In terms of popularity, N64 was significantly better and common console. The biggest rivals of Nintendo 64 were Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation. The console in question was replaced with GameCube in 2001 which continued the trend. N64 replaced the famous SNES or Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The second game from the list is also the best-selling game for the console, being sold in 11.62 million copies. They were Saikyō Habu Shōgi (Japan only), Super Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64. The original console was sold with 3 games in the package. Originally, the device should hit the market in 1995 but Nintendo postponed the launch a few months, releasing it in 1996. Nintendo was proud of this advantage so most games came with figure 64 in the title. It is the first device to use a 64-bit processor. Gamers mostly know the console as N64 but the code name was ' Project Reality', thanks to powerful processing power at that time. Later that year N64 started selling in France as well. However, in Europe it arrived in 1997, the same year when it became available in Australia. A few months later, the same year N64 was released in the United States, Brazil, and several other countries.

The first units were released in Japan in 1996. These days the console is also known as N64 or even NUS.

The Nintendo 64 got the name according to the 64 architecture the CPU used. It is one of those devices that had a huge effect on the gaming industry and the availability of the games in general. Nintendo 64 is a console that changed gaming and made it easier than ever.

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