Topic: Nintendo trying to acquire Rare

I don't know. Even if that were so, it wouldn't explain why Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island isn't on the VC. That's pure Nintendo.

@DudeSean:

Oh! I thought Nintendo owned more than half of Rare, like how they own Retro Studios,Monolith Soft, or Intelligent Systems. Thanks for the correction.

They founded the company. They gave the studio the vision to create new, fun, and truly creative experiences.
Imagine if Miyamoto left Nintendo during the Cube/Wii era. Even if everyone else remained at Nintendo, would we really have stuff like Pikmin, Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime, etc.? I highly doubt it. Vision may not be as integral to a game as coding, but it allows it to be something that actually matters.
Generally speaking, paychecks are delt out mainly based off of the importance of the holders position. Yes, other things are involved, like seniority, but that still doesn't take away from the fact that the highest paid positions revolve around those like art design, while the lowest paid ones are nearly always coders, the people that allow for the game to be an actual game rather than a bunch of sketches and ideas. Does this mean their job is easier? No, not by any stretch of the imagination (Petit Computer tought me that). But when you have top people that give vision leave, and a bunch people without that, where does that lead you?

Rare is definitely not the company they used to be. If Nintendo were to buy them back, it would probably be more for their IPs than anything else.

Well people left. Still I'd say Nuts and Bolts and Viva Pinata are probably the two most creative games they have made.

@moomoo You still have people with up to 20 years of experience working with them. Miyamoto won't be at Nintendo forever. One sad day he's going to retire and when the time comes we're just going to have the people that worked with him. I have faith in those people. Similarly, I have faith in the people at Rare. Plus, it's not like the Stamper Brothers were THAT creative... they mostly made games similar to Nintendo's (DKC - Super Mario; DK64 - Super Mario 64, Starfox Adventures - Zelda) or other games (Killer Instinct - Mortal Kombat).
@WiiUOnly Well, their IPs would be a huge reason to acquire them, in my opinion. Plus, if Nintendo owned Rare they could just send people to Rare to work with them, just like they do with Retro.

@DudeSean Good point. If Nintendo acquired Rare's IPs, they could let Retro Studios handle a good portion of them. They did a great job with DKC Returns, I'm sure they would be great at reviving other franchises as well. Retro has yet to disappoint.

Retro has disappointed me, actually. I'm not as in love with Retro as most people are.

There's no reason to be, really.

I have my reasons. Okay? Sheesh. What is it with people on this forum that they can't accept the fact that different people have different opinions.

"Actually, your opinion is wrong."

He never actually contradicted your opinion, he just offered his own perspective in relation to yours. Calm the blooming heck down, and refrain from taking out other debates on unrelated users. You are aware of what I'm referring to.

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Chrono meant there is no reason to be in love with Rare, thus agreeing with you (At least that's what it seemed like he was trying to say.) Please tone it down just a bit though, dood ^_^ Thanks man. We try to keep the conversations polite and friendly around here.

Really? Because every time I post on this forum someone always comes along and tells me why my opinion is wrong. If you wanna converse, that's fine, but flat out telling me that my opinion is wrong is not going to be responded to with the utmost politeness.

I would say 85% of Nintendolife people are just kinda rude and looking to flame someone I've discovered. 9 times out of 10, I just post my opinion and then leave. It's the most popular Nintendo forum out there, so what can ya do? (shrug)

But yeah, this current incarnation of Rare definitely isn't anything to be enamored with and it wouldn't surprise me if this wasn't just a rumor because I fail to see what Nintendo would want with them; purchasing the rights to franchises is one thing, but buying a dying game company is another. While we're speaking of rumors, though, the one about trouble going on between Retro Studios and Nintendo is one that does worry me a little bit.

I need to start spending more time on the retro forums then. In most of the modern gaming ones, if you have a complaint, you're a "whiner", if you have a controversial opinion, you need to "stop talking because you're an idiot". Also a lot of the time, they just ignore you and talk to each other, which is definitely the least of the evils but still feels a bit like high school.

Yeah, I need to calm down. My bad.

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You're agitated, and therefore, you're exaggerating. I don't think I've seen anybody who went flat out "You're wrong, end of." to you in any discussion (except maybe one, but he's just the resident opinionated journo, and he means no harm.) Mostly, everybody just states that they disagree or offers a perspective on your own, and gives considerably strong reasoning as to why. If you find that to be a flat-out statement, then that must say a whole lot.

Nobody's out to get you, just chill your drawers, because you're blatantly taking everything too sensitively. It's an online forum, there are bound to be considerably heated debates - so just debate and keep it civil, and if someone thinks you are wrong, then just stick to whatever you believe, even as unrealistic as it may seem. No need to call the Forumcaust on everything.

this would be amazing whatever the likelyhood. killer instinct HD re-release on wii-u with online. that's what i call a recipe for some monster gaming.

This is how awesome Rare is, but it would be even awesomer if they were still with Nintendo:

Banjo-Kazooie - All Spiral Mountain Themes

As long as we get a legit new Banjo game I'll be happy.