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David Wise leaves Rare
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Yes, he is: http://www.comicspace.com/wil/Ad Infinitum said:
Last credited in Nuts & Bolts, obviously.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
so if rare is dead, does that mean BLAST CORPS is dead?
did they own that?
because if so that's something worth lamenting, to be sure.
did they own that?
because if so that's something worth lamenting, to be sure.
It's a shame that this had to happen to Rare. They're sitting on a gold mine in terms of IPs, and I'm sure lots of other publishers would love to have them. Unfortunately, they've been given the shit shovel, and are bound to create avatar and natal games for the rest of their days.
SuperAndroid17
Member
Graeme Norgate- Check
Grant Kirkhope - Check
David Wise - Check
.... what the fuck rare? :/
Grant Kirkhope - Check
David Wise - Check
.... what the fuck rare? :/
GitarooMan
Member
It really pains me to see how Microsoft has sent Rare down the Loggo to do mainly avatar and casual shit. What a waste of all the IP and talent (a lot of which is leaving). Used to be my favorite company, hard to justify that now. Although I know a lot of people like it, I think wasting so much time and resources on Viva Pinata was a bad move, it's just such a niche game that could never find a market.
RawkHawk2010
Member
*sigh*
Perhaps Mr. Wise will find a home with Nintendo and compose for the next DK game.
In a perfect world... *double sigh*
Steve Burke - Check
Perhaps Mr. Wise will find a home with Nintendo and compose for the next DK game.
In a perfect world... *double sigh*
SuperAndroid17 said:
Steve Burke - Check
Did anyone hear about the rumor that Tim Stamper is doing some sort of Rare revival?
David Wise isn't the only guy who left Rare recently and there has to be another reason besides Natal that a bunch of others like Chris Peil left too.
Also note that some Rare guys are unemployed since march 2009 according to their LinkedIN profiles, so I think someone has offered them a better job.
David Wise isn't the only guy who left Rare recently and there has to be another reason besides Natal that a bunch of others like Chris Peil left too.
Also note that some Rare guys are unemployed since march 2009 according to their LinkedIN profiles, so I think someone has offered them a better job.
Jazzy Network
Member
If there is a god we will have Donkey Kong Country 4.
Nintendo already published the Martin Hollis game, Bonzai Barber. Not to mention Iwata is known for working together with 'old friends' like Sakurai who left Nintendo earlier.V_Ben said:if they get on stage at the nintendo press conference at next year's E3 and announce that they've been working in secret on a brand new star fox or donkey kong country for wii, and that they have formed a new company, i would be super stoked. a guy can dream
Still, I don't care which 'side' these Rare guys are on, as long as they can use their talents in the industry.
There's this odd rumor that Tim Stamper has started something at the old Rare building. Chris has dropped off the map, and he was more in charge of the business side of things anyway. Tim used to be the tech guy.jett said:I wonder if the Stamper brothers are doing anything, like at all, these days.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Ysiadmihi said:
it still hurts.
realraptor
Member
Maybe they can all form a new development studio? That would be cool.
Bluemercury
Member
Wizpig said:Jesus Christ, Rare.
Just...
I don't know, i don't really know what to say.
You guys remember all the fuss when Rare was sold or when their 360 games proved to be not-so-popular, but at those times i still had faith, i enjoyed recent games like N&B.
I knew it wasn't the same Rare i loved on 64, but still...
Yeah, i know, cool story bro. [
It's just to say... I lost all faith in Rare in these last few weeks of awful news regarding them.
Bitter tears.
I guess this time it really is over.
That will probably teach MS that buying companies left and right might not be a good decision.
autobzooty
Member
Nuts and Bolts had a boss soundtrack.
Every thread about Rare makes me depressed.
Every thread about Rare makes me depressed.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
There is also a fantastic remix out: http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01242/speedpop said:
You could play that on a dinner date.
I'm not sure if the Rare tech junkies fit with Nintendo. I'm also not sure if the Tim Stamper rumor is legit, but still it's worth mentioning and why else would the Rare guys leave the company? Wasn't Wise their first composer?DeathNote said:
Note: Iwata seems to hate the N64 so I doubt he'd bring back the dream team, unless the 'Former Rare, Genyo Takeda meet up' is the reason for his recent comments about the N64.
