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News Cruis'n Creator Would "Love To See" The N64 Trilogy Added To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
Just imagine playing USA, World and Exotica on the go
Cruis'n Blast was released on the Switch in September, and since then fans have been asking for more. One common request seems to be for Nintendo to bring the classic entries to the recently announced Switch Online Expansion Pack. It appears the creator of the series is just as eager. During a...
Poll Paper Mario Is Out Now On Nintendo Switch Online, Will You Be Playing It?
Mario's paper-themed N64 game returns
Nintendo's Switch Online Expansion Pack tier has just added the Nintendo 64 classic Paper Mario. This paper-inspired adventure first unfolded on the Nintendo 64 in the year 2000 and since then has gone on to spawn an entire series. The original game has also been re-released over the years on the Wii and Wii U...
News Nintendo Has Added Paper Mario 64 To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
See how the original Paper Mario adventure unfolds
Update [Fri 10th Dec, 2021 08:00 GMT]: Paper Mario has now been added to NSO's N64 Expansion Pack service. Enjoy! Original article [Fri 3rd Dec, 2021 01:30 GMT]: Nintendo will be adding a N64 classic to its Switch Online Expansion Pack service next week on 10th December. It's the original Paper...
News Zelda 64's Game Code Has Been Successfully Reverse-Engineered, Making Mods And Ports Possible
It's also great news for video game preservation
A fan group known as 'Zelda Reverse Engineering Team' has reportedly been able to successfully reverse-engineer "100%" of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time code. Essentially what it does is "open the doors" to mods, hacks, and even ports of the Nintendo 64 classic. While there's the possibility of...
News Fans Have Created A Playable Ocarina of Time - Space World '97 Experience
Attempts to recreate the three 'tours' of the original demo
Nintendo's history is full of moments that have taken on a near mythological status, ranging from stories of game and hardware development to various demos and builds that are either rare or long lost. One such example is a demo for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time that appeared at...
Random Forget Sealed Retro Games, It's Empty Boxes That Are The Hot Ticket Item Now
"Flat GoldenEye boxes could be the next form of currency"
There's been a lot of drama surrounding graded retro game sales recently, with many people claiming the whole thing is an elaborate scam. However, it would seem th
News Doug Bowser (Kind Of) Addresses Complaints About Switch Online's Nintendo 64 Emulation
"We take feedback very seriously"
Nintendo launched its Switch Online 'Expansion Pack' premium tier earlier this month, but it's not exactly received the warmest welcome from fans - with concerns raised about the price and value, the quality of N64 emulation, and the official trailer for it becoming the most disliked video ever on Nintendo's YouTube...
Subscriber count growing alongside hardware install base
During Nintendo's latest Corporate Management Briefing, it was revealed its paid subscription service - Nintendo Switch Online - now has over 32 million members, as of September 2021. The last significant figure was in September 2020 when the company said it had over 26 million users...
News Nintendo Adds N64 Controller Support To 3D All-Stars Version Of Super Mario 64
Play like it's 1996
Well, here's a surprise - Nintendo has now added N64 wireless controller support to the Super Mario 3D All-Stars version of Super Mario 64. In other words, you can now play the classic N64 Mario game, similar to how to back when the game was originally released on the N64. Here are the full patch notes for Version 1.1.1,...
News Nintendo Won't Have Any More Switch Online N64 Controllers Until 2022 (North America)
If you missed out, you'll just have to wait
If you happen to be located in the North America and were unable to get hold of the wireless Nintendo 64 controller for Switch Online, you'll probably have to wait a while for a restock. An update on the official Nintendo Store page for this region has changed a notice about more controllers being made...
Video MVG Takes A Closer Look At Nintendo's N64 Emulation And "What Went Wrong" Over The Years
From GameCube to Switch
Last week, Nintendo launched the 'Expansion Pack' tier for its Switch Online service. As you may have noticed, it hasn't gone down well with some players. Apart from the trailer becoming the most disliked Nintendo YouTube video ever, the N64 emulation has been criticised for not even matching the
News N64 Classic GoldenEye 007 No Longer "Banned" In Germany, Could A Re-Release Be Coming?
Review process actively requested by "one of Nintendo's European partners"
Rare's legendary Nintendo 64 shooter GoldenEye 007 is believed to be stuck in licensing hell, but there's been a very exciting development in Germany that has now got fans wondering if it could finally be making a return. According to a number of sources, the game is no...
News Guh-Huh! Grant Kirkhope Has Released A Banjo-Kazooie Remix Album
And you can stream it right now
Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope has revisited the score for the N64 classic in a new album entitled Banjo Kazooie Rejiggyed. Comprised of 10 tracks, the album puts a new spin on classic tunes from Rare's 1998 3D platformer. You can listen to it on Spotify, Deezer,
Gallery Here's How The Switch Online N64 Controller Compares To The Real Thing
We hope you're not expecting any massive surprises...
