Rare at work on Killer Instinct 3? Nope!

by Terrence Stasse { May 26th 2008 at 12:30AM }

This rumor has been circulating the web for years now, and from the looks of things Rare actually wants it to be that way. Coming to us via Joystiq and beginning life over at the Quartermann rumors section of 1up, the latest incarnation of the rumor holds that Rare is a working on Killer Instinct 3D: Death! Destruction! Doom! in addition to Banjo and Viva. There are other details in the Quartermann article, but they don't matter much, considering that the source of his rumor seems to be a poster hung on the wall of Rare HQ (pictured above) which actually uses old Killer Instinct art, basically proving that Rare put it there to mess with us. Besides, what kind of subtitle is Death! Destruction! Doom! anyway? That's sillier than what MDK supposedly stands for!

So what have we learned? Quartermann's rumors are often suspect, Rare has a strange (but awesome) sense of humor in messing with the press, and we quite likely won't ever, EVER, see Killer Instinct 3.

[Via Joystiq]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

UNSCleric @ May 26th 2008 2:48AM

I'm not excited for it at all, but how do you know we won't ever see it?

JerkfacedFed @ May 26th 2008 6:29AM

nobody should be, the first was such shitty quality it was a joke. its so bad that when i trick anyone into playing it by making them think we're gonna play a different game, but finally reveal the title screen, they instantly say, "no!" hahah

who could forget the poor quality audio at title screen: "killer inshtinkt"

"combo"

jrb @ May 26th 2008 10:26AM

methinks you're talking about the n64 version of the game, not either of the arcade games, which were a technical marvel when they were released (around the same time as sf2, mk, etc), and offered unique gameplay. So, like pretty much every rare game of the that era.

i'm not sure there's room for ki3 in todays market, but i'd definitely play it if it came out.

Terrence Stasse @ May 26th 2008 3:00AM

It's been joked about for years. So much so that Rare are now making fun of it themselves. The intensely combo-centric gameplay is far out of date of today's fighting games. Rare is busy with the Newton controller and MeToo.

I'll happily eat crow if it comes out at some point.

TheFreak @ May 26th 2008 3:14AM

Well...If Mr. Pants can eventually get his own game...

Mike @ May 26th 2008 10:58PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Mr._Pants

Respect.

TheFreak @ May 27th 2008 12:20AM

My point exactly.

Christopher Wysocki @ May 26th 2008 9:28AM

I dont find it funny. Rare has alot of devoted fans of the KI series and for them to post silly stuff like that is not cool. They are stupid because a new KI series would bring them alot of money on all the platforms. Fighting games will be revolutionized with ONLINE PLAY. They will start to become even more popular than even FPS , setting up online tournaments and what not. The power of the XBOX 360 and PS3 is here. Fighting games should take advantage of it with online game play.

RARE!!!! , DO YOU GUYS EVEN MAKE VIDEO GAMES ANYMORE , LOL LOL LOL , No one knows who you are anymore!!

Digitalspirit @ May 26th 2008 10:41AM

About time Rare actually made a decent game isn't it? Exclusive to 360? Who cares. Hard to believe they used to be Ultimate Play The Game. What happened?

2d Female @ May 26th 2008 11:07AM

>>>jrb

"i'm not sure there's room for ki3 in todays market"

What are you talking about? Sure there's room for KI3 in the fighting game market. What's so special about today's fighting games that KI3 couldn't fit in with them?

Dead Or Alive and Soul Caliber are just button mashers. The new Street Fighter (SFIV) game, it's just an HD remake of the two Street Fighter games. (Street Fighter II and Street Fighter EX) An don't forget the joke that's Mortal Kombat Vs DC. (*yawn*) Oh yeah, who cares about Tekken?

Virtual Fighter is alright and most of the 2-d fighting are good. (both mainstream and doujin) but, there's nothing really special about today's fighting games.

It's mostly just eye candy. (meaning, HI-RES graphics) So KI3 would fit in just fine, IMO.

DRock067 @ May 26th 2008 11:09AM

Quartermann is usually on point with his rumors. I have no idea why the poster of this article claims otherwise. He's more reliable then others. He even writes a lil blurb about what rumors came true.

Tony @ May 26th 2008 12:46PM

I don't know that I'd say Quartermann is usually on point simply because more than half of the time these things don't pan out at all. EGM has admitted that quite a few of these they just make up... eventually making 3 informed and probable guesses a month are going to stick.

Either way, EGM ends the KI rumor with 'We've been told to expect Rare will deny this" or something to that effect. So they've essentially guaranteed that the only way to kill this rumor is by the game coming out. It's a pretty silly situation.

Flip Top Eddie @ May 26th 2008 1:32PM

Didn't EGM call Bioshock moving to the PS3 like last year? Seems that for the most part they are one of the more reliable rumor sources. We'll just have to wait for the announcement of the 3rd person Halo game later this year to see if they were right.

RagingStormX @ May 26th 2008 2:11PM

If RARE was to make a KI3, I would actually buy an Xbox360...and this is coming from a Sony fanboy. When KI came to the arcades it had mind blowing sound effects and graphics for its time (second to none), so I don't know what that sock-cooker (and obvious fighting game noob) thats hating on KI's graphics\sound quality is talking about. Its ok to not like a game if its not your thing......but atleast give credit where credit is due. Even though this is just a rumour, I hope it does come out....I would buy it.

RagingStormX @ May 26th 2008 8:04PM

(sorry for double posting)...now that I think about it, This may not be possible because Nintendo has rights to Killer Instinct, and based on the fact that Golden Eye 64 (HD) didn't show up on live arcade (because of Nintendo having the last say)...anything KI will probably follow suit.

Gemini Ace @ May 27th 2008 7:55AM

Why would they be working on it? We've only been begging for it.

jedisquirrel @ May 31st 2008 10:33AM

I rarely get excited about new games (COD4 being an exception and what a piece of art that is), I'm already completely bored of GTA (although I was all hyped up and reading up on it for ages). Now if KI was released I don't think I'd stop playing. I used to spend hours upon hours on KI, trying to beat my top combo (which was huge, I used to spend ages in the training mode lol). One thing though, NEVER EVER change what we all love about the game, the insane combos, the excellent feeling you get from the finishing moves and of course, the unique levels and overall feel of the game. I used to play tons of beat-em-ups and KI tops them all by a fair margin (ok, street fighter 2 comes close).

Btw, I only know 'Rare' as a video games developer because of KI.

Please please please!

Drew

Gioxtream @ Jun 24th 2008 9:53PM

Guys......? Have you see the video game preview of Street fighter IV ???

I believe KI 3 might look alike or even better ,,,,I wish to see something like those video grafics.

I saw SF IV preview for Ps3 and looks awesome.

I will buy KI3 on the spot.

This game (KI3) is LONGGGGGGG OVERDUE...even Crappy games get a second ... even a third chance.

WTF RARE ?

Gioxtream