Comments on: Old written game reviews – NINTENDO ULTRA 64

By: ducttape

ducttape — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:29:31 +0000

Everyone is giving the N64 too much shit. It’s an amazing console that’s really innovative. People say that it was when Nintendo started appealing only to kids. The N64 did have some titles more geared for adults (Golden eye, Perfect Dark, Rouge Squadron, Doom 64, Flying Dragon etc.)
Nintendo was always “kid friendly”, even in NES and SNES games. The people who say that N64 was the decline of Nintendo and when Nintendo started targeting itself only for kids are just people who were growing up at that time and wanted Nintendo to grow some balls and release grown up games. It’s the games that you play as a kid that are the best. The reason why some of you guys say N64 sucks is cause you were disappointed (like I was with Game Cube). Your favorite game(s) will always be the ones you grew up with and you played any chance you got when you were 10. Those are the games that kick the most ass because they make you feel like a kid again.

By: lexing123

lexing123 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:48:49 +0000

I wanna leave an asshole comment, jk but really I think the name change is simple, in most cases I have seen in my life “ultra” is better than super and the game console before the to be (nintendo ULTRA 64) there was the SUPER nes. The name was just a open signifier of an improved system to the one before it. You can debate stupid shit about the name all day but I think that is it, also for all you numbnuts talking about the GREAT FALL of nintendo cus of the 64, your all full of shit. You might like lying to yourself by believing that but the truth is nintendo is making fuck tons of money off of whoever is buying the wii, all of the games for it, the new DS’s that come out every month(DS phat, ds bright shit, ds brighter shit, ds phat brighter shit, and now the 3DS) and all of the games that come out of those. Yes I agree the games from nintendo are not nearly as epic as they used to be but if you actually took the time to play the games after the GREAT FALL of nintendo, you would know that there has been plenty of games on the n64, gameboy, advance, gamecube that put everybody’s favorite copy paste games like call of duty black ops… to shame. Recently I have become disgusted with the new generation of games and they all just play like remakes of a remake of a shitty fps, and thats why I stopped playing anything passed the (xbox,gamecube, ps2) era. P.S your all fuckin robots, keep buying those 70 dollar pieces of shit.

By: AlirazaVideoGamesonYouTube

AlirazaVideoGamesonYouTube — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:42:24 +0000

when the “ultra” 64 did come out, heh heh, i loved super mario 64, playing it at toys r us at a demo kiosk but the killer of that system was final fantasy 7 on the playstation and nintendo’s god-awful 3rd party unfriendly practices.

By: DualWolfBlade

DualWolfBlade — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:37:47 +0000

Ah yes,
The Nintendo Ultra 64.

It would seem Nintendo has always had a way of making its consoles seem that much cooler Before Launching.

Anyone play that Nintendo Revolution?
You probably have, in US of America, its called Nintendo Wii.

By: frostare

frostare — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:53:36 +0000

Now that Nintendo recovered from its decline in the Xbox and PS2 era I’m hoping they still take the path of inovation instead of the power and capabilities one. Even more that they’re planning to release an HD console.

By: mecha

mecha — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:29:37 +0000

the most common explanation for the dropping of “Ultra” from the name that I recall was Ultra Games… but who knows. I think Nintendo may have just done it to streamline it. and it’s not like they didn’t wind up doing it again and again anyway (Dolphin -> GameCube; Revolution -> Wii).

also contrary to popular belief, the hardware found in the arcade versions of Killer Instinct and Killer Instinct 2 didn’t share much of anything with the Nintendo 64. they weren’t really “Ultra 64” at all. KI1 only referenced this, KI2 did not, but they ran on identical boards. I’m guessing KI1 was engineered as a plug for the U64 and when the system got delayed they just said fuck it.

additionally, I too am still pissed that KI1 never made it to Nintendo 64, but what the hell, I own the arcade machine… KI2 as well.

By: Cheznar

Cheznar — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:13:13 +0000

I wrote to Nintendo too when i was a little brat! lmao a rather embarassing letter with a game idea lol (I was a little guy) My idea was some stuff where your a police officer or somethin like that bustin a bunch of dudes…someone at Nintendo took the time to send me a note as well they were all like have you ever heard of a game called N.A.R.C.? at the time I had not but now after that I knew lol anyway they must be good about getting back to people….and i no longer day dream about being a police officer (don’t know as i ever did just sounded fun i guess…)

By: Octo Seven

Octo Seven — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:12:03 +0000

Yeah the N64 was the beginning of the end of Nintendo as a serious competitor in the videogames market, at least for adults. It has some great games like OOT and Mario 64, but the PSOne had so much more to offer despite it’s inferior graphics. I still play my SNES all the time but my N64 just collects dust.

By: Mr.Z

Mr.Z — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:03:06 +0000

Well, i’ve never been to an arcade that had one but i’ll take your word for it.

By: Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:22:36 +0000

Man, Killer Instinct was awesome! While Mortal Kombat had basically like a dozen variations apiece of the “Male Ninja”/ “Female Ninja” character design, ‘KI’ had a whole roster of unique characters, and was a lot of fun to play. That game should be remade for newer consoles.