Nintendo 64DD

ロクヨンディーディー Sixty-Four DD

A detached Nintendo 64DD

Release dates Japan: December 1, 1999 North America: Unreleased Europe: Unreleased Australia: Unreleased South Korea: N/A China: N/A Hong Kong: N/A Taiwan: N/A

Technical specs Co-Processor: 32-bit coprocessor Memory: 64 megabytes (MB)

Related information Console generation: Fifth generation Pokémon generations: I, II Console type: Accessory Colors: Black

External links Wikipedia StrategyWiki

The Nintendo 64DD (Japanese: ロクヨンディーディー Sixty-Four DD), or Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, was a short lived expansion system for the Nintendo 64. Shortly after it was released in December 1, 1999, the product was a commercial failure due to it being delayed, and was never released outside of Japan. The name DD stands for "Dynamic Drive". The system plugs into the bottom of the Nintendo 64 using the EXTension Port.

The 64DD was announced at 1995's Nintendo Shoshinkai game show event. At E3 in 1997, Shigeru Miyamoto speculated that the first games to be released for the new system would be SimCity 64, Mario Artist, Pocket Monsters, and EarthBound 64. The system was a commercial failure which led to 49 games being canceled or moved to cartridge.

Technical capabilities

A Nintendo 64DD attached to a Nintendo 64

The N64DD has a 32-bit coprocessor which is needed to read the magnetic disks, and it would also need the 32-bit coprocessor to transfer data to the main console (the Nintendo 64). It was intended to be Nintendo's answer to the Compact Disc that was used for Sony's PlayStation, which was cheaper to produce. Sony's CD storage could hold approximately 650 megabytes (MB) of information, compared to the Nintendo 64's 32 to 512 megabit (4 to 64 MB) cartridge.

Games

Released games

Title	Genre	Release
Doshin the Giant	God game	December 1, 1999
Mario Artist: Paint Studio	Art	December 11, 1999
Mario Artist: Talent Studio	Art	February 24, 2000
SimCity 64	City-building simulation	February 28, 2000
F-Zero X Expansion Kit	Expansion (Racing)	April 21, 2000
Japan Pro Golf Tour 64	Sport	May 2, 2000
Doshin the Giant: Rescue from the Front by the Toddlers that Tinkle at the Large Meeting-hall	Expansion (God game)	May 17, 2000
Mario Artist: Communication Kit	Expansion (Art)	June 29, 2000
Mario Artist: Polygon Studio	Art	August 29, 2000

Proposed games

Pokémon games

Several Pokémon games were announced for the Nintendo 64DD. These were either canceled or released on cartridge format only.

Title	Solution
Pocket Monsters 64	Moved to cartridge as Pokémon Stadium
Pocket Monsters Stadium Expansion Disk	Canceled/replaced with Pokémon Stadium (Pokémon Stadium 2 in Japan)
Pocket Monsters Snap	Moved to cartridge as Pokémon Snap

External links

• Wikipedia article on Nintendo 64DD
• NintendoWiki article on Nintendo 64DD
• Super Mario Wiki article on Nintendo 64DD
• Nintendo 64 Disk Drive page on the Nintendo of America website (archive)
• 64DD titles on the Nintendo Space World '99 page