Conker Creator Says the Return of Rare IP to Nintendo Platforms Was “Inevitable”

Before Rare was purchased by Microsoft and absolutely crushed everything near and dear to many fans’ hearts by releasing Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, they were releasing absolute bangers for all of their favorite Nintendo consoles. Well apparently to the creator of Conker, the return of Rare IP to Nintendo platforms is going to happen sooner or later.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Dang pleass be so

[FPSRUSSIA]

Microsoft ruined Rare they where on top of there game when they where with Nintendo

Lets hope this Rumor is true

[BadElf]

I get it. Rare was bad then. But...Nintendo are the ones that sold them. They initiated the downfall. People had to leave Rare because Nintendo sold them.

But, it happened. Ready for Banjo Amiibos. Banjo Kazooie?Tooie remake. eah yeah

[Monster_Tard]

Nintendo never fully owned Rare. Microsoft had 51% of their stake before Nintendo sold their 49%, so how was it they initiated the down fall?

[VenomUK]

I hope Microsoft allow Nintendo the right to include Diddy Kong Racing on the N64 Classic.

[TheUndertaker85]

Read the story. It does not involve Rare going back to Nintendo but rather Microsoft allowing Rare to release their titles for Switch. Not even all titles.

Plus it’s from a former employee, not a current one. A bitter former employee at that.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Rare also started to decline during their final few years as a Nintendo 2nd party developer. Nintendo also had a falling out with Rare, as they weren’t pleased with the sales numbers of Jet Force Gemini , Perfect Dark, & Banjo Tooie and Star Fox Adventures. Nintendo also refused to publish and market Conker’s Bad Fur Day.

[Srhalo]

As long as Microsoft owns Rare they'll never create games like that again. They can reuse the names but the games will never be as good.

[Sitdown]

And what problems did you have with Kameo and Viva Pinata?

[esherwood]

Rare was definitely better under Nintendo. The years of making Kinect games I’m sure made a lot of the talent leave. What a waste

[mastershredder]

Ummm. Rare ruined Rare when they were bucking for $ and MS corporate change that studio out so much that all it is left is the name. It's not Rare anymore (save a very select few peeps). It's not the same team, thoughts hearts and minds. No thanks. There is a reason Rare is where it is today and it has a nothing to do with the controller end.

[BigTrain]

Plus the Stamper Bros left the company.

[BlackIceJoe]

I wish the Stamper brothers would get back into the game industry. I believe Chris Stamper's son makes cell phone games, but I'd like to see the bros back in the industry.

[AK91]

If MS are going the play anywhere route I hope that means they will let Ninty devs make more Rare games.

[Smokehouse]

Conker would be a good fit for smash lol. I don’t play it but I think it’s a good choice for a guest dlc.

[PhoenixUp]

I still don’t trust modern Rare doing justice to new installments of their classic IPs

They spent so long making Sea of Thieves and that still released in an underwhelming state that took years to eve become something close to worthwhile. At least that was a new series though cuz imagine the outcry if they revisited an old IP of theirs and it dropped the ball as hard as Perfect Dark Zero, Diddy Kong Racing DS or Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

[BadElf]

YEah. Which is why another company should do them

[EddieNX]

Well with Banjo Kazooie and Cuphead and more on Switch, why not?

Remastered Conker would be tits

[william_cade]

I would pay for a Conker remake. The other stuff sucks.

[FlyingFoxy]

If they aren't gonna do anything with the games just give the rights to Playtonic or somethin.

[DefaultComment]

Rare has many valuable IPs that it boggles my mind on why Nintendo didn't' bought Rare.

Banjo
Conker
Killer Instinct
Perfect Dark
Jet Force Gemini
Battletoads

sigh, the good old games. If Microsoft isn't doing anything with it then why not sell it back to Nintendo? A man can only dream.

[King_Noctis]

Well we just had a new Killer Instint. And a new Battletoads is also coming. Beside that, I hope Rare will reveal more new sequels to their IPs in the upcoming months (maybe at Gamescon?)

[FernDiggidy]

Jet Force Gemini was a gem man.

[Segata]

Everyone is talking Banjo and Conker but I want a new Captain Skyhawk and Wizards & Warriors.