Rare games can be released on the VC and in fact they already have as Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2 are already on the service. The reason for this is because Donkey Kong is a Nintendo IP and Nintendo of course holds the copyrights and trademarks on it, not Rare.
Goldeneye is also possible as Rare simply programmed the game but they do not have the rights to the James Bond license, Activision does now, so Nintendo would have to work out and arrangement with Activision to release Goldeneye for the VC. It is possible this could happen since Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released already even though Konami no longer controls the TMNT license.
The games we won't see though are the games that involve Rare IPs. Jet Force Gemini, Conker's Bad Fur Day, the two Banjo Kazooie's and Perfect Dark. |