From Nintendo.com it looks like the game will release tomorrow.
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Mario Kart 64 out tomorrow on NA Virtual Console
- Thread starter RedToad64
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ZeroGravity
Member
I know the answer is NOA, obviously, but how the hell was this not already out?
mullet2000
Member
Sweet I've always wanted to see what playing Mario Kart 64 through a tinted window would look like.
I have no idea. The game was one of the best selling Virtual Console titles on Wii by a large margin.
Yeah all of this. This kind of Virtual Console slow output can NOT continue on the Switch. It's just inexcusable.
Sure, it'd cost money, but: devote an entire team to this if that's not already the case. It's just crazy slow, and makes the whole service less appealing.
Living the Dream
Member
It's been out a year in other regions.
And to think the Switch will start all over again!
And to think the Switch will start all over again!
Spring-Loaded
Member
If Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Wii U credits are to go by, then the Virtual Console team is like made up of four people.
None of those parodies are in the North American release. Japan and Europe got it ages ago.Probably because of licensing due to advertisements in the game
moltonasty
Member
Just in time to save the Wii U!
This was meant to go up in Dec. 2014, but someone made a typo and put a 6 at the end of the date, and Nintendo never noticed because of course they wouldn't!
entremet
Member
Also parodies are fair use too.
Spring-Loaded
Member
I was joking because there's no good excuse
Art Vandilay
Member
Damn I kind of want a Wii U now.
legacyzero
Banned
Still the best MK.
Fight me.
Fight me.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Glad we finally got Mario Party 2 and Mario Kart 64 in one of the final dying months of Wii U's life. Nice move Nintendo.
Please don't let the Switch VC be a disaster. I can't wait another 5 years for the same games to be re-released (& re-bought) again.
Please don't let the Switch VC be a disaster. I can't wait another 5 years for the same games to be re-released (& re-bought) again.
Jaded Alyx
Member
No thanks.
entremet
Member
Best battle mode, fo' sure.
Beren the Empty-Handed
Member
Nah, don't get it for this. If past N64 Wii U VC releases are any indication, it will have an ugly dark filter over it and likely have input lag to boot.
Mechanized
Member
This game is kinda, really bad. The rubber banding is insane. Especially in multi-player. If you haven't played it in a while, hold on to your nostalgia, do not go back.
sixteen-bit
Member
I like your use of the phrase "fight me", since MK64 has unquestionably the best battle mode of any MK
It has slowdown and the drifting kinda sucks compared to the modern drift-system. :-/
perfectchaos007
Member
yeah but the ESRB probably doesn't care. I could definitely see them rating the game "T" for Teen based on the Marlboro parody ad. You can't market cigarettes or fake cigarette companies in games without it getting a T or M rating.
nkarafo
Member
Is Mario 64 even legit playable like this?
Probably because of licensing due to advertisements in the game
Wave Race had the Kawasaki license and that came out fine.
perfectchaos007
Member
It was an amazing concept in theory. The execution was just terrible. There really is no excuse for the watered down colors in the games. It's sad when a bootlegger can port a game better than Nintendo.
nkarafo
Member
The homebrew emulation scene is superior in every way compared to anything official. It's the only way to avoid watered down colors, horrible input lag, PAL versions garbage and changes from the original games.
Green Yoshi
Member
My first Mario Kart game. Loved it as a child. Even with 50 Hz.
When injecting Virtual Console games became a thing, can't you readjust the colour values in the games? I remember someone showcasing that there were variable sliders that you can use to adjust the tint & such.
Nah...You're absolutelly right.
Velcro Fly
Member
seems like they are starting to dump the N64 titles for the Wii U VC ahead of the Switch launch in March.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Quite horrible :/.
HannibalJones
Member
The Kawasaki logos were removed from the vc version and replaced with Wii and DS advertising.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Will they have memory pak functionality emulated this time?
no
Not the Wii U versions.
The dark filter over the more recent N64 releases have been much better than the initial batch. Mario Party 2 looks pretty good and they even stopped doing the stupid borders.
daTRUballin
Member
Right when the console is basically dead. Yay.
Hopefully not...!
Yeah, they were on fire in the early days of the Wii; it seems they just stopped caring.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Should have saved this for the Switch reveal. Would have been a nice surprise.
