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The things that made Goldeneye great;
The shear variety of uniquely performing weapons, and the fact that you could carry as many as you want.
The responsive aiming controls.
Large number of levels.
Variety of levels.
Areas in levels that serve no purpose for your mission (like real buildings).
Replay value.
Music.
Great local multiplayer.
Basically everything that makes it the antithesis of Call of Duty.
Personally, I don't think it is the best Bond game (NF is), but Goldeneye re-wrote the rulebook not just for Bond games, but for the larger gaming medium, it's influence could be felt for years after it's release. I still have my N64, with now only a handful of games (GE included), I should revisit it, as it has been 10+ years since I last played it.
I was so happy to stumble upon this.
As far as the rest of the franchise goes, I don't think that games carry with the licensing. Like, say, when Activision bought the license from EA, I don't think they got the rights for all the EA games, hence we never got an Agent Under Fire/NightFire/Everything or Nothing HD upscale for the PS3/360 during Activision's time with the license.
Perfect Dark is indeed a fantastic game (underrated actually), but GE was seminal. Single and multi it is the greatest shooter of the era and one of the greatest of all time. The level design alone is as close to perfect as any game of any era.
Remember though, James Bond is it's own IP - if someone wants to use the intellectual character(s) and it's said properties for a game, the game rights do need to be acquired through Danjaq (this is what stops rival films from being made as well)... GE64 was officially licensed through Danjaq - as a matter of fact, that was where i first remember seeing that name when i was young, was this game..
i don't know the specifics of Rare's and Nintendo's deal with Danjaq for GE.. it's quite possible that Danjaq could've approached Nintendo about creating a promotional tie in game for the N64.... either way - whether given or bought, the licensing needs to come from Danjaq (and MGM or whoever else)..
We Get either Fassbender or Hardy as 007 in the game. Think about it if Craig does one more Fassbender may be too old to be 007 for the films but for the games he could be bond do the next 20 years without issue.. Same with Hardy so we could get our Fassbender or Hardy as 007 without compromising on Craig finishing his story.
Perhaps they're looking for a popular publisher that's ready to deliver. Rockstar or Rocksteady... Who knows?
2001-2004 was indeed the best time to be both a gamer and a Bond fan.