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Reggie not ruling out N64 Classic Edition, but “not in our planning horizon”

Posted on November 15, 2018 by (@NE_Brian) in News

Nintendo has thus far released the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition. Logic would tell you that a N64 Classic Edition would come next, right? Well, perhaps not – at least not yet.

Speaking with Kotaku, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime wouldn’t rule out the idea. However, he added that it’s “not in our planning horizon.”

Reggie said:

“We were clear when we did the first two Classic series that, for us, these were limited time opportunities that were a way for us as a business to bridge from the conclusion of Wii U as a hardware system to the launch of Nintendo Switch. That was the very strategic reason we launched the NES Classic system.” The Wii U had been fading fast by early 2016 and the Switch didn’t launch until early 2017.”

“So while consumers may have been anticipating something, we view these as limited time opportunities. We’ve also now been very clear that as the consumer looks forward to engaging with our classic content that is going to happen more and more with the subscription service.”

“I would not ever rule something out, but what I can tell you is certainly that’s not in our planning horizon.”

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