Soundwave on 18 August 2016
| Wyrdness said: Considering Nintendo held their hand in development of their games yes, Rare's decline happened because MS don't baby sit them like Nintendo did, look at Retro they've had talent leave but are still able to maintain quality in their games. |
Exactly Nintendo doesn't put up with shit effort. Yes, occassionally a sloppy game will slip through, but the cheerful/cuddly persona of Miyamoto is a myth in development terms, even around Nintendo other devs talk about him more like Darth Vader patrolling the Death Star. If your work isn't up to par, you're going to get it.
Retro learned this the hard way in their infancy when Nintendo canned NFL Football, a racing game, and Raven Blade and forced them to work on Metroid and then put their feet to the fire to make sure the game was really good.
