HappySqurriel on 25 March 2008
| tonyb said: Is this another thread where wii-fanboys explain that RARE games can only be good when published by Nintendo? Yawn. |
Well, its not that Rare games can only be good when published by Nintendo as much as it is Rare games were better when published by Nintendo. By 2001 (when Microsoft bought Rare) many of the better "senior" artists, developers and designers had left Rare because their reputations allowed for them to open up their own studio, or receive a promotion to work in another development house; when Microsoft actually took over Rare many of the remaining "senior" staff left to join their former co-workers. Beyond losing the experienced staff that made Rare the developer it was, Rare also lost their connection to Nintendo's "senior" staff who were heavily involved in mentoring many of Rare's designers.
