GoldenEye on N64: Miyamoto wanted to remove the killing

If Nintendo had had its way, James Bond would have killed none of his enemies in the hugely successful Goldeneye on N64.

“Bond is a violent franchise and making that fit with Nintendo, which is very much family-friendly, was a challenge,” the game’s co-designer Martin Hollis explained to an audience at GameCity in Nottingham, The Guardian reports, adding that late on in the game’s development he received a fax from famed Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto.

[Activemessiah]

Oh dear...

[3-4-5]

Miyamoto is awesome, but some times he ideas are cringeworthy and just so out of touch with reality.

"He went on to explain that, towards the end of development, the team received a fax from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, with a series of suggestions for the game. “One point was that there was too much close-up killing – he found it a bit too horrible. I don’t think I did anything with that input. The second point was, he felt the game was too tragic, with all the killing. He suggested that it might be nice if, at the end of the game, you got to shake hands with all your enemies in the hospital.”

[N4g_null]

This is also why rare suck now days. They need miyamoto telling them crazy stuff like this lol. The better question is why have they not made a new fps ip after leaving nintendo? If nintendo was so bad why is rare an official joke company compared to their former selves. If he looked closer at the comment he would see he wanted more stealth. He wanted them to make a metal gear clone. Even the dev said it had too much blood at one point and he had to tone it down.

You have to ask your self... is bond about blood? Or tactics. It's also funny because miyamoto was actually insulting him lol. The dude is very sarcastic.

Hey but this is just good old negative pr. The media has officially ran out of stuff to talk about.

[Geobros]

Why Rare didnt work for Tomorrow Never Dies too? The game was really bad on PS1.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

They were offered it but turned down making another bond game. They instead wanted to create a new IP (Perfect Dark ), which is a spiritual successor to golden eye.

[UkrainianWarrior]

It was great on the n64...

Or am I thinking of The World is not Enough?

[eferreira]

world is not enough came out for the n64. Tomorrow never dies was only on the ps1

[_-EDMIX-_]

Thank god we have competition. Another great example of how things might have turned out without SEGA, Playstation, MS etc.

[freshslicepizza]

we would all be playing family oriented games and gardening sims.

[donwel]

You mean like candy crush and farmville?

[gangsta_red]

I'm just glad Rare had enough sense (and cojones) to just consider his "suggestions" but not implement them.

Usually when a high level guy sends a dev their "suggestions and concerns" it usually means "change this and now".

I am certain that Miyamoto probably didn't even know who James Bond was.

[masterfox]

Imagine Mortal Kombat X on Wii U, only babalities would be available, daaaammnn

[RAM0N]

And friendship

[madpuppy]

I used to own this shirt, but, here is a Miyamoto idea for mortal combat.

http://www.dorkly.com/post/...

[-Foxtrot]

Of course he did...

Doesn't know a lot about Bond does he, probably should stick out of things he doesn't know a lot about

[madmonkey01]

in one of the early bond books, bond killed his enemy with a nuke.

[Kyosuke_Sanada]

I'm all for it. Its about time I play a shooter with guns that not only makes the enemy apologize after being hit but also burst into birthday balloons.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

For some reason your comment made me burst out laughing. Good one with the balloon gun, lol

[XXXL]

Even a genius can be an idiot sometimes

[Hold_It]

Ah, I see they used an image from the canceled HD version.

[Omarja85]

This guy is not relevant anymore.

[Kalebninja]

The guy who created the most valuable game franchise of all time and games that are considered to be the best games ever created is not relevant? You're joking right?

[ThunderPulse]

He wasn't relevant then either considering the statement he made.

[paul-p1988]

"He suggested that it might be nice if, at the end of the game, you got to shake hands with all your enemies in the hospital."

And people wondered why Miyamoto/Nintendo are called out-of-touch all the time........

Bond is saving the world, killing terrorists, but sure, go to the hospital and tell them you're sorry LOL!!

[MasterD919]

In the Miyamoto's version...James and all the bad guys went out for strawberry daiquiris and bloomin' onions after throwing a few insults at each other then swiftly apologizing.

[Double_O_Revan]

Daiquiris require alcohol, that wouldn't be in the game either. Would've been milkshakes. With rainbow sprinkles.

[ThunderPulse]

Then they would've named it 007: Canada Eye

[Kalebninja]

So I actually bothered to read the article and Miyamoto did not say that. He said there was too much close up killing. So I can see here most of the commenters didn't read it or the only thing they took away from the article were the very few negative parts.

[Smokingunz]

And this kind of mentality is why nintendo is behind,with dissapointing sales and no 3rd party support smh.

Nintendo needs young people in charge with fresh new ideas and someone who's in tune with current times.

[gangsta_red]

"He suggested that it might be nice if, at the end of the game, you got to shake hands with all your enemies in the hospital."

Miyamoto may be considered one of the greatest producers of all time, legendary status and everything else, but thank god there were people with enough sense to not take his word as the end all be all.