Looks like the rumors aren't stopping after getting the Direct information right.
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Gaming Intel rumor: N64 Classic Edition announcement imminent
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Looks like the rumors aren't stopping after getting the Direct information right.
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If these trends continue, the PS2 Classics vs GameCube Mini vs Xbox Throwback competition is going to be fierce at the end of next year.
Looking at the PS1 classic's lineup, I don't think the competition will be very fierce. Sony really needs to step up their game selection if they make a PS2 classic.
NES and SNES Classic has sold 10 million between them. No reason to not continue a working model.
Eh, this is a bit late in the season to announce this sort of thing. Would have to be 1st week of December launch if true. Stores would have needed to know a while ago.
unless it wasn't for the holiday season.
which would be crazy to do of course.
Announcing this and releasing by the end of the year would be quite the turn-around for Nintendo, especially considering they usually announce these a few months before they release. Whether or not this is even real in the first place is certainly interesting though! I'd be excited to pick one up depending on the included software.
ORIGINAL SUPER SMASH CARTRIDGE IS THE FINAL CHARACTER ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SMASH ULTIMATE
IT ALL MAKES SENSE
IT ALL MAKES SENSE
I... don't know? A lot of what people liked back then has aged poorly, too, as has been evidenced by the PS classic. And some of the notable games still have derivatives that get new releases today, which is sorta kneecapping your own sales.
You could make a model with 200 games on it and still not appease even half the target audience. It's an impossible task.
Yes, but the NES and SNES had a much higher level of popularity than the N64 ever did.
Goldeneye
Banjo
Mario 64
Mario Kart
Perfect Dark
WCW vs NWO World Tour
Wrestlemania 2000
Killer Instinct
DK64
Cruisin' USA
Smash Bros
Ocarina of Time
Majoras Mask
Star Fox
Diddy Kong Racing
Conker
F-Zero
Paper Mario
Rogue Squadron
Wave Race
Turok
Turok 2
Mario Party
Banjo 2
Pod Racer
Pilot Wings
Excitebike
Tony Hawk
1080 Snowboarding
Like half of those would have licensing issues
Man, to think that the biggest showdown this holiday will be between N64 and ps1.
And I bet they will show off during the three house stream.
Also with this many games, I expect to be pricey.
And I bet they will show off during the three house stream.
Also with this many games, I expect to be pricey.
I would wait until the lineup for N64 is announced before assuming that. A fair chunk of the N64's well remembered games are either Rare titles whose rights are only available at Microsoft's pleasure, or have otherwise complicated licensing situations (e.g. Star Wars games). Goldeneye is the hardest because you need Rare, Nintendo, and Danjaq to agree on it.
If Nintendo and Microsoft have come to an agreement and several Rare titles are coming out, then it has a chance to be great.
There is, Kotaku ran an article how apparently the N64 was the hottest holiday item last year in vintage game stores.
https://kotaku.com/vintage-game-retailers-say-nintendo-64-was-their-hottes-1821653563
But it makes sense if they're still making and selling NES and SNES minis until the end of the year. This is giving them time to ramp production on an N64 classic while focusing on the Switch this holiday.
No part of me believes Banjo is getting in Smash but maaan does this image it hard.
Pokemon Stadium too despite not having the add on for the gameboy games.
the Rentals are okay enough to use. I remember playing with them back in the day
I feel like since Microsoft's Xbone versions of Rare's N64 era stuff is much better looking than an accurate emulation version, they might not have a problem licensing them to Nintendo for an N64 collection. If the Banjo Smash rumors are true they already would have a working relationship anyway. I don't see Goldeneye happening but the rest are not impossible.
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