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Goldeneye 007 Remake Revealed, Exclusive For Wii

The N64 classic, remade and updated for 2010.

The long rumored Goldeneye remake has finally been revealed. Today, at their E3 Press Conference, Nintendo revealed that Activision and Eurocom were developing a remake of the Nintendo 64 FPS classic Goldeneye. Developed exclusively for the Wii, Goldeneye looks to use the same plot and environments from the original game, updated with Wii motion controls, a more modern graphical palette and a completely different James Bond character. 
 
The new Goldeneye will use current franchise star Daniel Craig (instead of the actor in the original movie/game, Pierce Brosnan) but still take place in the same plot as the 13 year old Goldeneye. The remake will see the return of the original game's splitscreen multiplayer, as well as its variety of gameplay types (fingers crossed for Donkey Kong Mode!).  
 

 
Goldeneye 007 will be out on the Wii this holiday, so expect to see Daniel Craig jumping into a tank and driving up to the airplane before too long.. Is this remake what you guys have always wanted from a new Goldeneye? Are you folks interested in picking it up and taping cardboard to your TV like it's 1997? 
    

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I know I'm not the only one that thinks this will be a giant turd.   Anyone that enjoys Goldeneye 64 enough to want a remake probably still has their N64 and Goldeneye.  My recommendation is that you stay far away from this, and break out the original instead.  I know that's what I'm gonna do instead of purchasing this abomination.

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Could not be less interested. Those games should just die at this point. Seriously, I can't not explain my disdain for this.

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The next bad FPS for the wii! Nintendo makes it so easy and fun to predict the future!

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This game looks terrible. I can't believe they are actually making it.

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Siberian special forces please?

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I would have been happier with a PSN/XBL Perfect Dark style port, as opposed to this, but I guess this was the only way it could legally happen.  Cautiously pessimistic.

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I think developers who weren't involved with the original game should just leave GoldenEye alone, so that they can avoid tainting its legacy. I mean, I still remember Rogue Agent... and this seems like yet another giant cash-grab from Activision. And I'm not big on the idea of replacing Pierce Brosnan with Daniel Craig.

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I don't have very high hopes for this, especially thinking back to EA's attempt to make a Goldeneye game. I would prefer to just remember the original how it was back in the day.

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Those all seem like actors and I don't agree with them but they should port this to other consoles with better resolutions.

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I hope it's good.

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They should let Goldeneye die! It's a classic but man it feels really bad these days. ;___;

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Wii, blah

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Wow... hm.
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I want to buy it.... but I've been burned by false hopes before.

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It looks.....surprisingly good?
 
I mean, the graphics could use a touch-up and some more attention but there's time for that. The stuff I saw looked pretty fun and I think I'll have a good weekend with a rental, at worst.

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will Daniel Craig kiss some dude a gay bar in it?
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Oh man, I just got shivers.

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Goldeneye was good for a console game, at the time. Everyone on PCs were wondering what was so great about it.

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great i guess

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Wow! Nintendo must have spent some serious cash for all these rights.  Still not buying a Wii though.

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I really don't know what to say about this.  Goldeneye was a great game for its time because it showed that an FPS could be made on consoles; remaking the game can only serve to remind us of that, and if this remake gets fucked up, it will only piss off the mounds of people who eagerly want this. 

Now, I may be nitpicking with this, but replacing Brosnan with Craig, really?  Maybe it gets around some copyright stuff or whatnot, but...come on, really?!

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Dude! When Oddjob threw his hat it was hilarious and awesome at the same time. Interested to see how this goes.

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goldeneye is an eye tat is golden

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Oh man, I can't wait for this! I loved Goldeneye as a a kid..... but having Daniel Craig be James Bond instead of Pierce Brosnan is pretty crap

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Hmm.. not really sure what to think. As people of said part of its legacy was being one of the first shooters on a console done well. They could still pull off an amazing game but it will take ALOT more to best and adapt to some of the titles and conventions of today.

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Ughh, would have preferred pc, ps3, or 360. 
 
Will never play this garbage

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This is going to be awful. Also, I forgot how terrible the Wii's graphics were. Why why why why why?

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uhmmm is it gonna play like old school golden eye? cause if so it be terrible. That game is freaking more than a 10 yrs old! shooters have evolved so much. If it is gonna be new it should'nt be on the wii, that thing is barely more powerful than the original xbox..... i'm sorry but its one thing to make galaxies... other thing to make a modern fps. Then it comes down to motion controls..... the mouse will always be superior to any motion controls, and we all know the xbox/dualshock controller are also pretty good these days... no need for motion controls at all. Does anyone here feel like they have a lack of precision playing MW2 or halo or killzone on the console!? and again any PC gamers know the mouse and keyboard IS THE ULTIMATE WAY PLAYING FPS.
 
CMON man start reusing old dead franchises, make new innovative IPs for god sake.

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"So what would you guys say if after all these years, they were remaking Goldeneye?"
"Yeah! Hell yes!"
"Now what would you say if we took the face of Goldeneye, a mister Pierce Brosnan, and 
unnecessarily replaced him with Daniel Craig?"
"Oh... well i could live with that i guess. "
"Alright now that thats out of the way, what would you say if we brought Goldeneye exclusively to the Wii??"
"Get the fuck out of my face."

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@Luck3ySe7en: Lulz
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Dude definitely getting this one I think.

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I would just like to inform people that the game will most likely be playable with the Classic Controller according to a Kotaku article.

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@DarkHeroZark said:
" I would just like to inform people that the game will most likely be playable with the Classic Controller according to a Kotaku article. "
That sounds stupid.
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Perfect! I can finally start saying "Wiimake!"

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I wonder what kind of story this will have, obviously dainel criag is the main guy how can 2 guys go through the same thing at the same damn base...that my friend is a paradox.

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Awhile ago, my Xbox was broken and all my friends' were broken too. We decided to go back to the classic Golden Eye for our weekly deathmatch fix. And it sucked. It really sucked. Has anyone actually played it in the past 12 years?

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Hope they have License to Kill. That was my favourite mode.

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How...underwhelming. Looks like every bit as a Gearbox developed James Bond title eight years ago. 

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Was interested till  "The new Goldeneye will use current franchise star Daniel Craig." Now I know they're just gonna fuck it up. The graphics don't look like they've changed any since the N64 either.

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@NinjaInfoCards said:
" Hope they have License to Kill. That was my favourite mode. "
Yeah they do have a license to kill...the appeal of the franchise.
 
Seriously why would anybody be excited by this it looks like a less than ordinary shooter by modern standards. I understand the nostalgia people have for the original game but this is just like the new Karate Kid movie in my book. Should not have been made and can only harm the name.
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This doesn't sound like a great idea. I can only hope that they make the "Protect Natalya" part as big of a pain in the ass as it was on the N64. If they can nail that, the rest of the this game can slide.

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they put it on Wii so they could use the original game's graphics

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I am not sure how I feel about this, I am kinda excited but I can't tell if it's nostalgia or if it's genuine?

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IDK if anyone has heard of this, but there's a free Mod for the source engine in Beta called Goldeneye:Source, currently it only has multiplayer, but it's still freaking sweet. You can find it on Moddb

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I don't know, there could be some nostalgic fun to be had. The first part of that trailer was pretty horrific, though.

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Graphics are really bad.

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When people asked for the next Goldeneye, did they really mean exactly Goldeneye again?