Omnipunctual Godot
Gold Member
It's hard to believe that the SNES Classic was released over three years ago, but in the wake of its success a lot of people assumed that a Nintendo 64 Classic would be coming next. Of course, there wasn't a guarantee that it would come out, and a lot of people made valid points that it would be much more problematic than an NES or SNES Classic system since:
Well, it's been three years, so it seems we can safely assume that a Nintendo 64 Classic isn't coming.
BUT, with the launch of the Switch's NES Online and SNES Online apps, we've seen that Nintendo is willing and able to bring many of those classics to gamers digitally.
With the insane success of Super Mario 3D All-Stars, it's clear that plenty of people are still nostalgic for/interested in Nintendo 64 games. And, if a Nintendo 64 Online app did launch, it could sidestep a lot of the difficulties that would come with a Nintendo 64 Classic, since Nintendo wouldn't be stuck selling the hardware, and they wouldn't have to worry about the expensive controller(s).
Plus, the N64's limited library wouldn't be as big of an issue in the app, since it's just a bonus to what people are already getting instead of an all-in-one piece of hardware to purchase.
Do you think Nintendo will continue to ride the nostalgia wave that started with the NES/SNES Classics and continued with the blockbuster success of Super Mario 3D All-Stars? Or do you think there's no hope for playing these classics again on modern TV setups?
(Personally, I just want to play Star Fox 64 again.)
- The controller design would make it more expensive
- There's a much smaller library to pull classics from compared to the NES and SNES
- It was less successful compared to the SNES, so there would be less people to buy it out of nostalgia
Well, it's been three years, so it seems we can safely assume that a Nintendo 64 Classic isn't coming.
BUT, with the launch of the Switch's NES Online and SNES Online apps, we've seen that Nintendo is willing and able to bring many of those classics to gamers digitally.
With the insane success of Super Mario 3D All-Stars, it's clear that plenty of people are still nostalgic for/interested in Nintendo 64 games. And, if a Nintendo 64 Online app did launch, it could sidestep a lot of the difficulties that would come with a Nintendo 64 Classic, since Nintendo wouldn't be stuck selling the hardware, and they wouldn't have to worry about the expensive controller(s).
Plus, the N64's limited library wouldn't be as big of an issue in the app, since it's just a bonus to what people are already getting instead of an all-in-one piece of hardware to purchase.
Do you think Nintendo will continue to ride the nostalgia wave that started with the NES/SNES Classics and continued with the blockbuster success of Super Mario 3D All-Stars? Or do you think there's no hope for playing these classics again on modern TV setups?
(Personally, I just want to play Star Fox 64 again.)