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Rare Responds To Fans Request Of A Banjo-Kazooie Remake For Nintendo 3DS
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Didn't the XBLA releases already add them in?
Yep.
Schweinehund
Member
Could happen.
I see no reason why it wouldn't, given that ms doesn't have it's own handheld.
I see no reason why it wouldn't, given that ms doesn't have it's own handheld.
les papillons sexuels
Banned
better yet they should make one for windows phones.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Rare is just a shell now, an empty husk, a meaningless word, a borrowed name.
Why would you want them to make anything.
Why would you want them to make anything.
Nocturnowl
Member
Well if they did maybe the new Rare could be imbued with the spirit of the old Rare and it would begin a glorious revival, except that wont happen.
Except for how certain doors caused the music to start from the beginning again which was annoying, it's not that bad to traverse, there's the old warp cauldrons.
I liked the hub...
Except for how certain doors caused the music to start from the beginning again which was annoying, it's not that bad to traverse, there's the old warp cauldrons.
Yeah but if I recall it just unlocked stuff for Nuts and Bolts, I think I preferred unlocking nothing back in the N64 days, at least there was the mystery!
Windows Phone
Jesus Carbomb
From Water into Guinness
Still waiting for the XBLA remakes to go on sale... they're kinda pricey.
Sis Focaccia
Member
Wouldn't the porting of the HD version to 3DS be so cheap to do that it would be practically guaranteed profit for Microsoft? A sympathetic price on the eShop and this could sell decently
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
Let me translate that for you:
Anything is possible... : "We'd love to make it!...."
...even if it’s not very likely: "But no-one's ever going to give us the money and we're brassic."
Anything is possible... : "We'd love to make it!...."
...even if it’s not very likely: "But no-one's ever going to give us the money and we're brassic."
Even 1. party Microsoft games are not exclusive to Windows Phone.
See: Kinectimals, Tentacles and Wordament.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Definitely worth it though. Beautiful games when played on the right TV. Stop n Swop sucked though.
I don't think that it's possible, given how blatantly they mocked Nintendo on the Nuts and Bolts debut trailer, I'm assuming Nintendo has outgrown them.
Maybe Diddy Kong Racing DS was an exception though... still, I doubt it. It's better for them to keep the series away from their filthy hands.
Maybe Diddy Kong Racing DS was an exception though... still, I doubt it. It's better for them to keep the series away from their filthy hands.
Hero of Legend
Member
Majesco would replace THQ I think since they already published MechAssault and Age of Empires on DS.
Also I should post the wiki page created by me of all MS games on Nintendo handhelds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_owned_by_Microsoft_Studios_on_Nintendo_platforms
Also I should post the wiki page created by me of all MS games on Nintendo handhelds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_owned_by_Microsoft_Studios_on_Nintendo_platforms
Jaded Alyx
Member
You say this like Crash Bandicoot games stopped being made.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Isn't rare wholly owned by microsoft?
PFFT. Who needs it on 3DS when it could come out on forthcoming MS's dedicated 7-inch gaming tablet?
LOL Sony wouldn't even send a television to OXM, to be tested. Do you think they would allow a MS studio to develop games on their platform? If you think so, you must be living in a blissful world.
Wrong. Technically they can't. See reason below.
Yup. Which means MS has to approve everything they do.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
He means it's not very likely since they recently sold Banjo and their other non-Kinect IP's back to Nintendo.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
Lol at some of the replies thinking Microsoft never would publish anything on the other consoles, not only did they do that already. But they even had plans to bring Halo, their biggest IP, on the DS but didn't do it because they couldn't get a prototype working that felt right and nailing the gameplay"
Of course Rare won't do it, but some are thinking these companies are thinking like the fanboys on message boards.
Is this sarcasm? You think Sony would turn a studio down which wants to develop for te Vita? Just because it is owned by Microsoft?
Of course Rare won't do it, but some are thinking these companies are thinking like the fanboys on message boards.
Is this sarcasm? You think Sony would turn a studio down which wants to develop for te Vita? Just because it is owned by Microsoft?
Donkey Kong 64 remake would be so so happy. It's one of those games I played and tried to beat with other family members. Many good memories.
Aquamarine
Member
No.
After the MS acquisition, Rare frequently collaborated with Nintendo (and published on Nintendo platforms) up until 2008:
1. Donkey Kong Country, on the GBA, published by Nintendo, 2003
2. Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, on the GBA, published by THQ, 2003
3. Sabre Wulf, on the GBA, published by THQ, 2003
4. Donkey Kong Country 2, on the GBA, published by Nintendo, 2004
5. Banjo-Pilot, on the GBA, published by THQ, 2005
6. Donkey Kong Country 3, on the GBA, published by Nintendo, 2005
7. Diddy Kong Racing DS, on the DS, published by Nintendo, 2007
8. Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise, on the DS, published by THQ, 2008
It's really only been since the Rare rebranding as a Kinect studio....that Rare has stopped releasing stuff on Nintendo platforms and collaborating with Nintendo on various projects.
