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"Ha ha ha RARE ha ha ha"

I am not laughing at Rare, Rare were my third favourite company and my first favourite company kicked 'em out to you guys. Oh no I'm laughing at the fact that Microsoft expect Rare to release 5 games in 2 years....

Trust me it won't happen.

Maverick42 wrote:
> I don't think anything solids been said about the rights yet.

Well going by the announcement vid that Rare did for their arrival, X-Box will definatly be getting Kameo, Conker, Perfect Dark and Banjo.

Maverick42 wrote:
> Don't forget that Nintendo worked closely with Rare on some of their
> projects, so they were a big help in that respect too.

Well Microsoft Will be helping Rare too make some top class games, Just like Nintendo did....

Mantis wrote:
> Nintendos strongest allie gone.

Hmm.. I doubt it. With the great success of the GameCube worldwide, Nintendo don't really need Rare as much as they used to, and I'd say CAPCOM, SEGA, NAMCO, Retro Studios and others are now playing a larger part.

In response to Dringo's comment, Nintendo didn't kick Rare out, they just didn't want to buy them out, with good reason. It wouldn't have been very good business sense, what with Rare's contributions to profit in the past two years, and the fact that half the Rare that we loved left.

> Who, more variation on Xbox, MS have rights to PD, Banjo +more.

I don't think anything solids been said about the rights yet.

good point

Don't forget that Nintendo worked closely with Rare on some of their projects, so they were a big help in that respect too.

Well the deals been going for the last few months, but it's only been recently finalised. Still, a conversion can't be THAT hard.

Kameo should be out by Spring anyway.

In reply to Savatt, Nintendo gave Rare as much support as they ever needed.
They don't have enough money to go company shopping like MS do, but they have more than enough to fully support Rare.

I suppose technical support will be more efficient without the need for a Japanese translator...

Indeed. I wouldn't be surprised if Kameo is deep into its development.
:-)

Umm, am I the only person thinking that perhaps development on Rare's Xbox games has already begun?

I can't belive that Rare would continue developing titles for the GC when there was a possibility of being bough by MS. Why waste all that time?

I suspect that some of the Xbox titles, namely PD 2 and Banjo Kazooie, have actually been in development for a fair few months already...

I know Nintendo supported Rare. But they haven't got the pockets of Microsoft and they know they've grabbed a bloody good company. The fact yhey paid so much for them shows that they are willing to invest in the company to bring X-Box some high quality games that Rare are known for.

Then again, I suppose Rare have a lot of titles already in devellopment.
Kameo and Donkey Kong Racing are two (ofcourse, Donkey Kong will have to be replaced with a different character), not to mention un-announced projects.

It'll take a while for Rare to convert these titles from Gamecube to Xbox and finish them, and although MS are targeting 5 games within 2 years, you can expect the word "delay" to occur.

Still, Rare make it well worth the wait.


Savatt, I know that MS will support Rare as much as I can, but then again, Nintendo did too and that hardly sped up releases.
Either that, or without it, releases would have been REALLY slow... :-D