Did Microsoft kill/harm nintendo?

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etking said:

Retro Sudios cannot replace the Rareware magic which is now lost forever. Rareware games were the hardest games on the market and had a ton of replay value but the IPs are worthless if there are no high quality AAA games behind. Even DKC, once one of the best Jump & Runs on the market, is now a mediocre game without anything special.

The N64 had ton of AAA Rare games with very high metacritic ratings, Wii-U and 3DS barely have good games at all. Microsoft did not only hurt Nintendo with the Rareware buyout, it killed them. Because without good AAA games which Rare produced a lot, Nintendo systems are not attractive for hardcore and adult players anymore.

Rare didnt save the N64. Lack of third party was what hurt the Nintendo even though they had the best first and second party of their life at that point.