Maybe that says something about Crash Bandicoot then?
goldenpp72
Member
I honestly don't see why this was even posted, it is about the most generic PR response imaginable. This scenario won't happen as rare has dissolved their portable division. It would have to be a different team.
No thanks, especially not from this Rare.
I'm gong to assume this was an ironic/sarcastic response. Otherwise, that's pretty thick rock to live under.
Sony/ND don't even own Crash, yet that dream still hasn't been let go.
I'm gong to assume this was an ironic/sarcastic response. Otherwise, that's pretty thick rock to live under.
Sony/ND don't even own Crash, yet that dream still hasn't been let go.
Because to every Banjo fan out there even a slim glimmer of hope for more B/K antics is still a chance god damn it.
Diddy Kong
Banned
I would love for this to happen..I've been playing DK64 lately too and I would definitely be down for a port of that as well.
And it wouldn't be a Banjo thread without wanting Nintendo to buy Banjo back.
Edit- the tweet has 25+ retweet/favorites. I wonder if that's a record for Rare
And it wouldn't be a Banjo thread without wanting Nintendo to buy Banjo back.
and put him in Smash Bros. 
Edit- the tweet has 25+ retweet/favorites. I wonder if that's a record for Rare
VGChampion
Member
Only if the opening has a Nintendo logo on the Xylophone again. I hated that they just threw a generic Microsoft one on it. Nintendo needs to send MS boat loads of money so they can get Banjo back. BK is my all time favorite game and it just feels right at home on a Nintendo console. I just couldn't play the originals on the 360.
By the way, what ever happened to that spiritual successor being worked on my ex-Rare employees? Did that fall through? Cause their twitter has nothing.
By the way, what ever happened to that spiritual successor being worked on my ex-Rare employees? Did that fall through? Cause their twitter has nothing.
You are joking right? Obviously you must be. Like I said this is the same company that didn't want to send a television to OXM for comparison test because they were the competition.
What made them so special being on a Nintendo console? What made it feel different that you couldn't play them on the 360? I would really like to know.
Kinect Sports was a pretty great game.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Why more sense than the 3DS? It most likely wouldn't be anything outside Rare IPs anyway, which fit way better on a Nintendo handheld.
They claimed that, for example, Viva Pinata DS wouldn't have happened on the PSP.
Hero of Legend
Member
Because Banjo was clearly a spin-off of DKC in spirit (I know about Dream, but Banjo even first appeared in DKR), Banjo as a whole looks like something Nintendo would've created, because the games apparently used the Mario 64 engine (read this somewhere), because Nintendo is where platformers flourish and some of if not the best ones are on?
Banjo to me IS a Nintendo franchise that was robbed from them, I'd argue that Banjo would NOT exist if it wasn't for Nintendo, had the legendary partnership never had taken place, Rare would either not be the success they were, or possibly have even been shut down long ago.
Plus I'm pretty sure Nintendo had a huge positive influence on Rare, even going as far to suggest Dinosaur Planet be a SF game (for better or worse), and DP would've gone to MS had this not happened, Nintendo clearly influenced Rare, and Rare's greatest successes and most memorable franchises were created under Nintendo's wing.
Rare WAS Nintendo, those two saw eye-to-eye, had very similar philosophies, etc.
MS was the worst thing to happen to Rare, I would not be surprised if even the Stampers regret the sale (it was them who started it), Rare's biggest names sure do (Grant Kirkhope and Chris Seavor to name a few).
This is why Banjo does not feel right on the 360.
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
What would you guys think about a Banjo Kazooie sequel developed by another studio with a solid track record that had a high-reverence for the franchise? Do you think they could pull it off or do you think Rare is the only one that could do it?
I really don't know. Most people will say that this is not the Rare they remember but it could actually be a very new Rare that makes amazing games. They have been staffing like crazy, so they cannot all be working on Kinect Sports 3.
I would like them to give games like Banjo, Perfect Dark etc another shot for next-gen greatness. Maybe give Banjo to DoubleFine.
OriginofHysteria
Banned
I still haven't beaten the last boss in Banjo-Kazooie
Hero of Legend
Member
I definitely think another can carry the torch, even though some key folks remain (Gregg is the creator and still is at Rare), too many folks have gone and a lot of folks from other companies joined so it's not really Rare anymore, plus they fired their art team correct? That's pretty damn important for a company's identity like Rare's.
Eurocom was one of my choices, but... :'(
Two Tribes I feel can pull of some of Rare's IPs on 3DS like Viva Pinata and Banjo, they have pre-rendering techniques that remind me of Rare's, I mean look at Toki Tori 2:
They could attempt at a design similar to Pocket Paradise and Grunty's Revenge on 3DS.