Talk:List of cancelled Nintendo 64 games
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Sources for future use[edit]
- Done https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/08/21/miyamoto-opens-the-vault Sergecross73 msg me 17:50, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Done https://web.archive.org/web/20091207024536/http://hardcoregaming101.net/gng/gng5.htm Sergecross73 msg me 18:07, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- Done https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/09/two-more-bite-the-dust Sergecross73 msg me 17:49, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
- Done https://www.gamespot.com/articles/n64s-perfect-dark-was-meant-to-have-a-sister-game-/1100-6429334/ Sergecross73 msg me 17:32, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
- Done (many leads) https://www.thegamer.com/n64-video-games-canceled-reasons-unfair/#robotech-crystal-dreams Sergecross73 msg me 19:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Done NFS https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/03/04/beetle-adventure-racing-2 Sergecross73 msg me 20:53, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done Earthbound 64 https://www.eurogamer.net/rare-footage-of-the-cancelled-earthbound-64-emerges-online Sergecross73 msg me 18:46, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done leads https://gamerant.com/nintendo-64-canceled-games/#addams-family-pinball Sergecross73 msg me 21:52, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/03/feature_games_that_almost_were_a_look_at_cancelled_n64_titles Sergecross73 msg me 17:42, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done intro https://www.wired.com/2016/09/nintendo-64-20th-anniversary/ Sergecross73 msg me 20:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done cabbage https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/01/hiroshi-yamauchi-talks-64dd-in-newly-translated-1997-conference Sergecross73 msg me 14:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/01/miyamoto-discusses-zelda-64dd-in-newly-translated-1997-spaceworld-interview Sergecross73 msg me 19:12, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done https://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7 Sergecross73 msg me 01:27, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/opinion/dinosaur-planet-leak/ Sergecross73 msg me 17:27, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done Contra https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/01/30/contra-canned Sergecross73 msg me 18:55, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done MGS https://www.gamespot.com/articles/metal-gear-solid-comes-to-the-nintendo-64/1100-2466851/ Sergecross73 msg me 18:37, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done https://www.gamesradar.com/unearthed-magazine-shows-nintendo-laid-the-groundwork-for-the-switch-27-years-ago-with-pokemon-stadium-and-a-failed-n64-add-on/ Sergecross73 msg me 20:48, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done "Nintendo Golf" https://www.kotaku.com.au/2023/08/ocarina-of-time-dev-stories-cut-content-detailed-in-recovered-japanese-interviews/ Sergecross73 msg me 01:27, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/01/new-high-quality-spaceworld-footage-features-early-look-at-gba-and-lost-n64-game Sergecross73 msg me 12:14, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- Great for leads/ideas, but I'm seeing a lot of errors or speculation, so entries would probably require a better source. https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/04/01/the-hottest-latest-release-dates Sergecross73 msg me 18:04, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
- Done Metroid 64 https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_29/page/n57/mode/2up?view=theater Sergecross73 msg me 17:49, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- Done KI 3 https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/02/killer-instinct-3-would-have-been-a-prequel-starring-kids-says-designer Sergecross73 msg me 14:53, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- Done https://web.archive.org/web/20220518165042/https://www.eurogamer.net/i-keijiinafune-july04 Sergecross73 msg me 16:00, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Attribution[edit]
Some entries that mention being cancelled on another platform may have originated from that platform's respective cancelled video games entry, and copied there. Probably not an attribution issue because I probably wrote the entirety of the entry there too, but just for completeness sake. Sergecross73 msg me 18:46, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
Categorized but not listed.[edit]
This is a list of remaining games listed in the Cancelled N64/64DD Games categories but not on this page; each of these will need to be checked to confirm their accuracy or find sources to verify them, at which point they should be added to the list; if no source can be found, they should be removed from the category That part's done. I've also included a few edge cases that aren't clear in whether they should be included or not.
- Sources found
- Done Fin Fin on Teo the Magic Planet (64DD)
- I believe this was listed under the IGN databases as "Teo" or "Teo 64" or something. Sergecross73 msg me 19:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Found it. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- I believe this was listed under the IGN databases as "Teo" or "Teo 64" or something. Sergecross73 msg me 19:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
- Only source I could find was TheGamer. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Looney Tunes: Space Race
- Sourced in article [1] -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Montezuma's Return!
