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- chillypacman, on 05/15/2008, -33/+124RARE used to live in the shadows of Nintendo, their games were brilliant but it was always that fat ass plumber who got all the attention. Banjo Kazooie for example looked better graphically, was far more epic in scope and just more damn fun to play than Mario 64 but hey, the bear was no fat ass italian plumber.
When they moved to Microsoft they had some problems but after a while got their act together which showed with Conkers Bad Furday and extended to Kameo: Elements of Power.
Yet they weren't getting any approval for their great games, in fact Kameo got elss attention than it would have had it been a Nintendo game. When the 360 launched everyone was complaining about a lack of 'next gen' visuals in the 360 launch line up. Um, HELLO!? Kameo? It looked gorgeous and it played beautifully. So why no love?
Oh right, xbox, fratboys and all that.
Bleh.
Having said all that I am somewhat hesitant about Banjo Kazooie 3, vehicle based? Vehciles which USE FUEL!? Now I know they want to kill themselves... - NaziHatinChimp, on 05/15/2008, -17/+77Don't know why they would be pissed at Nintendo. Remember Rare dissing MS for no Viva Pinata publicity? Yeah Nintendo didn't do that to Rare so maybe they should quit being babies and get over it. BTW this game looks like it's not going to be that great.
- Doomsan, on 05/15/2008, -4/+60Cars? WTF
- hipnerd, on 05/15/2008, -2/+59I agree that Banjo-Kazooie was prettier and more epic that Mario 64--but Mario 64 came out two full years earlier and was groundbreaking. No one had made a successful, fully 3D console game like it. You could go anywhere. Levels weren't rigidly controlled.
To Rare's credit, they studied Mario 64 and the N64 hardware and made advancements in both gameplay and graphics, but Banjo-Kazooie was not the revolutionary title that Mario 64 was. - Nidis, on 05/15/2008, -19/+76Rare hasn't been anything decent for years, they're Rare by name only now.
Fond memories of DKC1-3, Snake Rattle and Roll, Perfect Dark, Diddy Kong Racing, these guys USED to rock so hard... - barf314, on 05/15/2008, -1/+48They killed a dinosaur too. Does this prove that RARE is pissed at extinct creatures?
- CYG101, on 05/15/2008, -5/+338-Bit Mario cannot be killed.
- threepio, on 05/15/2008, -6/+32The game looks... terrible. The interface looks incredibly clunky, the gameplay looks bland, the character animations seem forced. I love a good platformer no matter which system it's built for but I don't think I'll be picking this up.
- Visual77, on 05/15/2008, -3/+28As far as I recall, Activision, the current holder of the James Bond license, refused to put Goldeneye onto XBLA without Nintendo's approval, out of respect for the N64 where it debuted. Nintendo replied that they would give it the thumbs up if Microsoft allowed certain other Rare titles to get onto the VC (such as Banjo Kazooie), but Microsoft refused the deal, so Nintendo refused to approve Activision's request to put it on XBLA, and so Activision refused to let the James Bond licensed Goldeneye 64 go onto XBLA.
It was a Mexican standoff where the first person to shoot was Microsoft. Nintendo didn't have any legal bearing on this whole situation, but Activision didn't want to betray Nintendo.
This is only what I recall from the incident, and I'm sure better details can be found through some internet searching. - tboutcher, on 05/15/2008, -7/+33Banjo Kazooie 64 is my all time favorite game.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -4/+26So a friendly in-game *kameo* from another console is proof of being pissed off? I'd consider that appreciation, seeing as how Nintendo really brought Rare out of their dark ages (until Microsoft shoved them right back).
- RolltheStampede, on 05/15/2008, -2/+23You forgot Battle Toads
- Hetman, on 05/15/2008, -0/+20What the hell is a vehicle based platform game? Is it a racing game with jumps? Or is it a platformer with vehicles?
- logicalnoise, on 05/15/2008, -3/+21so goldeneye one fo the most played MP modes in console FPS history had weak multiplayer? Every level in Conker was different. Most of them introduced a new game mechanic. Hell the matrix level even had bullet time. Their track record isn't perfect but Rare remains a master class dev studio.
- oneredeye, on 05/15/2008, -1/+17According to the article, RARE is NOT pissed off at Nintendo, they just did it for *****. Buried.
- gentlemanjack, on 05/15/2008, -5/+25Wasn't there a rumor that Nintendo killed the deal for porting Goldeneye to XBLA? Maybe that is why they're hating on Nintendo.
- normalkid0615, on 05/15/2008, -6/+20the game looks stupid.
- wild, on 05/15/2008, -14/+29Wow...that music is awful.
- Kohaxx, on 05/15/2008, -2/+15blegh, that trailer looked absolutely awful, I miss the days when Rare was awesome.
