N64 turns 30 next year. Do you think Nintendo finally releases the N64 Classic to celebrate this anniversary?

It's called ez money

No, because N64 emulation is shit. They would have to put a relatively expensive soc into it to get decent performance. They would probably need to charge 300-400 for it. There are plenty of idiots out there who would buy it though.

>>11883314
They make to much money on subs for NSO to do it. I think the mini console craze is over.

>>11883273 (OP)
>RGT85
I can't stand this prick.

>>11883341
>I think the mini console craze is over.
More like they just ran out of usable consoles, it's a mine that can only be dug so deep and they started getting into stuff that very few people gave a fuck about like British Microcomputers. N64, Saturn, Dreamcast and Neo Geo AES are the only viable ones left with N64 and Dreamcast being the most popular options. If an N64 Mini with 20 games came out for around $99 to 129ish dollars, I'd think they'd sell like hotcakes, but as you said, they are too worried about their overpriced NSO subs.

>>11883273 (OP)
>pay productions costs, workers, and shipping tariffs when they could just sue you and get the money effortlessly instead.
nintendo fans are scum of the earth even nintendo knows this

>>11883389
He strongly associates with some well documented douchebags, so fuck him. No interest in watching someone with no morals, but they unfortunately dominate the YouTube space for retro games.

>>11883273 (OP)
Who is this baseball cap chain wearing fag? Unless you're younger than 30 in the 2000s you shouldn't be wearing any of that.

>>11883273 (OP)
No. We can alr play them on switch. Just get the real system instead

>>11884003
Hes 40 and wears it because hes balding but still wants to appear "cool" The fate of many of these worthless hacks who are way too old to still do this shit.

>>11884014
>Hes 40 and wears it because hes balding but still wants to appear "cool"
Damn it now I feel bad for talking shit.

I think Nintendo would rather you just get an NSO Expansion subscription, instead of make another dumb mini console.

>youtube thumbnail thread with some dude
>Fraction of the posts are just bitching about him or the type of person
Gee, it's almost like starting your thread with a youtube thumbnail is a shit idea.

>>11883314
>N64 emulation is shit. They would have to put a relatively expensive soc into it to get decent performance.
>>11883341
>They make to much money on subs for NSO to do it. I think the mini console craze is over.
All of this. N64 emulation is poor, look at videos of how terrible it was when it first came out on the Switch, there were inaccuracies and bugs galore. I don't think it would take an expensive SoC and they do have some development on N64 emulation now, but it would still likely be poor quality compared to the NES and SNES, and on top of that..

They both would rather you buy a Switch/Switch2 and NSO+ subscription, there's far more money in it for them than selling you a system you only have to pay for once and has a few dozen games pre-loaded on it. The mini-console craze is also over, there have been a few other mini-consoles released since, and nobody gave a damn, nobody cared about the mini-PS1 console even when it came out during the craze.

>>11883273 (OP)
No because the console isn't look fondly like the NES/SNES and Nintendo can't even program a decent emulator in 2025 for their online pay service. Plus N64 is one of the consoles that most needs a CRT to shine, but then you remember the abysmal framerate performance for most of the catalog.

>>11884085
A lot of these people now in their 40s resort to content mill videos of them in front of a camera for 10 minutes rambling about something and providing no unique takes or point of view.
They know they're cooked since they started 20 years ago and gained no real world skills in the meantime. So they game the algorithm as a last ditch effort of taking the easy life and it ends up working.
They don't put effort into making games or promoting ones that they dont believe are affected by a political agenda. Just no substance whining at what AAA is doing. Many channels did this with Assassins Creed. Daily videos for six months straight without any solutions, or anything to say. (To be clear I also disagreed with the game approach, so I simply didn't buy it, ignored it and played something else).
Im convinced that people will watch anything the algorithm tells them to.

>>11883958
Who are the well documented douchebags? I want to know so I can avoid them.

>>11883291
Switch 2 is ez money. Nintendo does not need to pollute their product line at the moment.

