08-10-2014, 09:23 PM
Yeeeeah ... I hate to burst your bubble but there's an absolute zero percent chance of anything Banjo Kazooie related showing up in this or any future Smash games in any form, not as a statue, not as a sticker, not as nothing. Microsoft owns absolutely all rights to anything Banjo Kazooie, and if there is any company that keeps an iron stranglehold on their properties, it's Microsoft.
This situation isn't anything like Rayman. Ubisoft isn't in competition with Nintendo; they're happy to allow Nintendo to use Smash Bros as a way to advertise because they are releasing games for the Wii U. Microsoft is in complete competition with Nintendo, they would never NEVER let Nintendo borrow likenesses from them no matter how much money Nintendo was willing to throw at them for it. The fact that they don't have anything in the portable gaming department is completely irrelevant.
Nintendo isn't even allowed to release Banjo-Kazooie for the virtual console. And that game was originally released on a Nintendo platform. It doesn't matter because Microsoft is the ones that currently own their rights.
The only ONLY way these characters could ever show up in a future Smash game would be if Microsoft somehow lost their marbles and sold Rare back to Nintendo. Which, honestly with what Rare has devolved into nowadays, Nintendo probably wouldn't purchase them back if they were offered anyways.
This situation isn't anything like Rayman. Ubisoft isn't in competition with Nintendo; they're happy to allow Nintendo to use Smash Bros as a way to advertise because they are releasing games for the Wii U. Microsoft is in complete competition with Nintendo, they would never NEVER let Nintendo borrow likenesses from them no matter how much money Nintendo was willing to throw at them for it. The fact that they don't have anything in the portable gaming department is completely irrelevant.
Nintendo isn't even allowed to release Banjo-Kazooie for the virtual console. And that game was originally released on a Nintendo platform. It doesn't matter because Microsoft is the ones that currently own their rights.
The only ONLY way these characters could ever show up in a future Smash game would be if Microsoft somehow lost their marbles and sold Rare back to Nintendo. Which, honestly with what Rare has devolved into nowadays, Nintendo probably wouldn't purchase them back if they were offered anyways.