Which was greater at their peak, Rare or Retro?

[Otter]

Rare during the N64 days were better than any in-house Nintendo team.

Banjo Kazooie was the best platformer of its time (wiped the floor with Mario 64) Diddy Kong Racing too (wiped the floor with mario Kart), Golden-Eye best console FPS for years to follow, Perfect Dark (never played but I've heard similar things), Donky Kong 64 (never played but will try on NSO)