It's good to be able to play games, but...
The 1995 film 007 GoldenEye was hailed as one of the most classic 007 films in the series, and two years later, the game adaptation of the same name, 007: GoldenEye, produced by Rogues developer Rare, was released on Nintendo's n64 platform.
Although due to platform reasons, this game is not well known in China, "007: GoldenEye" is not a work that simply rubs ip popularity. In contrast, the FPS game sold more than 8 million copies at the time, making it the third best-selling game on the N64 platform (the first two being Zelda Legend of time and Mario 64).
Although GoldenEye was very popular around the world, in Germany at the time, it was judged by censors to be "harmful to teenagers" and banned from selling to underage players.
Because GoldenEye first introduced a damage computer system that "caused different damage according to the part of the hit", which was also the origin of the "headshot" gameplay, and there was indeed a "bloody" picture in the game from the perspective of the time, it was quickly banned by the German censorship agency, and was required not to provide it to minors or promote it in other forms in stores.
GoldenEye was the first fps to introduce a "headshot" mechanic
According to German law and regulations, such a ban will be automatically lifted 25 years after its release, that is, GoldenEye, published in 1997, will be lifted in 2022.
But according to the German media schnittberichte, on October 28, "007: GoldenEye" has lifted the juvenile ban in advance, and it has also lifted the ban with "Blood Rayne" released in 2002.
Obviously, you only need to wait for less than a year, "GoldenEye" can automatically unblock, why do the relevant agencies still have to deal with an old game that has been released for 24 years? Some speculate that this may be related to Nintendo's upcoming NSO membership service.
Nintendo announced the new expansion service of Nintendo Switch Online at its face-to-face meeting in September, in addition to the existing FC games, it will provide N64 games on the NS platform, and the first 8 works include classic games such as "Super Mario 64" and "Zelda Legend of Time", but "GoldenEye" is not among them.
Why didn't the first game have the third-selling GoldenEye? Probably because Nintendo's European headquarters are located in Germany, if you want to go online at eshop, you must naturally comply with German laws, and "GoldenEye" was still in the ban period at that time.
So unbanning the game in advance is likely to mean that Nintendo will add 007: GoldenEye to the next batch of new n64 games, which is undoubtedly good news for players who like this game.
However, Nintendo may have to solve a series of problems about the poor quality and high fees of n64 game porting first.
Due to many problems, the NSO promotional video on YouTube has been "stepped on" by 110,000