Talk:Microsoft

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As stated before, is this page necessary? Microsoft has never been directly involved with the Super Mario franchise, They created the Windows and MS-DOS systems that some Super Mario edutainment games released on, which is incidental, since those also released on Mac. Bill Gates is about more than just Microsoft, and that skit was mostly about Windows 95. Diddy Kong Racing is only a Super Mario game by the fact that Diddy Kong was licensed for inclusion, not because Banjo and Conker were ever Super Mario characters. The Microsoft buyout of Rare can just be mentioned on the Rare article and Donkey Kong franchise pages. Microsoft allowing Banjo and Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. is just something that could be described on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate page or something, since the Super Mario franchise wasn't involved in that decision. It feels as if the page is trying to string together connections that either incidental or not there to begin with. The Rare Ltd. and Bill Gates sections are basically rehashes of what's on their respective pages.

If Microsoft owned Donkey Kong from the buyout, that would've given me more inclination that they can have their own page. But they only bought out Rare and their properties wholesale, none of which were ever part of the Super Mario franchise. Super Mario RPG (talk) 17:57, May 28, 2024 (EDT)