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The Nintendo 64's logo.

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The N64 Controller.

The Nintendo 64 (known as N64 for short) is a console released by Nintendo in 1996. It is the main console for Mario Kart 64, the first 3D Mario Kart game. Its graphics were revolutionary and has four controller ports instead of two compared to its predecessor, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and its similar graphics to its successor, the Nintendo GameCube. Critics rated the Nintendo 64 very well. This console was discontinued in Japan in 2002 and worldwide in 2003.

Nintendo 64 Disk Drive[]

In 1999, a remake of the N64 called the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive (N64DD for short), was made to play games on a disk. There were no Mario Kart games on this console and was never released outside Japan, most likely due to it being a commercial failure and was discontinued in February 2001.

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  • This console is the first Nintendo console that allows for four-player gameplay, however, the first Nintendo platform to allow four-player multiplayer was the Game Boy.
  • When playing three- or four-player races or battles, no music is played due to the console not being powerful enough.
  • The Nintendo 64 was originally going to be called the "Ultra 64".
  • Because having eight fully 3D racers on a track simultaneously would break the system, the characters were made to be 2D sprites instead.
  • This is the first Nintendo console to support digital voice clips.
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