Rare Asks About N64 Games
Rare Asks About N64 Games - Samantha Lienhard
In addition to all the 3D platformers inspired by classic games like Banjo-Kazooie, from A Hat in Time to Clive ‘N’ Wrench to Playtonic’s spiritual successor, rumors have been in the air for a while now that Microsoft and Rare are working on a real Banjo-Kazooie game… whether “Banjo-Threeie” or something else.
These rumors were aided last October, when Microsoft’s Phil Spencer said in an interview that Microsoft had some fan-favorite games in the works. This came in response to the following list of games requested by fans (for games that already have sequels, I assume fans are hoping for a new entry in the series):
Halo Wars 2
Alan Wake 2
MechAssault
Conker 3
Blinx the Time Sweeper
Fusion Frenzy
Banjo-Kazooie
Kameo 2
High Heat Baseball
Otogi
Knights of the Old Republic
Shenmue
Spencer said, “There are a couple of games on that list that we’re doing some work on.” Later in the interview, he expressed his admiration for Rare, which also served to fuel hopes that a Rare sequel was in development.
Well, it’s not Conker.
Conker’s arrival in Project Spark led to some debate over whether this meant he was getting a true game of his own, or if this was it. Spencer cleared up the matter:
@FlashAttack3 Yes.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 20, 2015
So what about Rare?
@LordDCS Rare is building something else, Spark community is creative, I'm looking forward to seeing what they build with the Conker assets.
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 20, 2015
Rare is working on something, although what that something is, we don’t know. And that brings us back to our original topic: Nintendo 64 classics.
On its community site, Rare is conducting a poll asking fans what their favorite Nintendo 64 Rare games are. Right now, Banjo-Kazooie and Conker’s Bad Fur Day are leagues ahead of everyone else. Head on over to cast your vote–you can probably guess what mine was.
Does this mean Rare is working on a game from that list? Probably not. But it sure can’t hurt to let the company know which of its games you like the most.
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