>>11884191
People like Smash JT, who churn out as much crap as possible and baits drama only to convince his audience that he's the victim being attacked so he can milk it for views and money.
I know hes in a lawsuit and whatever her name is, and shes an idiot for initializing it (since shes gonna lose) and targeting his family. Now he gives frequent updates on the "drama" or whatever comes out of her dumb mouth instead of talking about games he likes.
Its one of the most corporate channels gaming the algorithm and manipulating people I've ever seen in the "retro gaming" scene. But he can live off it so there's no reason for him to have any sort of morality in his character.
Another one I forget his name, but is best buddies with Boogie even knowing all the horrible things hes done, including lying about cancer for money. But he covered whatever drama he was in for, of course, views and month.

>>11883341

>here's your n64 mini bro

>>11884453
Only 2 controller ports? Are the others hiding in the back?

>>11884143
This guy called people incels from wanting to play real hardware instead of a raspberi pi. People like him are more into the collecting and don't play their games much.

>>11883273 (OP)
I got the SNES mini, mainly for being able to buy a brand new retro console again, it was more about the I can't believe I can a real in box SNES for one last time. All these systems are pretty much junk if you care about the gameplay. From blurry filters to only 720p output. You can use the controllers on the wii which is cool.

>>11883273 (OP)
Was the shitty YouTuber pic really necessary?

>>11883397
It’s Nintendo bro let’s be real, if they dropped a mini n64 w 20 games they are charging 200 minimum and it will sell out.

>>11884405
Lol

Well now we have two competing fpga n64 consoles competing so I guess that’s as close to a mini n64 as you’re going to get or at least a rerelease of the system in some form.

>>11883273 (OP)
I honestly think it would be a good idea. The audience for this isn't people who have Switches and plunk down money for the NSO or people who have Raspberry Pis or emulate or whatever.
t's for normie lapsed gamers. The audience is a guy who hasn't played a video game since 2000 and sees this and think "OH SHIT DOES IT HAVE GOLDENEYE AND MARIO KART?". Then they pay 100 bucks for it, play Goldeneye for an evening then put it in the closet. They should put it on endcaps at Menards and shit.

>>11883273 (OP)
The only way they would catch my attention with one, is if it included the entire, or at least most, of the 64DD library, and had something unreleased like StarFox 2 show up. The Mother 3 demo or whatever they did for Mario 64 2, hell maybe a back-port of OoT Master Quest as UraZelda. Maybe a special edition of Smash Bros with a couple new characters like Banjo.

>>11883273 (OP)
Anyone who's not retarded can already just play N64 games.
What a garbage thread.

>>11884587
>Anyone who's not retarded can already just play N64 games.
And everyone who'd buy this already plays said N64 games. They want the novelty model of the console that plugs into their TV, just like they want posters on the wall, figurines on the shelf or whatever. I'll never get people who get annoyed that strangers like to collect useless novelty knickknacks.

>>11883273 (OP)
Both the NES and SNES classics came out before Nintendo's big resurgence with the switch. If I were to guess, they probably wanted to test the market and see how they could market retro games in the event they pulled out of the console market, but that's just schizoposting on my end. My point is that there isn't a reason for them to do something like that because they can just unload games on the switch and switch 2.
>>11884607
It's either jealousy or mental retardation.

Just buy a used 64 with a flashcart and HDMI adapter.

>>11883273 (OP)
>>11883291
N64 Mini would be SHIT for these reasons:

1. No M-Rated games.

2. No Rare games.

3. No licensed games.

This memes no wrestling, no shooters, no sports, no Banjo, and obviously they're not going to include anything obscure. So what are you left with? Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Zelda, F-Zero, Star Fox, Wave Race, Cruis'n, Pokemon, Smash, and that's about fucking it. That's just not enough.

>>11884648
Did you write this comment in 2017?

>>11884648
You can play Rareware games on NSO, Anon.

>>11884648
>Golden Eye
>SSB
>Mario 64
>Mario Kart
>Donkey Kong 64
>Wave Race 64
>Rampage World Tour
>Yoshi’s Story
>Kirby 64
>Quest 64
>OoT
>Blast Corps
>Pokemon Stadium
>Pokemon Snap
>StarFox 64
>Paper Mario
>Mario Party 3
>Mega Man 64
>Snowboard Kids
>Turok

>>11884349
I haven't watched a retro gaming YT channel that I didn't detest immediately.

