Rare says Goldeneye “possible” on VC (and XBLA?!)

A Goldeneye-less Virtual Console isn’t looking good for dreamers out there. Among the best of the N64 games, Ocarina, Mario Kart, and Mario 64 have already been released, so why can’t they take Goldeneye 007 over to the VC as well? Or if it’s not on the VC… maybe somewhere else? Some have been constantly hoping, and the way it seems, seeing Bond and his spy-buddies online would be quite a “rare” sight.

As CVG reports, someone on the Q&A threads at Rare was able to squeeze out some info on bringing more of their titles online. What surprised us was a well-placed hint of something that could also come out on Xbox Live:

The only Rare-developed title on Virtual Console right now is the original Donkey Kong Country, and unofficially there’s a strong likelihood that its sequels will follow… But the Donkey Kong series of games is a Nintendo-owned franchise… whereas something like Banjo isn’t… so it’s nowhere near as easy to call… Especially when you also consider the existence of Xbox Live Arcade. So right now, the best answer we can offer (for either download service) is ‘it’s possible‘.

Speaking more specifically about Goldeneye 007 though, a representative of Rare did indicated that the game is “caught up in a convoluted web of rights” and that this “doesn’t mean it won’t happen, just that a lot of people with a lot of different perspectives are involved.”

Looks like someone stamped a big, red CONFIDENTIAL mark on this whole issue and doesn’t want to reveal the rest of the document. Just what is cooking in the Rare labs? The whole VC thing was a long-running rumor, but now an XBLA title?

A Goldeneye-less Virtual Console isn’t looking good for dreamers out there. Among the best of the N64 games, Ocarina, Mario Kart, and Mario 64 have already been released, so why can’t they take Goldeneye 007 over to the VC as well? Or if it’s not on the VC… maybe somewhere else? Some have been constantly hoping, and the way it seems, seeing Bond and his spy-buddies online would be quite a “rare” sight.

As CVG reports, someone on the Q&A threads at Rare was able to squeeze out some info on bringing more of their titles online. What surprised us was a well-placed hint of something that could also come out on Xbox Live:

The only Rare-developed title on Virtual Console right now is the original Donkey Kong Country, and unofficially there’s a strong likelihood that its sequels will follow… But the Donkey Kong series of games is a Nintendo-owned franchise… whereas something like Banjo isn’t… so it’s nowhere near as easy to call… Especially when you also consider the existence of Xbox Live Arcade. So right now, the best answer we can offer (for either download service) is ‘it’s possible‘.

Speaking more specifically about Goldeneye 007 though, a representative of Rare did indicated that the game is “caught up in a convoluted web of rights” and that this “doesn’t mean it won’t happen, just that a lot of people with a lot of different perspectives are involved.”

Looks like someone stamped a big, red CONFIDENTIAL mark on this whole issue and doesn’t want to reveal the rest of the document. Just what is cooking in the Rare labs? The whole VC thing was a long-running rumor, but now an XBLA title?