Possible leak of the N64 Mini?
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Was thinking fake but then the front pull out for the controllers seems like a really smart design for preserving these minis as a collectable on display as I think that's what they are really sold for after folks have had a few days to nostalgia.
Honestly there are tons of games on the N64 they could add. I don't think that's an issue at all.
The ports are the main reason why I think it's real. The pull out tab to slide out and use the controller ports is very hidden and very Nintendo.
Same reason the NES mini had a cartridge flap, and the SNES mini had an eject button. How is that difficult to understand?
I think it looks quite similar to the width of the SNES mini, maybe slightly wider.
Looks fake, like CG to me. I don't think we're going to see this until next fall at the earliest.
Mario Party 3.
After the disappointment of Super Mario Party, Nintendo owes it to Mario Party fans who actually want to return to the real board game Party mode.
Oh, and Star Fox 64.
Is this the one you mean? It's the only one I could find. Yeah, it's 3d printed alright. And pretty much how I expect a 3D printed mock up to look using commonly available FDM print to look like.
I have never seen a 3D printed that can produce anything close to what's in the OP. not even SLA printing.
I hated that pull out door shit on the SNES. Just do it like the NES and replace the controller ports. It's really not so important that you have to cover it. Or put it on a hinge instead. I just hate that piece.
It sounds silly but maybe a nostalgic Smash Bros & Mario party machine interferes with their Switch marketing. Still, could see it announced at their financial results briefing on Nov 1st.
Ok? What does that have to do with this thread?
Anyways it looks pretty real to me!
Fake. They wouldn't use expensive and heavy material to make a removable front panel, they would have cheap individual flaps on the controller ports, probably made of a similar material as on the SNES mini.
Also it's way too late to announce it now if it's coming out this year.
Also it's way too late to announce it now if it's coming out this year.
Why would individual flaps be more expensive than a single part? SNES mini didn't have individual flaps either.
A real leak now doesn't necessarily mean it's coming out this year.
I forgot how small it would be... so it probable would have a removable front panel, but it wouldn't use metal. It would be rubber, like on the SNES mini.
The whole point of this thing is to be cheap to make. That sliding mechanism looks too expensive. Why not just use the same method/material as the SNES mini?
Only the SNES mini had that panel, because the SNES controller ports were thinner so just replacing them with Wiimote ports would have ruined the look of it. That's not really an issue with N64 ports so it'd be a bit weird if Nintendo used a flap like the SNES Mini again (especially a flap that looks significantly more awkward to use like the one in the OP.)
It doesn't look metal, it looks plastic.
It wouldn't be metal, if would be plastic.
The sliding "mechanism" shouldn't really be called a "mechanism". More like, "a bit of rubber"
Dreamcast logo looks really bad here
Is this the one you mean? It's the only one I could find. Yeah, it's 3d printed alright. And pretty much how I expect a 3D printed mock up to look using commonly available FDM print to look like.
I have never seen a 3D printed that can produce anything close to what's in the OP. not even SLA printing.
3d printer can't produce the necessary level of accuracy and quality. Though you could print molds.
Though it's a lot of work for creating a fake N64 mini.
Though it's a lot of work for creating a fake N64 mini.
They should put Bomberman Hero on that thing just because I had it as a child and remember playing it.
It's probably fake, but it still pisses me off that Nintendo uses the wii controller sockets for these minis instead of USB like any other company in the world would.
PS1 Classic could have lit a fire under their ass.
Kinda funny how Sony beat them to the punch when they had all this time.
Kinda funny how Sony beat them to the punch when they had all this time.
