Microsoft Studios Okay With Rare Replay Releasing On Wii U?

An official tweet from Microsoft Studios earlier this month suggests they are okay with the fact that Rare Replay can come to Wii U one day.

This conversation started when Microsoft Studios announced that it is releasing and publishing Minecraft Wii U Edition. Someone asked if Rare Replay could be on Wii U as well.

Microsoft Studios replied with: “Suggest it to the great folks at @RareLtd“. This tweets sounds like they are suggesting that Rare should come up with the decision.

[ARESWARLORD]

I think that would be cool

[Lon3wolf]

Yeah would be good for Wii-U only owners, it's a good pack that I am ashamed to say haven't played it nearly enough.

[ARESWARLORD]

If you're ashamed to say you haven't played in enough them I'm definitely ashamed to say I traded it in already even though it was for a good cause. I traded in my xbox one launch system and a few of my games towards a brand new Xbox one elete

[Concertoine]

Conker is sooo much fun to play through again, it looks great in 1080p too.

[Dir_en_grey]

MS is sucking up to Nintendo now in hoping to get games in exchange...

[dcbronco]

Nintendo is also getting Minecraft but you think Rare Replay is a scheme. SMFH. For your brilliance and for the four complete morons that actually agreed with what you said.

[XisThatKid]

Well yea Wii u is a coasting platform. And what does MS have to lose in this it's not like this is going to be significantly less sales for Xbox as an alternative.

[Abracadabra]

I don't think Microsoft counts the WiiU and PC market as competition. Rare Replay on PC/WiiU would gather a few extra sales and $$$$.

Actually ... it wouldn't be a bad idea for Nintendo and Microsoft to join forces in the home console business. A console that could play Nintendo and Xbox games...

[freshslicepizza]

they do to some degree but a game like minecraft and rare replay are not games you would normally buy a system for. neither push the boundaries of the hardware or are unique to the hardware.

microsoft will also likely have time exclusives in place to give something like rare replay enough time to promote on the xbox one first since most sales occur early on. obviously they could put games like forza on the pc as well which i think would be great.

the bottom line it is all about enjoyment. so why should we as consumers get upset when a game normally exclusive to the hardware goes to another platform? the only people who should be concerned are those who sell hardware. does anyone here sell the hardware? no but any time you mention an exclusive going to a competitor you get disagrees here, why is that?

[Rookie_Monster]

Could happen actually. Nintendo next system is codename "NX". NintendoXbox perhaps. LoL

Nah, but would be awesome if that was the case though. Smash Brothers on dedicated MS Azure server and Nintendo marketing MS games in Japan would be the benefit of this partnership, if it ever happens.

[Fin_The_Human]

Abra Nintendo and MS joint forces would be awesome!!!

Can you imagine the Nintendo library on XBox Live and playing those Mario and Zelda games with the XBx1 controller.

[Fin_The_Human]

Wow Rookie...good theory.

Code name NX..

[Lon3wolf]

Ah nothing wrong with sacrifice for a good cause :)

[Philface]

Would be great as many of those games were Nintendo games in the past.

[Vhampir]

Donkey Kong Country could end up on XBox after all, hmmm...

Nintendo NX N X Nintendo Xbox... Half-Life 4 confirmed!

[Condemnedman]

Vhampir.... That made me laugh 😁 genius

[Zeref]

I'm a known Xbox fan and even I wouldn't have problems with that. Nobody messes with Nintendo. Nobody!

[Fin_The_Human]

Well said man.

I would even hope MS would give Nintendo the Master Chief collection or the gears collection.

[Erik7357]

Microsoft becoming more and more like a 3rd party publisher every year.

[VforVideogames]

True, minecraft on PS and now Rare Replay on Nintendo, whats next? Smashbros halo edition?

[Christopher]

Saying this kinda gives the impression that Rare really has any choice in it when they actually don't. It's all up to MS.

[UnholyLight]

Kind of nice that they aren't jerks about it and are alright with letting it release on Wii U

[WildArmed]

If Rare really had any say in what they did, their past couple of games would have looked really different.

I doubt Rare has any control over what they do, everything would have to be approved by MS anyway (which makes sense since MS owns them).

[GamingIVfun]

I personally don't think Rare Replay is going to be on Wii U. Minecraft is a different story it is already on everything but Wii U, Including PS4.

Just a lot of wishful thinking, Nintendo is never going to partner with Microsoft.

