InfectingTheCrypts:
I'm really hoping Nintendo buy back Rare, because at least then many of the classic N64 Rare titles will be available (the current VC N64 line-up is scarce to say the least).

Nintendo do something for its most hardcore fans?

Did you see this years E3?

TheKbob:

Did you see this years E3?

I'm missing the joke here. Explain, please.

InfectingTheCrypts:

TheKbob:

Did you see this years E3?

I'm missing the joke here. Explain, please.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.66592

Head here. That is the joke.

Rob Sharona:

InfectingTheCrypts:

TheKbob:

Did you see this years E3?

I'm missing the joke here. Explain, please.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.66592

Head here. That is the joke.

I still stand firm: NINTENDO SHOULD GET BACK WITH RARE.

shatnershaman:

Fire Daemon:
Why did the PS3 get involved with this?

I think Nintendo will buy back Rare if the New Banjo games goes badly. Microsoft will want to sell and Nintendo has the money.

They still have Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise.

The only problem that i can see with rare games is that the audience they seem to be aiming at is different to the key 360 audience. They tried to make another fps (perfect dark zero) game after the majority of those who were good at them left to form free radical. Grabbed by the ghoulies and kameko can be discarded, both seemed poor and a bit rushed (despite rare working on kameko since the early gamecube days).

Viva pienta is just on the wrong console. Most 360 owners want shooty death not a fun animal management sim. Release it on a nintendo console such as the DS, as rare are doing in a few months time, and it will sell like hot cakes.

The new banjo game, well i will reserve judgment.

p.s. is it just nostalgia (as i boot the game up every month or so i tend not to think it is) or can goldeneye and perfect dark still in this day and age, if you don't mind the graphics, kick the hell out of most of the modern fps genre.

TheKbob:

Rare can stay with MS. Nintendo is the one being a bunch... grr. Not allowing Goldeneye for XBLA and Wii Ware because everyone would buy the XBLA for the online, better controller for FPS, better graphics, achievements and basically just a better experience.

I don't think it's fair to get in a huff about Nintendo not wanting to have a Nintendo licensed, Nintendo exclusive product on XBLA. If it appears anyware it will be on Wii, but not until Microsoft, Rare and Nintendo sort it out between them, which unfortunately I just can't see happening.

Microsoft buying Rare was a totally dumb thing to do. They don't make the sort of games that 360 will naturally buy (Viva Pinata? Banjo Kazooie?) whereas, like blackcherry said, they would sell like crazy.

I pre-ordered battletoads, it'd better not suck.

InfectingTheCrypts:
Anyone sensible person with decent enough taste will immediately tell you that Rare with Nintendo is ten times superior to Rare with Microsoft.

true, Microsoft hit the target but what shooting in the wrong yard, they just rush the games and hope enough idiots who loved the first rare games would buy em to make enough of a profit.
If they actually tried to make the game less detailed and more entertaining and betta controlling mircosoft might get it right

InfectingTheCrypts:
Microsoft buying Rare was a totally dumb thing to do. They don't make the sort of games that 360 will naturally buy (Viva Pinata? Banjo Kazooie?) whereas, like blackcherry said, they would sell like crazy.

Your arguments make little to no sense.

Here's their idea: it's called broadening an audience. The best way to attract more people to play on your console is to make sure your console has as wide a variety of games to play as possible. What you're basically saying amounts to "because their console has the reputation of having an fps heavy library, they shouldn't even try to go outside that niche". If Nintendo had gone by these ideas, they'd probably have gone the way of Sega.

And as I said, Nintendo themselves sold Rare, because they hadn't been doing anything worthwhile for a long time. I mean, DKC64 wasn't that good and Star Fox Adventures bordered atrocious. The trend started there. Thankfully, Kameo and Viva Piņata are both GOOD games and variety on any console shouldn't be a bad thing. Rare slowly seems to be getting their groove back and I hope the next games they do are proof of this.

Yeah battletoads. This is by far the greatest idea I have ever heard from somebody ever.

Unless Banjo Kazooie kicks ass, then Rare should whore itself out to all consoles so everyone's happy. Unless Nintendo's smart. There's plenty of room for innovation with these games. It'd make me dust off my wii just to play Jet force gemini... ONLINE!