Rumor: Nintendo seeking to buy Rare from Microsoft.

I really REALLY hope they do buy the IP's back. Im sorry but the state of Rare makes me really sad and I never was a fan to begin with.

Swift_Boss_A

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I really REALLY hope they do buy the IP's back. Im sorry but the state of Rare makes me really sad and I never was a fan to begin with.

WilliamRLBaker

INB4Rareland.

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I really REALLY hope they do buy the IP's back. Im sorry but the state of Rare makes me really sad and I never was a fan to begin with.

nintendoboy16

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"] you mean how Nintendo killed them then sold off the corpse and soon after the flies the stamper brothers left the corpse with fat wallets in tow....

WilliamRLBaker

your memory is jaded bruh

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[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"]They'd only be buying an empty shell of a dev.bonesawisready5

Nitnendo would be buying IPs that they can only do better for them.

Banjo Kazooie fell hard, and a rumor comes up where they might be being bought to one of the best Platformer developers in the world? that's crazy awesome. Though I'd doubt Nintendo will acquire Rare themselves, I think Nintendo can acqurie an IP or two from them though.

Does it even work like that? I'd think they'd have to buy Rare as a whole.

But I don't believe this rumor at all.

Interesting if true.

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Nitnendo would be buying IPs that they can only do better for them.

Banjo Kazooie fell hard, and a rumor comes up where they might be being bought to one of the best Platformer developers in the world? that's crazy awesome. Though I'd doubt Nintendo will acquire Rare themselves, I think Nintendo can acqurie an IP or two from them though.

LegatoSkyheart

Does it even work like that? I'd think they'd have to buy Rare as a whole.

I can't think of an example, but I'm pretty sure if a contract can be made, the Company can let go of a certain property of theirs.

Have no idea how it would work, but I'm almost certain that all of these games (Uncharted, God of War, Street Fighter, Mario, etc.) are not solely tied to one developer. Just look at Call of Duty, That's being manhandled by at least 4 developers now.

Didn't Nintendo acquire the Fatal Frame series from Tecmo?

Nah, MS should disband Rare and have other developers make their games. We could have 343 work on Perfect Dark for example.

The current Rare employees can work on what they're best at, making avatars.

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Nitnendo would be buying IPs that they can only do better for them.

Banjo Kazooie fell hard, and a rumor comes up where they might be being bought to one of the best Platformer developers in the world? that's crazy awesome. Though I'd doubt Nintendo will acquire Rare themselves, I think Nintendo can acqurie an IP or two from them though.

JollyGreenOne

Does it even work like that? I'd think they'd have to buy Rare as a whole.

But I don't believe this rumor at all.

MS has killed or corrupted so many good dev houses, the ones it hasn't closed completely have all become kinect houses.

Sony never owned Spyro or crash IPS , they just published the first 3 games.... -.- get it straight manRatchet_Fan8

Those weren't Sony's IPs, they were just the publisher.

Slashkice

But it's true that whoever currently owns the Banjo Kazooie IP could sell it without also selling Rare, correct? Similar to the Spyro and Crash deal.

buy RARE...gain their IPs...merge RARE employees with Retro Studios and make Retro a MAJOR threat in next gens race

it's freaking genius if this is what nintendo has up their sleeves

Beyond that, Nintendo first introduced a multiplayer system in a 2D platformer that works, and holy crap was it fun.SuperFlakeman

Bu but, the next gen Conker, Banjo & Kameo are already deep in dev for the next gen MS console ? :o

Seriously, I don't see MS giving their competitor Rare and it's IP's - it's not like they need the cash to stay afloat or anything. :P

Just buy back all them IPs!

buy RARE...gain their IPs...merge RARE employees with Retro Studios and make Retro a MAJOR threat in next gens race

it's freaking genius if this is what nintendo has up their sleeves

CDUB316

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buy RARE...gain their IPs...merge RARE employees with Retro Studios and make Retro a MAJOR threat in next gens race

it's freaking genius if this is what nintendo has up their sleeves

mitu123

It also sounds like a major dilution of the quality that is at Retro, sounds like it can easily backfire and turn Retro into potentially another Rare.

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buy RARE...gain their IPs...merge RARE employees with Retro Studios and make Retro a MAJOR threat in next gens race

it's freaking genius if this is what nintendo has up their sleeves

ugoo18

It also sounds like a major dilution of the quality that is at Retro, sounds like it can easily backfire and turn Retro into potentially another Rare.