- IAmTheGuy, on 05/15/2008, -0/+13If you actually read the article you would find that Rare is, in fact, not pissed at Nintendo.
- Azimuth1, on 05/15/2008, -8/+20Maybe you should stop being a baby and assuming that a dev building a representation of a famous character and then blowing it up in a trailer as a joke means that the entire company of Rare must be angry with the company that made that character. Rare was more successful on the N64 than they are now. They also still make DS games.
I guess they were pissed off with Nintendo when Conker sawed the N64 logo in half at the beginning of Bad Fur Day too, right? - DaviDaviDaviD, on 05/15/2008, -1/+13I was at a developers conference a few months ago and RARE seemed very confident about the future. I think they are getting mega funding from M$ to create some original titles like the hey days of Nintendo. Not doing to well so far.....
- bastardprince, on 05/15/2008, -0/+11did anyone RTFA? there is nothing in it, was snuck in at the last minute by a dev....
- madcat033, on 05/15/2008, -3/+16"When they moved to Microsoft they had some problems but after a while got their act together which showed with Conkers Bad Furday and extended to Kameo: Elements of Power."
Are you kidding me? Conker was an EXACT port. It was the same, but with better graphics. Really lame. - chrisOrbit, on 05/15/2008, -1/+12Stop with that after the break crap!
Where and why was that invented? - OaklandNative, on 05/15/2008, -0/+9It was invented after the jump.
- RetlawST, on 05/15/2008, -1/+10Um, Viva Pinata was possibly one of the most underrated games of all times. Based off of your comment, I would bet good money you haven't played it.
- Shadowfox99, on 05/15/2008, -2/+13I LOVE DIDDY KONG RACING!......just throwing that out there.....they need to making a real sequel, and not that DS version
- SkippyDoorknob, on 05/15/2008, -0/+9They hate Turok
- Jz16, on 05/15/2008, -1/+9No Jet Force Gemini love?
- bonk2k, on 05/15/2008, -1/+9The headline is inaccurate, the article says that some guy at Rare was just doing it for fun and meant nothing by it.
- Gravey9, on 05/15/2008, -0/+8Misleading title, wow that's what...3 or 4 today?
- Nudar, on 05/15/2008, -1/+940 diggs and he didn't even realize Conker's Bad Fur Day was first released on N64.
- Remmiz, on 05/15/2008, -1/+9I still go back and play Diddy Kong Racing every so often...so much fun!
- Flamancot, on 05/15/2008, -3/+10how dare you? leave goldeneye alone and go die in a rainstorm.
- jp12380, on 05/15/2008, -8/+17You forgot Golden eye!!!
I was disapointed with diddy kong racing. Should have been just like Mario kart controls only new levels and new characters. ugg. - Pirkel, on 05/15/2008, -1/+8Diddy Kong Racing was a pretty awesome Rare game.
- kwago, on 05/15/2008, -0/+7It has to be said again.... Viva Frickin Pinata, which came out in winter 2006
- PueSi, on 05/15/2008, -1/+8Conker for N64 HAD multiplayer.
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -5/+13Ratchet and Clank anyone?
- SpoonMachine, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6By calling Banjo-Kazooie a ***** game you have directly attacked my childhood. I DECLARE INTERNET WAR
- mlrigsby, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6Goldeneye was a revolution for console FPS multiplayer. You are talking about PC games.
- NovaPrime9, on 05/15/2008, -2/+8I agree completely. I know I'm in the minority, but I thought that Diddy Kong Racing was a lot better than Mario Kart. Maybe it was the storyline, or perhaps just the track designs, but I really thought it was one of the truly superb N64 titles. I wish they could do a Wii sequel.
- jn1167, on 05/15/2008, -0/+5WTF is going on?? First off its not like they took an axe and hacked his dome off. And why is this even news??? My god this place is getting ridiculous with the amount of crap they are posting.
- deepTruth, on 05/15/2008, -4/+10Killer Instinct : )
- tchawla, on 05/15/2008, -2/+7Maybe they are pissed. But companies change a lot over a few years - a lot of folks who worked for Rare during the goldeneye days have since left (notably the ones to form Free Radical). The company's top employees are barely the same as they were from back then. Why would they be pissed? The trailer is probably just a stunt to get attention. "Hey our trailer isn't all that attractive...how can we get people on the internet to look at it?"
- bagboyrebel, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6What would have been the point in that case?
- inactive, on 05/15/2008, -3/+8Proof that you're a tool and you listen to whatever Yahtzee says.
Dugg down. - xtremesniper, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5I'm more offended that you call Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 bad games than Goldeneye, since there's already a ton of defenders for Goldeneye anyways.
- jakobrowning, on 05/15/2008, -3/+7good for you. I like pie.
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