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samuelp
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So for my childhood I had an nes, snes and then jumped ship to PlayStation thanks to ff vii like I think a good chunk of my generation.
I’ve never actually played any N64 games (okay there were a couple times at a friend’s house). But I would be totally interested in grabbing a classic edition and finally playing through classics like Mario 64 I missed out on. Plus the Zeldas I never played... and Star Fox 64. I loved the snes Star Fox and I’ve heard it’s actually like the worst in the series! I wonder how many sales they will get from the other “Nintendo curious” people like me? |
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leafy sea dragon
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Was there some sort of precent with trademarking acronyms before a Classic version came out, like with "NES" or "SNES"? I mean, I can see why some people would really want an N64 Classic, but isn't think kind of jumping the gun as far as hype?
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Rai The Noblesse
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worring goldeneye oo7 might not make it on the list, cause its still on the Blacklist in germany (many "killing humans" games of that time got blacklisted, even if in the meantime since COD and other games, tje Blacklist cesorship has been way less tough on games, but not older games have been removed from the blacklust)
really hope for goldeneye, perfect dark, shadowman (!) and mario RPG (!) make it on the list besides ofc Mario 64, both Zeldas Oot and MM, Mario Kart 64, Diddi kong Racing (!) and Starfox.., maybe Extreme-G 1&2 but Shadowman was no N64 exclusiv, but was one if N64 best games of the time and fir Nostalgic reasons maybe add Turok (some cheats like slowmotion, when shooting laser and out running the laser before it hits, gave off a Matrix feeling before Matrix movie was out) |
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Zin5ki
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It is certainly a strange trademark for Nintendo not to have owned until now. Does this mean they were hitherto vulnerable to other companies using the acronym as they pleased?
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leafy sea dragon
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I highly doubt GoldenEye 007 will make it onto any possible "N64 Classic"--not because of any blacklist, but because it's made by the now Microsoft-owned Rare and because the James Bond video game license currently belongs to EA, a company that doesn't see eye-to-eye with Nintendo. (EA has had a history, ever since the NES days, of refusing to port games onto Nintendo systems, though the people within EA have also always been divided on this matter.) |
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Primus
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EA hasn't had the 007 license for more than a decade. Activision held it most recently, but that expired and currently no one owns it. The cost of making video games is too expensive for most licensed games to be financially worthwhile without a shoestring budget, which gives you shovelware that's unsalable to anyone that isn't a kid (who'd just play a game on their phone anyway) or a medicore re-skin of another game you made (see: TT Games and Telltale). Maybe if Spiderman is really successful SIE will look at James Bond, but that obviously does Nintendo no good. |
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Polycell
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Also, this just protects the name. There's no IP involved. |
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Rai The Noblesse
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don't think Perfect Dark can make it on the Mini N64, name belongs to Rare, but Goldeneye is not Rare's (I suppose).
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leafy sea dragon
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Ah, that's why I haven't heard about James Bond games in quite a while. (I also quite like what Telltale does...at least what they did with Wallace & Gromit and The Walking Dead.) |
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fuuma_monou
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Isn't trademark a form of IP along with copyright and patents? |
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Animegomaniac
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The best N64 game that hasn't aged like a pile of rotting polygons is Doom 64. Two titles for you, "Watch Your Step" and "Even Simpler" which are two activated arena trap chapters that I remember... not "fondly" but with apprehensive dread.
I love the music of Mario 64, I love the story, characters and game mechanics in Zelda's masterpiece, Majora's Mask, the speed of F Zero X and the fun of Mario Kart 64... I own most of the Rare 64 games but apart from Banjo Kazoie and Conker's Bad Fur Day, I can't say I really liked them. An N64 Classic though... would the controller be bigger than the console itself? Also, it's the first time where it's easier to make a list of 20 games than it is for Nintendo to get those games. |
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Polycell
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Aca Vuksa
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I hope this is gonna be an N64 Classic Edition, because oldschool fans would love to play an old and retrospective a lot more just like me. I hope they can also release an Nintendo GameCube as an "Classic Edition" too as well, cause it will be even more sweet!
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EricJ2
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First reaction was "Aren't they, like, twenty years too late for that?", but why now, I'm guessing the craze for Retro Consoles made them want to get in on retro N64 consoles before someone else did. We're already up to the Sega Genesis, so looks like somebody will have that Retro Dreamcast console any minute now. |
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BadNewsBlues
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The NES Classic didn't have all 3 Super Mario Bros. games whereas the SNES didn't have all 3 Donkey Kong Country games, I don't expect them to break this trend if the N64 Classic is legitimately a thing.
If N64 emulation is as spotty as it is don't expect to be able to play everything. |
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