[Fin_The_Human]

Kudos to MS and Spenser.

Would be great if Nintendo let's MS release Donkey Kong and Golden Eye on the Xbox.

Nintendo and MS would make a great partnership if that ever happed... MicroTendo.

[CartBlanche]

If The X1 continues to flag behind PS4 sales, in 2 years time Microsoft will go where the money is, which is becoming a 3Rd party publisher. If that happens expect to see Halo, Gears and a lot more AAA Xbox franchises not only on Nintendo but Sony devices, probably the PS5.

[GordonKnight]

Is this a sign that Banjo is coming to Smash?

[Halo2ODST2]

Wii-u gets Rare Replay, hopefully Nintendo allows a Goldeneye remake/remaster/port.

[XanderZane]

It would be interesting to see Nintendo and Microsoft exchange popular games on each others systems. Especially if they stubbed Sony's console in the process. This would be one way for Microsoft to get more game sales in other countries.

[YinYangGaming]

Just more money for Rare & Microsoft at the end of the day considering it's not one of their AAA system-sellers or anything like that

[christocolus]

Exactly. It would make sense.The game sold really well on Xbox One..wouldnt be a bad idea to put it on the wiiU too after all many of the titles in the collection were popular on Ninento systems.

http://www.trustedreviews.c...

[dinosaurcrossbow]

Same with minecraft. They bought Mojang and released minecraft on PS4 to make money. Probably to make up for loses.

[christocolus]

Not a bad idea. There are a lot of Rare fans on Nintendo systems and the game would sell great on the Wiiu. I hope we see Banjoe, kameo and Conker in the new Smash bros.

[FoxyGotGame]

Phil Spencer recently commented he would like to see Nintendo games on Xbox one day. MS seemingly A-Okay with Xbox Games releasing on Wii U.

Xbox Division smart trying to cosy up to Nintendo. It could help bolster Xbox presence in Japan, and of course 'The Games'.

There's more to this than meets the eye /

[Lon3wolf]

Quite possibly but it is still good for gamers regardless.

[FoxyGotGame]

I don't wish to seem rude...

but did any part of my comment suggest this wasn't good for gamer's? /

[Lon3wolf]

"I don't wish to seem rude...

but did any part of my comment suggest this wasn't good for gamer's? /"

Did any part of it suggest it was?

[FoxyGotGame]

@Lon3wolf @Hazardman79

My apologies, in retrospect I was thoroughly defensive. It just seems every time I comment, even if it is in favor, I get misconstrued or my words are purposefully misunderstood. People just love to put words in other peoples mouth's around here ..I know, I know, welcome to N4G/Internet, right? /

@gamertk421

Many assume I'm a PlayStation only gamer because of the PS in my user name. But that PS actually stands for 'Personified Soul'. There's a difference between being a fanboy and being a trolling fanboy /

[Lon3wolf]

No worries forums are forums :)

[Fin_The_Human]

Yup and from what I heard Nintendos new president is very open and wants to make Nintendo a more up to date company.

Go Phil and get Zelda and Mario on the Xbox!

[Fin_The_Human]

Dude why are you mad.

A Nintendo and MS partnership would be awesome!!

[Halo2ODST2]

Dude, don't expect N4g commenters to understand such basics, they aren't an Essay marker, who looks at your answer & what is says, these people assume if you don't say something, then you're making a point against what you haven't said, either way, you shouldn't respond to people who lack basic reading skills.

[DLConspiracy]

I don't know if the person who wrote that is MS. Just someone they pay to run the twitter. Just saying.

[DLConspiracy]

@hazard man

In other words. Not a top exec who makes calls on games coming to other competing platforms. Ya know like Phil spencer. I'm sure he is busy with his own twitter.

I looked for a person by the name "Microsoft Studios" in the employment log. Turns out that's just a name of a blog and probably run by some kid who gets paid to do social media. Yes paid by MS but not Phil spencer. Smart astronaut.

[Halo2ODST2]

i don't know why, but that ET picture you have looks a bit like Marty O'Donnell.

[PS4XBOXONEPC]

great to hear,I just wish golden eye 007 was in this collection.Still love this collection though.

[donwel]

GoldenEye would be great, unfortunately they need to strong arm that one out of Activisions iron grip though.

[RedCloud88]

Actually, there was a story on here not too long ago about how mucrosoft was doing a goldeneye xbla game like they did with banjo and perfect dark, and nintendo stepped in to stop them. Seemed back then like activision was fine with it.

