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GoldenEye 007 was released on November 2, 2010 for the Wii, and the game was originally announced as a Wii "exclusive" at its E3 2010 reveal. I wrote a post titled, "Can GoldenEye 007 (Wii) Legally be Ported to the Xbox 360 and PS3?" on November 9, 2010, in which I listed the reasons why I thought the game not only could be ported, but would be ported to the other consoles. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with the subtitle "Reloaded" added to it, the following year on November 1, 2011.
GoldenEye 007 received an ESRB rating of "Teen" with "Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence" listed as content for gamers and parents to be aware of. The game was developed by Eurocom, and published by Activision for the U.S. release.
How many hours have U.S. Wii owners reported playing GoldenEye 007 since the game released? If you're a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 owner interested in GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, how many hours can you expect from the game according to the Wii's reported data? Brew yourself some coffee, and let's take a look!
GoldenEye 007 now has approximately 114,583 U.S. Wii owners that have reported game-play data through the Nintendo Channel, which is almost 30,000 more players that have reported data since this past November. The game has an average play-time per day/session now of about 1 Hour 58 Minutes, with its overall average now being 30 Hours 15 Minutes "Per person" as the image above shows.
The "professional" critic review score has remained the same since November, still sitting at 82.77% based on 62 reviews on GameRankings.com. GoldenEye 007's customer review score average based on just the "Standard" software only version is now 77.59%, a slight increase since November, now based on 158 customer reviews on Amazon.com.
Caffeinated Thoughts
GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64 was released in the U.S. 15 years ago as of Saturday, August 25th. It was my favorite and most played Nintendo 64 game that I owned, and I still enjoy playing levels in it from time-to-time. When Activision and Nintendo revealed GoldenEye 007 for the Wii at E3 2010, I was glad to see it. While I knew the game wasn't going to be a direct port of the original, it looked like Eurocom had put a good bit of effort into it, and I purchased it the day it released for the Wii.
If you purchase GoldenEye 007 for the Wii, and you enjoy Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls for your Wii FPS games, I would suggest making adjustments to the default control settings. You can see how I "fixed" my control setting for the game in the video below:
While I haven't played the Wii version in a while, I did enjoy the single-player campaign and put a good number of hours into the online multiplayer modes as well. I don't know how active the online multiplayer community is still going though, but just based on the reported data for the game it is apparently being played a decent amount, because it has one million more hours reported now, than were in the last report 9 months ago.
If you enjoy FPS games for the single-player aspect, I would recommend giving GoldenEye 007 for the Wii a try. If you are looking for people to play with online, my friend code for the game is 2043-7355-3797. The Wii version, as well as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version, can now be found for under $30 at most retailers, and considering the average hours are now more than 30 hours "Per person" on the Wii, I would think the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions would offer just as many hours of game-play.
With the original game releasing 15 years ago this past weekend I wanted to look at the newer GoldenEye another time, before looking back. What do I mean "before looking back"? Well, I should have a new feature up this week called "Retro Grind", on the original GoldenEye.
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Questions
Have any of you been playing GoldenEye 007's online multiplayer for the Wii, and if so, how active is the online community? If you own the PS3 or Xbox 360 version, have you had a chance to play the MI-6 mode that is exclusive for those consoles and what do you think of the mode?
You can see GoldenEye 007 for the Wii, PS3, and Xbox 360 linked below on Amazon.com: