UK developer Rare are toiling away on secret Natal projects right now, but they’ve got just enough time to tease fans about possibly reviving a cult hit, with Natal infused.
They won’t ”name names,” but they believe they could do an ”absolutely phenomenal version” on Natal with this IP. It’d become a ”world-beating product” thanks to the interaction.
”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,” Rare’s George Andreas tells VideoGamer.com.
”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, who was bought out by Microsoft in 2002, has one of the hottest back catalogues for a development studio. Their past hits include: Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Conker’s Bad Fur Day and Diddy Kong Racing.
Their recent works on Xbox 360 are: Kameo: Elements of Power, Perfect Dark: Zero, and more recently Viva Piñata and, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. Not to mention being the team behind the NXE Avatars.
”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” added Andreas.
What golden classic from Rare’s closet do you want returned to glory, videogamer? Some more of Conker’s adventures wouldn’t go amiss…
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