Teething troubles with emulation and latency aside, it sure is nice to have N64 games on Nintendo Switch Online. While the console couldn't compete with Sony's PlayStation in purely commercial terms, it was still home to some of the best games of its era ??
Watch Modern Vintage Gamer Shares An In-Depth Look At The Pros And Cons Of Nintendo's N64 Emulation
"For the majority... this will be good enough"
By now, you've probably seen the tweets and posts about the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack's N64 emulation not quite being what people hoped it was. In fact, if you haven't already seen some version of these screenshots, you're most likely not on the internet as much as we are (which, trust us,...
Video The Nintendo 64 Controller Works With Any Switch Game (Kinda)
Well... define "works"
There's been a lot of rage and indignation going around about all this Nintendo 64 stuff, including the fact that the games aren't playing well, the N64 controllers don't work with accessories, or connect to the PC. Safe to
News The Switch N64 Controller Doesn't Play Nice With Everything, For Now
Mac, PC and Pi inputs appear hit-and-miss at the moment
There was a lot of chatter around the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack yesterday, plenty of it quite heated on social media. Well, it's social media, so that's no surprise. Another topic that had less air but is potentially quite interesting is related to the NSO Nintendo 64 controller,...
Random Hey, A Switch Online N64 Game Description Mentions Golden Sun
Nintendo actually remembers Camelot's classic RPG series
If you were a fan of Nintendo during the Game Boy Advance generation, then you might have experienced Camelot's fantasy role-playing series Golden Sun. It got two games during this time and even allowed players to transfer across some content to the second game, Golden Sun: The Lost Age. As...
Rumour Switch Online Datamine Uncovers Plans For "At Least" 38 N64 Games And 52 Sega Genesis Titles
What could be on the way?
Nintendo yesterday launched its 'Expansion Pack' service for Switch Online. It contains nine N64 titles and 14 Sega Genesis / Mega Drive games - so what's on the horizon beyond these initial offerings? While Nintendo has teased a handful of games coming to the Nintendo 64 service in the near future like The Legend of...
News No, You Can't Use Rumble Paks Or Other Accessories With The N64 Wireless Controller
Nintendo has filled in the slot
The new Switch Online Expansion Pack service launches today, and as part of this, Nintendo has released some new (but old) controllers. For the Nintendo 64 library of games, it's re-launched its classic three-pronged pad as a wireless controller. We've seen a number of promotional shots of this new version of the...
News Nintendo Switch System Update 13.1.0 Is Now Live - Adds The Switch Online Expansion Pack
N64, Sega Mega Drive and Animal Crossing's DLC
Nintendo has just rolled out version 13.1.0 for the Switch. This is the first update it's had since the arrival of the OLED Model earlier this month. According to Nintendo Japan's customer support account on social media, this update is required to download in order to play the Switch Online 'Expansion...
News Uh-Oh, One Of Mario Party Superstars' Mini-Games Sounds Like A Joy-Con Drift Nightmare
"Do not rotate it with the palm of your hand"
Those of you with good memories might recall that when the original Mario Party launched on the Nintendo 64, the mini-game 'Tug o' War' attracted some rather unwanted attention in the press, with players apparently picking up injuries after furiously spinning the N64's analogue stick using their palms...
News Switch's N64 And Sega Genesis Controllers Are Now Up For Pre-Order
Switch Online subscribers only!
Update: And the N64 pad is sold out in both the US and the UK now. Fittingly, what with Nintendo dropping the pricing and release date details for Nintendo Switch Online's upcoming Expansion Pack, the new N64 and Sega Genesis controllers designed for Switch can now be pre-ordered. Both are available for $49.99 each...
Guide 50 Best Nintendo 64 Games Of All Time
The top 50 N64 games ever, as ranked by you
As with all our Top 50 library lists, this ranking is based on User Ratings in the Nintendo Life games database and is subject to fluctuation, even after publication. So, if you haven't rated your favourite N64 games, feel free to exert your influence and potentially switch up the order of the games...
News Japanese Developer Treasure Teases Future Releases For Switch Online
Gunstar Heroes and Sin & Punishment have already been locked in
One developer that showed up a few times during Nintendo's reveal of the N64 and Mega Drive NSO service was Treasure. The famous Japanese company - known for hits such as Ikaruga on the Dreamcast and GameCube - appears to have two games on the way to Nintendo's digital retro libraries...
