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I can't say I blame you for loving Rare. From 1994 to 2001 it was the best studio on the planet, outclassing even Nintendo EAD over that eight year stretch.

However, when you compare the two studios over the last 20 years, EAD wins by a mile. Nintendo's internal studios are still turning out masterpieces 30 years after Super Mario Bros. Rare, conversely, has descended into mediocrity over the past decade.

Still, those SNES and N64 games were really something special. Without Rare's output, the N64 library would be a lot less impressive.