Considering the success and appeal of both the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition, there's no doubt that fans all around the world would be ecstatic if Nintendo finally decided to officially release an N64 Mini Classic Edition as well. Now, it seems as if the Big N could have such a product in the works should a recent trademark filing by the company for the N64 name be any indication of its plans for the future.

The trademark filing was discovered by the Nintendo blog simply known as "Japanese Nintendo" from a trademark filing site based in Japan, with the blog having found that the filing for the N64 name lists various purposes related to its use. The filing for the N64 is related to a program for downloadable video games, a ROM for storing a program for home video games, a TV video game machine, a portable electronic game machine, joysticks, controllers, and more.

Taking into account each one of the purposes listed above, it definitely sounds like Nintendo is preparing to lay the groundwork for the creation of an N64 Mini in the vein of the aforementioned NES and SNES Classic Editions. After all, the Big N has already caused many to speculate that such a product was on the way after it filed a trademark several months ago that included language relating to the console's trident-shaped controller.

Bearing all of this in mind, with Nintendo having yet to openly confirm the eventuality of an N64 Classic Edition, it's best to simply wait for the Big N to officially announce that it's on the way before taking a trademark filing as concrete evidence of it being in existence. Many companies file trademarks and don't immediately declare there to be an actual product in the works, so we will simply have to wait in see what Nintendo has in store for us.

Source: Japanese Nintendo (via US Gamer)