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I don't know whether of not this should be mentioned in the article or not, however, an American 64DD has been found![1] YouTuber, MetalJesusRocks, has found a rare find of what appears to be an American 64DD from some guy from Craigslist. This 64DD resonates and is truly different than that of the Japanese 64DDs, as it boots up in English and is region locked to only American 64DD games. The YouTuber managed to contact a former Nintendo employee, who was the manager for a technical team at Nintendo from 1995-2000 who goes by the name Mark DeLoura,[2] helped the YouTuber understand the true meaning of what this 64DD was over a phone call, and DeLoura stated that it was an American 64DD that he wrote code for. DeLoura also claimed over the phone call that this 64DD was a prototype retail unit, he demoed it, and was responsible for supporting it for other gaming company partners.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] 71.163.81.242 (talk) 23:12, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
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I've added MANY reliable sources just in case. 71.163.81.242 (talk) 00:58, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
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I'm not too sure if it should be stated in the article that special even rarer 64DD Developer "Dev" units exist and they can run one of a kind blue disks. 108.45.29.72 (talk) 04:55, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
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Under the proposed section, we have Mario Party 2 listed as an "announced" game, however the source links to a 2008 French page which mentions the error messages that have been covered on websites such as tcrf: https://tcrf.net/Mario_Party#64DD_support
These messages prove that an expansion disk for Mario Party was considered, however no official statement has been released confirming that the sequel of Mario Party 2 was going to be for the 64DD. The website used includes the statement: "Combien de gens savent que Mario Party 2 était prévu comme disque d’extension pour Mario Party 1 ?" which translates to How many people know that Mario Party 2 was planned as an expansion disk for Mario Party 1?. However, this is not backed up by any source, it just seems to be a guess made by the writer.
Firstly, the 64DD has two types of disks, stand alone games such as Doshin the Giant and expansion disks such as F-Zero X Expansion Kit that only work with the cartridge of the main game, this one being [[F-Zero X], of course. The Wikipedia article on the 64DD makes it seem like Mario Party 2 was going to be released as a stand alone game for the 64DD however there is absolutely no proof to this. Even if the user had made an accurate statement, they are implying that Mario Party 2 was originally going to be an expansion disk for Mario Party 1, rather than a standalone game to be played on the 64DD like Ultra Donkey Kong was going to be.
I personally think this should be changed definitely. The section talks about games that were announced for the 64DD yet there is no source for this, and the one provided only shows that Mario Party may have had a 64DD expansion disk. GameBoyMad (talk) 02:12, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I thought about this cause isn't 64DD just a aberration and not the full name? I thought maybe we should the name of article to 64 Disk Drive or Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, it just looks more professional then 64DD in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LittleMAHER1 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
ok i just wanted to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LittleMAHER1 (talk • contribs) 15:44, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
Because we're on the subject of renaming the article, why don't we move this to Nintendo 64DD? It seems to me that the title "64DD" does not adequately denote the article's subject. I may be out of the loop on consensuses regarding article and redirect titles, but in my own opinion, this would be better at Nintendo 64DD than the current "64DD". Thank you. — Paper Luigi T • C 21:38, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
Hello there, I'm discovering that nice page and I was wondering why the two "Doshin the Giant" N64DD games are not part of the list ? They seem to be published by Nintendo on their respective page.
Thanks for the reply ! Shnaps13 (talk) 21:01, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
The phrase "killer app" didnt exist in 1997 and wasnt used in any publication to describe a game for the 64DD. It doesnt belong in an encyclopedic entry. Its like saying "The people thought Henry Ford's Model T was straight bussin fr fr." Or "The 1957 Chevy was looked at as crunk and lit." Or "John Rockefeller wouldnt take any scrubs working for him." 50.72.43.145 (talk) 04:58, 6 March 2023 (UTC)