Rumor: Nintendo 64 Classic Leaked

A new post on Reddit is making the rounds featuring three images of the Nintendo 64 classic.

The original source of the images actually comes from Twitter, via user "nachoypistacho," who tweeted the following today:

@VideojuegosGAME I am llegado estas imagenes a una posible filtracion of # N64Mini, Podriais decirnos if sabeis algo al respecto? ¿¿¿Y can puede reservar ya ??? pic.twitter.com/ArCOXfvnzY

– Nacho & Pistacho (@nachoypistacho) October 13, 2018

According to the user, he was provided the images via an inside contact, who, as you would expect, has not been named.

So, are the images legit? Well, if the photos are fakes, then they are pretty damn good fakes. That said, it's the internet, and godly photoshopping skills are not that rare.

As some users point out, Nintendo would do, it would be very fragile and it would be a problem for it. The NES was a big hit with something similar, but it did not pop up nearly that far.

Meanwhile, the mock controller ports, which have been cut from the picture, would basically prevent you from inserting the controller. So, there's that as well.

Beyond these two things though – which conclusions can be drawn from – the images look like they could be real, and at the very least, are impressive renders.

If this "leak" is not possible, it's possible, if not likely, Nintendo will release Nintendo 64 classic in the style of its SNES and NES Classic. As you may know, Nintendo released the latter in November 2016 and the following month.

Both were massive commercial hits for Nintendo, so much so, that it was a re-run of the NES classic this year. And it would be very surprising if a follow-up SNES followed.

That said, it seems like the next logical step will be the Nintendo 64 classic. And given a year passed between the NES and SNES Classics, it is plausible that it would actually be this case, which would be the case. And when you consider the PlayStation Classic from Sony is coming this December, it would make sense Nintendo would want to get out there with the Nintendo 64 mini to compete.

It also could come next year. Who knows. But it seems more likely – if these images are real or not – that it's actually coming. It's just a matter of when.