You think if Microsoft approached Nintendo (or a different publisher even) or vice-versa over the rights to Banjo-Kazooie it'd end up being a package deal for Rare's entire IP catalog?
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Also in the case that it'd be Nintendo there'd also be the rights to Jetpac which for the longest time was speculated to be why DK64 couldn't be re-released
That and the legal nonsense with Diddy Kong Racing

You think if Microsoft approached Nintendo or vice-versa over the rights to Banjo-Kazooie it'd end up being a package deal for Rare's IP catalog?
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