I think it seems that Rare is not making many games as a lot of the projects they made when with Nintendo were actually Nintendo trademarked franchises.
i.e Donkey Kong (also included games like the Racer games including Diddy Kong) and Star Fox.
I remember in the N64 days when at the height of their powers they only made a game or 2 ever year and that was with making games that Nintendo owned.
I think Nintendo did end up selling up due to quality was not as it was with what wasproduced and personel changes.
Wii number: 2758-1649-6225-4782