- Sourced in article [2] -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:53, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
- Sourced in article [3][4] -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Pikmin (video game)
- Found a source [5] -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:53, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done POD (video game)
- Sourced in article [6] -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Rampage Through Time
- One of those Gamerant/TheGamer websites I found covered this, I think. I try to get better websites when I can, but I sometimes settle for them when I have to, it's not contentious, and they give enough info to write an entry. Sergecross73 msg me 19:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- https://www.thegamer.com/n64-video-games-canceled-reasons-unfair/#rampage-through-time Sergecross73 msg me 16:37, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Red Baron (1990 video game)
- Sourced in article [7][8][9] -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Snatcher (video game) (64DD)
- Sourced on 64DD article [10] -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:00, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
- Cited at the top. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Tomb Raider (1996 video game)
- Editor KGRAMR provided a couple sources at the very top of the talk page. Didn't have the chance to use them yet, but they do confirm abandoned plans for an N64 version. Sergecross73 msg me 19:15, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Fin Fin on Teo the Magic Planet (64DD)
- Edge cases:
- Darkstalkers 3
- Rumored, but never announced -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 18:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Dragon Quest VII (64DD)
- I previously removed this and tweaked its own wording in its article because I couldn't find any sources to confirm it was actually ever proposed/considered/cancelled. The only sources present were ones saying that it was expected to be on 64dd by magazines and websites, not that it necessarily ever actually was by Enix. Sergecross73 msg me 19:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Dead or Alive (video game)
- Rumored, but never announced -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 18:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001 video game)
- Pitched by Nintendo, but rejected and never entered production -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 18:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- V-Rally 2
- Seen in Infogrames promotional footage, but no reliable coverage). -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- X'Treme Roller
- Confirmed to exist via a released prototype, but no reliable coverage) -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 18:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Darkstalkers 3
Any assistance verifying the games listed above would be much appreciated. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 18:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Tracked down a source confirming Done ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth was considered for N64. The "25 games" article from TheGamer also claims Done Gradius IV was planned at one point, but I haven't found any others. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Organized the list based on progress made. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Wow, we actually made a lot of progress pretty quickly here. Makes writing the entries easier when you've already got this stuff lined up. I probably won't have any more time today, but I'll try to start writing up some entries tomorrow. Sergecross73 msg me 20:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Happy to have helped. I couldn't find any sources for those last handful of games, so I took them off the list and removed them from the categories; they should be in sync with the article now. I'll let you make the final call on whether the edge cases above qualify. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 19:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
- Wow, we actually made a lot of progress pretty quickly here. Makes writing the entries easier when you've already got this stuff lined up. I probably won't have any more time today, but I'll try to start writing up some entries tomorrow. Sergecross73 msg me 20:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Nintendo64Ever[edit]
Found a few more games by checking Nintendo64Ever, which is itself an unreliable source, but does feature several scans of contemporary magazines that were doing previews at the time and would count. An issue of Next Generation also features several previews for upcoming games, including some of the ones below.
- Done Acclaim Sports Soccer
- Done Assault
- Done BattleSport 2 / Bio Swarm
- Done Blade & Barrel / Ultra Combat
- Done Buggie Boogie
- Done Caesar's Palace 64
- Done Doom Absolution
- Done Emperor of the Jungle
- Also on IGN -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 16:34, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- Done Gendai Dai-Senryaku: Ultimate War
- Done Harrier 2001
- Done Jeff Gordon XS Racing
- Done Jest
- Done Monster Dunk
- Done NHRA Drag Racing
- Done Puma Street Soccer
- Already listed. Sergecross73 msg me 17:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Riqa
- Done Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends
- Done Space Jelly
- Done Spooky
- I think I stumbled across this one at IGN too at one point... Sergecross73 msg me 17:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- Done Survivor: Day One
- Done Thornado
- Already listed (under Turrican 64, which, based on the progression of sources at IGN, was its original title. Sergecross73 msg me 17:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC))
- Done Top Gun 64
- Done UEFA Soccer '98
- Done War: Final Assault
- Done Wet Corpse
- Done Wild Metal Country
- Done Wild Water World Championship
If nothing else, it's more leads to go on. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 01:51, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. I'd been working on removing them as a source, but I hadn't noticed their scans previously. That could be helpful. Sergecross73 msg me 17:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
