Rare Leaving Nintendo - Good Thing or Bad Thing?

[GamingAtheist]

I know the deal with Rare leaving Nintendo looks like a bad thing (at least to most) but turns out this might be just what they need to turn around franchises that seemed to have gotten worn out. Putting new teams on these old franchises for a brand new installment in the series might be what the franchises need to breathe "new life" into it. It's been awhile since I've enjoyed anything by Rare (Conker's was okay, DK was good, but other than that...) and I'm not too upset about losing Banjo. I don't think DK will be leaving Nintendo however, because if I remember correctly, Nintendo still owns some liscencing on the name (at least) if not the whole product. But with Rare siding with X-box that means good competition platform-wise with Banjoo and Conker on X-box now (you know they needed it.) which means that both of the companies will have to try and do better to win in the platformer race. Also, with Sega giving a bunch of originals to Xbox, both Sony and Nintendo will have to start making something happen or the underdog might suprise both and come out on top by the end of the Next Gen era.

[Sega_Sage]

Initially many took this as a bad thing...but Rare has lost most of its charm as of late. Even before Rare was sold to Microsoft, most of the core team members broke off to form Zoonami and Free Radical Design. What was left of Rare did manage to turn out the excellent action game, Starfox Adventures...but without Nintendo guidance, we see a Rare that has some what lost its way. With a game made for an audience not part of the XBOX demographic, Halo and slow development times, Rare has been facing some criticism not commonly associated with the Rare name. Hopefully Kameo turns out to be an excellent title, or else Rare may just start taking a back seat in the world of gaming...

[zeronumber]

You ask me good or bad, then you have yes or no as an option....

Well, I think it wasn't good(i serioulsy don't know what choice that would be) because rare was one of nintendo's better developers....
And I'm quite the donkey kong fan...

With rare gone to x-box, I will never see the likes of a donkey kong 64 sequel..

[uhhsam]

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[ateboy!!]

HI

[Centaurios]

You ask me good or bad, then you have yes or no as an option....

Well, I think it wasn't good(i serioulsy don't know what choice that would be) because rare was one of nintendo's better developers....
And I'm quite the donkey kong fan...

With rare gone to x-box, I will never see the likes of a donkey kong 64 sequel..

Actually, there will be a Donkey Kong Adventure coming out.

[ateboy!!]

sup gamecube fans

:lol:

[Impulse921]

I think it was a bad desicion mainly because Perfect Dark 2 or whatever wont be made for gamecube. It would have greatly helped system sales I think.

[zeronumber]

does 'yes' mean good thing and 'no' mean bad thing?

Well I ask you will putting vanillia frosting on your cake be good or bad.

Yes or no...

Yes and no, what yes putting vanilla frosting on cake is good or bad?

How about...

Is it good or bad.

-Good
-bad

Logical, simple, sensible.

[gaunletlegends]

I don't know which one to vote for, but it was a bad thing. Losing any part of Nintendo at this point, (whether their current work was up to their past standards or not) is a bad thing, espechily Nintendo could use all the help it could get. Nintendo's ideas of sequals, and game developement are really starting to seem aged, and well.....16 bit. And many are starting to get tired of it.

In the sence that, (Sage is going to hate me for this) Nintendo just doesn't seem to show any effort with their sequals, only resting on their sure success, without really doing anything new with them.