Rumor: GoldenEye 007 Remaster Might be Announced in the Coming Weeks - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 February 2022 / 4,883 Views
VentureBeat's Jeff Grubb speaking on his GrubbSnax show and reported by VideoGamesChronicle claims a remaster of the Nintendo 64 game, GoldenEye 007, will be announced soon.
Grubb says Microsoft will be the one to announce the remaster and he believes an announcement will happen in the next couple of weeks.
"I think that Microsoft is going to be the one to announce that first," said Grubb. "I think this game is probably coming pretty soon, I’m thinking next couple of weeks."
GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64 sold over eight million units lifetime, which is enough to make it the third best-selling N64 game of all time.
GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter that released for the N64 in August 1997. It is based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.
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This game needs a remake, not a remaster
I disagree.
You can’t really remake it without turning it into a completely different game. It’s gameplay style is very, very different from modern FPS games and I can’t imagine them remaking it with its awkward late 90’s console controls intact. If it’s remastered, it will look better and play how we remember it. What benefit would you suggest remaking it has?
But that's the point, remaking it would make it acceptable today. Remastering would be pointless as most people don't want to go back to those awkward controls. I've tried, I have this game in 8K with 16x AA. Its still unplayable, not to mention it looks absolutely horrible on a 65 inch screen, this game was made when TVs were around 26inch or less.
Agree. People just dont realize just hoe far we have come. A remaster would only appeal to a small minority of people who loved ot back then. A remake would expand the audinece wich was small compared to what big games have now.
Not all who loved it, I absolutely loved it on N64 back in the day, but I cant play it nowadays, unless someone would pay me to play.
To be fair, we got a remake on Wii in 2010. It’s pretty good, too.
Count me among the folks who’d prefer a remaster or even a direct port with online functionality. I really want the opportunity to play the game in its original form without having to rely on an aging N64 cart.
The Wii version was underrated. One of the few shooters I ever got into. Bummed that I'll never be able to play the online again.
The Wii/PS3/360 version are rated accordingly. Its a fun CoD style game, it wasn't the groundbreaking 90s game.
When these games release certainly matters to how they are perceived.
Yeah, I always forget about that Wii version. Did it have modern shooter controls?
So you do not own any PC or laptop or tablet or any mobile phone at all, even my xperia from 2013 was playing this game flawlessly. And with better graphics than N64
That isn’t a remake as it’s essentially a different game. More a re-imagining.
A remake is typically reworked from scratch but intending to replicate the original on new tech. A remake uses the original tech foundation but boosted by new hardware to improve the output. The 2010 version was neither, being a markedly different game made to play more like Call of Duty.
I just realized MS owns the N64 version from Rare and will acquire the remake from Activision.
A remake that feels like a modern game with core ideas of the original game would be nice. The Activision remake was enjoyable, but really just a CoD game.
Difficulty has always been that the original N64 game was published by Nintendo, plus there are licensing requirements with MGM.
Understood, but maybe they are giving in.
I am getting the impression studios are becoming less interested in working with licensed IPs. If so, maybe the license holders will become less difficult to work with.
can you imagine this online? so much fun
this opened up some keyboards! (eyes)
Make it 100 player mode, same maps, let's go!!!! Instant death, fight to the last man!!!
They should have announced a week ago for Xbox, so Nintendo could have announced their version during their direct a few days ago.
Is this related to this?
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/how-to-become-a-fake-nintendo-insider/
"That second round of tweets included exciting predictions about coming Switch ports for Goldeneye 007"
Game is far too old for a remaster. Even on my PC, at 8K with extras its still far too outdated not just on visuals but also gameplay, remember this game was a shooter made when there was no second thumbstick.
At best game should be free on the nintendo online thing. Not that I would play it even for free. There's a billion better games today.
How many times this game got a rerelease ?
Umm... zero?
2 seconds on Google showed me a 2010 remake intitled "GoldenEye 007 reloaded"
That's not a rerelease though.
None. Wii got a remake but it changed some things. People are mixed on that one.
Well that's what I was asking actually
Wii version was completely different, i wouldnt even call them the same games. It was more a Reboot where they even changed the actor to Daniel Craig.
Nintendo no longer has any claim to it.
That was then but Nintendo lost all claims to it in recent years.
