Finally out after 24 years
GoldenEye 007 is no longer banned in Germany. And why is that important?
In 1997, the game GoldenEye 007 was released for the Nintendo 64 and became one of the most popular games on game consoles all over the world. Except in Germany. Regulators there labeled it "harmful to young people" and sales were automatically banned for 25 years. But times are changing and decision makers are clearly lowering the standards of what is considered "harmful". GoldenEye 007 is apparently no more, and despite the fact that "only" 24 years have passed since the ban, the game is now also available on the German market.
And at whose request and why were they withdrawn and "blacklisted"? The "revision" was most likely given by Nintendo itself, and the reason could be that they might be preparing a revised version and would like to ensure "peace on the market" beforehand. This is what happened in the case of the game Blood Rayne 1 & 2, the remaster of which will be released on November 18.
So are we going to see a new, updated version of GoldenEye 007? We will probably get an answer fairly soon, but the matter will be a bit more complicated than with Blood Rayne, because the Bond theme will make licensing much more complicated and expensive. We will see…
Source: Eurogamer
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