More than two decades later, Goldeneye 007 stops being banned in Germany... which unleashes speculation

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Goldeneye 007, the Nintendo 64 video game, comes out of Germany blacklist. In 1998, Rare s game was included in a list of video games and other media considered harmful for young people by the bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende medien, or federal department of detrimental content for young people.

Although this did not prohibit the game, it was forbidden to announce it and sell it to minors. But as Nintendo Everything reports, it is no longer the case, and Goldeneye ceases to be banned in Germany.

The explanation is as follows... and can give you to talk. This German department automatically reviews every 25 years all the products included in the list. But as it was included in 1998, it means that up to 2023 would not have been reviewed.

Actually, it was the Nintendo of Europe itself, through an intermediary, which requested the German entity to review the case of Goldenete 007, which resulted in the release of the game from the list.

Why was Nintendo to be interested in rescuing a game of 25 years ago that is no longer marketed in any way... if it were not because plan to do something with him ? The process, in addition, would not come out for free, as they point in Reddit.

The most obvious speculation is that Nintendo plans to relaunch the game in its newly premier service Nintendo Switch online with Nintendo games 64. Precisely, 007 Goldeneye has not come out of jail only: with him have come out Bloodrayne and Bloodrayne 2, two games of the year 2000 that have received remasters this fall.

If Nintendo was going to launch Goldeneye in Nintendo Switch Online, I should sweep all the impediments before, and that it was forbidden to announce it in Germany, for incredible that it sounds, was one of them.

Precisely, the harsh German restrictions have already caused Techland headaches, whose version of Dying Light in Switch is not sold in the European Eshop as the game is prohibited in Germany... and the Eshop has its plant in Germany.

In any case, the arrival of Goldeneye, undisputed classic of Nintendo 64 to the online Switch catalog has a greater impediment: rights continue to belong to Eon, James Bond s license is nothing cheap, and also includes Appearance rights of Pierce Brosnan as Bond.

Precisely, an attempt to relaunch a Remasterization of Goldeneye at Xbox Live was canceled fifteen years ago, and not even Microsoft, who is exploiting Rare s legacy with collections such as Rare Replay, she has been able to do anything with Goldeneye to date.