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"Rare sign onto the DS"

"A member of GameCube Advanced played PictoChat with Ken Lobb on the Nintendo DS. After a while they began talking and he said (this is paraphrased) "It's Mr. Pants would be great with the touch pad and the stylus!" Ken Lobb then went on to say that Rare have two titles in the work for the Nintendo DS." - Cube Europe.

Hurrah indeed. Let the fanboy speculation commence about what they may offer. Just a shame this only fuels er-no's "Microtendo" speculation..

Rare are sorted out, people are overreacting their 'fall'.

And Microsoft own a majority stake in the company unlike Nintendo did, Microsoft are not 100% owners but are the controlling owner.

It's a similar state with Bungie. It makes no difference so why have I bothered mentioning it I don't know.

Nintendo do own 100% of Retro Studio's though. Is this the only company Nintendo have actually bought? The mega teams EAD, Intelligent Systems, and NTSC are all built by Nintendo from the ground up.

Edgy wrote:
> There are only 2 ways Donkey Kong Racing would ever make it to DS.
>
> 1. Nintendo make it themselves.
> 2. Microsoft's share of Rare gets bought back.

Microsoft own all of Rare. Not just a stake like Nintendo had.

Once Rare finally get sorted out they along with Bungie will be Microsofts best properties in the games industry.

Edgy wrote:
> EA own the rights to the name and characters.
>
> They don't own the original Goldeneye though.
>
> So you're right in that Rare couldn't release the game. However,
> neither could EA.

I didn't say they could.

EA own the rights to the name and characters.

They don't own the original Goldeneye though.

So you're right in that Rare couldn't release the game. However, neither could EA.

Rare have a specific team that works on Gameboy development, this team does not make games for the X-box and is funded internally.

Microsoft allow the company to use the resources as Microsoft are apart of the Gameboy official developers.

The DS would simply be something else for the Gameboy team to sink their teeth in... with potential ports of Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini, Blast Korps, Killer Instinct: Gold, Banjo-Kazooie, Tooie, CBFD and DK64 all on the cards. Plus of course new titles.

Goldeneye is an impossibility as EA own the rights to the game.

There are only 2 ways Donkey Kong Racing would ever make it to DS.

1. Nintendo make it themselves.
2. Microsoft's share of Rare gets bought back.

tphi wrote:
> They cancelled Donkey Kong Racing, and that was quite far into
> development.

Yeah they did...

*dreams about a DS version*

Damarus wrote:
> Perfect Dark re-release with 16 Player WiFi !!!!

And a touchscreen analogue stick! (if Nintendo are too stupid to put in a real one in the final release! ;-D)

I'd rather not have Hunters style, stylus aiming.
Then again, that would make the game more accessable to kids!

"Just point at the enemy you want Joanna to shoot at!"

:-D

Rare releasing games on the DS wouldn't hurt Microsoft at all...infact, it would be an opportunity for Microsoft to display their "Microsoft Game Studios" logo on a Nintendo machine, getting a bit of advertising.

Microsoft would benefit financially too (providing the games sell)

They cancelled Donkey Kong Racing, and that was quite far into development.