The Best (and Worst) of N64 on Switch 

The fact the DK64 is still not on there is beyond me…

Can’t believe Diddy Kong Racing hasn’t made it on to NSO. The best kart racer of the generation, and it’s not even close. Plus it had an awesome single player campaign.

How is Diddy Kong Racing NOT on NSO? It’s criminal.

I want to see: Mischief Makers, Duke Nukem 64, Duke Nukem Zero Hour, Perfect Dark, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Goemon’s Great Adventure, Megaman 64, and Banjo Tooie.

Banjo-tooie, DK64, Smash 64, Bomber Man 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Rocket Robot on Wheels, there's still SO many games they could pull from.

Still waiting for DK64 and SSB. RE2 would be a pleasant surprise.

I need donkey Kong 64 on this service. It needs to happen

Actually, Sin and Punishment became available in the west on the Wii Virtual Console, so slightly earlier.

Jet Force Gemini is criminally underrated. One of my favorites growing up.

Still need diddy kong racing and MYSTICAL NINJA GOEMON

That description of Wave Race 64 makes me feel seen.

Sin and Punishment is a top 10 game in the entirety of the 64 library. It’s aged incredibly well, too. Don’t be deterred by its position on this list.

omg Iggy's Reckin Balls. Watching that footage launched me back into the past. I used to love it... it has such a great vibe

The fact that F-Zero X is in the top 10 really makes me feel good as a fan of the fastest, most punishing racing franchise in the history of Nintendo.

My top 3 played games on the N64 NSO are Ocarina of Time, Paper Mario 64, and Majora’s Mask, the first two having over 115 hours of total play time.

8:15 "blast corpse" LOL

I remember going on forums discussing the ocarina sequel, I was so hyped for it. Thankful I got a guide for it, I remember christmas of 2000 getting the guide but not the game 😂, I remember getting the Amazon package February of 2001 and diving right into it. If I log into my moms old amazon account it's in her history still.

32) Iggy's Wrecking balls. 31) Dr. Mario 64 30) Winback Covert Operations 29) Yoshi's Story 28) Extreme-G 27) Pokemon Puzzle League 26) 1080° Snowboarding 25) Pokémon Stadium 24) Excitebike 64 23) Jet Force Gemini 22) Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards 21) Blast Corps 20) Mario Party 19) Pokémon Snap 18) Pilot Wings 64 17) Mario Golf 16) Sin and Punishment 15) Pokémon Stadium 2 14) Wave Race 64 13) Harvest Moon 64 12) Mario Tennis 11) Mario Kart 64 10) Mario Party 3 09) Mario Party 2 08) F-Zero X 07) Paper Mario 06) Star Fox 64 05) Banjo-Kazooie 04) Super Mario 64 03) GoldenEye 007 02) The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 01) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

I still wish the original Panel de Pon characters (Lip and the other fairies) got to become more popular. The Smash Remix hack was their chance to shine. They may be from the SNES, but so was Ness in the OG game, and the Lip's Stick item originates from this franchise. Except they weren't picked for the roster.

I really need to finally get that official n64 controller.

I want the Mario Party franchise to get the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe treatment. Every board, every mini game (except boards where you were stuck in a car with the other players). Even just a collection of Mario Party 4-7 would be amazing

1080 Snowboarding should be much higher on the list. I had so much fun with it back in the day!

I think it’s pronounced blast “CORE”

So nice to see some younger folk like Felix showing respect and love to some of our older generation of consoles and games 😊

Iggy's reckin' balls and extreme g is so awesome!

Yoshi’s story is one of my top 5 favorite N64 games

It’s funny how every article written about harvest Moon 64 back in the day was basically like, it’s a farming video game! No seriously! Crazy to look back on now that farm Sims have become their own genre

There are still a few good games missing on NSO but that 32 is really solid already. Fav 3 are SM64, Banjo and Ocarina

Wave race 99 🤞🤞. Let's see it Nintendo

It's nice to see the top 20 all landing in 8 stars or higher. It shows how despite lacking a massive catalog, the N64 still had quality games worth enjoying today

I will always have a soft spot for Extreme G and was thrilled to see it come to the Switch service. It has held up so well since its 1997 release and is so much fun to play. The speed boosts, the music, the weapons and the tracks all make for a fantastic racing game. It was also one of the first games me and my brother got for the system (along with Banjo Kazooie and Super Mario 64). Overall a great list with some very expected results, but hey those games deserve to be that popular for a reason :) The next bunch of games I would love to see on the Switch service are: Top Gear Overdrive (what I call a bargain bin gem, I mean who wouldn't want to drive a taco?!) any WWF/WCW game by THQ (although likely won't happen for licensing reasons) Banjo Tooie (Really do believe this is only a matter of time due to recent Rare releases) Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (only got released in America so would be great to try that out here in the UK) Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (great game! would love to play it on the go) Star Wars Rogue Squadron (same reason as above, and getting those gold medals are addictive!) Resident Evil 2 (this would be incredible! however unlikely as it would mean the switch service would need a higher age rating. BOO!)

