Well I guess this should put the Rare rumors to rest. I never knew Nintendo owned so much of them
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Nintendo eventually bought up a 25% share of the company on April 18th, 1995, making it the first company outside of Japan to be honored with a fiscal partnership. Since then, Nintendo's stake has increased, but is still shy of 50%. This agreement meant that Rare Ltd. was given the privilege to expand its staff from 84 to upwards of 250. To make this growth a possibility, Rare was given the resources to build a cutting-edge development site close to its existing headquarters at Manor Farmhouse. The partnership also meant that Nintendo would become the publisher of Rare's future games, making the British developer a Nintendo second party.
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http://www.n-sider.com/main.php?page=profiles/rare.htm
haha MS would have to buy the company from Nintendo.. and I doubt Nintendo would give them up like Left Fields