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Now a part of Microsoft, Rare would make games exclusively for {{iw|wikipedia|Xbox}} and PC. These titles include ''Grabbed by the Ghoulies'', ''Conker: Live & Reloaded'', ''Kameo: Elements of Power'', ''Viva Piñata'', and ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts''. Rare would also collaborate with Nintendo and {{iw|wikipedia|THQ}} to publish several games for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS based on their existing franchises. Rare would then almost exclusively make sports games for {{iw|wikipedia|Kinect}} with the only original titles being ''Sea of Thieves'' and the upcoming ''Everwild'', along with involvement in the reboots of ''Killer Instinct'' and ''Battletoads'' as well as the ''Rare Replay'' collection. While none of the titles under Microsoft were financial failures, many of them have not reached the critical and financial success of their creations under Nintendo. | Now a part of Microsoft, Rare would make games exclusively for {{iw|wikipedia|Xbox}} and PC. These titles include ''Grabbed by the Ghoulies'', ''Conker: Live & Reloaded'', ''Kameo: Elements of Power'', ''Viva Piñata'', and ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts''. Rare would also collaborate with Nintendo and {{iw|wikipedia|THQ}} to publish several games for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS based on their existing franchises. Rare would then almost exclusively make sports games for {{iw|wikipedia|Kinect}} with the only original titles being ''Sea of Thieves'' and the upcoming ''Everwild'', along with involvement in the reboots of ''Killer Instinct'' and ''Battletoads'' as well as the ''Rare Replay'' collection. While none of the titles under Microsoft were financial failures, many of them have not reached the critical and financial success of their creations under Nintendo. | ||
Rare is credited for the modern version of of [[Donkey Kong]] for virtually all of his future video game appearances and were the original creators of four characters that appeared as fighters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series: [[Diddy Kong]], [[King K. Rool]], [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]. They lost the rights to the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise on September 24th, 2002 due to | Rare is credited for the modern version of of [[Donkey Kong]] for virtually all of his future video game appearances and were the original creators of four characters that appeared as fighters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series: [[Diddy Kong]], [[King K. Rool]], [[Banjo]] and [[Kazooie]]. They lost the rights to the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise on September 24th, 2002 due to Nintendo sold Rare's shares to Microsoft. All music sourced or rearranged in ''Smash'' that Rare originally composed credit them for their compositions, even after the Microsoft buyout. | ||
==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''== | ==In ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''== | ||