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Golden Eye is coming to the Wii
THE RUMOURED REMAKE of Golden Eye gets more leaks but the original UK developer Rare is out of the equation.
The game that sold a zillion N64's, Nintendo's killer Halo game and the only decent Bond game ever made looks like it will be hitting the Wii. Anonymous sources at Gonintendo sent over an alleged Activision survey with mock ups of Daniel Craig's silhouette replacing the ageing Pierce Brosnan.
"Golden Eye for Nintendo 64 was the game that defined a genre. Now, after 13 years of gaming innovation, the legend is re-imagined," said the accompanying blurb. "Developed from the ground up for the Wii, Golden Eye takes advantage of the latest technology to deliver the same intense experience."
Even if this is fanboy plus Photoshop, something, somewhere is going on for Activision and Golden Eye. Activision registered the Goldeneyegame.com domain name a few months ago and put a request for CVs out last year looking for an animator on a Bond Franchise game.
Sadly the brilliant developer Rare confirmed it wouldn't be working on the title, so our hopes were dashed a little. But Rare never looked like a contender anyway. The Vole bought Rare in 2002 and has it lined up to produce a slew of Xbox Natal games.
What we'll probably get is a dodgy rebuild for Wii. If it does go to other consoles, it'll be a direct port and not rebuilt from the ground up to support the superior firepower of the PS3 and Xbox. More's the pity. µ
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So despite the two Daniel Craig movies having come out and presented more than enough opportunity to improve the graphics and gameplay of GoldenEye in stunning FPS, developers are really so stumped that they need to go backwards and RE-DO this exact same game? Really?
How about porting Killer Instinct and KI2 while you're at it, boys?
The team behind the GoldenEye: Source mod on PC would be a good idea to get to help out with this remake. As long as it has the same overall feel as the original game and remains close to the story of the movie, the game will work well. It also needs to have an awesome multiplayer system as that was definitely one of the selling aspects of the N64 game.