Nintendo 64 Anthology Aims To Be The Ultimate Resource For Fans

Cool concept but for now Mighty No. 9 has put me off being involved in crowdfunding projects. I didn't back it (MN9) but only because I didn't really know about Kickstarter until the Amplitude one in May 2014. Turned out to be the best situation.

I would probably buy this, but would I fund it? Not a chance. I only ever see bad press about Kickstarter. Plus I don't want to pay now and receive the item in a year. Not for me.

Donno, €40 for the book and then €15 for postage? Hmm, the super famcom book I'm gettin on May I think comes to 40 in total. Kinda iffy about the price but otherwise yeah its a great idea!

The title of this made me think that a Wii U disc compilation of N64 games was coming out. I should have known that this would never happen given the existence of the Virtual Console.

Probably the 2nd or 3rd best console of all time but backing it, no thanks.

I would totally buy this, but not gonna bother backing it tbh

@GravyThief
Hello,
The book is due to be published on September the 29th, to commerate the Nintendo 64 20th anniversary. There's no reason for it to be released later as it is 98% finished. I hope you will find this information useful! Thanks

I thought the whole pledging thing was for people investing into new inventions and such, not some book filled with info you can mostly find on Wikipedia...

"Nintendo 64 Anthology"

So how do we get the book into the Wii U to play the games?

@N64Anthology thanks for the heads up, I'll certainly be keeping my eye out to buy it come September time!

N64 is definitely my all-time favorite console, I will most likely back and/or buy this.

Not too fond of the design, it reminds me too much of a magazine. If Read Only Memories picked this concept up and did what they did for the Mega Drive now that would be amazing! Saying that, I could be wrong and at the right price I'd probably still give this a chance.

I want this, but at the price, I think I'll hold off for now. Not that the book isn't worth it, it just not something I can justify as an impulse buy. But best of luck to the producers, hopefully it get's made and later on gets cheaper when produced in volume.

I need this

Good idea, wish I'd had the idea- looks great, the N64 holds a fond place in my heart - wish I had kept all the games I bought back in the day.

Probably in the minority here, but N64 was the weakest mainline Nintendo console for me. It had a handful of wonderful games, but it's the system that's dated worst (dawn of 3D gaming and all that). And that controller... Innovative, sure, but very uncomfortable!

ah, my childhood. although, tbh, I don't remember playing much of the 64. it wasn't until Gamecube that my sister and I became hardcore gamers. (o_O )

@Grumblevolcano However a game like Shovel Knight, which was a Kickstarter turned about to be a successful game. Also Shantae 1/2 Genie and Toejam and Earl: back to the Groove (both I have backed) are coming along very well. At least with Shantea, they did release a beta and should be released this year.

It's a shame that Mighty No. 9 is having issues which is making the successful projects look bad. I will mention that a game will take longer to make, than writing a book, so if you did backup the project, it should only take a few months for the final product to be released.

I want this but for me it will be about $70 for the cheapest copy after shipping and exchange rates. If I wasn't saving up for a trip next month I'd be all over this. I hope I can get a copy when/if the kickstarter hits its goal.