Rare, Ltd.

Rare, Ltd. (also known as Rareware and simply Rare) is a British video game company that currently makes games for Microsoft's Xbox 360. Before Microsoft bought rights to Rare, they had the rights to Nintendo's Donkey Kong character. They are responsible for bringing him back into his first starring role since Donkey Kong 3 in his own adventure - Donkey Kong Country. Therefore, Rare are to thank for the Donkey Kong Universe as it is known today, with characters such as Diddy Kong and the Kremlings. They also made the characters, Banjo and Conker. Nintendo now owns the rights to all characters in the Donkey Kong Universe.

Donkey Kong games

 * Donkey Kong Country (1994)
 * Donkey Kong Land (1995)
 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
 * Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996)
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
 * Donkey Kong Land III (1997)
 * Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
 * Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
 * Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007)

Canceled games

 * Donkey Kong Racing
 * Diddy Kong Pilot
 * Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers