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[[File:Nintendo 64.png|thumb|right|A Nintendo 64]]
The '''Nintendo 64''', commonly abbreviated as '''N64''', is a home video game console made by [[Nintendo]] and released in 1996. It is the successor to the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and predecessor to the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. The N64 was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, and March 1997 in Europe and Australia.


[[File:Nintendo_64.png|thumb|right|The dark-grey Nintendo 64 with Super Smash Bros.]]
While no ''[[Metroid (series)|Metroid]]'' games were released for the Nintendo 64, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed during a 2002 roundtable discussion for ''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'' that Nintendo had thought of ways to make a ''Metroid'' title for the console, but could not come up with any ideas.<ref>{{Cite web|quote= I know that the American people have been eagerly anticipating a new Metroid game. I have been asked about it many times! Even through the entire Nintendo 64 period we were thinking of ways to produce a new Metroid title. We couldn't come up with any concrete ideas or vehicle at that time.| url= http://cube.ign.com/articles/377/377563p2.html| title= Metroid Prime Roundtable QA| site= IGN| type= HTML}}</ref> Additionally, ''[[Metroid in Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros.]]'' features ''Metroid'' content, with [[Samus Aran|Samus]] appearing as a playable character and [[Zebes|Planet Zebes]] appearing as a stage.


The '''Nintendo 64''', or '''N64''', is Nintendo's third home video game console and part of the fifth generation, 64-bit era for which it was named after. The N64 is the successor of the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]] and predecessor to the [[Nintendo GameCube]]. The N64 was released on June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, and March 1997 in Europe and Australia. The N64 is the second-most shipped system made by Nintendo, with 62.5 million shipped worldwide. The most shipped is the [[Wii]], which has shipped 70.93 million units worldwide as of March 31st, 2010.
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==Metroid==
Although no [[Metroid (series)|Metroid]] games were ever made for the N64, [[Samus Aran|Samus]] made an appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. (game)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' as a playable character. Supposedly, a Metroid game was coming out for the ill-fated 64 DD add-on, but the game was cancelled before it entered production due to the lack of a stable idea. This game was simply known as [[Metroid 64]].<ref>{{Cite web|quote= I know that the American people have been eagerly anticipating a new Metroid game. I have been asked about it many times! Even through the entire Nintendo 64 period we were thinking of ways to produce a new Metroid title. We couldn't come up with any concrete ideas or vehicle at that time.| url= http://cube.ign.com/articles/377/377563p2.html| title= Metroid Prime Roundtable QA| site= IGN| type= HTML}}</ref>  This project eventually became ''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'', the first [[Metroid (series)|Metroid]] game released for the GameCube.
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