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Golden Eye is coming to Xbox and Switch on January 27

Play as Bond. James Bond. Nintendo 64’s GoldenEye 007 is coming to Nintendo Switch for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members on January 27th, now with online play!

 

[Chukhopops]

Guessing GP version on the same day, maybe announced today?

 

[Forsythia]

Finally a release date!

 

[ADiTAR]

Yes, gonna play this weekend. Gonna charge up my N64 controller.

 

[Deerock71]

 

[jigglet]

Awesome and with voice chat too.

 

[clarky]

See you in facility!

 

[MikeM]

No PC??

 

[ReBurn]

No PC??

Even 4090 can't run this

 

[GHG]

No PC??

We can take care of ourselves if we need to.

 

[analog_future]

Xbox version includes alternative control options, achievements to unlock and native 16:9 resolution up to 4K.

 

[Riky]

Brilliant news, one of the greatest games of all time. Really enjoyed the Perfect Dark update so can't wait for this.

 

[Punished Miku]

If Switch version has gyro, I'll probably pick it up there. But this is great news. Will run through the campaign for sure.

 

[Forsythia]

So which version to play first? The original on Switch or the Xbox version with updated controls?

 

[vodka-bull]

So which version to play first? The original on Switch or the Xbox version with updated controls?

Xbox, 4k and such.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I'll play it. Loved it back then. I borrowed it to someone I didn't know well and never got it back. I hope they burn in hell.

 

[Romulus]

In that video the multiplayer framerate looked terrible.

 

[jigglet]

Even 4090 can't run this

You joke, but modern computers are on 64 bit processors...the N64 got there 25 years ago.

Who's laughing now.

 

[ManaByte]

Are they still giving it to Rare Replay owners?

 

[anthony2690]

They need to fire whoever made the switch trailer, it is awful.

The Xbox trailer was pretty good though.

It's the same game, but it honestly shows you what difference a trailer can make.

I'll give this a go, but I feel like I already know it won't have held up, hopefully I am pleasantly surprised/wrong.

Have they updated controls to use both analog sticks?

 

[stn]

So the XBox version doesn't have online? Can it be purchased separately from GamePass?

 

[Foilz]

This will be a fun pickup in multi for like a week then it will die fast. Single player is where it's at

 

[DenchDeckard]

SLAPS ONLY!!!!

 

[Soltype]

So only switch gets online right?

 

[ManaByte]

So the XBox version doesn't have online? Can it be purchased separately from GamePass?

GoldenEye 007 is free for Rare Replay digital owners

GoldenEye 007 will be free for those who own a digital copy of Rare Replay, developer Rare has announced in a new blog detailing more about the classic first-person shooter's rerelease.

www.trueachievements.com

 

[anthony2690]

So the XBox version doesn't have online? Can it be purchased separately from GamePass?

Yes, you also get it free if you own rare replay digitally.

 

[Kacho]

In for the single player achievements

 

[ComputerBlue]

Finally! Should hold me over until Hogwarts legacy.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Excited to have it online. The Xbox version seems kind of lame, but I guess better than nothing.

It's still very odd to me this got announced so early, for what is basically just a ROM dump. Was the licensing really that messy, that they could announce it 5 months ago, but it took another 5 months finalize it for release? It's not like it took Nintendo any time for the netcode to work.

 

[mitch1971]

I borrowed it to someone I didn't know well
and never got it back. I hope they burn in hell.

Your a poet
and you didn't know it.

 

[TLZ]

Finally.

This will be my first time playing it.

 

[ManaByte]

Excited to have it online. The Xbox version seems kind of lame, but I guess better than nothing.

It's still very odd to me this got announced so early, for what is basically just a ROM dump. Was the licensing really that messy, that they could announce it 5 months ago, but it took another 5 months finalize it for release? It's not like it took Nintendo any time for the netcode to work.

The Xbox version is a full remake.

 

[LordCBH]

PC Gamepass? Or should I just keep playing my N64 version.

