Nintendo brings the Nintendo 64 to the DS in a whole new way - Australian Nintendo News Source - Vooks - 3DS

More than 24 hours on we thought we had better make it clear, yes this was one of our April Fools jokes for 2008. Fear not as our joking ways are restrained to April 1 and we return to normal and truthful news posting from here on out. .

Nintendo is bringing new life to 5 Nintendo 64 titles on the Nintendo DS. The games which include Excitebike 64, Mario Tennis, The Legend of Zelda Majora’s Mask, 1080 Snowboarding & Mario Party 3™ have been spit and polished and ported to the DS system taking use of the Nintendo DS’s unique touch screen and microphone on select games.

The games have not been simply ported but retooled & refreshed for a new audience to enjoy. Titles will debut for a new budget price of $19.99US and feature most of the modes featured in their Nintendo 64 originals plus all new DS exclusive features.

Nintendo brings the Nintendo 64 to the DS in a whole new way

REDMOND, Wash., April 1 , 2008 – Nintendo is bringing new life to 5 Nintendo 64 TM titles on the Nintendo DS. The games which include Excitebike 64 ™, Mario Tennis ™, The Legend of Zelda® Majora’s Mask ™, 1080 Snowboarding ™ and Mario Party 3 ™ have been spit and polished and ported to the Nintendo DS system taking use of the Nintendo DS’s unique touch screen and microphone on select games.

The games have not been simply ported but retooled and refreshed for a new audience to enjoy. Volume 1 of the titles ships out later this year with further Volumes to be announced at a later date.

Titles will debut for a new budget price of $19.99US and feature most of the modes featured in their Nintendo 64 originals plus all new DS exclusive features.

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