{"id":101148,"date":"2018-05-24T11:12:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T11:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=101148"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:28:15","slug":"n64-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/n64-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldeneye 007 and other N64 classics could be coming back to your living room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year around this time, in the run-up to E3, certain Nintendo patents were doing the rounds on the internet. The patents back then were for the SNES mini-classic. Nintendo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/super-nes-classic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">officially announced<\/a> the retro console mere weeks after the patents started showing up everywhere. This is all relevant because now we have new Nintendo patents popping up all over the internet, and this time they\u2019re indicating that an <strong>N64 Classic Edition retro console could be on the way.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/0d78934e6098ab2be5908ea7592f1b14\/tumblr_inline_p94ykp0fL21rmjx4g_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"708\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via: Japanese Nintendo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The discovery of these latest Nintendo patents comes from the guys at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesenintendo.com\/post\/174148107484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japanese Nintendo<\/a> fan site. \u00a0They found a trademark application in Japan for the N64. There isn\u2019t much more information regarding the N64 on the application, but the timing of the discovery and the historical precedent indicates a new retro Nintendo console could be on the way.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a new Nintendo console on the way, the logical time we\u2019ll get an official announcement will be Nintendo\u2019s live E3 stream. You\u2019ll find all details of the Nintendo event, which will be taking place on June 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/whatsnew\/detail\/nintendo-outlines-plans-for-e3-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey\">\r\n<p class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__title\">Essential Programs for Gamers<\/p>\r\n  <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__row\">\r\n    <a title=\"Steam\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.en.softonic.com\/\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/1776754220\/steam-logo.jpg)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>Steam<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    <a title=\"EA Origin\" href=\"https:\/\/ea-origin.en.softonic.com\/\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article sc-related-articles-grey__article--last\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/09f59a84-96d1-11e6-96ed-00163ec9f5fa\/479369276\/origin-logo.png)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>EA Origin<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__row\">\r\n    <a title=\"Loilo Game Recorder\" href=\"https:\/\/loilo-game-recorder.en.softonic.com\/\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/e5a875ee-96d9-11e6-9259-00163ed833e7\/913996787\/loilo-game-recorder-logo.png)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>Loilo Game Recorder<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    <a title=\"Razer Game Booster\" href=\"https:\/\/game-booster.en.softonic.com\/\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__article sc-related-articles-grey__article--last\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__image\">\r\n        <div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/8698b1f2-96d1-11e6-a1a8-00163ed833e7\/2326303246\/razer-game-booster-logo.png)\"><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-related-articles-grey__text\">\r\n        <p>Razer Game Booster<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Without any official announcement, we can\u2019t tell you what games will be on the N64 mini, but we can tell you what we\u2019d like to see. Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, and Super Smash Bros. are all classics in our eyes. If Nintendo releases a mini console with those games included, we\u2019ll be hard-pressed not to get involved and hook one up in the office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year around this time, in the run-up to E3, certain Nintendo patents were doing the rounds on the internet. The patents back then were for the SNES mini-classic. Nintendo officially announced the retro console mere weeks after the patents started showing up everywhere. This is all relevant because now we have new Nintendo patents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/n64-mini\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Goldeneye 007 and other N64 classics could be coming back to your living room&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":101149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[3150],"tags":[1088,1032,1074],"usertag":[784],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-101148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-e3","tag-gadgets","tag-nintendo","usertag-gamer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327950,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101148\/revisions\/327950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101148"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=101148"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=101148"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=101148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}