- More progress steadily being made, along with adding a TOC to keep things organized. We've covered every game in that "25 Games" article from The Gamer as well, so we don't need to rely on that anymore. There's around 30-35 games left, so the article should hopefully be in mostly compete shape soon. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 17:01, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you again for your assistance on this. Its looking great. I'm planning on bouncing back to it here and there over time. (Side note: It's funny, I just fell down a rabbit hole reading about how Die Hard 64 turned into Die Hard Vengeance and came to see you had already added the same thing. We're on the same wavelength!) Sergecross73 msg me 16:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Ha ha, thanks; funny how that works out. It's nice to see the list getting meaningfully filled out. Once the remaining games from the Nintendo64Ever list above have been added, I might do a sweep of Unseen64's list to see what we don't have in the article already and try to find any reliable sources that mention them. Probably won't be able to find anything for most of them, but I figure it's worth a shot. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 16:39, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- Lots of progress made today. We're down to 10 remaining games from the Nintendo 64Ever list; I imagine one of us could probably bang some write-ups out for those over the next week or two. The one real "white whale" left across all these lists is X'Treme Roller. It feels weird not to list a game that has a playable prototype out in the wild, but I can't even find any reviews or articles for the version that did release on PlayStation, let alone the N64 version that didn't. Might be a lost cause. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 18:22, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
- And THAT is officially the end of the Nintendo64Ever list. Like I said before, I think there's room to revisit this by searching through Unseen64 to pull together a list of games we don't have logged and looking around to see if better sources can be found, but for right now, I'm absolutely calling this a win and content to take a well-earned break. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 15:22, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, thank you, you've done amazing work. Its absolutely wild to see its current status to where it started the year at before we both started cleaning it up. It's come a long ways! Sergecross73 msg me 16:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- No kidding; super happy with the state of things. I did take a quick look at that old revision to see if there was anything we missed, and did find reliable sources for the existence of Done Centipede X, Done Derby Day,
Extreme Sports 64, Done Ikazuchi no Go, Done On & Off Racing, Done Warball, and Done Waterworks, along with the previously unmentioned Done Chanbara Fighter. One of us can add those later. (I know DidYouKnowGaming also did a video on cancelled N64 games at one point, and while that's obviously not a usable source, it could at least be used to help inform what else to look for and where to look.) -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 17:49, 23 April 2024 (UTC) - Ended up adding all of the above, save for Extreme Sports since apparently the report that was coming to N64 was false. Unless someone goes combing through Unseen64 and DYKG to find every game we don't mention and check them all for sources, I think we're good. Heck, it might even be good enough for a Featured nom by now. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:53, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- No kidding; super happy with the state of things. I did take a quick look at that old revision to see if there was anything we missed, and did find reliable sources for the existence of Done Centipede X, Done Derby Day,
- Yes, thank you, you've done amazing work. Its absolutely wild to see its current status to where it started the year at before we both started cleaning it up. It's come a long ways! Sergecross73 msg me 16:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you again for your assistance on this. Its looking great. I'm planning on bouncing back to it here and there over time. (Side note: It's funny, I just fell down a rabbit hole reading about how Die Hard 64 turned into Die Hard Vengeance and came to see you had already added the same thing. We're on the same wavelength!) Sergecross73 msg me 16:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- More progress steadily being made, along with adding a TOC to keep things organized. We've covered every game in that "25 Games" article from The Gamer as well, so we don't need to rely on that anymore. There's around 30-35 games left, so the article should hopefully be in mostly compete shape soon. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 17:01, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
DidYouKnowGaming[edit]
Okay, after combing through Part 1 and Part 2 of DYKG's "Every Cancelled N64 game" videos, and removing entries that we already have or that have no details whatsoever, I've compiled a list of every game mentioned there that we might be able to include if we can find better sources, along with what little information could be provided from unreliable sources.
- Deer Hunter 64
- Digital Horse Racing Newspaper[1]
- Digital Sports Newspaper[2]
- Forever Dragonz
- Go Carts
- Hockeydrome (page 7)
- Klepto
- Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing 64
- Ohcouchi Gengorou Ikka
- Redemption
- Soccer 64[3]
- Sports Immortal
- VX Vampire XDV-7
- XSW-1
Again, none of these are good enough on their own (with one or two specific exceptions), but it does at least give us some names to keep an eye out for. Thoughts on if any of these are worth pursuing or adding would be appreciated-- Cyberlink420 (talk) 18:22, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- ^ "64DD Lineup Exposed". IGN. August 27, 1999. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "IGN64's Ultimate 64DD FAQ". IGN. December 16, 1999. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ "Ultra Release List". N64 Magazine. No. 1. Future Publishing. April 1997. p. 23.