>All retro gaming YouTubers suck!
>Except for the good ones that no one knows about!
>Doesn't post their channels
This is now a hidden gem/underrated channel thread. Post em if you got em.

>>11883397
120, 5 games and a free trial to nso. Nso will allow people to play different stuff on their N64 mini. Tendies will love being able to subscribe twice to nso. One for switch and the other for the N64 mini.

>>11883273 (OP)
I hope not because it doesn't make sense. NSO makes sense, the customer gets something, Nintendo gets something. A mini console is just like a prop. As has been pointed out the N64 emulation is dogshit and will remain that way, now hold on isn't NSO emulation - yes but they can focus all their efforts on getting that right, they have reasonably good hardware while a mini-console would be expected to be sold at a knock-down price, and the controller alone is also going to be a lot more expensive to manufacture than a NES/SNES one. A lot of (clueless) people might be pissed off that emulation was worse on their mini-console and think they got a bad deal from it. It doesn't make sense for Nintendo to sell nostalgia like some sort of drug dealer and knowing their customers are getting a bad deal.

>>11883273 (OP)
I hope not because it doesn't make sense. NSO makes sense, the customer gets something, Nintendo gets something. A mini console is just like a prop. As has been pointed out the N64 emulation is dogshit and will remain that way, now hold on isn't NSO emulation - yes but they can focus all their efforts on getting that right, they have reasonably good hardware while a mini-console would be expected to be sold at a knock-down price, and the controller alone is also going to be a lot more expensive to manufacture than a NES/SNES one. A lot of (clueless) people might be pissed off that emulation was worse on their mini-console and think they got a bad deal from it. It doesn't make sense for Nintendo to sell nostalgia like some sort of drug dealer and knowing their customers are getting a bad deal, they are essentially saving these people from their own stupidity.

>>11883273 (OP)
maybe eventually but not now, they are making too much from NSO and Switch 2. N64's are overly expensive either its just the modding and maintenance cost cause most games and accessories are moderately priced

>>11884890
>>Golden Eye
Not possible.
>>Rampage World Tour
Not big enough of a game.
>>Quest 64
Are you retarded?
>>Blast Corps
Isn't this Rare also?
>>Mega Man 64
>>Snowboard Kids
Irrelevant games. Wouldn't be included.
>>Turok
Not possible.


You're just proved the point. The rest of that is way too first party focused to sell in any significant numbers.

>>11883273 (OP)
Typically these things have like 20 games but the N64 doesn't have enough so how can they make a mini console?

>>11885124
Goldeneye, Blast Corps and Turok 1+2 are already on the Switch's N64 service and have been for years.
>Irrelevant games. Wouldn't be included
Including extremely irrelevant games from "literal who" developers has been the main thrust of the NSO service since it first launched. The sheer amount of absolute dogshit NES, SNES and Game Boy games on there is pretty astounding. The N64 service has stuff like Win Back and Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls on there, so saying Mega Man and Snowboard Kids are too irrelevant is laughable.

Doesn't matter because they're not going to make a N64 Mini anyway. The fad is long over and as far as Nintendo is concerned, the NSO emulation service and their expensive clone controllers have taken its place.

>>11885089
Everything you said should motivate Nintendo to take advantage of that. It’s like your post was pointing out all the reasons Nintendo would do it to take advantage of tendies… I don’t think Nintendo is the company u think it is lol

>>11885257
I used to think Nintendo wouldn't put GameCube games onto the NSO because they're already making a shitload of money doing lazy HD ports from that generation and charging $60 for it. Then they announced GC games on the Switch 2 and the tendies lost their minds with happiness lol.

The original GC Wind Waker is on there and I guarantee Nintendo will bring the Wii U version over at some point and the old version being available for cheaper will absolutely not effect the sales whatsoever. Tendies really will just buy anything.

>>11885036
Hungry Goriya

>>11885036
I'd say Chrontendo but his output has slowed to a crawl and hasn't updated in over a year.

