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→Trivia: Realized I forgot to add Perfect Dark to this list. So, Nintendo's ownership of Perfect Dark prior to the Microsoft acquisition is somewhat dubious since Nintendo is listed on neither copyright screen of either version of Perfect Dark (N64 and GBC), yet Nintendo also had a 49% stake of Rare at the time.
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(→Trivia: Realized I forgot to add Perfect Dark to this list. So, Nintendo's ownership of Perfect Dark prior to the Microsoft acquisition is somewhat dubious since Nintendo is listed on neither copyright screen of either version of Perfect Dark (N64 and GBC), yet Nintendo also had a 49% stake of Rare at the time.) |
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*As Microsoft produces the Xbox line of game consoles, it is the first, and so far only, company with content featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series which currently competes with [[Nintendo]]. It is the second company with content featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to compete with Nintendo at any point in its history, following [[Sega]] and preceding [[SNK]], although both other companies stopped making consoles prior to providing content for ''Super Smash Bros''. | *As Microsoft produces the Xbox line of game consoles, it is the first, and so far only, company with content featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series which currently competes with [[Nintendo]]. It is the second company with content featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series to compete with Nintendo at any point in its history, following [[Sega]] and preceding [[SNK]], although both other companies stopped making consoles prior to providing content for ''Super Smash Bros''. | ||
*Currently, all Microsoft properties represented in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series are franchises that became property of the company via way of acquisition of their development companies. | *Currently, all Microsoft properties represented in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series are franchises that became property of the company via way of acquisition of their development companies. | ||
**{{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}} | **{{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}} and {{uv|Perfect Dark}} were owned by [[Rare]] (and in ''Banjo-Kazooie''{{'}}s case, co-owned by Nintendo) prior to Microsoft's acquisition of the former company in 2002. | ||
**{{uv|Minecraft}} was owned solely by [[Mojang Studios]] prior to Microsoft's acquisition of the company in 2014. | **{{uv|Minecraft}} was owned solely by [[Mojang Studios]] prior to Microsoft's acquisition of the company in 2014. | ||
**{{uvm3|Fallout}} and {{uvm3|The Elder Scrolls}} were owned by ZeniMax Media (by way of Bethesda Studios) prior to Microsoft's acquisition of the company in 2021. | **{{uvm3|Fallout}} and {{uvm3|The Elder Scrolls}} were owned by ZeniMax Media (by way of Bethesda Studios) prior to Microsoft's acquisition of the company in 2021. | ||