 

[Kacho]

GoldenEye 007 is free for Rare Replay digital owners

GoldenEye 007 will be free for those who own a digital copy of Rare Replay, developer Rare has announced in a new blog detailing more about the classic first-person shooter's rerelease.

www.trueachievements.com

Sheeeit I don’t even have to buy it

 

[Chukhopops]

So only switch gets online right?

Yes, it’s built in the emulator though, not in the game. So you basically play P2P with people you know and I’m not sure it would work well (latency wise) with more than one other player.

It's still very odd to me this got announced so early, for what is basically just a ROM dump. Was the licensing really that messy, that they could announce it 5 months ago, but it took another 5 months finalize it for release? It's not like it took Nintendo any time for the netcode to work.

The licensing is actually a giant clusterfuck:

Nintendo published and funded the game, while Rare developed it. Rare is now 100% owned by one of Nintendo's rivals: Microsoft. Meanwhile, James Bond is an IP controlled by EON Productions, who have since tightened up their rules around James Bond games post-GoldenEye's release.

 

[ReBurn]

This will be a fun pickup in multi for like a week then it will die fast. Single player is where it's at

I'm looking forward to Switch online for this. I play the old Nintendo games online with friends a lot and we've been really excited about this.

 

[DeathGuise]

Proxy mines in the Facility gogogogogogo

 

[Deerock71]

If Switch version has gyro, I'll probably pick it up there. But this is great news. Will run through the campaign for sure.

Gyro would utterly break the game. Unlike most people, I actually played the twin-stick configuration on the N64 (using two controllers), and even having that much precision, it was already busted for the bad guys.

 

[Romulus]

Excited to have it online. The Xbox version seems kind of lame, but I guess better than nothing.

It's still very odd to me this got announced so early, for what is basically just a ROM dump. Was the licensing really that messy, that they could announce it 5 months ago, but it took another 5 months finalize it for release? It's not like it took Nintendo any time for the netcode to work.

It's a give take if the trailers are accurate. Xbox gets a much better looking version without online multiplayer, switch gets online multiplayer with awful framerates.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

So, can I buy this as a separate game on Switch? Also, does it have server browser or matchmaking?

 

[ManaByte]

Yes, it’s built in the emulator though, not in the game. So you basically play P2P with people you know and I’m not sure it would work well (latency wise) with more than one other player.

The licensing is actually a giant clusterfuck:

That licensing thing isn't 100% correct. EON hasn't tightened things up, they've loosened it so no one has the exclusive Bond game license anymore. IO is making their game, but they don't have the exclusive license. The reason why the XBLA (and Wii VC) version never came out was because at the time Activision had the exclusive on Bond games and they wouldn't allow it.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I wonder if they edited out Oddjob from the multi.

 

[Punished Miku]

Gyro would utterly break the game. Unlike most people, I actually played the twin-stick configuration on the N64 (using two controllers), and even having that much precision, it was already busted for the bad guys.

I'm okay with that lol. The game has super heavy auto-aim as is.

 

[ManaByte]

So, can I buy this as a separate game on Switch? Also, does it have server browser or matchmaking?

No, you need to have the Switch Online Expansion Pack and the online MP is just through that emulator and not the game itself so no server browser or matchmaking.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I'll definitely hop back into this for nostalgia's sake, even if just for a bit. I loved this game SO much growing up. But I'm sure I played it so much that the current experience will leave me going, "neat", and then playing something else, lol. Just love that they did this, even if it felt like it took forever to happen, lol.

 

[RedC]

The Xbox version is a full remake.

The Xbox version is not a full remake. The XBLA version was never released and leaked last year.

It is likely Microsoft had to compromise with Nintendo and could only enhance the original game at 4k/60fps with no online while Nintendo got to add online to their version.

 

[Freeman76]

One of my all time faves but i think for me nostalgia will be nice but I dont know that I will play it that much in reality.

 

[Spukc]

I wonder if they edited out Oddjob from the multi.

Dont be that guy

 

[Romulus]

No, you need to have the Switch Online Expansion Pack and the online MP is just through that emulator and not the game itself so no server browser or matchmaking.

Oh wtf that's lackluster as hell. Not even a basic matchmaking?

 

[Bloobs]

Damn, so the remaster remains in oblivion.