@Setzer, Ha, hilarious story about rare! Yeah I think most of the reason I liked Pokemon Snap was because of my pokemon love at the time. When you think about it though, they made a game where all you do is take pictures. A lot of games have picture taking as part of the game, or a mini game. I don't think it's enough to base a game around. I could never bring myself to play those Pikachu virtual pet games though.
@Postal,Yeah, ha wow I remember being so pumped about Dinosaur Planet when it was originally slated to be a nintendo 64 game! Then it got switched over to a star fox game and was released for the gamecube. I haven't played it though so I can't really comment on it. It definitely went through A LOT of changes since its original conception, and it was delayed like woah.
That was a pretty low blow from Microsoft though definitely, especially considering how long their relationship lasted. Without Rare's support on the Nintendo 64, just think about the lack of good games it would have had. Rare (of course along with nintendo's games) MADE the nintendo 64 due to the lack of third party support. All their games on the console were classic, I agree about Banjo-Kazooie and it's sequel PostalBlowfish. Platforming masterpieces. Aren't they making a new entry on the xbox 360?
Since they have been part of microsoft, their games really haven't been the same to me. That viva pinata game is supposed to be good though as you pointed out. I LOVED diddy kong racing too, even more so than Mario Kart 64, which most of my friend's didn't agree with. Just the variety of vehicles, awesome variety of levels, great level design, and the different modes of gameplay. I've gotten everything there is to get in that game, characters, levels, beaten it in both modes, normal and that reverse or flipped mode or whatever it's called. I was looking forward to Donkey Kong racing on the gamecube before it got cancelled. I don't remember why It did though, maybe that was when Microsoft acquired Rare.
What do people think of Donkey Kong 64 though? That game was really a far cry from the Donkey Kong Country 2D platforming days. Definitely followed a Banjo-Kazzoie style formula. That was game was freaking massive, I don't own it though, nor have I played it much. I don't know why, I just never got into it as much.
But yeah, the few earlier Rare games on the 64 were published by Nintendo, but games like Perfect Dark I think were self-published by Rare. I've heard that there are going to be a lot of complications with bringing titles like Goldeneye to the Wii. Let's hope it happens though. If not, I still got my nintendo 64 to play for sure.
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