There wasn't much competition games wise for greatness on the N64 and their cartoon style look suited Nintendo perfectly. These reasons where why Rare was so significant, in combination with probable assistance from the big N, and these are all reasons why Rare would be better back with Nintendo but it aint gonna happen.
Some dev. will replace Rare by the end of this gen. in terms of star power on the Wii, whether its independents or big 3rd parties that eventually get off their ass, and they will prob. then be bought out by MS again.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
