More Rare on Virtual Console?

In their regular question page "Scribes" on their official website,
Rare have fielded questions from fans of their creations, including
some questions regarding releases of older games on Wii's Virtual
Console.



To the first question, which asked, "When
it was announced the only possible Rare title that could be played on
Wii's Virtual Console was Donkey Kong 64, seeing as Nintendo owns the
rights to Donkey Kong, I seemed to remember a recent exchange of rights
to the James Bond franchise with EA and Activision. Does this mean that
Activision has the say in whether or not GoldenEye 007 would show up in
Nintendo's digital time machine? Or is the decision yours or
Microsoft's?", the Rare representative replied, "From
my (uneducated) point of view, GoldenEye is caught up in a convoluted
web of rights the likes of which would make the Weaver from Perdido
Street Station jealous. That doesn't mean it won't happen, just that a
lot of people with a lot of different perspectives are involved," also making mention that the only Donkey Kong game on Virtual Console is Donkey Kong Country, not Donkey Kong 64.



A question further down the page asks of the possibility of Diddy Kong Racing appearing for the Wii's retro game bank, and Rare replied, "Will
the original ever show its squealing monkey face on Virtual Console?
That's not entirely our call, but with the 2007 version newly released
on DS I doubt it's near the top of Nintendo's VC priority list right
now."



The third question of interest asks about other Rare games on the Virtual Console, such as Banjo-Kazooie and its sequel, Banjo-Tooie. Rare's answer was more in-depth this time, and they said, "This
is where we finally edge into territory that could see Scribes neutron
bombed from management level. 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 starring an
established Nintendo character, whereas something like Banjo isn't (and
even Diddy Kong Racing is less clear-cut), 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"."



So, no specific information yet, but fans of the Donkey Kong series are likely to have the sequels to Donkey Kong Country - Diddy's Kong Quest and Dixie's Double Trouble to look forward to on the Virtual Console. Goldeneye fans will likely have a much longer wait, with numerous companies having a finger in the pie, but the possibility is there.

1. Donkey Kong 64 will be on the VC- I know it.

2. If Goldeneye makes it on the VC, it will have to have online play to make me so much as consider buying it.

3. Please BK, please BK, please BK; I want people to experience this underrated game.

Hm, this is hardly a surprise. We already have donkey kong maths on V.C <.<