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{{company infobox | __NOTOC__ | ||
|logo=Rare logo 2015. | {{company-infobox | ||
|logo=Rare logo 2015.png | |||
|width=200px | |width=200px | ||
|founded=1985 | |founded=1985 | ||
| | |firstgame=''[[Donkey Kong Country]] | ||
| | |lastgame=''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]] | ||
|president=Craig Duncan | |president=Craig Duncan | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''{{wp|Rare (company)|Rare | '''{{wp|Rare (company)|Rare Ltd.}}''' (trade-named '''Rareware''' during Nintendo tenure) is a British video game developer based in Twycross, Leicestershire. It was founded in 1985 by Chris and Tim Stamper, as the successor company to {{wp|Ultimate Play the Game}}. Rare formerly worked exclusively for [[Nintendo]] before being bought out by {{wp|Microsoft}}. As a prominent second-party developer for Nintendo, Rare created the successful [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] games ''{{wp|Wizards & Warriors}}'', ''{{wp|Battletoads (video game)|Battletoads}}'', and ''{{wp|R.C. Pro-Am}}''; revived the ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' property with its critically acclaimed ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series; and created many other well-known titles such as ''{{wp|GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye 007}}'', ''{{wp|Banjo-Kazooie}}'', ''{{wp|Perfect Dark}}'', and ''{{wp|Conker's Bad Fur Day}}''. | ||
In 2002, following the | In 2002, following the release of ''[[lylatwiki:Star Fox Adventures|Star Fox Adventures]]'' on the [[Nintendo GameCube]] (Rare's only game on the system), Microsoft paid $375 million for a 100% acquisition of Rare. The company then began to produce games for {{wp|Xbox Game Studios|Microsoft Studios}}' {{wp|Xbox (console)|Xbox}} video game console. This change of focus resulted in the cancelation of several games featuring the ''Donkey Kong'' brand: ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers]]'', and unofficially, ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]''. Under the terms of the merger, Nintendo retained the rights to all the ''Donkey Kong'' characters, while Rare maintained the rights to its own intellectual properties such as ''Banjo-Kazooie'' and ''Conker''. | ||
Nintendo | Rare, however, has continued to develop games for Nintendo's handheld systems, since Microsoft has not entered the handheld console market. Such games included enhanced remakes of the three [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] ''Donkey Kong Country'' games for the [[Game Boy Advance]] and ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]'', as well as redeveloping their canceled ''Diddy Kong Pilot'' and ''Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers'' games into ''{{wp|Banjo-Pilot}}'' and ''{{wp|It's Mr. Pants}}'', respectively. | ||
== | ==Appearances in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise== | ||
*[[Dixie Kong]] and [[Timber]]'s hats once had Rareware logos on them. | |||
*In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', Rareware, along with [[Nintendo]], sponsored the boxing match between the [[Kong]]s and [[King K. Rool]] as mentioned by the [[Microbuffer]]. Also, it is possible to collect a [[Rareware Coin]] by beating [[Cranky Kong|Cranky's]] score in ''[[Jetpac]]'', and a [[Golden Banana]] with Rare's logo on it by collecting all of the [[Banana Fairy|Banana Fairies]]. | |||
*In ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]'', the [[Coin (Diddy Kong Racing DS)|coins]] have the logo of Rare on it. | |||
*In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', the options menu has a coral reef shaped like the Rareware logo. | |||
==''Mario''-related games developed== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%;text-align:center" | |||
{|class="wikitable"style="width:50%;text-align:center" | |||
!Title | !Title | ||
!Year | !Year Released | ||
!Console | !Console | ||
|- | |- | ||
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|Nintendo 64 | |Nintendo 64 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''Donkey Kong Country'' | ||
|2000 | |2000 | ||
|[[Game Boy Color]] | |[[Game Boy Color]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''Donkey Kong Country'' | ||
|2003 | |2003 | ||
|[[Game Boy Advance]] | |[[Game Boy Advance]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''Donkey Kong Country 2'' | ||
|2004 | |2004 | ||
|Game Boy Advance | |Game Boy Advance | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''Donkey Kong Country 3'' | ||
|2005 | |2005 | ||
|Game Boy Advance | |Game Boy Advance | ||
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==Notable employees== | ==Notable employees== | ||
{ | {| | ||
|- valign=top | |||
| | |||
*[[Kevin Bayliss]] (former) | *[[Kevin Bayliss]] (former) | ||
*[[Grant Kirkhope]] (former) | *[[Grant Kirkhope]] (former) | ||
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*[[Gregg Mayles]] | *[[Gregg Mayles]] | ||
*[[Steve Mayles]] (former) | *[[Steve Mayles]] (former) | ||
* | | | ||
* | *Chris Stamper (former) | ||
*Tim Stamper (former) | |||
*[[Mark Stevenson]] (former) | *[[Mark Stevenson]] (former) | ||
*[[Chris Sutherland]] (former) | *[[Chris Sutherland]] (former) | ||
*[[David Wise]] (former) | *[[David Wise]] (former) | ||
|} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Logos=== | ===Logos=== | ||
<gallery widths=150px> | <gallery widths=150px> | ||
Rare logo 1980s.jpg|Rare's first logo, used from 1987–1990 | Rare logo 1980s.jpg|Rare's first logo, used from 1987–1990. | ||
Rare logo 1990.png|Logo used from | Rare logo 1990.png|Logo used from 1990-1994. | ||
Rareware logo.jpg|Logo used from | Rareware logo.jpg|Logo used from 1994-2003 for the "Rareware" trademark. | ||
DK Diddy Rareware Logo.png|Donkey Kong and Diddy with the Rareware logo | DK Diddy Rareware Logo.png|Donkey Kong and Diddy with the Rareware logo | ||
Rare logo 2003.png|Logo used from | Rare logo 2003.png|Logo used from 2003-2010. | ||
Rare logo 2010.svg|Logo used from | Rare logo 2010.svg|Logo used from 2010-2015. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Screenshots=== | ===Screenshots=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Rareware screen DKL3C.png|Splash screen from '' | Rareware screen DKL3C.png|Splash screen from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong'' | ||
Rareware screen DKCGBC.png|Splash screen from '' | Rareware screen DKCGBC.png|Splash screen from ''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== | ==Trivia== | ||
{{NIWA|LylatWiki=Rare|NWiki=Rare|SmashWiki=1|StrategyWiki=Category:Rare}} | |||
*Even though Rare has cut ties with Nintendo, their company name, written as "Rare Limited", appears in the Sound Test of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as the original composers of several ''Donkey Kong'' songs, although the information clarifies that Nintendo fully owns the copyright to the compositions. | |||
**In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', they are also credited as the composers for various ''Banjo-Kazooie'' music tracks, all of which they currently own as part of Microsoft. | |||
*In the Wii U re-release of ''Donkey Kong 64'', the game ''Jetpac'' is left intact despite still being owned by Rare. | |||
{{Companies}} | {{Companies}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Video game developers]] | ||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
[[de:Rare]] | [[de:Rare]] | ||
[[it:Rare Ltd.]] | [[it:Rare Ltd.]] | ||
