Eternal Darkness Could Be Remastered But Nintendo Won't Allow It
Coming off of its recent successes, Nightdive Studios wants to take a shot at remastering the cult classic Eternal Darkness but Nintendo reportedly will not let it happen. With multiple remasters from Nightdive released to good reviews, it seems like the perfect studio to handle such a project. With its status as a cult classic, many fans would love to see the game released again for modern systems.
Released in the summer of 2002 by Silicon Knights, Eternal Darkness holds a special place in the history of Nintendo. The GameCube-era psychological horror title holds this place of prestige for being the first Nintendo published title to receive the mature rating from the ESRB. Beyond its position in Nintendo's history book, it also pulled a lot of tricks that were unheard of in console horror titles from the time. Where most games would change the music or camera angle to create unease in the player, Eternal Darkness kept its players on edge with far more creative scares. The added resource of the game's signature sanity mechanic later adopted in games like Phasmophobia, which required the player to move carefully to protect it, was particularly noteworthy. If the bar got too low it would alter many things in the game without any message to the player. One of the more memorable sanity scares has the game mimicking a system crash and seeming to reboot the console.
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When a conversation started on Twitter about Nintendo's actions regarding the emulation of older titles (via NintendoLife), Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick joined the conversation to briefly talk about the studio's experiences with Nintendo. The developer stated that Nintendo seemed to get "gun shy"
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