[IIFloodyII]

Activision lost the 007 game rights awhile ago, if anyone stopped it from being in Rare Replay it was probably Nintendo. Though I wouldn't be surprised if Rare just decided it wasn't worth the effort to try and get the Golden Eye 64 licence, as a few companies have a say in it (Nintendo's being the loudest).

[donwel]

Really? I didn't know Activision lost the licence! Who has it now then, or has no one stepped in and picked it up yet?

[Fin_The_Human]

It was actually Nintendo who stopped the deal.

[mcstorm]

Yeah I wish that game was in the collection too but happy with pd.

[deathtok]

Smart move by Microsoft. They're keenly aware of Nintendo's struggles and the comments the other day and this one are to gauge public and Nintendo's interest in a partnership.

Also... I don't own an Xbox One so playing Rare Replay on the Wii U would be very cool!

[PFFT]

A partnership would be great for the both of them. They can help each other out in the areas that are needed the most.

[MrBrofist]

My wallet is ready!

[ScaReCrow90]

So it seems maybe micrsoft gives more freedom then people think.

[iTechHeads]

Talk is cheap dude. Especially with Phil Spencer.

[djplonker]

If this were to happen I would love to see the love coming back from ninty and let them patch a few extra games in.

Rare replay on wii u and Nintendo to let the xbox version get diddykong racing in return!

[RiseofScorpio]

Spread the love MS and Nintnedo maybe...

Rare Replay on Wii U
Xbox/MS online servers in NX
Banjo in Smash
Controller cross Compatibility?

[ScorpiusX]

See no love returning to Xbox in you're spread the love comment .

[Fin_The_Human]

Funny that you mentioned Banjo in smash...when Nintendo did the fan vote to see who should be the new smash Banjo took the top spot by a land slide.

Phil said he was OK with Banjo in smask but think it was the Nintendo president that died who stopped that from happening.

[Angerfist]

The Issue here is I guess the 360 Games. Cause they are running through the emulator, and making those work would take time. But if it's only those without Kameo and others well let them have it.

[pyroxxx]

People reading way to much into this tweet,.. So a PR guy that runs the account responded by putting responsibility for insanely stupid question should be addressed to someone else,.. and basically not saying ''go f*ck yourself'' and people are loosing shit over this

Don't see the problem either way,..just think it wont happen,.. First this is not Minecraft,.. Where is the money in it? Second,.. they have big trouble differentiating their product as it is

[DivineAssault]

That would be great! im not holding my breath though

[Omarja85]

Will maybe someone will actually buy it on the Wii U.

[TheRacingX]

I bought it, Love it, I love all the old Rare stuff....they were and still ARE great games.

[TheUpbringer]

It would be a nice gesture, considering a good chunk of the collection was born on Nintendo.

[hiawa23]

Seems like a good move, why would anyone have issue with this?

[dinosaurcrossbow]

No one has an issue because nintendo isn't their main competition. Why don't they bring this to Ps4 ?

[hiawa23]

Well, you know the answer, why would they put the games on the PS4.

[browngamer41]

Would make a hell of a lot more sense to be on a Nintendo console considering that's where ALL those games made their mark...

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I would be very happy to have both Banjo games on Wii U.

The Bear and Bird need to come home...

[namEuser]

Do it, great idea :)

[higgins78]

That would be the bomb! Ever since its release I have been deliberating buying an XB1 just for this game alone. I haven't of course, but that just proves to me this game/s appeal. Please, make bringing it to the WiiU happen.

[gerbwmu]

I'd like to be able to play it on my Wii U, but I don't know how likely it is that it will ever happen. I do think it would sell well though. The core of the Wii U sales base are long time Nintendo fans and I'd say a decent % of them do not have an XBox1. I'd say 2 million sales easy without much effort if MS was truly interested in porting it over.

[meche334]

I would be okay with it too. its extra profit. but it builds an even stronger relationship with nintendo

[EverybodyKnows]

Don't think it will happen. For Rare Replay to be on Nintendo, Microsoft/Rare would want some of the Rare games with Nintendo IPs on Xbox or Windows. IPs are much more important for Nintendo's success than Microsoft. Nintendo would never agree to it.

On the flip side, this would be awesome if it happened. I hope I'm wrong. But in my opinion, I would be shocked if this was officially announced.

