Rare Licence

[unv_Nintendo64]

I know everyone is saying how its a pipe dream for Golden eye, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark and any other Rare game to come out for the virtual console because Microsoft owns RAre now!

But i dnt undertsand why cant they! Even though we dnt have rights with Rare any more were putting up N64 games! Games that have all rdy came out and are only for the N64! For example why cant we put up Golden Eye it only came out for N64 so since its a N64 game dnt we have rigths to the game too not only Rare!

[tim]

I think the way it works is that they still can release it if they were releasing it for the actual n64 and not the wii n64 because its being released via a different media. Besides these contracts probably expire after a while.

[wychwood_drinker]

ok. rare was a games company. they made golden eye.


they paid Nintendo so they could publish the game on the n64. they probably paid less buy promising not to publish it on any other console. but Nintendo did not buy the game. the money from the games goes to rare.

rare got brought buy Microsoft.so Microsoft owns everything rare owns. including golden eye.

its Microsoft's product.

so if Nintendo publish it without Microsoft's permission they will be sued.

[Pocketim]

Not even Donkey Kong 64 can be on VC because Jetpac was a bonus came on it

[enjoievan]

This could be promising, as Banjo-Kazooie was nintendo published.

If it was available, then and only then would I proclaim the Wii as the best system ever.

[Pit 42]

Although the odds are against any form of Rare game coming to the VC, I'm still hoping for Goldeneye, Banjo Kazooie, and all the others.

And concerning Jetpac in DK64: If Nintendo wants to release DK64 they'll probably just release it without that game on it. They've edited out all forms of 'offensive' stuff in Devil's Crush and omitted the Kawaski license from Wave Race 64, so I'm certain Nintendo would just cut the game out.

[tim]

I would like to see Goldeneye but I don't think Nintendo will try and get it until they run out of n64 games to release. And at their present rate of 1 n64 game per month it will be many years before we see it.

[Stifler]

Originally Posted by enjoievan

This could be promising, as Banjo-Kazooie was nintendo published.

If it was available, then and only then would I proclaim the Wii as the best system ever.

If I'm not mistaken, the Banjo character in Diddy Kong Racing DS was taken out.

[Avarice]

If I am not mistaken, rare doesn't own the licence to 007 or goldeneye anymore... Some other group does, and Reggie has stated that he knows how many people love the game and that they are pursuing this. He has nearly promised us the game so there is definitly hope.

[hippiecrite]

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.