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http://www.ausgamers.com/news/read/3563821/phil-spencer-id-love-to-see-mario-on-xbox
Phil's made no secret about wanting Mario on XB and even Banjo in Smash before, but I'm left wondering that if he's so eager to work with Nintendo, wants Banjo in Smash, and fully knows about their younger demographic and whatnot, why not allow Rare's legacy on their systems?
You may say "well they're a competitor", and you are right, but he says right there he's fine with Banjo in Smash, and MS even allowed Jetpac to remain intact in DK64 on Wii U VC (being the one and only game on both Wii U and Rare Replay). Plus Microsoft Studios (the Xbox team) themselves were directly involved with Minecraft on Wii U, complete with their logo and everything.
Plus of course we have their GBA and DS support of Rare and other IPs from years ago.
Well, I guess what Phil's okay with may differ from what the top folks at Microsoft would be okay with, he may be the head of Xbox IIRC, but I don't know if that means he's free to make those choices... is he?
What are your thoughts?
"I’d love to see Mario on Xbox. As someone who’s been in this industry and played games forever, I’ll still say it: Nintendo has the strongest first-party of anybody. They’re just fantastic and the memories that they have instilled in so many of us, who’ve played their games and had those delightful experiences, having those on Xbox would be great. Obviously we have Minecraft on Nintendo and when that opportunity came up to work with them on Minecraft, you know, some people might look at it and say ‘why would you even do that?’, but with Nintendo, it’s been a great partnership on Minecraft. In fact they put Mario in Minecraft on Wii U with the mash-up skin pack. And continuing to work with them on that and building a stronger relationship... I mean if that paid dividends down the road that lead to something else, that would be fantastic. I know I get questions all the time on would I ever like to see Banjo in Super Smash Bros. and I’m, like, “yes, I would do that in a second”. And certain people think I’m saying that as some sort of PR answer and I’m, like, why wouldn’t you?
Anyway, I’m a big Nintendo fan and I think they’ve been incredibly important for the games industry, they do a great job with younger audiences, and if we ever had a chance to work with them in the future, I would absolutely do it."
Phil's made no secret about wanting Mario on XB and even Banjo in Smash before, but I'm left wondering that if he's so eager to work with Nintendo, wants Banjo in Smash, and fully knows about their younger demographic and whatnot, why not allow Rare's legacy on their systems?
You may say "well they're a competitor", and you are right, but he says right there he's fine with Banjo in Smash, and MS even allowed Jetpac to remain intact in DK64 on Wii U VC (being the one and only game on both Wii U and Rare Replay). Plus Microsoft Studios (the Xbox team) themselves were directly involved with Minecraft on Wii U, complete with their logo and everything.
Plus of course we have their GBA and DS support of Rare and other IPs from years ago.
Well, I guess what Phil's okay with may differ from what the top folks at Microsoft would be okay with, he may be the head of Xbox IIRC, but I don't know if that means he's free to make those choices... is he?
What are your thoughts?