Nintendo has recently announced that the 64DD has been delayed yet again. The unit has now been rescheduled for a December release in Japan instead of the targeted June release. The 64DD was initially supposed to launch more that a year ago, sometime around Spring of 1998. Much of the reason for the delay is the fact thatNintendo has since found ways to increase the mimory capacity of N64 cartridges. The Memory Expansion Pak has also helped to solve limited graphic issues. Several titles like Pokemon Snap and Pokemon Stadium were slated to be 64DD titles before thy were switched to the cartridge format.Now Nintendo is focusing on the re-writeability aspect of the 64DD and its new internet service called Enternet Service. The Enternet Service will allow players to trade data, visit chat forums and play each other over the internet with their 64DD. Doshin the Giant 1 is tailored to use these features of the 64DD, allowing players to trade variouse terrains and giants. Shigeru Miyamoto has just aanounced a 64DD version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time which will include extr dungeons and a level editor. Things are looking up for the 64DD in Japan, but so far there is no word on a U.S. or European release. Do you think that the 64DD should be released here?
