Bobby says, "Many video game franchises have come and gone, but what ones should return?"
Rare has had an astonishing journey since being founded in 1985. But of the 125 titles released to date, which are the 7 best Rare games?
Dave writes, "Banjo-Kazooie is a perfect franchise to bring back. Re-jigging it for modern consoles or creating a sequel will breathe life into a beloved series that has brought joy to millions of gamers for the last 25 years."
A new Conker would be nice too, and a new Diddy Kong Racing would make a nice change as well over the standard racers like Mario Kart.
I’ve been waiting my whole life for another banjo kazooie sequel! Imagine a new entry with all of the ingenuity and new ideas they would have after modern platformers like Mario Odyssey
We had one with Yooka Laylee and it was trash and hardly anyone bought it. Let the nostalgia die, as much as I like platformers, we don't need another Banjo Kazooie, the game was mid at best.
Just give up, leave Banjo-Kazooie in the past. They will never be able to recreate what made it and Banjo-Tooie good on N64 today, especially not by being owned by Microsoft.
While discussing Banjo-Kazooie's 25th anniversary, Grant Kirkhope, a composer who worked on a ton of Rare games in the past, said that he doesn't think there's an audience for Banjo-Threeie.
Unfortunately, the only modern 3D-Platformers that sells extremely well is Mario. Ratchet and Clank also does well too, but it sells substantially less than 3D Mario titles.
The success of Crash Bandicoot 4 disproves this notion
A dormant series can have potential to return and find great success with audiences old and new
No audience?
Yookah-Laylee broke Kickstarter records for a reason. Even if the actual game didn’t live up to expectations, you can’t tell me modern audiences have no interest in Banjo-Kazooie.
Not to mention that that the characters’ SSBU reveal was praised by a wide array of people, making the franchise even more well known
If he were talking about if this game were made to be exclusive to Xbox platforms he may have a point. However I’d tbis were also brought to Switch like Ori and Minecraft it’d find a huge success
They could do something with the franchise, but it would need to move with the times. The games were awesome back in their day, but I'm not sure they'd do well today without a substantial overhaul - even then, I'm not sure the franchise legacy holds enough weight with the target audience to do great unless it was limited to a small-budget affair.
Maybe because they've never established or kept to a basic gameplay formula. There's more of a "we need this to be our Mario/Sonic/Ratchet" than something with true organic appeal.
Art of Fighting
Bloody Roar
Clay Fighter
Darkstalkers
Ehrgeiz
Final Fight
..and so on ;)
Onimusha and Legacy of Kain! Excellent choice.
I would add Shenmue indeed.
breath of fire
shadow hearts / koudelka
dot hack series.
and many more u cant think of right now haha
Quake (not including the re-releases)
F.E.A.R
TimeSplitters
Hexen
Brothers in Arms
Bad Company
Resistance
Legacy of Kain
Midnight Club
Burnout
... many more
The Legend of Dragoon
Infamous
Heretic/Hexen
Sleeping Dogs
Midnight Club
Scarface
Lost Odyssey
Syphon Filter
Red Faction
Snatcher