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Kirby9714 · 2020-04-19T10:49:07+00:00

Lately, Microsoft has been showing some love for Nintendo users. The Nintendo Switch has games that were exclusive to the Xbox One and Windows such as Ori and The Blind Forest, Super Lucky's Tale, and Cuphead. Also, on June 11th, 2019 Banjo-Kazooie was announced as a downloadable fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and released on September 4th, 2019. What is significant about all of this that Microsoft knows that some users who want their games may own a Nintendo Switch and not an Xbox. Personally, I bought an Xbox One as a way to have a media player that can play video games. Banjo-Kazooie was even a factor to even me buying an Xbox One. In 2015, Xbox Game Studios (Known as Microsoft Studios at the time) released Rare Replay for the Xbox One. This had a lot of gamers excited because a lot of the Rare classics was once again available. Classics such as Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Perfect Dark were there for nostalgia and newer hits during the Microsoft era such as Viva Pinata. What a lot of users noticed though was how the collection could've been better. Everyone mostly knows about Rare's history with Nintendo. Rare at one point was one of Nintendo's strongest second-party developer and had a lot of games released for them on the SNES and N64. However, in 2002 Microsoft acquired Rare from Nintendo and Rare became a first-party developer for the Xbox family. That meant that a lot of Rare series are owned by Microsoft and series that were licensed from Nintendo stayed with Nintendo. With the release in 2015 of Rare Replay a lot of users noticed that Microsoft had more of a N64 catalogue on the Xbox than Nintendo did for the Wii U. Some users noticed that some iconic games were missing from the collection like the Donkey Kong Country series, Diddy Kong Racing, and Star Fox Adventure, because Nintendo does own those games and would not want them to be on a competitor's console. With the love that Microsoft have been giving to the Switch and having Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, there are rumors of a version of Rare Replay coming to the Nintendo Switch. The rumor is that some of the Xbox titles would be replaced by Nintendo's games like the Donkey Kong Country series. Personally I would love to see this come to Switch. This game if it would come would celebrate a part of Nintendo history that is hardly seen now. It is always a memory that Banjo-Kazooie and Conker debuted on a Nintendo console and seeing their games on the Switch would be such a big deal. The internet loved seeing Banjo-Kazooie being in Smash Bros because a lot of fans, including myself never thought that would happen. This can lead to the revival of many series that a lot of people grew up with and maybe having Rare Replay on the Switch would be an opportunity for Microsoft and Nintendo to see if they can work together to bring back some of the beloved series that a lot of people love. What do y'all think?

Topic: Rare Replay: Nintendo's Version?

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j-a8-9
Tue 15th Dec 2020

There might be a slight chance of a Rare Replay coming to the switch in another year sounds like a good idea of a switch game for the Nintendo Switch.

j-a8-9

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nerdface
Tue 15th Dec 2020

If I want anything from MS, it's Halo1. I loved that game and bought my first xbox for it. I even called it my Halo adapter.

Don't touch the game...except add online and ad-hoc connection modes for the split-screen stuff, and gyro aiming. Maybe create new art assets.

I think there would be a big market for the game. I'd personally love to play some co-op on the couch...so to speak.

I think they'd be printing money for next to zero effort.

nerdface

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