RARE still nice and busy....

Those of you that thought Rare are being idol should think again....

Checl this out:

Citing unnamed sources, Computer and Video Games is reporting that at E3, Rare will be showing the new Perfect Dark, Kameo: Elements of Power, Conker's Bad Fur Day Online and Sabre Wulf, as well as Ghoulies, which is said to be a remake of their classic title Atic Atac. While this is far from anything resembling a confirmation, the latest Scribes Q&A at Rare's site says, "if anyone believes that a developer the size of Rare would only be working on one game at a time, well... having lost all faith in humanity long ago, I suppose I wouldn't be surprised."

So, looks like we'll be seeing a lot of RARE. Even though I don't like Micro$oft buying them, I still have a special place in my heart for them. It will be nice to see what they've been up to...

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tempo88

Hmm...interesting. If Perfect Dark looks good, I'll have to see what the rest of E3 looks like for the XBOX, as I might just turn to the ...Dark Side... I mean, buy an XBOX...

Oh no, I wasn't saying buy the thing, that'd be plain wrong

It will just be great to see what they've been up to. I will probably go round my mates and play hours of RARE games, much like they used to round my house, and I'll love it, but I'm not buying a console just for one developer.

I'm very interested in Perfect Dark though, should be amazing, and Conkers BFD, I got that out and had a play the other day

From The Giant Poo, CBFD:

I am the giant poo! I smell of poo, beughshs!

etc...

God I miss Rare

Well, it's not just the Rare games - that's the sad thing!

I also really want Fable, Halo 2, and a number of other games. It depends what the mular situation is when it comes to the release date of the games, as I can't afford an XBOX, XBOX games, GC games, hub caps - it just doesn't work like that...

Actually Temp its.

"I am the great mighty poo and I'm going to throw my...." you get the drift!

I've got an Xbox already, but I doubt I'll have any Rare games for a while. Kameo looks terrible at the moment, and the last Rare game I truly loved was Jet Force Gemini. I didnt care for Perfect Dark, Banjo or DK64.

I miss rare games..oh well at leasst we stil get PD. RIGHT!l

ive been very dissapointed with the xbox since launch, im looking forward to conkers though

Sharpshot wrote:

I miss rare games..oh well at leasst we stil get PD. RIGHT!l

Where have you been for the past year?! No, the GameCube gets no Rare games (so that includes Perfect Dark), and the XBOX gets all of them...

Unless, of course, Rare churns out another handheld iteration of Perfect Dark. This time, though, the company could actually make a GBA version in the 1st-Person mould, as opposed to the GBC's viewpoint.

JEbUS wrote:
Where have you been for the past year?! No, the GameCube gets no Rare games (so that includes Perfect Dark), and the XBOX gets all of them...

I thought PD was a trade mark of Ninty though?? Isnt it thier franchise??

jesusraz wrote:
Unless, of course, Rare churns out another handheld iteration of Perfect Dark. This time, though, the company could actually make a GBA version in the 1st-Person mould, as opposed to the GBC's viewpoint.

But isn't that extremely unlikely? I mean, if MS own Rare, it'd be shooting themselves in the foot to let Rare help Ninty. They paid so much for them so that Ninty wouldn't get their services...

Sharpshot wrote:
I thought PD was a trade mark of Ninty though?? Isnt it thier franchise??

No.

JEbUS wrote:
But isn't that extremely unlikely? I mean, if MS own Rare, it'd be shooting themselves in the foot to let Rare help Ninty. They paid so much for them so that Ninty wouldn't get their services...

Nah, you see that's the cool thing about the GBA - it isn't seen as a direct competitor to the home console market, so both Sony and Microsoft don't mind licensing some of their titles onto the handheld...After all, it's a quick way for them to make money!

If you recall, Sega (before ducking out of the console race) actually had plans to release a Sonic game on the GBC, as it wasn't seen to be competition for the DreamCast...But Nintendo told them to delay it a year or so to release it on the GBA instead so both companies would make more money from a fresh market...

Anyway, Rare has stated that the link with Nintendo has not been severed completely - they will still focus a small percentage of their development power on the GBA. Sabrewulf and Grunty's Revenge are still up for release. Coconut Crackers is being reworked without the Donkey Kong franchise, and Diddy Kong Pilot won't work with the GBA: SP, so has most likely been scrapped...unless they extract the Kong franchise and then release two versions...one that is compatible with the GBA and one with the SP...which seems like too much hassle to me!

Hmm...

Ah-ha. I see what you mean, but I wouldn't like Perfect Dark on the GBA - as every FPS I have seen on the GBA look very bad.

Still, something like DKR would be nice.

It is a pretty neat loop-hole of sorts. I agree about PD in FPS-mode on the GBA (apparently Doom's good...but I don't like the look of it). Now, if they chose to do a top-down action game like they did on the GBC (and apparently did very well), I'd be all for that.

I'm hoping for a mini-Conker game, but not like the ropey Conker's Pocket Tales. Ugh, what a waste of money that was!!

dooms not really good... its hard to see whats going on, and its jerky and really too complicated for the GBA...

JEbUS wrote:

Sharpshot wrote:
I thought PD was a trade mark of Ninty though?? Isnt it thier franchise??

No.

Dammit why didnt ne body tell me!! Oh well Dk on the GBA, i like!

"Dammit why didnt ne body tell me!!"

well actually... most mags siad this at the time...

Unfortunately Nintendo decided to be too generous with the Rare deal. Technically, since characters such as Banjo and Conker were included in Diddy Kong Racing, Nintendo had first call on them...but chose to let Rare keep them. The same with Killer Instinct - that was Nintendo co-developed, so the company could have retained the rights, but gave them away in the deal instead.

Perfect Dark...hmm...I'm not entirely sure about this one. I'm sure Nintendo could have put forward a very strong case for keeping the rights, but again just seemed to not bother, all in the name of keeping the peace!

More evidence that Nintendo = Switzerland!

jesusraz wrote:
Unfortunately Nintendo decided to be too generous with the Rare deal. Technically, since characters such as Banjo and Conker were included in Diddy Kong Racing, Nintendo had first call on them...but chose to let Rare keep them. The same with Killer Instinct - that was Nintendo co-developed, so the company could have retained the rights, but gave them away in the deal instead.

Perfect Dark...hmm...I'm not entirely sure about this one. I'm sure Nintendo could have put forward a very strong case for keeping the rights, but again just seemed to not bother, all in the name of keeping the peace!

More evidence that Nintendo = Switzerland!

not at all.. why be bastards about it? IMO nintendo got a lot out of rare, and let them leave with no problems. Nintendo doesnt need more IP anyway, its milking what it has very well..

i am actually glad that rare have gona 350 million can make ALOT OF GAMES. Probably more than rare will make in the life span of the cube. Look at all the second party games, all that has most likely come from the rare deal.