Rare has gone to X-box

09-12-2002, 01:51 AM

Well it's official, Microsoft bought Rare, and all Rares stock from Nintendo. Donkey Kong and Starfox will probably stay as Nintendos licensed characters and will stay on Gamecube, but I'm not sure about Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark. I believe those two are X-box bound...

09-12-2002, 09:52 AM

NGF's story.

09-12-2002, 10:04 AM

........Curse them........

09-12-2002, 11:50 AM

I hate Microsoft!!! I won't buy an Xbox even though I love Rare's games. I just hope they won't become Xbox exclusive.

Fishmael · 09-12-2002, 11:52 AM

They probably are, sadly.

09-12-2002, 11:59 AM

Tritoch may I ask where you found this news? Rare's offcial site has nothing on it and Kameo is still anounced as GCN exclusive.

Link The Survivor · 09-12-2002, 01:45 PM

Star Fox and DK are Nintendo's, there's no 'probably' about them staying with Nintendo...

09-12-2002, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Koga:
Tritoch may I ask where you found this news? Rare's offcial site has nothing on it and Kameo is still anounced as GCN exclusive.

Rare won't announce anything until all the details are finalized, including who gets what properties (the holdup right now). Honestly we aren't sure about Kameo ourselves either; it's pretty far along, but I doubt MS wants it on the GameCube. That's why we speculated of a 'Cube release with an Xbox port.

09-12-2002, 02:22 PM

Donkey Kong is staying. it's nintendo's to keep.

kjpsonic1 · 09-12-2002, 03:02 PM

Who cares? Rare is overrated IMO.

Fishmael · 09-12-2002, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Link the Survivor:
Star Fox and DK are Nintendo's, there's no 'probably' about them staying with Nintendo...

And that's pretty much confirmed now.

[ September 12, 2002, 03:30 PM: Message edited by: Kolorado ]

imported_Parrakarry · 09-12-2002, 03:35 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

09-12-2002, 03:48 PM

Without DK, that game is gone for Rare. What else can they attract buyers with? PD and maybe a sequel to Conker's BFD. Too bad to see them go. Oh well.

Later...

09-12-2002, 04:59 PM

I just thought it would be easier to copy my post from the Nintendo land forums, though realize a bit of it is in context with some of the posts earlier in the thread.

quote:
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Originally posted by ANDROSS-SPAGVGFTSPTBC:

quote:
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Originally posted by Koga:
This is terrible news. I wouldn't care if Rare went third party, but second party for Xbox is the worst nightmare.

I still won't buy the crappy machine even though, as much as I like Rare's games.
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Ditto.
God..I had complete faith in Rare to make the right choice...
Does this mean all their GBA games are being called off?
Like diddy kong pilot,saberwulf,and the new banjo kazooie?
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Rare actually didn't make the choice, Nintendo did. They sold their Rare shares. As seen in MM's post, Rare actually hasn't been doing that much lately. We can only have a true assesment of what Nintendo has lost when we play SFA. I think it will be intersesting to see what Rare does with the X-box. They always try to push the counsoles they work on to the limit, and the X-box can most definatly be pushed the farthest of the next gen consoles. This has swayed me even more to get an X-box, there are some interesting games for it now and in the future, and this adds something. Needless to say, Nintedo still has some good devs working exclusivly for them. Silicon Knights and Retro anyone? Also, Nintendo's bisness transactions after this is annouced offically by all companies involved will be interesting. Expect a lot, because I doubt they are going to drop Rare, and then do nothing to fill the gap that will be left. I guess all the rumors were right, glad that they will stop. And to everyone who is mad about this, just clear your mind think a bit, and realize it really isn't all that bad. Remember, puting an X-box by a Gamecube won't make your house explode, and adding a PS2 to the mix isn't a sign of the apocolypse.

09-12-2002, 06:51 PM

Hopefully an X Box won't make my house explode.

09-12-2002, 09:07 PM

Man, why do I feel more and more pressure to get an X-Box? First some of awesome Sega games are XBox-exclusive, and now this... IT'S NOT RIGHT!!!

- Penguin Man says, "Visit the Nintendo Black Hole and play You Don't Know Jack: VGF Edition at the SMBHQ forum!"

09-12-2002, 09:45 PM

Thats hilarious. Rare are dead, simple as that. Lesse... Conker, DK, Banjo and Fox McCloud all belong to Nintendo, what can they do? Perfect Dark Zero and maybe a Blast Corps sequel to what they have now, otherwise all their games will have to be new inventions.

09-13-2002, 02:27 AM

Rare has still yet to finalize since they are still haggling over franchise rights. Anything created on N64 has a good chance of going over to the X Box.

Jet Force Gemini was a great game, it didn't get much publicity though, Microsoft has a good oppertunity to captitalize there if they advertise it right.

[ September 13, 2002, 02:29 AM: Message edited by: DK's Tie ]

09-13-2002, 03:04 AM

Well since Nintendo isn't talking yet, all they are willing to give is an "Untill further notice" statement. Here is what they are saying so far:

Quote:

Although Nintendo doesn't comment on rumors or speculation by the media, we can tell you that Nintendo has made the decision not to request Rare to make any further exclusive games for the Nintendo GameCube. Although we're proud of our joint efforts with Rare over the years and have enjoyed our relationship with them, in fiscal year 2001, Rare accounted for only 9.5% of total Nintendo software revenue worldwide. In fiscal year 2002, that number declined to 1.5%. Therefore, in evaluating our investments in developers, as well as the financial benefits to Nintendo over the years, we've decided it's in Nintendo's best interests to focus on diversifying our portfolio of developers and projects.

