Best Rare game on N64

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Cobretti2 said:

Signalstar said:
Goldeneye. Perfect Dark is a close second. It's multiplayer is even better with the bots (I hated Perfect Sim so much), but Goldeneye laid the foundation and had a great singleplayer.

I did not realize how prolific Rare was on the N64. Why did Nintendo sell them to Microsoft? Seems like they were a huge asset.

Because Nintendo are morons at times.  They lay out all this good ground work every generation, Then somehow find something to cock it up.

This usually tends to be whenever they see a significant amount of success and get complacent ('92-'93 when they were massively losing ground to Sega in NA, late N64 and GameCube era, Wii U Era, etc..) Then they realize they're losing touch and wisen up, again appealing to the mass market, making better decisions, and more quality games (late SNES, Wii, Switch). It seems to be an endless cycle with them..