Gallery 15 Screenshots Of Switch Online's N64 And Sega Mega Drive Launch Titles
Arriving "late" October
Switch Online is bolstering its lineup with a premium tier this October - made up of a collection of N64 and Mega Drive titles. Following on from the reveal, Nintendo's website has shared some direct screens - revealing what these games will look like with the standard 4:3 template. Unfortunately, there's no menus reveals...
News Switch's N64 Controller Is Hiding Some Extra Buttons
Cute as a button
A new image of the upcoming Switch N64 wireless pad shows that it has some extra buttons on the top. As spotted by our pals over at VGC, there are ZR, Home and Share buttons on the top of the device, alongside a USB-C charting port and a sync button. There are also four LED lights, as is the norm with Switch controllers. The Mega...
News Sin & Punishment For Nintendo 64 Now Has An Official Western Box Art
Thank the Switch Online service
After a recent rumour, Nintendo yesterday lifted the lid on N64 games for its Switch Online service. They'll be arriving "late" next month as part of an 'Expansion Pass' which also includes Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) titles. Fans have been spotting some smal
News Uh-Oh, Nintendo Switch Online's N64 Games Might Be 50Hz In Europe
Nintendo has "nothing to announce on this topic" when quizzed
Yesterday, Nintendo Switch owners got all excited by the prospect of N64 games coming to Nintendo Switch Online – but some eagle-eyed European fans have spotted something rather disturbing. During the North American version of the Nintendo Direct broadcast, the games shown ran at full...
Will Nintendo ask members to pay more?
A few weeks ago, known insider 'NateDrake' revealed on his podcast how Game Boy and Game Boy Color games would supposedly be coming to Nintendo's Switch Online service in the near future. Eurogamer added to this - noting how "other retro platforms" are also likely to show up. While no syst
Random A Rogue Space Particle Could Be Responsible For This Unsolved Super Mario 64 Speedrun Glitch
No, really
Back in 2013, speedrunner DOTA_Teabag was dashing through Super Mario 64's Tick Tock Clock stage when the titular plumber suddenly shot upwards through the floor and ended up on a higher platform. This totally unexpected and previously unseen glitch quickly became the trick other speedrunners wanted to emulate, but despite a $1,000...
Feature The Inside Story Of Mockumentary Sequel 'Bringing Back Golden Eye'
And it's all for a good cause
Rare's seminal N64 shooter GoldenEye 007 is coming up to its 25th birthday, and for a whole generation of players, it remains a pivotal experience in their gaming lives – a fact that was playfully acknowledged by Jim Miskell's 2017 'mockumentary' Going For Golden Eye, which focused on the fictional Golden Eye World...
Random Fan Transforms N64 To Play Switch Games, Complete With Cart Reader And USB Inputs
Meet the 'NS64'
Modern games are ace, but there's also nothing quite like the clunky plastic of older systems, so how can you enjoy the best of both worlds at the same time? Well, just rip out the insides of an N64 and stick a Switch in there, apparently. Yes, one fan going by the name QnadianBacon has taken an old and broken Nintendo 64 – bought...
News GoldenEye 007 Speedrunner Grabs A New Record With A Sneaky Trick
Licence To Skill
It may be almost 24 years since GoldenEye released on the N64 but, in the intervening decades the game's dedicated community of speedrunners has continued to challenge themselves to come up with the fastest times on various levels, blazing through enemy gauntlets as quickly as possible to create new World Record times. Regarded as...
News After 18 Months, Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Fans Are Almost Done Decompiling The Game
A matter of Time
Remember the efforts to reverse-engineer Super Mario 64 a while back, which resulted in unofficial ports to systems like the Dreamcast and PS2? Well, a similar project is underway to decompile The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s game code, and it's almost finished. The Zelda Reverse En
News 25 Seconds Of New EarthBound 64 Footage Emerges Online
Travel back to 1997
At the beginning of this month, someone put a corporate Nintendo CD-ROM from 1998 on sale. The winner of the online auction was a Twitter user known as Zen, who paid the equivalent of $357 USD for the item, after discovering the disc contained footage of the cancelled N64 project, EarthBound 64 - also known back then as Mother 3...
News Four Lost NES, SNES And N64 Games Have Been Brought Back To Life, Pre-Orders Now Open
But only for a limited time
If you're big on your video game preservation and history, this latest batch of pre-orders will be right up your retro-collecting street. Piko Interactive, an American publisher that specialises in grabbing the rights to forgotten, never-released games from years gone by and giving them the development time they...
News A Sealed Copy Of Super Mario 64 Just Sold For A Record-Breaking $1.56 Million
Just days after the previous record was set
Over the weekend, the world record for the highest-priced video game sale was well and truly smashed, with an ultra-rare copy of The Legend of Zelda on NES selling for a mind-blowing $870,000 USD. It's a number that's impossible for most of us to even comprehend, and we never would have expected to see a...
