Does Rare own the rights to Diddy, Dixie and that other fat little kong? And what about those Kongs in DK64? Who owns all of them???

Nintendo probably.

Nintendo publishes the Donkey Kong series, so I think they have partial rights to the franchise. I dunno; I could be wrong...:eyes:

Nintendo owns the Donkey Kong franchise...

OK, this is a pretty old topic, but I didn't want to make a new one.

So, here's the news (which most of you will have heard by now). Microsoft is about to buy Rare for £350 million.

This topic was about Rare going multiplatform and a lot of people didn't want this to happen. Now they're going MS exclusive. I hope it isn't true.

Here are some links:
http://www.rarenet.com/cgi-bin/ib/ik...ct=ST;f=1;t=21
http://www.rareops.com/news/news.php?&index=132
http://www.raretopia.com/news/2002/09/06.html
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...y.php?id=79789
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content...me=dev&aid=663

So far its most evidently not.

ok hold up... rare wanted to do this to make more money right? So if they go from being exclusive to nintendo to exclusive to microsoft how does that help their situation at all?

and if im not mistaken... Gamecube is selling better than xbox worldwide?

If Microsoft does a corporate take over, they could force enough share holders to sell until they get the majority of shares and Rare would have no choice.

If thsi won't be happening, Rare will choose what to do, but in the rhythm they work they will need a lot of financing available which will be hard to find and it might flopp. That's why Nintendo doesen't want, and maybe that's why the brothers are thinking of getting a fresh start. They have lost some of their best people to indipendent companies anyways.

I am totally fine with Rare going multiplatform, as long as they dont make exclusive Xbox games cuz I dont have one. :p

And I agree, Rare barely makes Nintendo any money, seriously, does everybody remember when SFA was announced as a GCN launch title? then it was pushed to december, then march, then july, then finally september! like WTF, they produce one awesome game every 2 years, if that, and if they make games on PS2 they wont be houded for them to be perfection. :p

Besides, all Nintendo has to do is open up another devlopment house (like Retro) or maybe pick up another 2nd Party developer...I'm sure they have enough money.

Edit: WTF..this thread is old...I just realized that.

Very old... :D
Hope it ain't true.

Very old... :D
Hope it ain't true.