Super Mario Disk Version aka "Super Mario 64DD" (found unreleased Nintendo 64DD port of 3D platformer; 1999): Difference between revisions

From The Lost Media Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Fixed wrong reference link)
No edit summary
Line 8: Line 8:
|foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknzgHiZqONH_YqNEnv1gxA afonfjv (aka jimmy130)]
|foundby=[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknzgHiZqONH_YqNEnv1gxA afonfjv (aka jimmy130)]
}}
}}
'''''Super Mario 64 Disk Drive''''' was a planned port of ''Super Mario 64'' to the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive. The game is a 1996 3D platforming game that was the first ''Super Mario Bros.'' game to be in 3D and was the launch title for the Nintendo 64. It was a huge success and popularized the trend of 3D platforming games.
'''''Super Mario 64 Disk Drive''''' was a planned port of ''Super Mario 64'' to the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive. The game is a 1996 3D platforming game that was the first ''Super Mario Bros.'' game to be in 3D and was the launch title for the Nintendo 64. It was a huge success and popularized the trend of 3D platforming games.
==Background==
==Background==
In 1996, the Nintendo 64 debuted. The Nintendo 64 used cartridges while competitors Sony and Sega moved onto discs. Instead of cutting the Nintendo 64's lifespan, Nintendo opted to try an add-on to the system. In 1995, Nintendo announced the Nintendo 64 Disc Drive one year after announcing the Nintendo 64.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/06/business/nintendo-delays-introduction-of-ultra-64-video-game-player.html Nintendo announces Disc Drive] Retrieved 17 Feb '18</ref> The add-on would have utilized magnetic disks instead of the standard game cartridges. The ''Nintendo 64 Disc Drive'' missed many launch dates, but eventually came out in Japan on December 1, 1999, with a planned US release.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020105102040/http://ign64.ign.com/news/9946.html IGN confirming N64 DD's launch date] Retrieved 17 Feb '18</ref> The add-on was a massive failure with and was discontinued in 2001 never getting released outside of Japan. Because of this, several games and expansion packs that were in development for the 64DD were subsequently canceled, including an enhanced port of ''Super Mario 64''.
In 1996, the Nintendo 64 debuted. The Nintendo 64 used cartridges while competitors Sony and Sega moved onto discs. Instead of cutting the Nintendo 64's lifespan, Nintendo opted to try an add-on to the system. In 1995, Nintendo announced the Nintendo 64 Disc Drive one year after announcing the Nintendo 64.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/06/business/nintendo-delays-introduction-of-ultra-64-video-game-player.html Nintendo announces Disc Drive] Retrieved 17 Feb '18</ref> The add-on would have utilized magnetic disks instead of the standard game cartridges. The ''Nintendo 64 Disc Drive'' missed many launch dates, but eventually came out in Japan on December 1, 1999, with a planned US release.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020105102040/http://ign64.ign.com/news/9946.html IGN confirming N64 DD's launch date] Retrieved 17 Feb '18</ref> The add-on was a massive failure with and was discontinued in 2001 never getting released outside of Japan. Because of this, several games and expansion packs that were in development for the 64DD were subsequently canceled, including an enhanced port of ''Super Mario 64''.


==Details==
==Details==
Little is known about ''Super Mario 64 DD'' except that it would have the same graphics and style as its predecessor and that Luigi would have been playable as well. There is reportedly a demo of this concept, but there are neither any legitimate images or videos of this. While ''Super Mario 64 DD'' was never released, ''Super Mario 64 DS'' can be seen as the fruition of these ideas.
Little is known about ''Super Mario 64 DD'' except that it would have the same graphics and style as its predecessor and that Luigi would have been playable as well. There is reportedly a demo of this concept, but there are neither any legitimate images or videos of this. While ''Super Mario 64 DD'' was never released, ''Super Mario 64 DS'' can be seen as the fruition of these ideas. Many fans speculate that the game was going to be ''Super Mario 64 2''. The magazine ''Famitsu'' claimed to have sources close to the project that confirmed ''Super Mario 64 Disk Drive'' was going to be a sequel to ''Super Mario 64''.<ref>[http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/05/12/nintendo-sequel-rumblings IGN covers various N64 DD games] Retrieved 17 Feb '18</ref> This can be debunked by the fact that the found disk drive shows no new game, but instead an enhanced port of ''Super Mario 64''.


==Reemergence==
==Reemergence==

Revision as of 03:27, 18 February 2018

Lmwtan cleanup.png


This article has been tagged as Needing work due to its lack of clarity.



Supermario64disktitle.jpg

A screenshot of the games title screen.

Status: Found

Date found: June 2014

Found by: afonfjv (aka jimmy130)


Super Mario 64 Disk Drive was a planned port of Super Mario 64 to the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive. The game is a 1996 3D platforming game that was the first Super Mario Bros. game to be in 3D and was the launch title for the Nintendo 64. It was a huge success and popularized the trend of 3D platforming games.

Background

In 1996, the Nintendo 64 debuted. The Nintendo 64 used cartridges while competitors Sony and Sega moved onto discs. Instead of cutting the Nintendo 64's lifespan, Nintendo opted to try an add-on to the system. In 1995, Nintendo announced the Nintendo 64 Disc Drive one year after announcing the Nintendo 64.[1] The add-on would have utilized magnetic disks instead of the standard game cartridges. The Nintendo 64 Disc Drive missed many launch dates, but eventually came out in Japan on December 1, 1999, with a planned US release.[2] The add-on was a massive failure with and was discontinued in 2001 never getting released outside of Japan. Because of this, several games and expansion packs that were in development for the 64DD were subsequently canceled, including an enhanced port of Super Mario 64.

Details

Little is known about Super Mario 64 DD except that it would have the same graphics and style as its predecessor and that Luigi would have been playable as well. There is reportedly a demo of this concept, but there are neither any legitimate images or videos of this. While Super Mario 64 DD was never released, Super Mario 64 DS can be seen as the fruition of these ideas. Many fans speculate that the game was going to be Super Mario 64 2. The magazine Famitsu claimed to have sources close to the project that confirmed Super Mario 64 Disk Drive was going to be a sequel to Super Mario 64.[3] This can be debunked by the fact that the found disk drive shows no new game, but instead an enhanced port of Super Mario 64.

Reemergence

While a full realization of these concepts hasn't been found, footage of a 64DD disk of Super Mario 64 had surfaced in 2014 when a French collector found the game at a second-hand store in Japan.[4] The only real noticeable differences between this and the original game with better textures, different castle music, slightly longer loading times, and buggy encounters with the Wiggler boss in Tiny-Huge Island. It's unknown if any further development of this was made or if it's even a sequel, but it's speculated that the game found was actually just a tech demo for the 64DD that Nintendo made and showed off to the press to show the hardware's potential.

Gallery

File:Super-mario-64dd.jpg
A photo of the game disk.
The game booting up on the Disk Drive.

More gameplay footage.

References

  1. Nintendo announces Disc Drive Retrieved 17 Feb '18
  2. IGN confirming N64 DD's launch date Retrieved 17 Feb '18
  3. IGN covers various N64 DD games Retrieved 17 Feb '18
  4. Super Mario 64 DD is found Retrieved 17 Feb '18

External Link