Why haven't we gotten Donkey Kong 64 on the Virtual Console yet?

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thekitchensink said:

Majin-Tenshinhan said:

johnathonmerritt said:
It could be a dispute with Rare. I really don't know. I'm just throwing ideas out there. It could be a 3D thing with Microsoft. Rare 3D games are being remade for the 360, like Banjoe-Kazooie. 2D games are on the Virtual Console. 2 + 2 = ?

That makes no sense, though. Virtual Console has lots of 3D games, and Rare own the rights to Banjo-Kazooie - Not to DK. Anything and everything Donkey Kong is owned 100% by Nintendo.

It could be similar to Goldeneye, though with the roles reversed.  With Goldeneye, Rare has 100% rights to the game, but Nintendo owns part of the coding (or something) so Rare would have to completely recode the entire game in a different way in order to get around it.  Could be the same deal with DK, where Nintendo owns the franchise but Rare has some stake in the code.

Though I have no idea how the 2D DKC games got up there if that`s the case.

I don't think that's the case as I believe Activision now owns the rights to the James Bond franchise.