Star Fox Adventures, which was jointly developed by Rare and Nintendo, will launch as scheduled on September 23rd and will remain exclusive to the Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo's other great franchise characters such as Donkey Kong also will remain exclusive to Nintendo.

We have no additional details to share on this issue at this time. Be sure to check out our official website (www.nintendo.com) for the latest information as it becomes available.

Yami Yoshi · 09-14-2002, 03:40 PM

Why to Xbox? Why?

09-12-2002, 01:51 AM	#1
sk8punkbl Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Well it's official, Microsoft bought Rare, and all Rares stock from Nintendo. Donkey Kong and Starfox will probably stay as Nintendos licensed characters and will stay on Gamecube, but I'm not sure about Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark. I believe those two are X-box bound...

09-12-2002, 09:52 AM	#2
Tritoch Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	NGF's story.

09-12-2002, 10:04 AM	#3
00bvickers Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	........Curse them........

09-12-2002, 11:50 AM	#4
Koga Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	I hate Microsoft!!! I won't buy an Xbox even though I love Rare's games. I just hope they won't become Xbox exclusive.

09-12-2002, 11:52 AM	#5
Fishmael Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Palmdale, California Posts: 3,226 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,716.64 Bank: 1,608.43 Total Points: 5,325.07 Donate	They probably are, sadly.

09-12-2002, 11:59 AM	#6
Koga Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Tritoch may I ask where you found this news? Rare's offcial site has nothing on it and Kameo is still anounced as GCN exclusive.

09-12-2002, 01:45 PM	#7
Link The Survivor Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 日本の名古屋 Gender: Posts: 5,607 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,374.99 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 2,874.99 Donate	Star Fox and DK are Nintendo's, there's no 'probably' about them staying with Nintendo...

09-12-2002, 02:22 PM	#9
Nintendo_man Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Donkey Kong is staying. it's nintendo's to keep.

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kjpsonic1 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: ... Posts: 271 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,087.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,587.00 Donate	Who cares? Rare is overrated IMO.

09-12-2002, 03:35 PM	#12
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09-12-2002, 03:48 PM	#13
ThingfromtheDeep Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Without DK, that game is gone for Rare. What else can they attract buyers with? PD and maybe a sequel to Conker's BFD. Too bad to see them go. Oh well. Later...

09-12-2002, 04:59 PM	#14
darkintention Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	I just thought it would be easier to copy my post from the Nintendo land forums, though realize a bit of it is in context with some of the posts earlier in the thread. quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by ANDROSS-SPAGVGFTSPTBC: quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Koga: This is terrible news. I wouldn't care if Rare went third party, but second party for Xbox is the worst nightmare. I still won't buy the crappy machine even though, as much as I like Rare's games. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ditto. God..I had complete faith in Rare to make the right choice... Does this mean all their GBA games are being called off? Like diddy kong pilot,saberwulf,and the new banjo kazooie? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rare actually didn't make the choice, Nintendo did. They sold their Rare shares. As seen in MM's post, Rare actually hasn't been doing that much lately. We can only have a true assesment of what Nintendo has lost when we play SFA. I think it will be intersesting to see what Rare does with the X-box. They always try to push the counsoles they work on to the limit, and the X-box can most definatly be pushed the farthest of the next gen consoles. This has swayed me even more to get an X-box, there are some interesting games for it now and in the future, and this adds something. Needless to say, Nintedo still has some good devs working exclusivly for them. Silicon Knights and Retro anyone? Also, Nintendo's bisness transactions after this is annouced offically by all companies involved will be interesting. Expect a lot, because I doubt they are going to drop Rare, and then do nothing to fill the gap that will be left. I guess all the rumors were right, glad that they will stop. And to everyone who is mad about this, just clear your mind think a bit, and realize it really isn't all that bad. Remember, puting an X-box by a Gamecube won't make your house explode, and adding a PS2 to the mix isn't a sign of the apocolypse.

09-12-2002, 06:51 PM	#15
Strong Kong Donkey Kong Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Hopefully an X Box won't make my house explode.

09-12-2002, 09:07 PM	#16
PenguinMan26 Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Man, why do I feel more and more pressure to get an X-Box? First some of awesome Sega games are XBox-exclusive, and now this... IT'S NOT RIGHT!!! - Penguin Man says, "Visit the Nintendo Black Hole and play You Don't Know Jack: VGF Edition at the SMBHQ forum!"

09-12-2002, 09:45 PM	#17
Bryne Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Thats hilarious. Rare are dead, simple as that. Lesse... Conker, DK, Banjo and Fox McCloud all belong to Nintendo, what can they do? Perfect Dark Zero and maybe a Blast Corps sequel to what they have now, otherwise all their games will have to be new inventions.

09-13-2002, 02:27 AM	#18
Strong Kong Donkey Kong Guest Posts: n/a Points: 0 Bank: 0 Total Points: 0 Donate	Rare has still yet to finalize since they are still haggling over franchise rights. Anything created on N64 has a good chance of going over to the X Box. Jet Force Gemini was a great game, it didn't get much publicity though, Microsoft has a good oppertunity to captitalize there if they advertise it right. [ September 13, 2002, 02:29 AM: Message edited by: DK's Tie ]

09-14-2002, 03:40 PM	#20
Yami Yoshi Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 4,838 Thanks: 3 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts Points: 15,083.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 15,583.00 Donate	Why to Xbox? Why?