Would Rare have been better off with Nintendo?

[Goatseye]

Wyrdness said:

Goatseye said:

That's a misconception, Nintendo never had a hand in great Rare games. They were pretty hands off on their direction and Goldeneye mp is a proof of that.

Their relations started to strain when Nintendo wanted to be more intrusive in their game development. Perfect Dark was the start of it.

Nope not a misconception a prime example is Banjo Tooie, by Rare's own admission they wanted to make the game like Nuts and Bolts back then but Nintendo shelved the idea and made them make a game more like the original. Guess which game is like a lot more by fans, fact is Nintendo were always involved in their development it's when Rare were given freedom when problems started because projects started running into problems and extended development time costing money leading to Nintendo having to step back in to keep them in check.

MS never knew this and bought them only to find out that the studio was problematic when not being babysit, MS got the shaft.

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