We sent Michael along to find out…

It seemed like a cash-in, translating console-based FPS nostalgia into mountains of profit for all concerned.

For further insight into the games concept and execution, we chatted with producer Dawn Pinkney.

I guess, if you go back and play the game now, its still a really great experience.

So thats something that we wanted to maintain, but obviously expand on.

So weve actually got so many different intricate routes through each area as well.

And the visuals, and setting the quality bar on the Wii.

Taking what was magic, and then, what do you need for a game in 2010?

And going for it.

We need to keep it true to the original film, so thats what weve done.

Weve also resequenced the Trevelyan reveal, so its a bigger moment now.

Bruce did a lot of work on the incidental v/o, he wrote all that.

And again thats something Bruce wrote.

You know, whats the sort of thing Judi Dench would say?

That sort of thing.

Its quite a weird concept, at first.

Why would you want to put Daniel Craig into a Pierce Brosnan Bond?

And you cant, you have to update it.

Its the costumes, just everything.

So this time around, he does it without a chute, and just does a freefall.

So we really just wanted to focus on this is Daniel Craig inGoldenEye.

And then centre it around that, and thats how we chose to update it.

For the multiplayer, weve got two different experiences: weve got the split-screen and the online.

And weve got some classic Bond villains in there as well, and NPC characters from the main game.

But then for the online, which is obviously something new forGoldenEye, its more of a core experience.

So youre ranking up XP over time.

Youve got objectives, and you play as factions.

This is where weve got all the v/o from the main cast directing you as well.

But its an opportunity to be the best shooter on the Wii.

Also, something the original did, it made shooters on the console accessible.

So weve got the Wiimote and Nunchuk controllers, and weve got five different control schemes for them.

you’re free to control the whole game with just the Nunchuk.

Ms Pinkney, thank you for your time.

GoldenEye 007is released on November 5th.