[Fin_The_Human]

Dude Phil already said h was OK with it and is not asking for anything in return.

Now of Nintendo feels like they Ned to return the favor then maybe they should give MS Mario Maker ;)

[melonfarm3r]

I don't know if it contains the NES game Snake Rattle and Roll but that was my jam back in '89 😄 So good.

[Zeref]

Next stop. Zelda and Mario on Xbox. Fuck yeah...

[Fin_The_Human]

I think the internet would explode...can you imagine playing Mario and Zelda on an Xbox and Halo and Gears on the NX.

[RiseofScorpio]

Only if MS gets something out this from Nintendo like both consoles get Diddy Kong racing at the very minimum.

[ic3fir3]

NX is a xbox with nintendo combo, partners <3

[ScorpiusX]

Cool but what is Xbox fans getting in return , cause helping and sharing are getting old for excuses .

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Getting in return?
Dude, you've had a huge amount of the games that Nintendo fans grew up with for a long time now thanks to this collection.
This is just most of them coming back around to the company that gave many of them a home.
Microsoft only owns most of the games in that collection through their acquisition of Rare; the majority aren't Microsoft games, and those that are could just be removed from the collection, so I don't think you should be expecting a Mario game or something on XBox from this.

[ScorpiusX]

An acquisition that happened cause Nintendo did not want to buy the other 51% OF Rare from the brothers and once MS bought those share from the brothers Nintendo without hesitation sold their 49% to MS. All those games in said collection are Rare games which in short are MS games thanks to Nintendo not wanting Rare . As for expecting i hope this Rare games on Nintendo is just polite BS from MS With no real intention of doing such stupidity of sharing an IP.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Actually, the only reason Nintendo didn't buy Rare back, is because they asked for an extension on the offer so they could think about it for a bit longer, but their extension was denied and the sale was pulled off without their input from there.

Also, Microsoft is already sharing Minecraft, so Rare Replay is possible eventually, if Rare changes their minds on its exclusivity after Sea of Thieves is done.
It wouldn't be the first time that exclusivity has been broken.

[About30Ninjas]

What I would like to see is Nintendo and M$ team up to remake golden eye and have the game release on both the NX and X1

[fatneal]

i love what microsoft is doing right now...its refreshing...i think its perfectly fine for all companies to get along and help each other. creating a better gaming industry benefits all of us. once narratives like exclusives releasing elsewhere after a while becomes a norm imagine the possibilities. marvel vs capcom and smash bros and project x zone and many other games are examples of how great one off experiences could be when everyone is working together.

[CobraKai]

If they add Donkey Kong Country, N64 Conker, Goldeneye (unlikely), and Starfox Adventures (I'm prolly the only one who likes that game), I would totally re-buy it on Wiiu.

[Vanfernal]

Well MS did say they would love to see Nintendo games on the Xbox. They are probably playing things cool to see if there's an actual chance for some sort of partnership.

[TXIDarkAvenger]

I think they were also open to the idea of Banjo & Kazooie appearing in Smash 4.

[Coachkeys]

I can see it now... 3 years from now. The Reggie Master Chief amiibo. His body IS ready.

[endi123]

The other day Spencer said that he would love to see Nintendo games on Xbox and now this, hmmm, I smell something fishy

[LastcenuryRob]

Im fine with that as long as DK country, the original Goldeneye and Diddy Kong racing will be allowed to come to the X1.

[spoonard]

So MS is opening it's games (we all know MS owns RARE) to consoles other than the Xbox One?

[Tedakin]

Well Rare Replay. I doubt they'd be open to putting Gears of War on another console.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Exactly.
Games like Minecraft and most of the ones in Rare Replay are only Microsoft's through acquisition, not through creation, so I think Microsoft sees much less risk in sharing them as opposed to making something like Halo appear on another system.

[ScorpiusX]

Nintendo being the only console yes as long that its one hand washes the other kind of deal, the other plats can go pound sand .

[Tedakin]

I'd be cool with this. Most of these were on Nintendo originally. Make it happen MS and Rare.

[ScorpiusX]

Could've all still been if Nintendo didn't sale their share or bought the brothers out .

[Azzanation]

Looks like MS has really given Rare the freedom they want.

[ScorpiusX]

They are not getting that freedom with the potential of those IPS ,only a fool would grant that freedom.

[Azzanation]

Sea of Thieves looks amazing, that's freedom right there

[SynestheticRoar]

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