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oldschoolfool on 21 July 2012

I don't think that's going to happen. I think it's just a rumor.



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Metallicube on 21 July 2012

Meh, it's a fun thought, if only for nostalgic reasons, but Rare at this point is merely a shell of its former self. The days of quality titles like Banjo, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Diddy Kong Racing, are looooong gone. Now they've basically become the casual sector of MS game studios. That's not to say they couldn't make decent games for Wii U, but I'd trust Retro more with their old franchises more than I'd trust Rare themselves.



Khuutra on 21 July 2012
Metallicube said:

Meh, it's a fun thought, if only for nostalgic reasons, but Rare at this point is merely a shell of its former self. The days of quality titles like Banjo, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Diddy Kong Racing, are looooong gone. Now they've basically become the casual sector of MS game studios. That's not to say they couldn't make decent games for Wii U, but I'd trust Retro more with their old franchises more than I'd trust Rare themselves.

I wouldn't. Not that I think Rare would necessarily pull them off better now, understand.

It's just that Rare's old titles were also intrinsically British in their style and humor, and that added so much to the games - particularly Conker and Banjo.



S.T.A.G.E. on 21 July 2012
badgenome said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
badgenome said:
Doubtful. Rare is fucking dead, and what's left of it isn't worth buying at any price.


If Nintendo gets the purchase it would make sense bringing them back. I can see Rare coming back to some semblence of themselves with Nintendo, plus Nintendo used to oversee Rare. They arent slouches when games are produced. 

If this were still 2002, yes. It's 2012. The culture that made Rare what it was has been thoroughly destroyed in the intervening decade.


I dunno. Nintendo is in talks with Namco to work on the next Super Smash title. They could make a secondary contract to work on Killer Instinct if they secured the rights to it. I would buy a Wii U for Rare titles under Nintendos belt. Some of the old Rare people work for Nintendo and Retro.



AndrewWK on 21 July 2012
lilbroex said:
AndrewWK said:
Wow just what Nintendo needs another Jump´n Run game.


Its called a plaftformer. Its a genre, and I would rasther see more of those than another miliary shooter.


Nintendo has enough of those. A military shooter from them would bring some diversity



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S.T.A.G.E. on 21 July 2012
AndrewWK said:
lilbroex said:
AndrewWK said:
Wow just what Nintendo needs another Jump´n Run game.


Its called a plaftformer. Its a genre, and I would rasther see more of those than another miliary shooter.


Nintendo has enough of those. A military shooter from them would bring some diversity


Nintendo doesn't need a military shooter to survive. They are better than that.



Mr Puggsly on 21 July 2012
S.T.A.G.E. said:
AndrewWK said:
lilbroex said:
AndrewWK said:
Wow just what Nintendo needs another Jump´n Run game.


Its called a plaftformer. Its a genre, and I would rasther see more of those than another miliary shooter.


Nintendo has enough of those. A military shooter from them would bring some diversity


Nintendo doesn't need a military shooter to survive. They are better than that.

Indeed, they survive relying on Mario.



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MrBubbles on 21 July 2012

rare IS microsoft, they just arent some random game developer for them.



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chuckyj1 on 22 July 2012

First off it says Banjo and Kazooie IP...MS owns Rare and Rare owns the IP. So it doesn't sound like Nintendo is after Rare, but the IP.

2nd. Rumors have it that Rare is working on Multiple Next gen xbox titles. It looks like MS is going to try and reintroduce rare maybe back to their roots. One of the games was reported to be a 1st person shooter...

I seriously doubt Rare the company is going anywhere. I doubt MS will give up the Banjo IP either.



S.T.A.G.E. on 22 July 2012
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
AndrewWK said:
lilbroex said:
AndrewWK said:
Wow just what Nintendo needs another Jump´n Run game.


Its called a plaftformer. Its a genre, and I would rasther see more of those than another miliary shooter.


Nintendo has enough of those. A military shooter from them would bring some diversity


Nintendo doesn't need a military shooter to survive. They are better than that.

Indeed, they survive relying on Mario.


Sorry, Nintendo isnt Microsoft. They need variety, not shooters. I agree Mario is a crutch, but so is Zelda, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Metroid and others spanning various genres. It's not a new genre Nintendo needs, but a new character with a new story suitable for a new generation. They need to brainstorm this long and hard for next gen.