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'''[[Wikipedia:Rare (company)|Rare Ltd.]]''' (also known as '''Rareware''' and simply '''Rare''') is a British video game company based in Twycross, Leicestershire who currently make games for Microsoft's [[wikipedia:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]] and [[Nintendo]]'s [[Nintendo DS]]. They are responsible for games involving [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]]. Before Microsoft bought rights to Rare, they had the rights to Nintendo's [[Donkey Kong]] characters. 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 made the [[Donkey Kong Universe]] as it is known today, with characters such as [[Diddy Kong]] and the [[Kremling]]s | '''[[Wikipedia:Rare (company)|Rare Ltd.]]''' (also known as '''Rareware''' and simply '''Rare''') is a British video game company based in Twycross, Leicestershire who currently make games for Microsoft's [[wikipedia:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]] and [[Nintendo]]'s [[Nintendo DS]]. They are responsible for games involving [[Banjo]] and [[Conker]]. Before Microsoft bought rights to Rare, they had the rights to Nintendo's [[Donkey Kong]] characters. 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 made the [[Donkey Kong Universe]] as it is known today, with characters such as [[Diddy Kong]] and the [[Kremling]]s. | ||
They are currently discussing with Microsoft about | When Microsoft paid $375 million for a 100% acquisition of Rare, they began to produce games for the competing [[wikipedia:Xbox]] systems, resulting in the cancellation of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers]]'', and unofficially, ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]''. Under the terms of the merger, Nintendo retained the rights to all characters in the Donkey Kong Universe, while Rare retained the rights to the characters in the ''[[wikipedia:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]],'' ''[[wikipedia:Conker (series)|Conker]]'' series, as well as all other franchises they had developed. | ||
However, they 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 NES Donkey Kong Country games for the Game Boy Advance and [[Diddy Kong Racing]] for the [[Nintendo DS]], as well as redeveloping their cancelled Diddy Kong Pilot and Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers games into [[wikipedia:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]] and [[wikipedia:It's Mr. Pants|It's Mr. Pants]], respectively. They are currently discussing with Microsoft about working with [[Nintendo]] once again to develop games for the [[Nintendo 3DS]].<ref>http://3ds.nintendolife.com/news/2011/04/rumour_rare_looking_into_3ds_development</ref> | |||
==Appearances in the ''Donkey Kong'' series== | ==Appearances in the ''Donkey Kong'' series== | ||