In a mystery, wrapped in an an enigma, wrapped in a riddle Wii gamers have been left, well, Wii-ing with excitement at news that the classic N64 title 'Goldeneye' is set for a comeback and it won't be a re-hash, more like Goldeneye 2010. It has to be said however, it is but a rumour.
Gaming-industry site Superannuatation reported a CV belonging to a video game animator who had worked for Eurocom Entertainment Software (Quantum of Solace, Nightfire) was posted on-line claiming to have worked on Goldeneye 2010 Wii: "Animator on Activision's James Bond series for the Nintendo Wii assisting in: Key frame animation, the preparation and clean-up of motion capture data, prop animation, in-game cut-scene animation, scene layout, and camera animation." The CV was later pulled...
Neither Nintendo or Activision will comment on the news (When they don't talk it must be true, right?) and several industry insiders believe it to be likely, sooner or later. The reason for it taking so long? Well, if you remember Microsoft took over 'Rare' (who originally developed the title) and Activision subsequently swooped in and bought the rights to 007, creating the proverbial licensing blackhole.. And we all know Nintendo and Microsofts behavior when it comes to the 'L' word!
So what do you think? Would Goldeneye kick ass on Wii? Nunchuck PPK anyone? Or just dust off the old N64 for the time being...
