Rare Founder's New Project Isn't What You Might Expect

How the mighty have fallen, good god!

I guess you’ve got to follow the money!

I like the idea for a phone app and don't mind trying new things, especially if it's AR, but these models look a bit... uncanny? They are not quite hyper realistic but also not very stylized. I didn't think I was gonna make this comparison but they look like they're from a western 3DCG "adult" game. If they were heavily stylized like the in game models in the Style Savvy/Style Boutique games it would look much better, and it's not like today's generation is opposed to such an artstyle

The banjo fans are going to be all over this lol.

As long as Grant Kirkhope does the music - i’m in.

I think it's a missed opportunity that Nintendo's mostly avoiding their casual IPs that helped DS and Wii become a massive success. Style Savvy, Wii Sports, Tomodachi, etc. would be a good fit for the Switch.

A girlie fashion game by Western developer ?? 😯
They should learn a lot to make the girls look Kawaii for girlie games.

Folk gotta do what they gotta do to earn a living

Western artists can't model a good looking female face even if their lives dependend on it. Not even rubber dolls are that hideous.

Style Savy/New Style Boutique was/is great games and they should really make a new one for NSW! And I agree with @steely_pete !! They look like adult video game characters, that is not a good look for this kind of game/app!

Hopefully you can get plastic surgery done in the game, those faces are wonky.

Rare?! It's bloody raw!

……I can’t believe it!!!!!

Oh, snap! That sure doesn't look good...

The article says iOS and no Android, so if this won't happen on Android then I quite sad, because I really like it due my location I live since birth and still live.

Dumping Rare has proven to be one of the best financial decisions Nintendo ever made.

Seems like Gruntilda is unlocked as a playable character from the start. Awesome!

They say that greed is one of the seven deadly sins, not so much in 2021.

How sad. Some of the old team made 'Bonsai Barber', at least that had some unique gameplay.

If we don't get Sexy Gruntilda as a model we boycott

I'm sure this has the potential to make a lot of $$$ with mainly teenage girls but surely he had enough money already?
This news makes me a bit sad if I'm honest.

I'm sure everyone will be talking about Fashion AR...just not for the right reasons. There have been rumours of Nintendo readying a Style Savvy game for Switch so could be the beginning of a new flavour of the month affair. But this looks rather ugly to be brutally honest.

I would be more interested if it was cute anime girls.. not this western style 3D crap

I would have bought a "dress and style" banjo game

Rare, what are you doing? LOL

His $/Hour is probably better than ever.

Nothing wrong with dress-up games, it's just when I want that, I gravitate toward The Sims games where there is a large wealth of variety, and tons of that you can get for free from CC creators.

Let's face it, without leadership, these ex-Rare devs doesn't know what to do with the skills they had. They made good games (with companies like EA, Tradewest, and Technos), great games (with Nintendo), bad games (with Ljn), and crappy games (with Microsoft) solemnly based on what their leading publishing company wants. On their own they're basically in limbo and doesn't know how to make their own unique projects that define themselves but continues to make random games (Viva Pinata, TimeSplitter, Yooka-Laylee, Tamarin, etc.) based on their past projects hoping one would at least stick.

would of been more interesting to make Monster Modeling Agency or something quirky.. those lame graphics need a dash of humor

That shadow being cast makes me think she could pass off as a Diablo or Dark Souls boss.

Either I’m way behind modern fashion trends or they’re trying just about anything this day.

I just to have to say it, that is really lame. If anyone needed further proof that Rare went down the crapper after being acquired by Microsoft, well here it is.