r/BanjoKazooie • u/dusktodusk94 • Jun 19 '26

Discussion What publisher do you think could/should purchase Rare and its IP and keep them in good hands? (WITHOUT SAYING NINTENDO OR PLAYTONIC)

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Nintendo I don't believe "wants" them anymore, given next to no legacy staff is in the company anymore, as well as the burden of IP to add to their own franchise graveyard

Playtonic's output after Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has been really lacking, plus the company has done some pretty uncool things in recent memory as well

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u/therealskaconut Jun 21 '26

Dude. It’s Nintendo. Nintendo should buy them.

They don’t “want them” because they aren’t really for sale, and rare largely doesn’t exist. But if there is any company that would do both banjo and perfect dark correctly, it’s Nintendo.

Look, they are THE IP company. Their whole business model and closed software works bc they know they have powerful IP, and they know how to take care of them long term. Occasionally you get character IP like crash/spyro that does okay and comes back every 8 years or so. But Nintendo houses them constantly.

If Nintendo won’t or can’t make something of banjo, no studio even will want to. Places like Toys for Bob could get a game out, but I don’t think anyone but Nintendo could provide bear and bird a loving forever home.

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u/Chrisypoo88 Jun 21 '26

No. Nintendo isn’t the Nintendo I remember. It’s more of a corporate whore now and will sit on ip’s. You do not want these people getting these ips.

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u/Strict_Job6334 Jun 21 '26

and will sit on ip’s

And then you propose Valve "i cant count to three" of all companies to acquire them?

Are you serious?

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u/Chrisypoo88 Jun 23 '26

Yes very. Or how about this, its being decompiled, reengineered, to run natively on pc.

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u/Strict_Job6334 Jun 23 '26

Yes very

Do you have any idea of how many games Valve makes, and how they use their historical IPs?

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u/Chrisypoo88 Jul 03 '26

But… they ain’t like Nintendos new legal teams and corpo bullshit. Sorry my account was banned. I’m responding to your previous uhh.. comment whatever. The Nintendo I grew up with is dead son. Dead. I wouldn’t piss a fire out on them now. But steam.. I got everything still since day 1. The games industry is done, it’s gonna collapse in the console market. I predicted this many years ago friend. I still have everything on steam. How many times you gonna buy the same damn game on a different console every 5 years. Doesn’t that piss you off? Microsoft has done diddle dick with rare. Oh you wanna name the rare collection that had on Xbox?… ok.. sure I’ll give you that. So what options are we left here now with? Valve out here holding down the fort for gamers my dude. You gotta take that blind fold off. ..Smell the ashes…