Summary
The Switch port ofGoldenEye 007has seen some changes due to an update to the Nintendo Switch Online service.GoldenEye 007has been seen as one of the lesser N64 ports on this platform, and it’s unclear if this update will change that.
GoldenEye 007was one of the biggest hits on the Nintendo 64 when it originally launched on that system in 1997, and has been hailed as one of the greatest video games ever made. It served as a pioneer for first-person shooters on consoles and many state that it still holds up remarkably well even 26 years later. Most recently,Goldeneye 007was ported to Xbox Game Pass and Nintendo Switch Online, although the latter version has been deemed a less than perfect translation of the original.
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In particular, this version was criticized for various texturing and sound issues, although some of the former were patched out in the latest update. As reported by Graslu00, a content creator who primarily focuses onGoldenEye, the texturing has improvedin007’s Dam area, as well as the Bunker. However, the sound quality is still poor, possibly even worse than before, and there were several poor textures that were left untouched even after the update, in addition to caverns still being locked at 15 frames per second and the lack of controller support aside from the Switch’s custom N64 controller.
Likewise, many in the replies were disappointed in these touch-ups, with Graslu00 assuming that these texturing improvements were just a side effect of a wider patch that came withthe NSO rerelease ofPokemon Stadium 2. The consensus between the user and their commenters is thatGoldenEye 007is best played either on original N64 hardware or via emulation on PC.
Nintendo is always updating its hardware and software, so the likelihood of some remaining glitches being fixed in the future remains reasonably high, but that remains to be seen. Given how ambitious the original version was, and the fact that some ofGoldenEye 007’s original dev team has expressed their disappointmentat not being able to help with the port, hopefully improvements come sooner rather than later.
