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>Banjo & Kazooie’s inclusion made us all believe Microsoft was get off their asses and finally make a new game or remake atleast thanks to Smash hype and guess what? We got FUCKING NOTHING.
>Yes, Smash Bros can SOMETIMES boost a series popularity like Fire Emblem or Kid Icarus but those were once in a blue moon or personal bias from devs, it isn’t a magic wand that raises your favorite IP from the dead, a roster slot is an act of pity if anything.
People really don't get how game development works
Sakurai didn't add Pit in Brawl to bring back Kid Icarus, Uprising wasn't even originally conceived as a Kid Icarus game.
It wasn't until Iwata went to Sakurai and asked him if he could make his new idea for an air to ground combat game with a Nintendo IP that he then settled on Kid Icarus after some thinking.
If Iwata never approached and Sakurai never accepted, Kid Icarus would still have been nothing more but two games (one never even releasing in Japan).
As for Banjo-Kazooie, Rare's not interested in making a new game
inb4 get another team
Easier said than done, Microsoft spent millions on a studio designed to make only Halo and it produced less than desirable results to put it nicely.
Smash Bros also never "saved" Fire Emblem, even after Melee and Brawl the series was on a decline until Awakening was what saved the series.