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buy RARE...gain their IPs...merge RARE employees with Retro Studios and make Retro a MAJOR threat in next gens race

it's freaking genius if this is what nintendo has up their sleeves

ugoo18

It also sounds like a major dilution of the quality that is at Retro, sounds like it can easily backfire and turn Retro into potentially another Rare.

coders and artists from RARE would be ok to merge with Retro...obviously the main group at Retro right now would still run the show

and I only say merge RARE and Retro together because A.) it would suck for Nintendo to buy RARE just for their IP's and then fire everyone and B.) it would be nice for NIntendo to expand Retro and make it a much bigger team to crank out projects at a faster rate

besides...RARE's quality right now isn't entirely the talents fault, it's MS's for making them make Kinect crap....Kameo and viva pinata were freaking amazing games so there is some quality talent in the current RARE somewhere

Rare is dead. ninjapirate2000

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[QUOTE="mitu123"] Damn...that actually sounds like a badass idea!CDUB316

It also sounds like a major dilution of the quality that is at Retro, sounds like it can easily backfire and turn Retro into potentially another Rare.

coders and artists from RARE would be ok to merge with Retro...obviously the main group at Retro right now would still run the show

and I only say merge RARE and Retro together because A.) it would suck for Nintendo to buy RARE just for their IP's and then fire everyone and B.) it would be nice for NIntendo to expand Retro and make it a much bigger team to crank out projects at a faster rate

besides...RARE's quality right now isn't entirely the talents fault, it's MS's for making them make Kinect crap....Kameo and viva pinata were freaking amazing games so there is some quality talent in the current RARE somewhere

How big is Retro right now anyway compared to a studio like Naughty Dog?

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It also sounds like a major dilution of the quality that is at Retro, sounds like it can easily backfire and turn Retro into potentially another Rare.

ugoo18

coders and artists from RARE would be ok to merge with Retro...obviously the main group at Retro right now would still run the show

and I only say merge RARE and Retro together because A.) it would suck for Nintendo to buy RARE just for their IP's and then fire everyone and B.) it would be nice for NIntendo to expand Retro and make it a much bigger team to crank out projects at a faster rate

besides...RARE's quality right now isn't entirely the talents fault, it's MS's for making them make Kinect crap....Kameo and viva pinata were freaking amazing games so there is some quality talent in the current RARE somewhere

How big is Retro right now anyway compared to a studio like Naughty Dog?

wikipedia says Retro is currently 78 employees and Naughty Dog is 210+

huge difference

not the best source, i know...but it was the fastest and easiest thing i could pull up, lol

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[QUOTE="FireSpirit117"]They'd only be buying an empty shell of a dev.bonesawisready5

Nitnendo would be buying IPs that they can only do better for them.

Banjo Kazooie fell hard, and a rumor comes up where they might be being bought to one of the best Platformer developers in the world? that's crazy awesome. Though I'd doubt Nintendo will acquire Rare themselves, I think Nintendo can acqurie an IP or two from them though.

Does it even work like that? I'd think they'd have to buy Rare as a whole.

Nintendo and Paon also purchased Glory of Heracles series but that was because the people at Paon created that series when they worked for Data East but Nintendo and Paon purchased it when Data East went under.

Who cares. Heil68

Well, even if Rare is dead I'm sure Nintendo can bring their franchises back to life.

And with Retro on board it can be true.

actually that might be a good idea. rare wuz always better as a pair with ninty. they rarely worked well with anyone else buisness wise and product wise

That would be great.

This is something that doesn't happen very often. A company selling something and then buying it back? Doubt it.

This is something that doesn't happen very often. A company selling something and then buying it back? Doubt it.

Gue1

Nintendo never owned Rare they only had 49% but Rare owned the other 51%.

Edit* Apparantly Nintendo had first bid on purchasing Rare and they wanted to purchase Rare but other companies were allowed to offer Rare money and Microsoft made a huge offer that Nintendo couldn't match.

so if nintendo can get rare back that means dk64, 007 and jet force jemini on the virtual console

only IP they would actually use is Banjo Kazooie, the rest would sit untouched just like they are now.

so if nintendo can get rare back that means dk64, 007 and jet force jemini on the virtual console

resevl4rlz

the only franchise which would hold up well today is Killer Instinct. joojtzu

Why would that be?

Their N64 IP's are still perfectly viable/salvageable. Platformers especially on Nintendo systems are always viable, Shooters are still viable in the general market (Even with the glut) and so are Fighting games.

I really hope not I enjoy Viva pinita a lot

DO IT NINTY!

I don't really care if Nintendo buys them back...I just want a new Perfect Dark, Killer Insict, and the rest of their IPs.

I don't really care if Nintendo buys them back...I just want a new Perfect Dark, Killer Insict, and the rest of their IPs.

Jamiemydearx3

actually that might be a good idea. rare wuz always better as a pair with ninty. they rarely worked well with anyone else buisness wise and product wise

ionusX

But Rare is dead, right?

That is correct. Seems like Nintendo is only seeking to buy Rare up for their IPs.

ShadowDeathX

Exactly what i was going to say, i mean give Rare permission to do all the shovelware they are so good doing nowadays, meanwhile take their IPs and give them to Retro...or better yet, buy their IPs and them send them back to MS :D

Seems pretty out there, The only thing I could see nintendo wanting from this deal is Banjo-Kazooie. Would microsoft really sell one of their console competitors an I.P. like that?

Seems pretty out there, The only thing I could see nintendo wanting from this deal is Banjo-Kazooie. Would microsoft really sell one of their console competitors an I.P. like that?

Wild_man_22