British developer Rare has long been a maverick in the world of video games - in an age when the vast majority of Nintendo titles were being made in Japan or America, the plucky lads from Twycross, England reverse-engineered a NES to create their first game, Slalom. Since then, they've been responsible for several console-defining titles, including the Donkey Kong Country series, which saw them bought by Nintendo and then sold to Microsoft. One of their most famous franchises is Banjo-Kazooie, the genre-defining 3D platformer that starred a slow-witted bear and a surly bird on a hop & bop quest through fantastical landscapes. With a new Banjo game set to drop this November, UGO figured it'd be a good time to revisit their history.
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?
Bobby says, "Many video game franchises have come and gone, but what ones should return?"
Art of Fighting
Bloody Roar
Clay Fighter
Darkstalkers
Ehrgeiz
Final Fight
..and so on ;)
Art of Fighting...We are going to have a Fatal Fury, we can have hope for this one too :)
I only had the CD version of Final Fight but yeah great game, great music. Challenging too.
The Desert/Jungle Strike games need to return too.
I remember playing Clay Fighters a lot, honestly it wasn't great and it got worse with each sequel.
I agree, but Bloody Roar is higher in my priority lol..due to that already super fun indie fighting game hellish Quart which is still on early access
breath of fire
shadow hearts / koudelka
dot hack series.
and many more u cant think of right now haha
Maybe Shadow Hearts/Koudelka can make a return now that Penny Blood is in the works (worked for 100 Heroes/Suikoden).
I'd really like them to do a Dot Hack compilation/quadrillion pack, and having Breath of Fire return would be good too, it didn't deserve to go out with a whimper (I'm talking about that mobile game they made for it).
haha you dont need to clarify your points, i know xD
i know theres a .hack project on the way, but no one really knows what it is. from qhat ive just read, the vice Pres. of CC2 wants a remake of the four games, but Bandai holds the licensing and hasnt given the greenlight for it.
and yehz bof didnt deserve the the ceap games at the end
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
Porkchop you probably know already but did you know they worked on a scarface 2.
Yeah I've seen footage of it. Activision cancelled it after they bought Sierra. I still think that's crazy. Scarface was successful enough that Sierra planned on making Scarface 2, 3, 4, etc. It's wild that Activision would just cancel it like that.
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.
I'm of like mind. I think the appeal that we might have had for these games was a bit more nostalgic and that the advancement of the industry has led people further away from Banjo and more towards Fortnite and the like. People still enjoy the game, but it's a niche market because the industry moved on to other things.
Industry moved on to other things. Such as??? Same boring open world shooters again and again and again and again same damn format with different titles. Same Damn shit since 2006 either military style fps or Viking solider, riding on horses, driving around with a car, sailing in a ship, to much Unnecessary exploring, to much side quest etc.
My Personal Opinion they all feel the same boring.
Sorry Retroman, no individual controls the direction of the industry. It is what it is because people spoke with their wallets.
Completely agree Retroman, most games today are simply better looking versions of the same stuff, recycled over and over. When they do something new, like for example Half Life 2 did in 2004 with the physics and very interactive world, it was fresh and exciting. Now many games take what came before and update the graphics and that's about it, or sometimes have less stuff than in the previous games even.
Well that doesnt mean a good one cant be made.
Nintendo has continued to great make 3D Platformers, while not exactly the same Ratchet is not an entirely different genre either. Psychonauts 2 was great as well.
There is potential for a good Banjo game with the right developer.
That said, within MS probably only Double Fine or Toys for Bob I think could pull it off, Rare should stay far away from it, they are a very different team now
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.
The glory days of 007 Goldeneye ( with rumble Pak)
Perfect dark with ram expansion card.(but only really for 4 controller multiplayer )
Diddy kong racing & banjo
Those were all gems I miss those times, but let them go. Re-visiting your childhood is never as good as you think.