Really sad, David Wise is a fantastic composer.
If I had to guess, the games he was working on probably kept getting cancelled and he finally threw up his hands and said "fuck this I'm quitting". When you think about it, the last console game he did the music for was Starfox Adventures back in 2002. Everything else he's been doing was handheld ports of the DKC titles.
If I had to guess, the games he was working on probably kept getting cancelled and he finally threw up his hands and said "fuck this I'm quitting". When you think about it, the last console game he did the music for was Starfox Adventures back in 2002. Everything else he's been doing was handheld ports of the DKC titles.
chicken_ramen
Member
Mistwalker? Really?Haunted said:
Mistwaker has devolved into a production house specialising in remarkably mediocre DS games, and I don't think they're making much money from that plan.
autobzooty
Member
[Nintex] said:
i doubt that Iwata not liking Nintendo would stop him from hiring really good talent from a company they used to have a close relationship with.
i mean, miyamoto made mario 64 and he still works for nintendo :lol
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
That and Rare don't make DS games any more.Sean said:
Haunted
Member
chicken_ramen said:Mistwalker? Really?
Mistwaker has devolved into a production house specialising in remarkably mediocre DS games, and I don't think they're making much money from that plan.
Well, 1 promising studio out of 14 isn't so bad! Right guys?
guys?
oh no you didn'tTunaLover said:
beelze, what shall we do with this one?
[Nintex] said:
Well, I just did some research. Stamper owns THENOIDS.COM since 2007.
So yeah, he still owns the place.
http://whois.domaintools.com/thenoids.com
He also owns eight other web domains. Several of them were registered in 2009. So he's busy. I can't see what the domains are however. Maybe someone could help.
Haunted said:
No seriously, how in the fuck does Microsoft squander so much real talent like this? This is like the reverse Nintendo "Kiss of Death", if your dev team is "acquired" by Microsoft, just get ready to bail out in a few months time.
Looking at it like that, I guess Rare was double screwed. :lol
Edit: Rare revival, wut? No seriously guys, don't do this to me.
V_Ben said:if they get on stage at the nintendo press conference at next year's E3 and announce that they've been working in secret on a brand new star fox or donkey kong country for wii, and that they have formed a new company, i would be super stoked. a guy can dream
that would be a dream come true. rare makes good games but back when nintendo was helping them they made some fantastic stuff. plus rare has always made games that are more aimed at a nintendo audience. lets hope the revival company happens and they find their way back to nintendo.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Haunted said:
dissenters will be j-bombed
theignoramus
Member
Rare should be producing triple A content with benchmark visuals. I blame Microsoft for their failure to do that.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
AzureJericho said:
that's to say nothing of the fate of poor gunpei yokoi.
So I don't get it. Someone explain it to me.
MS spends all this money getting these first party studios together. Assembling a lineup of quality exclusive software. Thanks to these games in part, the X360 is where it is today. Then they fire them or the team leaves or whatever.
X360 is still in a fierce software battle with PS3 for every exclusive they can get. What good does it do MS to lose these studios who could be making kickass exclusive 1st party games in many genres to battle the PS3 1st parties? It's one thing if X360 had one the generation and was so far ahead MS could fire everyone and sit back and enjoy profits, but they're in the middle of a major heated battle. This would be the dumbest time to lose 1st party titles.
What is going on?
MS spends all this money getting these first party studios together. Assembling a lineup of quality exclusive software. Thanks to these games in part, the X360 is where it is today. Then they fire them or the team leaves or whatever.
X360 is still in a fierce software battle with PS3 for every exclusive they can get. What good does it do MS to lose these studios who could be making kickass exclusive 1st party games in many genres to battle the PS3 1st parties? It's one thing if X360 had one the generation and was so far ahead MS could fire everyone and sit back and enjoy profits, but they're in the middle of a major heated battle. This would be the dumbest time to lose 1st party titles.
What is going on?