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Getting real nitpicky aren't you?

The fact of the matter is, they were able to put out a Goldeneye game on all consoles and Nintendo couldn't do shit about it. Just like they couldn't when EA used the name.

Now that IO Interactive has the license, they would be free to use it as well, though I'm expecting their game to downplay the shooter style gameplay compared to other Bond games.

I think this one would be a bit different since it was the exact same game Nintendo published in the 90s with prettier visuals. So while Nintendo don't have any rights over the Goldeneye name or any new adaptations of the movie I could see them having some sort of ownership over the game they published so that would stop publishers and developers from simply releasing the same game again.

These sort of IP games pretty much always have issues over the rights which is why we rarely see them get remastered or re-released again unless it's with the same company who published the original. I doubt IO Interactive can suddenly just release remasters of the old Bond games from Activision and EA just because they have the licence for example. Even WB Games haven't re-released any old Batman games for easy money and they'd only need to deal with one other company.

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Kind Regards,
Darmik