I had an advert for Felix cat food before the video started, which just made the whole experience of watching this video nicer 🐈‍⬛

My 3 friends and I have been playing Mario Party 2 basically every week on NSO since it came out. We've got over 200 hours worth of games so far. We spent thousands of hours as kids playing this game, so it's so cool to relive it all over again as adults. It's super easy to use and set up too, which is something you can't take for granted when it comes to Nintendo and online multiplayer.

Gex 64 enter the gecko is always slept on

Banjo-Kazooie, Pokémon Puzzle League, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Mario Kart 64 are my favourite N64 games on the Expansion Pack so far

I was going to say that Iggy's Reckin' Balls in no way deserves to be propping up the bottom of this list but then the more I think about it....yeah, maybe it does. The Switch N64 lineup is damn strong.

Mario Golf criminally underrated

I wish I can go back in time to the N64 days. Those were such good days.

So the insect shooting game was Jet Force Gemini... man, I played that one being a kid and I had no idea of the name. Wow, what a throwback

Diddy Kong Racing, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Snowboard Kids, Banjo Tooie would all be good additions, but I think they have most of the good games on their already now. The GB and GBA selections are quite lacking though

Pokemon Stadium 2 is one of my all time favorite N64 games. I have such fond memories of doing the gym leader tower with my Pokemon Silver team. It's such a shame you're limited to the rental pokemon in both games on NSO.

Gonna echo many comments here and note that I had practically forgot that Diddy Kong Racing wasn’t on NSO. They definitely have some great games they’re just sleeping on for no apparent reason. I also forgot that Jetforce Gemini *is* on there though so that’s neat. As for my favorite 3? Banjo-Kazooie, Mario 64, Majora’s Mask

My main issue is with Pokemon stadium, as much as I love them not being able to add my Pokemon is a massive handicap when you try to play through the gym matches. Most of the rentals have dog water move sets making it very difficult once you get around the 7th badge

I need Glover N64 to come to NSO +Expansion Pack. Underrated game. Super tough. Music SLAPS.

Feel like n64 has a great selection now. There's still games I want but can't complain about what we do have :).

My dreamlist: conkers bad furday, dk64, Diddy kong racing, mischeif makers, glover, rat attack, automobili Lamborghini, Nagano winter olympics 98, smash 64 And finally getting banjo-tooie.

Mario Tennis 64 is like the BEST mario tennis versions out there. the physics engine had more orientation based on how the ball was returned. later titles you just had to be near the ball. with MT64 hitting a ball on your right side when right handed after a single bounce was the easiest way to smash the ball without the star. also running forward and hitting the ball would give more nets, you could ONLY use a top spin to run forward and catch a front courtball. so many more nuances to the game where POSITION mattered that later titles covered up with the gimmick gameplay. i sunk so many hours into the game both with the original and the Switch 64 rom. on the original i got all the trophies for all the players, both singles, star cup, and doubles, i forget if there was a doubles star cup but i probably did than one too. after playing Game Cube Tennis and Switch's MT Aces, it took me a while to jog my muscle memory but the rage of "this game is cheating" came back. again you CAN NOT run up to a ball and slice it, you'll almost always get a net, maaybe if you chare up but the charge speeds were slower yet the reward was a faster hit ball. the only few things I like about aces over MT 64 is 1) the graphics and 2) Tricky players have a sharper curve.

It sounded like he said "NBA Countryside" and "60-bit"

Jet Force Gemini being so low is criminal

While I know its likely impossible, id love to see Conkers Bad Fur Day. Excellent multiplayer package and super polished game overall.

Great video. Nice to go down memory lane

Abiding by the request of the 32 in THIS wonderful list, I have to say (easy grab, but cannot deny): Zelda OoT, Mario 64, Mariokart 64! Those are the ones that created the most vivid memories as I recall. A second of the 32 in THIS list, I could say: Goldeneye 64, Banjo Kazooie, Starfox 64 A third of the 32 that's NOT in this list, that would be in mine specifically: Jet Force Gemini, Starcraft 64, Perfect Dark All of which (in addition to others like Goldeneye) had great memories with friends in the neighborhood.

I really want to play Mario Kart 64 on my Switch. Is there a way to permanently download the game to my Switch? Do you lose access to all N64 games once you end your subscription? I remember I was able to download Mario Kart 64 on my Wii.

OH MY GOD the jumper. :)

I really need Mischief Makers to launch so I can see artists do all kinds of inspired work based on the characters.

Hiding N64 (and Mega drive) games, (many of which I'd already purchased on Wii/U/3DS) behind a paywall really made me shake my fists in dismay and reminded me I had an N64 in storage. It's only cost about £500 in cables, console mods, scalers and cartridges and I can now play 1/3 of these games in their original splendor. False economies aside, there is something about the visual output (with or without disabling the layers of blur) of OG hardware that makes more sense with the graphical makeup, and input response is much better than emulation, though arguably not that useful at sub 20fps...

I am very surprised about Yoshis Story. This was one of my absolute favorite games on the N64

Felix, you're a Winnipeg Jets fan?! Awesome!

