If you would have asked either Nintendo or Treasure at the time, they would have told you that the Nintendo 64 was the best thing ever. Now? Not so much. In a roundtable session called Ask Iwata, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Treasure director Atsutomo Nakagawa look back at the console and wince.
Nakagawa: …Yes. That’s why we thought we could work on the Nintendo 64 too. But, the Nintendo 64 … sure was something (bitter laughter).
Iwata: (laughs) It was a machine that was hard to create things for and didn’t work at all.
Nakagawa: Y-Yes. It didn’t work at all…
Iwata goes on to say that even though it was a full 3D system, the limitations held it back. Despite its strengths, "it was hard to use and turned out to be a machine that didn’t work at all."
It's kind of sad to hear this talk, seeing as how I really enjoy playing my N64. Sometimes.
[via GoNintendo]
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11:00 AM on 11.04.2009
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Considering this article, its especially neat that we got some pretty rock solid, chunky games to sink into
Yeah, it didn't work at all... But, I'll tell you what did work! That Gamecube was a HUGE success!
Maybe he's just referring to the controller as being rubbish?
@ Phoenix Gamma - SOMEONE ELSE PLAYED MISCHIEF MAKERS??!?!?!? I LOOOOOVEEDDD THAT GAME "SHAKE SHAKE!" *epic nerdgasm*
Whoops
Try and think about it from there perspective, making 3D games which was a relatively new thing to do, with new hardware and the limitations of cartridges.
@ Phoenix Gamma, Electrium: SHAKE SHAKE! Admitedly, I only borrowed Mischeif Makers from my cousins and got stuck at the track & field games, but that game was really fun.
:')
It's telling that almost all the of the good games on the system were first or second party efforts.
wow, nintendo really hasn't changed at all.
Which today doesn't work at all thanks to its control scheme not translating well to any of the possible Virtual Console control options.
For a start bitmap texturing was an epic fail and the analogue stick on the gamepad was convex and plastic. it should have been either concave or rubber. The cartridges weren't all that bad.. great loading times. I only really remember Nintendo, Rare & Acclaim making any decent software which didn't help. I dont think it was serious competition for the PS1 at the time.
There were some amazing games to be played though and we had some good times.
They're talking about the hardware on it being crap, because it was a poorly designed mess.
Treasure made Sin and Punishment AND Mischief Makers on the system, so of course it had good games...
Ah memories.............. BEEFCAKE!!
i cant agree with that. the NES, SNES, GB and DS were all better
also, yeah, mischief makers needs to happen right now.
The N64 will always have a special place for me.