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"2015 is a HUGE year for Rare", says Robin Beanland
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Caayn
Member
Come on now. Viva Piñata and Kameo are great games produced by Rare while owned by Microsoft.
That's way more than I thought. Rare... redeemed?!
Auto-Reply
Member
Are they going to be sold back to Nintendo?
Steverulez
Member
Don't be silly, Rare are dead and all the new hires they got are untalented because the people that were at Rare 10+ years ago are the only talented people in the industry!
They've probably developed incredibly thick skins at this point.
I'm still surprised that their facebook page is as open as it is. The comment sections are full of cringeworthy comments.
John Kowalski
Banned
36 hour days?
And there's this. I hate all the 'Rare is dead' posts. Must be shit reading them if you actually work there.
MS registered a new trademark for Battletoads late last year if that makes you feel better.
Steverulez
Member
Not even Rare can save the WiiU.
I honestly hope it's a new IP. I need something fresh, not something that's long since been buried.
Nintendo never owned Rare.
Nintendo never owned Rare.
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Meh, it better be a new Blast Corps or color me unimpressed!
Backfoggen
Banned
Better be Conker.
GameGuru59
Banned
3 G's and an A on the music sheet. One quarter note and 3 8th notes.
Aaron Strife
Banned
No, but maybe the Wii U can save Rare.
AndyMoogle
Member
Well, what people mean by that is that Rare don't make games like Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini, Diddy Kong Racing, Conker's Bad Fury Day, Donkey Kong Country and Blast Corps anymore.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Why would they make another Blast Corps? They are better off using its gameplay elements in another game.
Steverulez
Member
Xbox 360 already did that.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
This is ridiculously subjective. Many of us would absolutely love a new Blast Corps. With the technology in today's systems? A game like Blast Corps where your entire goal is just to use machinery to destroy things?
HNNNGGGH
Justin Bailey
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Ready for Battletoads 2.
It was amazing, in fact it still is. Still one of the most underrated games IMO.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Maybe as a smaller release? It's a hard game to sell.
The_Clansman
Banned
I don't get what's SO bad about new Rare, I mean yeah, they made some Kinect games lately. But just last gen they gave us Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo, Banjo and Viva Piñata, and for one studio that's a lot. Also not developed by them but Killer Instinct is better than ever.
Steverulez
Member
Rares mistake in my opinion was not continuing their Jetpac Refuelled team.
They should have done ports for all their N64 stuff and their 360 games
They should have done ports for all their N64 stuff and their 360 games
Auto-Reply
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They can let Conker drive the vehicles!... Banjo is piloting the mecha though!
I don't think that's entirely Rare's fault though.
DiddysKongQuest
Member
Obligatory
But in all seriousness, I think they still have it in them.
Sure, Nuts and Bolts was different, but I really loved it for what it was. People only hate it because it's a BK game with little to no platforming
But in all seriousness, I think they still have it in them.
Sure, Nuts and Bolts was different, but I really loved it for what it was. People only hate it because it's a BK game with little to no platforming
Miles Quaritch
Member
Don't make me come over there and slap some sense into you, Vernia.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Don't know how big a year this will be for Rare, or not, but people believing Rare as a studio no longer has what it takes to develop a great game are definitely far off in my view.
What has kept Rare from making truly great games hasn't had a thing to do with their ability as a developer, but more simply, I think, the creative direction that was decided on at an early stage in development. At that point, once the decision is made, the rest have no other choice but to simply go with the flow and get the game made. They've tried enough different things over the years for me to at least have a good deal of interest in whatever they plan on doing next. I think it starts at the beginning for Rare. Just pick a better overall idea/vision for their project from the start, and I think the rest will take care of itself.
What has kept Rare from making truly great games hasn't had a thing to do with their ability as a developer, but more simply, I think, the creative direction that was decided on at an early stage in development. At that point, once the decision is made, the rest have no other choice but to simply go with the flow and get the game made. They've tried enough different things over the years for me to at least have a good deal of interest in whatever they plan on doing next. I think it starts at the beginning for Rare. Just pick a better overall idea/vision for their project from the start, and I think the rest will take care of itself.
protomouse
Member
Can't really extrapolate anything musically from such a small fragment. However, it's interesting that they chose to depict a triplet. A third game in a series? A game with three main characters? Might be a new IP for all we know.
That makes me want to believe that we're going to see more than one Rare IP make a showing this year, with at least one from Rare.
In addition to Conker in Project Spark, I think we will see Banjo from Rare and maybe Battletoads from another developer since Microsoft recently renewed the trademark. I think a remaster (maybe by 4J?) of Conker Live & Reloaded could be in the cards to make up for the outcry over Conker in Project Spark last year.
In addition to Conker in Project Spark, I think we will see Banjo from Rare and maybe Battletoads from another developer since Microsoft recently renewed the trademark. I think a remaster (maybe by 4J?) of Conker Live & Reloaded could be in the cards to make up for the outcry over Conker in Project Spark last year.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Interesting that some are associating the mere notes with a Banjo hint. 6 months ago the same Robin Beanland posted this on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TheRealBeano/status/474580649555546112
And 4 days later, this:
https://twitter.com/TheRealBeano/status/475981017480982529
Surprised you all didn't quote the hell out of this guy. Robin's previous two hints on Twitter were two photographs of a fucking banjo. Like, how much more obvious can you be?
Current rumour mill strongly indicates Banjo Kazooie 3 and this just adds more fuel to the fire. There's a chance it's Perfect Dark but according to Phil Spencer that might be some years away. Outside chance it's Conker because of his inclusion in Project Spark.
It just has to be Banjo. All signs including this one indicates that it is.
papercan55
Member
so good, i sadly can't think of a better representation of rare at the moment....
please be banjo
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
It's happening?Interesting that some are associating the mere notes with a Banjo hint. 6 months ago the same Robin Beanland posted this on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TheRealBeano/status/474580649555546112
And 4 days later, this:
https://twitter.com/TheRealBeano/status/475981017480982529
It's happening.
I got my very talented composer friend of mine to play the contents of that tweet...here it is!
A prize to the person that can work it out!
https://soundcloud.com/richjarman/rare-thing
Whilst you are there why don't you have a listen to some of his other work, I'd recommend
http://www.richjarman.com/more-music/#welcometogaleisland for some mood music in the vein of Zelda :WW
A prize to the person that can work it out!
https://soundcloud.com/richjarman/rare-thing
Whilst you are there why don't you have a listen to some of his other work, I'd recommend
http://www.richjarman.com/more-music/#welcometogaleisland for some mood music in the vein of Zelda :WW
SEGAvangelist
Member
Now that's an idea!
GameGuru59
Banned
The prospect of Banjo coming back now just reminds me of the sheer stupidity of Nintendo selling Rareware during the GameCube era. You give up all those IP's (Banjo, Conker, Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemeni) and an experienced FPS developer for what? Money, something you've got plenty of. Stupid. I look forward to what Rare produces this go-round.
Did you miss the Battletoads posts?
it cant even save nintendo
I think the rumor was that things were not going so well between Nintendo and Rare during the development of Star Fox Adventures? I could be completely wrong about that though