@Tibob because her father Albert "Cubby" Broccoli started and owned the film franchise rights to James Bond. Cubby agreed to the original game with Nintendo before he died. She actively tried to get it cancelled before it was released when he passed away during development. Cubby was a fan of video games and thought a Bond arcade game would be fun.
Her view on James Bond isn't wrong, it isn't completely run and gun. There is more nuance with the films then just shoot the bad guys in an FPS. Which is why I think IO Interactive is the perfect group to make a new Bond game.
The rights issues around Goldeneye are complex. Nintendo probably got an earful from MGM/EON after the original game was released, they probably didn't want to deal with any alterations coming from the movie studio since it was their game, they contracted Rare to develop it.
From my understanding in reading other stories around Bond games, EA and Activision cited some frustration in working with MGM/EON. Cubby Broccoli thought it was a novel idea that Nintendo wanted to publish a game with his movie-version of Bond, so he probably told them to do what they wanted. Cubby died before the game was released, then Barbara took it over. I would imagine they were in huge arguments with Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo Co over the game afterwards. There's a good chance Cubby did business MUCH differently than his daughter, so it was the last game Nintendo ever did with the franchise.
The original article about this story cited specific rights and agreements MGM/EON made post-Goldeneye on the Bond character in relation to video games. I think it lands a lot of credence since he seemed to have knowledge of it, but the other people involved were working on upgrading the visuals and prepping it for the Xbox 360.
Could have one person at Nintendo said, "No"? Probably. It would not have been Iwata, but maybe some of the old stalwarts from the Hiroshi Yamauchi days (or even himself). He told Microsoft to get out of his office, then he had to forcibly removed from the meeting since he was outwardly angry at them (so the legend says). He may have played a role in sabotaging this re-release.
If it was brought to the table now, Shuntaro Furukawa is in charge, it probably would happen. It seems Microsoft is slowly building an alliance of some kind with Nintendo, but who knows? Next to Apple, Nintendo is the MOST secretive company on the planet.
I agree with @jump, this story doesn't seem to want to die for whatever reason. This game will turn 24 years old and it has so much buzz. Must be a slow news cycle for games in general right now.
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Re: James Bond Producer Didn't Want Guns In 2010's GoldenEye Wii Reboot
@Tibob because her father Albert "Cubby" Broccoli started and owned the film franchise rights to James Bond. Cubby agreed to the original game with Nintendo before he died. She actively tried to get it cancelled before it was released when he passed away during development. Cubby was a fan of video games and thought a Bond arcade game would be fun.
Her view on James Bond isn't wrong, it isn't completely run and gun. There is more nuance with the films then just shoot the bad guys in an FPS. Which is why I think IO Interactive is the perfect group to make a new Bond game.
Re: The Real Story Behind Rare's Cancelled GoldenEye 007 Remaster
@everynowandben ahh... I got it mixed up with Wrecking Crew. Apologies.
Removed from my original post.
Re: The Real Story Behind Rare's Cancelled GoldenEye 007 Remaster
The rights issues around Goldeneye are complex. Nintendo probably got an earful from MGM/EON after the original game was released, they probably didn't want to deal with any alterations coming from the movie studio since it was their game, they contracted Rare to develop it.
From my understanding in reading other stories around Bond games, EA and Activision cited some frustration in working with MGM/EON. Cubby Broccoli thought it was a novel idea that Nintendo wanted to publish a game with his movie-version of Bond, so he probably told them to do what they wanted. Cubby died before the game was released, then Barbara took it over. I would imagine they were in huge arguments with Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo Co over the game afterwards. There's a good chance Cubby did business MUCH differently than his daughter, so it was the last game Nintendo ever did with the franchise.
The original article about this story cited specific rights and agreements MGM/EON made post-Goldeneye on the Bond character in relation to video games. I think it lands a lot of credence since he seemed to have knowledge of it, but the other people involved were working on upgrading the visuals and prepping it for the Xbox 360.
Could have one person at Nintendo said, "No"? Probably. It would not have been Iwata, but maybe some of the old stalwarts from the Hiroshi Yamauchi days (or even himself). He told Microsoft to get out of his office, then he had to forcibly removed from the meeting since he was outwardly angry at them (so the legend says). He may have played a role in sabotaging this re-release.
If it was brought to the table now, Shuntaro Furukawa is in charge, it probably would happen. It seems Microsoft is slowly building an alliance of some kind with Nintendo, but who knows? Next to Apple, Nintendo is the MOST secretive company on the planet.
I agree with @jump, this story doesn't seem to want to die for whatever reason. This game will turn 24 years old and it has so much buzz. Must be a slow news cycle for games in general right now.
Re: Feature: Say Hello To Vixen 357, A Lost Mega Drive Classic That's Hitting The West This Year
The mech on the cover reminds me of Patlabor. May check this out.