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Originally Posted by SKTTRBRUISE  James Bond belongs to a movie company, not Activision.
So if anything, Nintendo has to ask the movie company. |
Yes, but MGM/United Artists granted Activision the right to develop video games based on James Bond, just like they did with EA and Rare previously. Since Activision is the software house that has the Bond video game license they would have to be involved in any kind of deal to bring Goldeneye to the VC.
The same thing applies to EA with their exclusive use of the NFL license. In order to have NFL teams and players in Tecmo Bowl, Nintendo and Tecmo would have had to negotiate something with EA. Instead they just edited the Tecmo Bowl code to remove the player references. Wave Race 64 also had the Kawasaki banners edited out of it because Nintendo's licensing deal with the company expired.