Majin-Tenshinhan on 19 July 2009
| Dodece said: I can actually answer this question. The title is in the limbo of dual ownership. While Nintendo may own the license and the game in a general sense. They do not own the engine on which the game runs. The engine is a modified Banjo Kazooie engine which was the property of Rare and is now the property of Microsoft. Remember that Rare was a second party, and not a first party. They were autonomous of Nintendo which did not own a controlling stake in the company. That is the way they wanted it, and Banjo was supposedly a big coming out for Rare being that the game was entirely theirs. From top to the very bottom. I suppose it shows a lack of forethought on the part of Nintendo to have allowed Rare to use their own proprietary engine in one of their games, or at least have negotiated a long term contract. Regardless Nintendo does indeed own the car, but they forgot to make sure the engine was theirs as well. They could still build a new engine for the game, or they could actually negotiate with Microsoft. I am sure an agreement could be reached easily enough with both parties being happy. I just don't see Nintendo doing either for a virtual console title. When they have to do nothing for the others. |
Damn. Thanks for the answer, too bad it means we probably won't see DK64 on the VC :/
