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Rare comments on Perfect Dark DS
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JackFrost2012
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So, their comment was "Yes, it's possible"?
:lol What?Solid said:
Rare has made Goldeneye and Perfect Dark on the N64. Both are awesome. And since those Rare guys have the rights and everything, they could port it. Which would be interesting for me, since I never played Perfect Dark, and also interesting for all DS users, since there is still no good multiplayer FPS out on the DS.
Its like watching a veteran fisherman cast his line into a huge lake then jerking the line just to have some fun.:lol Rare could be just barely serious about this move.
And this could go really badly if Nintendo fans expect too much here. Rare are probably about the quick and nasty ports since they've probably got other X360 stuff to work on after they eventually get Perfect Dark 0 out the door.
And this could go really badly if Nintendo fans expect too much here. Rare are probably about the quick and nasty ports since they've probably got other X360 stuff to work on after they eventually get Perfect Dark 0 out the door.
Ruzbeh said:
Well what are the games then,please tell me. Are they original game or ports? I'd like to know.
edit-waiiiit a minute,I'm speaking of RARE,now some guys they hire off the streets to do work for them. This isn't Rare then in my book.
Though I must admit-having *RARE*...and not some hired gun develpment house port over Jetforce Gemini to the DS would be quite lovely though. I hope they don't do shitty ports,it would ruin some of their great games they made for the N64 back in the day.
Angelus said:Well what are the games then,please tell me. Are they original game or ports? I'd like to know.
edit-waiiiit a minute,I'm speaking of RARE,now some guys they hire off the streets to do work for them. This isn't Rare then in my book.
Banjo Kazooie game
Banjo Pilot
Donkey Kong Country 1
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3 (soon)
Sabrewolf
Also, this topic is not news.
Ruzbeh said:
Holy Inordinate Defensive Measures, Batman!
.. right, and Rare has only gotten progressively worse, since. Hell, just when you thought Grabbed by the Ghoulies was an all new low for the industry, the PD0 phenomenon pretty well botched the Xbox 360 unveiling. Or Conker; It took them 3 fucking years to do a carbon copy port of a so-so N64 game that was really only interesting because of how lewd it was at the time, but now doesn't discriminate itself in the market at all.
If anything, being genuinely interested and supportive of Rare is the exception, not the rule. Sorry.
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Angelus said:
By that logic, Rare itself is no longer a company, as everyone who's ever done anything interesting or contributed to the industry with a new, fresh idea has long since left. See: Free Radical, Zoonami.
Ruzbeh said:
There are a few paticular problems:
1. PD more or less required the RAM expansion pack to play, which means that (while I believe the DS does have that much RAM), there'd be pretty much zero leg room for adding features, control methods, or other new stuff without cutting out the old.
2. PD relied on fuckton lots of texture tricks and filtering because of the geometric limitations of the system. When the game came out, I thought they just looked muddy and shitty, but even pulling that off on the DS would be very difficult.
3. Assuming the DS would be powerful enough to overcome 1 & 2 and perfectly emulate the original, it still had a really terrible framerate (often in the low teens, relative to my experience with computer FPSes that let you measure easily). The game stuttered along so badly that it's the only FPS I can think of that I heard multiple Americans got nauseous from.
4. While it was a successful title, it neither met initial sales expectations or exceeded the sale of its spiritual predecessor, Goldeneye.
5. "Someday" most likely means "after PD0 is completed, on the shelf, and twice made a Greatest Hits title," because I'm sure that Rare is skating on ice so thin right now that Microsoft's PR department doesn't want any confusion in the market as to who is Perfect Dark's daddy and what system it is on (360). If the port turns out to not be impressive, it would also reflect poorly on PD's already questional "brand image" (heh) and possibly hurt the legacy of the new 360 game.
To be completely honest, I think a new KI game is more likely. *Slaps knee.*
Allright thats cool then. Theyre shooting around .500 with their efforts. Not bad I guess.
I just want to say that I'm not a RARE hater,its just that they are slow as shit to get anything original out. I think they were overated back in the day though. They were cool but not great to me. Perfect Dark 0,if its fun then thats all I ask,they won't ever reinvent the wheel. Which is way I think someare asking to much of them when it comes to the DS,they have enough with their hands being on the X360.
I just want to say that I'm not a RARE hater,its just that they are slow as shit to get anything original out. I think they were overated back in the day though. They were cool but not great to me. Perfect Dark 0,if its fun then thats all I ask,they won't ever reinvent the wheel. Which is way I think someare asking to much of them when it comes to the DS,they have enough with their hands being on the X360.
You forgot one...Amir0x said:
-Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo) 2003
-Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (THQ) 2003
-Sabre Wulf (THQ) 2004
-Donkey Kong Country 2 (Nintendo) 2004
-Banjo Pilot (THQ) 2005
-It's Mr Pants! (THQ) 2005
-Donkey Kong Country 3 (Nintendo) 2005
...Rare's handheld team on GBA was about 10 staff, they've recently expanded that for DS development. The handheld division is entirely seperate from the console teams however.
Kobun Heat
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Wait, you mean those screens they've been showing weren't from a DS game?
"Just imagine a 16-player wireless GoldenEye or PD, how cool would that be?"
Ye Gods, don't say that. You'll only encourage one of those bloody online petitions. I mean, we're all for killing and moral degradation, but we couldn't convert GoldenEye even if we wanted to (at least not without years of absolutely hilarious licensing wrangles) and we should probably get PD0 sorted out before we think about revisiting the original. Still, that's not to rule out the idea entirely, as nothing stays in the past forever in this business. But that's not a hint either. Stop it! Stop harassing me!"
From the scribes.
Ye Gods, don't say that. You'll only encourage one of those bloody online petitions. I mean, we're all for killing and moral degradation, but we couldn't convert GoldenEye even if we wanted to (at least not without years of absolutely hilarious licensing wrangles) and we should probably get PD0 sorted out before we think about revisiting the original. Still, that's not to rule out the idea entirely, as nothing stays in the past forever in this business. But that's not a hint either. Stop it! Stop harassing me!"
From the scribes.
I thought I should point out the reaction in 2ch Gaming forum :lol
http://news19.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/gamenews/1120815774/l50
Summary of the good posts:
Post 1: the news
Post 2: 2get (ie: same as GAF terminology <game> get or "sold!"
Post 3: ooooooo! majide! translates roughly into OMG OMG OMG! REALLY!
MS salts its enemy.
Post5: This is depressing. MS is sending RARE to help DS to defeat Sony in the portable market and pull the carpet from under the PSP. This will increase the DS popularity in foreign countries.
oh damage control too
post 15: Xbox is pitiful in Japan, sold only 100 units per week wwwwwww (lol lol lol)
http://news19.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/gamenews/1120815774/l50
Summary of the good posts:
Post 1: the news
Post 2: 2get (ie: same as GAF terminology <game> get or "sold!"
Post 3: ooooooo! majide! translates roughly into OMG OMG OMG! REALLY!
MS salts its enemy.
Post5: This is depressing. MS is sending RARE to help DS to defeat Sony in the portable market and pull the carpet from under the PSP. This will increase the DS popularity in foreign countries.
oh damage control too
post 15: Xbox is pitiful in Japan, sold only 100 units per week wwwwwww (lol lol lol)
Dash Kappei
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Amir0x said:
+ Mr Pants.
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Deku said:
ROFL. I can imagine the response would be the same on this side of the pacific.