Wave Race 64 (ウエーブレース64, Uēbu Rēsu Rokujūyon?) is a racing game for the Nintendo 64 that was released on September 27, 1996 in Japan and on November 5, 1996 in North America. In Wave Race 64 the player races on jet skis in many different weather conditions, on a variety of different courses. The game was sponsored by the Kawasaki Heavy Industries brand, and featured product placement for the Coca-Cola Company brand Fanta. Wave Race 64 was released August 6, 2007 for the Virtual Console in North America; in PAL territories it was released on August 17.
The original Nintendo 64 version of Wave Race 64 has been called one of the worst NTSC-to-PAL conversions of a release on the console, with its slower game play and large black borders.
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