Back in the 90′s and the Nintendo 64 era, we used to spend days, weeks, months, playing Super Mario 64 and trying to get as many of those stars as possible. There are some, however, who are in a different league when it comes to Super Mario 64. Like YouTube user “Mike S.”, who went on a speed run and collected 70 (seventy!) stars in 49 minutes and 42 seconds. Count us impressed.

Nintendo’s WiiWare catalog, where players can download games to their Wii, anything from NES to Super NES to N64 (and other consoles), has reached 500 titles. The 500th game was none other than Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. for the N64, the first in the series, which is available now and retails for $10.

Nintendo recently announced that the N64 title, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, has hit the PAL Virtual Console today.

Priced at 1000 Wii Points, Majora’s Mask makes for an almost complete library of console Zelda games provided by the Virtual Console, quite impressive.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask was originally released in 2000 for the N64 and was met with praise from the gaming community, so now’s your chance to experience it if you never got the chance to.

Read (ThatVideoGameBlog)

Whether or not you liked the recently released Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts there is no question about it, the minute Banjo-Kazooie, and it’s succesor Banjo-Tooie, hit the shelves for the N64 they became instant classics.

Well, for those of you who didn’t receive the honor to grow up in the era of N64 (or if you just want to give the game another run through) now get a chance to play Banjo-Tooie.

While Microsoft originally predicted the game would hit sometime early 2009, Rare has recently refuted that claim giving the game an April release (re-release?) date.

A yet unannounced sum of Microsoft Points will get you the Banjo-Tooie Xbox Live Arcade port that will feature newly remastered graphics (to an extent) and improved framerate. Sign me up!

Read (Joystiq)