Phil Spencer – Rare’s Decision if they want to develop Banjo-Kazooie or Conker

Phil Spencer – Rare’s Decision if they want to develop Banjo-Kazooie or Conker

Fans have been begging for a new Banjo-Kazooie or Conker game to grace modern consoles for years. But it simply never happened.

But it reallt seems the ball is in the court of Rare (the IP holder of both series).

In a Kotaku interview, Microsoft’s head of Xbox Phil Spencer spoke at length about the company’s future plans.

Does Rare want to?

With Microsoft also owning Rare, Spencer was eventually asked if the studio had plans for Banjo-Kazooie or Conker moving forward – to which he replied:

I leave it up to the studios in terms of the things that they want to go work on. I have a lot of respect for Rare and the work that they do. They do like building new things, and they’ve seen success with Sea of Thieves.

I think they’re really excited about Everwild. But also the response to Battletoads was nice. And I think [partner studio] Dlala did a good job with the game.

And so I think it’s just always a balance. My inbox is full of: ‘Let every studio do new [intellectual property].

It sure does look like Microsoft isn’t the one holding back Rare from giving Banjo-Kazooie and Conker a revival on current-gen consoles.

Let’s hope the team over at Rare eventually does do it, even if it is a remaster. It would be a shame to not let the current generation of gamers miss out on such loveable titles such as Banjo-Kazooie and Conker … well yeah Conker’s cute too right?