Random N64 Sleuths Are Trying To Figure Out What Game This Old Cartridge Is
Ocarina of Grime
We thought the GameStop stock saga couldn't get any weirder, but the latest drama in the dedicated subreddit is... trying to find out the identity of a dirty N64 cartridge. Reddit user salemxbanks was picking up trash in a local park (what a sweetie) when they stumbled across an old, rusty, dirt-encrusted game cartridge, with no...
News Project64 Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With A 3.0 Update
Fixes for "issues" with Donkey Kong 64 and more
Emulation might be a bit controversial, but (like it or not) it's arguably played a crucial role in gaming over the past two decades. Beyond fan-made projects and attempts to preserve long-forgotten releases, developers and publishers have also made use of emulators to revive certain releases. With...
Guide Where To Buy The Nintendo Switch Online Nintendo 64 Controllers
Pak it in!
With Nintendo 64 games now included as part of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, you'll probably be wanting to play them with the controller they were originally designed for. Fortunately, Nintendo has also brought us wireless Nintendo 64 controllers that are available to purchase by anybody signed up to Nintendo's online...
Feature Can't Buy Super Mario 64 On Switch Anymore? Psst! The N64 Original Is Better
EON discusses Super 64: PAL Edition
As you'll no doubt have heard, Super Mario 3D All-Stars — the 3D Mario collection that bundles Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy in a single Switch cartridge (or download) — will no longer be available to buy
News Collector Offers A Look At One Of Nintendo's Rarest Pieces Of Hardware
Every nook and cranny of the 64DD Development Kit detailed
We absolutely love seeing rare hardware emerging from Nintendo's past. Between those Nintendo 64 development cartridges, news of the DS Lite's unused video output, and the prototype Game Boy Advance, w
News "Going For Golden Eye" Is Getting A Sequel This Year, And It Will Be Free To Watch
Grant Kirkhope is supplying the music
Back in 2018, we had the absolute pleasure of watching an independent UK movie by the name of Going for Golden Eye (yes, the space is deliberate). Pitched as video gaming's version of Spinal Tap, it followed the fortunes of a group of people who were keeping the memory of the N64 title GoldenEye 007 alive, and...
News Xbox's Phil Spencer: 'I Could Have Never Designed The Wii... It Was Just Amazing To See'
And he 'still doesn't get' the N64's controller
Executive Vice-President of Gaming at Microsoft, Phil Spencer. Phil Spencer hasn't been shy about showing his respect for Nintendo in recent times, and now, as part of Crackle’s 'Playing With Power: The Nintendo Story' series, Xbox's gaming boss has been at it again. As noted by
News Rare's Cancelled N64 Project Dinosaur Planet Has Been Leaked Online
Take a trip back in time
Just weeks after GoldenEye 007 XBLA was leaked online, Rare's other cancelled project Dinosaur Planet has now appeared on the internet. This title started out during the Nintendo 64 generation around 1999, was cancelled for this system, and eventually resurfaced as Star Fox Adventures on the GameCube. You can read about how...
Video How Pokémon Snap Replaced Its Blockbuster Collaboration On Wii & Wii U
Next slide please, professor
With New Pokémon Snap on the horizon, we can be sure many of you are itching to share the various photos you take around the new Lental region, but things weren't always so simple in the olden days. The original Pokémon Snap had quite a marketing campaign when it launched in 1999; in collaboration with Blockbuster...
Random Super Mario 64 Gets A Ray Tracing Makeover Thanks To Fan Mod
Fan support continues on
You may recall that before Super Mario 3D All-Stars was formally announced, Super Mario 64's source code was reverse engineered and released on PC. Offering greater modding possibilities than emulation for the platforming classic, naturally, Nintendo tried shutting this down.
News Remember The Brawler64 Controller? It's Now Available Without A Wire
And in four colours
When we reviewed the Retro Fighters Brawler64 controller for the N64 back in 2019, we came away suitably impressed. Described as a "next-generation" N64 pad replacement, it's comfortable to use and very responsive. While it has serious competition in the form of the Tribute64, it's still an excellent option for th
News Pixel FX's N64Digital Promises "Crystal-Clear HDMI Video" For Your Nintendo 64
New device offers lag-free HDMI output up to 1080p
Much as we love the Nintendo 64, it's a known issue that HD TVs don't always play nice with our favourite 24-year-old console. When plugged into newer units, the N64's composite and S-Video outputs look washed out, meaning you'll need an HDMI upscaler to make them playable. Pixel FX is the latest...