DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 17, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 17, 2009 By Wesley Yin-Poole - 17/08/2009 - 11:59am GMTNeeds to explore a little bit more, though. Great news for Rare fans: The legendary UK developer has said Microsoft?s motion-sensing technology Project Natal provides it with an opportunity to investigate some of its older classic games. Not only that, but Rare reckons it could do an ?absolutely phenomenal, world-beating? Natal version of one classic IP in particular. Speaking exclusively to VideoGamer.com, design director George Andreas, who has been with the company for 15 years, said ?there are IP that we have looked at and are looking at and will be looking at in the future?. Rare has one of the most impressive back catalogues of any developer in the world. In the 90s it created some of the greatest games of all time, including Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Conker's Bad Fur Day and Diddy Kong Racing. After being purchased by Microsoft in 2002, Rare moved on to creating games for the Xbox 360 console, including Kameo: Elements of Power, Perfect Dark: Zero, and more recently Viva Pi?ata and, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. Andreas said: ?Natal as well gives us an opportunity to maybe at some point in the future investigate some of those older IPs. I won?t name names. ?One in particular actually I think we can do an absolutely phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal version on with Natal. The interface, the way you interact with it ? I think it would be an absolutely world-beating product. But we need to explore a little bit more in that direction.? Rare is knee deep in secret Natal projects at the moment, and recently advertised for designers to help it create experiences for the technology. Rare was also behind the New Xbox Experience Avatars, which launched last November. Andreas added: ?Yes, there are IP that we have looked at and are looking at and will be looking at in the future as well. So, never say never. Nothing is dead in the water. There is always scope to bring something back if we feel it?s the right time.? When asked what classic franchise he was referring to, Andreas replied: ?I?ll keep that to myself for now.? Food for thought, Rare fans. What classic Rare IP could George Andreas be on about? What classic Rare IP would you like to see the company create for Natal? Let us know in the comments section below. http://www.videogamer.com/news/rare_natal_...classic_ip.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g~man Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 http://www.videogamer.com/news/rare_natal_...classic_ip.html well i know theyve already started remaking perfect dark n64 so..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 17, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted August 17, 2009 Did Bill G tell you that exclusive info g~man? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Give us KI already!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g~man Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Did Bill G tell you that exclusive info g~man? :laugh: not bill this time :p im intersted to see how microsoft can make a fps work effeciently with natal, surely a wii-like remote will be needed with some sort of joystick control attached to it to move your character forward, backward, left n right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted August 17, 2009 Veteran Share Posted August 17, 2009 Did Bill G tell you that exclusive info g~man? :laugh: I am pretty sure it is in the latest OXM magazine here in the states, at least I swore I read it as well, gonna be an XBLA release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Glove_Ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 17, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted August 17, 2009 @DL, g~man, It was announced by Major Nelson via Twitter back in June. Was at E3 as well. Before that there was lots of sightings of Joanna Dark gamer tiles on Rare employees gamercards. It was a very badly kept secret and Mr g~man didn't have an exclusive secret like he may think he did :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 It was a very badly kept secret and Mr g~man didn't have an exclusive secret like he may think he did :p Which is kind of interesting. Rare has long had a reputation for being quiet if not out and out tight-lipped. I'm hoping that their integration into the Microsoft way of working (i.e. EVERYTHING LEAKS) is a good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g~man Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Mr g~man didn't have an exclusive secret like he may think he did :p i had a perfect dark exclusive secret? news to me buddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashing Pumpkin Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 It was a very badly kept secret and Mr g~man didn't have an exclusive secret like he may think he did :p Give the guy a break, jeez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 17, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted August 17, 2009 Was joking obviously after his other reply he spoke with Bill Gates. Don't be so serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashing Pumpkin Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Was joking obviously after his other reply he spoke with Bill Gates.Don't be so serious. You took a dig at him 3 times, I know I'd be annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted August 17, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yeah well I'm annoyed at him for spamming my news topics with his crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Too many monkeys around here :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yeah well I'm annoyed at him for spamming my news topics with his crap. what. :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotenks98 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Give us KI already!!!! This is what I been waiting for. I hope they do an arcade port instead of n64 port of ki2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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