>>11884303
>>11884648
The units would sell out, no question. The very fact that the other minis are basically collector's items is good enough to get them to sell. Also, they'd be tacking on the sale of four controllers for every unit if they put enough party games on there. That alone is like par the course for theur business model since forever ago and the extra controllers are naturally going to promote NSO. Besides, the minis don't compete with consoles. They're something you hook up to a TV in a spare bedroom. They look cute and are the perfect gift. Consumers don't care about purchasing redundancy anyway. You're going to need to elaborate on why no Rare games and no licensed games. M-rating has nothing to do with sell-ability. People like to shit on the N64 library, but there are plenty of awesome games.

>>11885278
Shit. I've seen her play Faxanadu. Autistic creature with a beautiful voice. No doubt she is a real woman.

>>11885236
Anon. The minis fall right in line with Nintendo's business model (sell the same thing to a consumer multiple times; games, controllers, etc.) and the controllers purchased for the mini would promote NSO. All of a sudden all these people have fucken four N64 controllers and they work with the Switch, so why not? It was never a fad. It was just another way to make money and guess what. They sold the fuck out.

>>11885742
Yea didn’t think about that, controllers are 50 a pop.. oh u didn’t want an NSO sub? That’ll be 280 off eBay minimum for the controllers, which Nintendo may not mark up themselves but they still sell the controllers for 50 and scalpers take the rest.

>>11885885
Thinking about this if they were smart they’d have a different n64 controller for minis so they can sell rumble paks and memory cards because authenticity! Add in an NSO sub for the mini that oh no doesn’t connect w ur NSO on switch and bam u have a ton and i mean a ton of money on the table. Icing on the cake would be to make it able to boot up actual carts then my idea of them doing the Disney vault thing and releasing n64 games in limited quantity would all sell out. Most people wouldn’t open them and just play online using the box and game for views on TIK TOK

No Nintendo for you. Buy Atari 2600+ for a third time, now in yellow!

>>11885892
That’s actually pretty cool

>>11885892
169 holy cow, weren’t the minis 99? Pretty insane for the console they’re selling imo

>>11885958
Wireless joysticks in bright colors look fun.

>>11886026
>Wireless joysticks
Fuck that hassle. I'll take batteries all day every day. Way too many things need to be plugged in already.

>>11886039
>be wireless fag
>add input lag to every device
>have to constantly swap batteries/recharge everything
>live life without tangible connections
couldn't be me

>>11885036
Chrontendo, RNDstranger and that one old dude who releases PBS quality documentaries on obscure jap companies, mostly from the home computer scene.

>>11886054
>without tangible connections
Do you feel your cord up, bro? Your controller is your "tangible connection", not your cord. Besides my post came out spaghetti. I much prefer corded and if it's wireless it's got to be batteries.

>>11885236
>Goldeneye, Blast Corps and Turok 1+2 are already on the Switch's N64 service and have been for years.

This is not the same thing. The M rating alone prevents Turok from being on a mini console and licensing would be a NIGHTMARE for their inclusion on an actual permanent physical product. You're just proving that you don't know anything about the subject.

>>11886939
They could very easily strongarm their way into giving the whole package a Teen rating. Just leave out Turok 2 and remove the blood from Turok 1. Simple. Boy do you sound assmad.

>>11887317
You are beyond fucking retarded and are reaching so fucking hard to trying to make your retarded posts sound like they're anything other than retarded. Just admit that you were fucking wrong and stop embarrassing yourself.

>>11883273 (OP)
No.

>>11883397
They can always do a few more with their handhelds

>>11887363
Damn, what an effective response. No argument, no refuting, just pure seething and sperging. I sure am convinced now! Well done, little man.

>>11884456
having four friends is considered abandonware and no longer supported by life

>>11883273 (OP)
I never watch a YouTube video if it has a thumbnail of someone’s face.
I don’t care about personalities. If the video has one of these then the focus is on them rather than the content.
I also don’t care if Nintendo release another mini-console emulator to try and drum up more money for ROMS that can emulated another way.

>>11887559
hate to break it to you champ but the focus is always on the person who created and speaks in the video

>>11886939
NTA, but if Sega could get the rights to throw some Disney stuff on their mini consoles(and some anime based stuff in japan), im sure Nintendo could get Turok if they really wanted to.