Nintendo of Japan has confirmed that the Wii’s Virtual Console will see the arrival of two N64 classics this summer, in the form of watery racer Wave Race 64 and flattened-out RPG Paper Mario. Although the pair are currently only slated for release on the Japanese Virtual Console, a western release is nigh on certain to follow.

The two titles more or less book-ended the N64’s lifespan - Wave Race was a launch title in North America and Europe when the console launched there in 1996 and 1997 respectively, while Paper Mario was among the very final few games for Nintendo’s 64-bit console, and the last N64 game published by Nintendo itself, before focus shifted to the GameCube.