{"id":131442,"date":"2023-01-26T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-144148"},"modified":"2023-01-26T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:15:00","slug":"iconic-goldeneye-gong-sound-potentially-missing-from-switch-online-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/26\/iconic-goldeneye-gong-sound-potentially-missing-from-switch-online-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic GoldenEye “Gong” Sound Potentially Missing From Switch Online Version"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Update #2 [Fri 27th Jan, 2023 02:00 GMT]:<\/strong> GoldenEye 007<\/a> is now live on the Nintendo Switch Online service and it seems there’s no need to worry – everything sounds as it should.<\/p>\n

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Update [Thu 26th Jan, 2023 21:05 GMT]:<\/strong> Digital Foundry\u2019s<\/a> John Linneman has stressed that while he “doesn’t know” the exact details, as speculated elsewhere, this could be down to emulation issues.<\/p>\n

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“N64 doesn’t have an actual sound chip so everything is done in software… So I suppose the emulator simply isn’t emulating the sound chip correctly. Older versions of N64 emulators had this issue in the past.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So, as many suspected, it sounds like this is a potential emulator issue. Again, we want to stress that, at the time of writing this, the sound effect is only missing in the video and we won’t know if the iconic sound is missing from the Switch version until it drops on NSO tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Former Rare composer Graeme Norgate has also pointed out the missing sounds in the clip on Twitter<\/a>, saying “hope this isn’t the final version” while tagging Kirkhope.<\/p>\n

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Original article [Thu 26th Jan, 2023 18:15 GMT]:<\/strong> Yesterday, Nintendo decided to drop a bombshell on us and announce that GoldenEye 007<\/a> is, at last, coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers this Friday, 27th January. What a treat! We’ve been waiting for this news since Nintendo revealed it would be coming to the service eventually.<\/p>\n

Just a couple of hours after the announcement, Nintendo shared what might just be one of the most iconic pieces of music from the game \u2014 the Q Watch music by legendary Rare composer Grant Kirkhope. It still absolutely rules, but when we had a listen, we (and users on ResetEra<\/a>) noticed something was missing…<\/p>\n