic isn’t in Nintendo’s plans right now. The only thing more aggravating than hearing something like this is NOT hearing the reason why. And sometimes Nintendo stays tight-lipped on business decisions, but for this one we got a clear answer: because the NES and SNES Classics were conceived as stopgap projects to fill the revenue hole

July 20, 2017

New Nintendo Trademarks Hint At An N64 Classic

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Is it too early to be thinking about a possible Nintendo 64 Classic, given that no one can even buy the SNES Classic yet? Apparently not for Nintendo. Four symbols were registered with the European Union Intellectual Property Office on July 18, and unearthed by NeoGAF users. One is a Switch, one is an NES controller, one is a Super NES controller, and one is an N64 controller. Since Nintendo didn’t register symbols representing ALL the controllers from their history, and two products using NES and SNES controllers are prominent in their recent history….hmm, y’know? HMM. If Nintendo’s current schedule holds to its predictable pattern, we wouldn’t see an N64 Classic until at least the fall of 2018. The real issue is what they would put on it. Half the memorable games in the N64 library came from Rare, a studio that now belongs to Microsoft, not Nintendo. If you somehow become lucky enough to buy one of these mini-consoles, the factory-installed games within are all good picks that most