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{{Console infobox
'''Pocket Monsters RPG''' is an unreleased Pokémon game. It was planned for the [[Nintendo 64DD]], but was canceled without an official explanation. Little to no information is known about it.
|name=Nintendo 64DD
|jname=ロクヨンディーディー
|jtrans=Six Four DD
|image=Nintendo 64DD.png
|caption=A detached Nintendo 64DD
|jprelease=December 1, 1999
|narelease={{tt|Unreleased|Scheduled release was 2000}}
|eurelease=Unreleased
|aurelease=Unreleased
|specs=
*Co-Processor: {{wp|32-bit coprocessor}}
*Memory: 650 megabytes (MB)
|congen=5
|pokegen={{gen|I}}, {{gen|II}}
|type=Accessory
|colors={{colorswatch|000000|Black}}
|zw=yes
|smw=yes
|met=yes
|sw=yes
}}


The '''Nintendo 64DD''' (Japanese: '''ロクヨンディーディー''' ''Six Four DD'') was a short lived expansion system for the [[Nintendo 64]]. Shortly after it was released in December 1, 1999, the product was a commercial failure due to it being delayed, and was never released outside of Japan. The name DD stands for "Dynamic Drive" at the start of the 64DD's development. The main concept for the system is it would have plugged into the bottom side of the N64 through the EXTension Port.
The game was apparently first mentioned in June 1997 by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] during an interview where the future of the Nintendo 64DD was discussed. While [[Pocket Monsters 64]] was scheduled to be released at the 64DD's launch, Pocket Monsters RPG was only referenced as being developed by [[Game Freak]] (specifically [[Satoshi Tajiri]]) and was not given a tentative release date.


The 64DD was announced at 1995's {{wp|Nintendo Shoshinkai}} game show event. At E3 in 1997, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] speculated that the first games to be released for the new system would be {{wp|SimCity 64}}, {{smw|Mario Artist}}, Pocket Monsters, and {{wb|Mother 3|EarthBound 64}}. The system was a commercial failure which led to 49 games being canceled or moved to cartridge.
In a separate interview three months later, with Shigeru Miyamoto as well as [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]], it was pointed out that there were at least three games being developed for the Nintendo 64DD (with [[Hey You, Pikachu!]] being a regular [[Nintendo 64]] game). The titles were all said to be correlated in terms of using the same Pokémon models. Ishihara stated that the 64DD games would be able to store the data of Pokémon introduced in [[Pokémon Gold and Silver]] (which at the time were going to be released in early 1998).


==Technical capabilities==
At {{wp|Nintendo World|Nintendo Space World}} 1997, an event which was held in Japan in November, the only 64DD Pokémon games revealed were {{jap|Pokémon Stadium}} and [[Pokémon Snap]] (these games ended up being released for the Nintendo 64). While it is possible that Pocket Monsters 64 was a codename for Stadium, no Nintendo 64 game came close to matching Pocket Monsters RPG's description. It would appear that Game Freak had their hands full with the development of Pokémon Gold and Silver, which were eventually delayed by almost two years. Even though an official explanation was given for Gold and Silver's delay, no such courtesy was extended in regard to Pocket Monsters RPG.
[[File:Nintendo 64DD attached.png|thumb|left|A Nintendo 64DD attached to a [[Nintendo 64]]]]
The N64DD has a {{wp|32-bit coprocessor}} which is needed to read the magnetic disks, and it would also need the 32-bit coprocessor to transfer data to the main console (the Nintendo 64). It was intended to be Nintendo's answer to the Compact Disc that was used for Sony's {{wp|PlayStation}}, which was cheaper to produce. Sony's CD storage could hold approximately 650 megabytes (MB) of information, compared to the Nintendo 64's 32 to 512 megabit (4 to 64 MB) cartridge.
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==Games==
===Released games===
{{consolegames}}
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{wp|Doshin the Giant}}
|God game
|December 1, 1999
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{smw|Mario Artist: Paint Studio}}
|Creative
|December 11, 1999
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{smw|Mario Artist: Talent Studio}}
|Creative
|February 24, 2000
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{wp|SimCity 64}}
|City-building simulation
|February 28, 2000
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{fzw|F-Zero X Expansion Kit}}
|Expansion (Racing)
|April 21, 2000
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{wp|Japan Pro Golf Tour 64}}
|Sport
|May 2, 2000
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{wp|Doshin the Giant#Expansion|Doshin the Giant: Rescue from the Front by the<br>Toddlers that Tinkle at the Large Meeting-hall}}
|Expansion (God game)
|May 17, 2000
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{smw|Mario Artist: Communication Kit}}
|Expansion (Creative)
|June 29, 2000
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
|{{smw|Mario Artist: Polygon Studio}}
|Creative
|August 29, 2000
|}{{left clear}}


===Proposed games===
Years later, [[Pokémon Colosseum]] was the first Pokémon RPG released for a console system (the [[GameCube]]), with {{Pokémon XD}} following its footsteps. It is notable that these games were developed by [[Genius Sonority]] rather than Game Freak. [[Junichi Masuda]] has voiced his opinion that the [[main series]] RPGs should remain portable, but he has not acknowledged the fact that a console RPG was, in fact, developed by Game Freak at one point.
====Pokémon games====
Several Pokémon games were announced for the Nintendo 64DD. These were either canceled or released on cartridge format only.
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! style="{{roundytl|5px}}; background: #EEE" | Title
! style="{{roundytr|5px}}; background: #EEE" | Solution
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
| [[Pocket Monsters 64]]
| Moved to cartridge as [[Pokémon Stadium (Japanese)]]
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
| [[Pocket Monsters Stadium Expansion Disk]]
| Canceled/replaced with [[Pokémon Stadium (English)]]
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
| [[Pocket Monsters Snap]]
| Moved to cartridge as [[Pokémon Snap]]
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;"
| [[Pocket Monsters RPG]]
| Canceled
|}{{left clear}}


==External links==
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* [http://www.64DD.net/ Official 64DD website]
{{Project Games notice}}


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