| ▲ | echelon 5 hours ago | |
I miss classic Rareware. DKC and their games on N64 were my childhood. Banjo, Jet Force Gemini, GoldenEye and Perfect Dark. They struggled to deliver the same pace of development when GameCube came out. Nintendo lost confidence and let Microsoft buy the controlling share [1]. They haven't been the same since. Dinosaur Planet, an unreleased Rareware N64 title, has recently resurfaced [2, 3]. I've been meaning to give that a go. [1] This is a fantastic video essay on how the Nintendo-Rareware split happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIt4sSVpors [2] Here's the trailer of what Rareware turned into Star Fox Adventures. This game feels like it had more soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKFJx-FQ86w [3] Some coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkiPTtrunPg | ||
| ▲ | cubefox 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Relevant: The original main character of Dinosaur Planet (the N64 game which turned into Starfox Adventures and moved to the the GameCube) was supposed to be none other than ... Sabre. I still remember seeing the first screenshots of Dinosaur Planet (next to early screenshots of Conker's Bad Fur Day) in an N64 magazine back in the day and thought "this looks like it's going to be the most graphically advanced N64 game, a nice way to end the console generation". Of course that didn't happen. Conker did still come out though. | ||