Why can't other 2nd party Nintendo devs ever compete with RARE?

[lord_of_flood]

Rare's games were great at the time, but some of their games during the N64 era didn't really age that well (Goldeneye and Jet Force Gemini are good examples of that). Also, they kind of lost their luster after Star Fox Adventures, so it was probably a good thing Nintendo sold their shares to Microsoft and invested in Retro Studios instead.