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This is a list of cancelled Nintendo 64 video games. The
Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996, and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. As the successor to the Super Nintendo E ...
is a
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released by
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in 1996. The console was a moderate success with its 32.93 millions units sold; it was three times as much as one competitor, the
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, but only a third of the sales of its other competitor, the
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. Third party game developers cancelled multiple games for the system, with commonly-cited reasons including its lower sales numbers compared to the PlayStation, its unconventional controller, and Nintendo's decision to stick with the game cartridge format, which was more costly to produce and featured far less storage than the PlayStation's
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s. Additionally, the brief lifespan and commercial failure of the
64DD The is a peripheral developed by Nintendo to expand the capabilities of the Nintendo 64 with rewritable magnetic disks and online connectivity. Announced in 1995 before the Nintendo 64's 1996 launch, it faced multiple delays before its release ...
, a Japan-only Nintendo 64 add-on, led to many of its games being cancelled or reworked for release on the standard Nintendo 64. This list documents all known games that were announced for the Nintendo 64 at some point, but did not end up being released for it in any capacity. It also documents cancelled 64DD games, as well as unreleased 64DD-specific versions of other Nintendo 64 games.


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Nintendo 64 games The Nintendo 64 home video game console's library of games were primarily released in a plastic ROM cartridge called the Game Pak. This strategic choice of high-performance but lower-capacity medium was met with some controversy compared to CD- ...
Nintendo 64 The (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996, and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. As the successor to the Super Nintendo E ...