Arenafoot Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 How many saw the Xbox E3 briefing today on Spike? I was watching it live and then all of a sudden I see ....Battletoads, Banjo-Kazooie, and then ......RC PRO-AM!!! , then Conker's Bad Fur Day.....and I'm like WTH? Isn't this a MICROSOFT presentation!?!?!? and not a Nintendo one?!?!?!?! https://youtu.be/zXYA2kc52Gc?t=1h10m33s or http://www.xbox.com/en-US/e3/live-event Go to the 1:05:12 mark to see...... Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 The games are from Rare, who originally published them on Nintendo consoles. Rare was responsible for a lot of incredible Nintendo titles, from R.C. Pro-Am to Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct. Microsoft bought the company outright and brought them in-house fifteen years ago, but their legacy remains synonymous with Nintendo. The games that were shown this year at E3 had zero Nintendo IP in them, so Rare & Microsoft were able to get away with it. Nintendolife has the story here: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/06/rare_replay_on_xbox_one_will_include_30_games_including_classics_from_nintendo_systems Doctor Octagon had started a thread on this topic in January, with respect to Microsoft appropriation of Nintendo's legacy, which you can read here: http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/225-this-seems-a-lot-like-microsoft-stealing-from-nintendos-legacy/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 I had to pull out my copy of RC Pro-AM to see.....I never knew that it was made by Rare! Of course, it was well before they came up with the gold R logo for Rare, that's why I didn't realize it was one of their titles. Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 It still somehow feels wrong, if not cheap, that these classic Nintendo titles are appearing on Xbox. I understand why, but it still doesn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 but it still doesn't feel right. doesn't feel right and doesn't look right either! Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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