It's official, Rare is now a Micorsoft First Party developer

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Originally posted by Crono

Also...IMO..HAL is Nintendo's best 2nd party...I mean like come on, SSBM, SSB, Kirby, Pokemon on GBC.... they didnt make many games compared to Rare, but the SSB games and the Pokemon RPG ones a FAR better than anything Rare can do IMO

HAL made one good game, Super Smash Brothers, which used all Nintendo ideas and franchises, and then they made a sequel. That's it... not a whole lot.