Replaced Rare?

[Cobretti2]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

Cobretti2 said:

The IP alone is what made RARE. Nintendo could have bought them out and hired new talent to continue those franchise. Microsoft effectively killed them off. Nintendo on the other hand needed more games during the Wii / Wii U era. Those franchises are still classics (especially on the N64) and Nintendo would not have left them to die like Microsoft did.

I disagree. Nintendo has more IPs than it knows what to do with. I really don't think Banjo and Joanna Dark are worth $375 million -- even though I love them dearly.

Do I wish Nintendo could have cut some kind of deal to secure the rights to a few virtual console games? Yes. Is the lack of a virtual console and/or remastered GoldenEye 007 a consistent thorn in my side? Oh hell yes.

But you only need look at something like Super Mario Odyssey to tell Nintendo doesn't need Rare or its IPs to be successful.

What I meant was they could have bought RARE and boosted it with additional talent at the time.

RARE had plenty of other IPS which were fun/successful too.

I agree they don't need them to be successful, but it sure would have helped with the lack of quality games they had during the Wii era. Wii would have reached at least another 20million on top if it had those games.