Trivia / Wave Race

• He Also Did: John Hulaton, the actor who voices the announcer in 64, also voices the announcer in the Japanese version of Mario Kart 64.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The original on Game Boy and Blue Storm have never been re-released on any digital platforms.
• Schedule Slip: As late as August 1996, Nintendo was planning to release it as a launch title. However, by September of that year, it was ultimately decided to delay its release to November 4.
• Referenced by...:
  • Blue Storm appears in Pikmin 4 as a piece of treasure.
  • In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, an R. Hayami is mentioned to be the winner of that year's Wave Race on a news ticker bulletin.
• What Could Have Been: The N64 version was originally much more like Wipeout or F-Zero than what the final product was. See here.