In any other generation, it would be hard to say that any developer made better Nintendo games than Nintendo themselves. That is, except for the N64 years. Rare became a powerhouse developer, and in many ways was the saving grace of the 64. Who do you think developed the better collection of games for the 64, and what are you best memories of some of these titles? Hours spent playing? Personal reviews?

Rare:                                                   Nintendo:

Banjo-Kazooie                                     1080 Snowboarding

Banjo-Tooie                                         Dobutsu No Mori(Animal Crossing in America)(Japan Only Release)

Blast Corps                                          Dr. Mario 64

Conker's Bad Fur Day                           F-Zero X

Diddy Kong Racing                                Itoi Shigesato's No. 1 Bass Fishing: Definitive Edition(HAL Laboratory)

Donkey Kong 64                                    Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards(HAL Laboratory)

GoldenEye 007                                      The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Jet Force Gemini                                    The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Killer Instinct Gold                                  Mario Golf(Camelot)

Mickey's Speedway USA                         Mario Kart 64

Perfect Dark                                           Mario Tennis(Camelot)

                                                              The New Tetris(H20 Entertainment?Unsure if this is First Party)

                                                              Paper Mario(Intelligent Systems)

                                                              Pokemon Puzzle League

                                                              Pokemon Snap!(HAL Laboratory)

                                                              Pokemon Stadium

                                                              Pokemon Stadium 2

                                                              Ridge Racer 64

                                                              Star Fox 64

                                                              Super Mario 64

                                                              Super Smash Bros.(HAL Laboratory)

                                                              Tetrisphere(H20 Entertainment)(Again unsure if it's First Party)

                                                              Wave Race 64

                                                              Yoshi's Story

I'll give my thoughts and opinions in a bit. If some have more info on some of these developers like whether H20 Entertainment is first party, just chime in. So what are everyone's thoughts?

The banjo games are great.

nintendo > rare

Nintendo :
Mario Kart and Mario Tennis both get an F for Fantasticular

And holy crap the hours I spent playing Pokemon Stadium mini games with my friends...good times.

I enjoyed Rare more than Nintendo back then.

This is a hard choice a really hard one.

But I choose Rare because they brought us a lot of incredible fun new IP's.

They deserve it.

Nintendo!!! Rare was good, but I remember playing Mario Kart 64....good times, good times...

Starfox 64 was one of my fav games evar.

its hard but nintendo.. all the mario and starfox. i loved super mario 64 and mario kart countless hours. starfox also is a classic. but rare is close. goldeneye was by far the one i played most. nintendo just has more games and more i liked

It's amazing. Rare is still a good developer, no question, but to think there was a point where people considered them a competitor to Nintendo in terms of software quality, and then to look today, the difference is astonishing.

Again, Rare is still good. But seriously, think about Rare today, and Nintendo today. Can you imagine that a decade ago, these two companies were producing quality titles at a comparable rate?  Nintendo has produced something like 30 million selling titles in the last 3 years; Rare has provided one, Perfect Dark Zero. 

Nintendo.... The Zelda's and Mario Games kicked But.