I would love to see Beetle Adventure Racing, Tetrisphere and Robotron 64 in the future.

Would still like to be able to change button mapping per game in the n64 online settings rather than having to back out to switch settings to do it and then having to change back when playing something else. The Fzero x button config hurts my brain.

Can confirm as an Australian Mario party 3 released here Hired it only once at video ezy before they sold the n64 games

Felix got his own Cal Chuchesta!

Blast Corps should be in the top five to me. One of my favorite games of all time. Much more original concept and replay-ability than the N64 Mario Party and Pokémon Stadium games.

Kirby crystal shards is in my top 10 nintendo games, it’s probably my second favorite n64 game

Why does Felix keep saying 60 bit lol 😂

I'd like to play Sim City 64, Cubivore (Doubutsu Banchou), Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O, Wonder Project J2, Starcraft 64 and all the RUSH games. Also like to replay Tetrisphere, Mischief Makers, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Wetrix. I'd also root for Resident Evil 2 and DOOM 64 if Switch hadn't their remakes.

I’d be really interested in playing Micky’s Speedway USA; it was made by Rare and got good reviews. The old Micky Mouse games ended up on the Mega Drive Mini so hopefully the licensing won’t be an issue.

Bro where did you get that Lego sweater

Wave Race 64 is my favorite video game of all time. No joke.

Australia had Mario Party 3, also Sin and Punishment made its western debut on Wii VC

Rocket Robot On Wheels needs to be on there! And Chameleon Twist 1 & 2

The fact SSB, DK64 and Diddy Kong Racing still aren’t on this system baffles me. Same as games like Chrono Trigger for SNES. Like. These aren’t games getting a HD remaster. Just put them on NSO already!

Diddy kong racing was nice but our favourite was Mickey's Speedway USA. I really want to play that again 😢❤

Winback! I can't tell you how much I used to rent that game at my local video store, and then get a subway sandwich to munch on beforehand, cuz it was right next door

when I was young my brother had a game on his Nintendo called banjo toole which I have yet to see on any other Nintendo consoles

My goodness your sweater :O

Who else cannot wait for the next N64 NSO game announcement? I'm willing to put some money on DK64. But KI Gold would be awesome too especially with microsoft working with Nintendo.

Super Mario 64 is my favorite N64 game and I’ve never played it on N64- growing up I had a SNES and when I finally got a DS when it launched, Super Mario 64 DS was my ishhh

I have tried to play these games on the switch, because I really would like to, but somehow I just cant make the controls make sense...

*Jet Force Gemini* is heavily under rated here.

Fun fact: The Nintendo 64 and Switch are Nintendo's only two 64-bit systems.

Extreme G looks like the game Kakyoin had to play for his soul

Need to see bomber man 64, Diddy Kong racing, Silicon Valley space station, perfect dark, gex, rayman 2, DK, tooie, BFD

I most want to see Donkey Kong 64, Diddy Kong Racing, and Bomberman 64 added next

I loved Custom Robo on the GameCube, so I’m bummed that Custom Robo 64 is region locked on here. Maybe some day.

that's one hell of a jumper felix

@6:30 NBA countryside?

Man, I just can't imagine a world where I would choose Star Fox 64 over Paper Mario. Obviously this list had approximately 0 chance of matching my personal preference, but that one surprised me most.

Perfect Dark not being here at all is just wrong.

I’m gonna be honest, I never thought I’d see Iggy’s wrecking ball ever again😂

I know the very nature of a list of “best to worst” is gonna be ripe for subjectivity…. but even still, some of these choices are blowing my mind. Not at the top, those were obvious. I’m talking more in the 15-30 range.

yoshi got done dirty. puzzle league above yoshis island

Interesting list. I own 13 of these 32 games. And my list of those 13 isn’t too different. I have Banjo beating Mario but other than that the top 5 is the same…! I have Jet Force two higher out of those 13 games and F-Zero two lower but yeah - very similar…! 13: Excitebike 64 (12) 24 12: Pokémon Stadium (13) 25 11: Mario Party (10) 20 10: Mario Golf (9) 17 9: Jet Force Gemini (11) 23 8: F-Zero X (6) 8 7: Mario Tennis (8) 12 6: Mario Kart 64 (7) 11 5: Super Mario 64 (4) 4 4: Banjo-Kazooie (5) 5 3: Goldeneye 007 (3) 3 2: LoZ: Majora’s Mask (2) 2 1: LoZ: Ocarina of Time (1) 1

I know it won’t happen but I wish Concur’s bad fur day was on there

We need Diddy Kong Racing and Donkey Kong 64 to NSO N64 Collection. 😢❤

I like your Winnipeg Jets hat. What's the story there?

I'm surprised that Smash Brothers and Diddy Kong Racing didn't make it. But I know there is only so much time! Lol.

Bro did not say “The excellent 3DS remake.”

Pretty sure standard Nintendo Online Service will costs more on their next console since they will throw in all these 64 games.

I hope they announce a new DK for holiday on switch and drop DK64 and Diddy Kong Raging to NSO to support it