While it is certainly unfortunate, and a HUGE waste of resources in my opinion, that Microsofts Rare isn't producing traditional Rare content, isn't it funny how Nintendo have basically capitalized on this deficiency by remaking arguably their best two games in their entire history (which arguably led to them unanimously winning E3 2010)?
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Donkey Kong Country Returns - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMhEs78Zix8
Goldeneye Wii - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PlH3vWAZyc
Who would have honestly thought that this E3 would turn out exactly like this, despite that fact we already knew Microsoft had told Rare to make Kinect games? I am shocked, slightly amused and even a bit sympathetic to Rare as we know them today.
But then i remember that they copied Avatars. And then i looked at the similarities between Kinect Sports and the Wii Series.
This is by no means the only similarity, things like a giant airship, the colour pallet, etc are clearly copypastad from someone else.
Yea, they'll get no sympathy from me. Congratulations to Nintendo, who proved that they needed Rare just as much as Rare needed them. Its quite a romantic notion i think.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
Pixel Art can be fun.
