Rare 'may do something' with Killer Instinct franchise

by Dustin Burg { Nov 30th 2008 at 9:00AM }

Being the teases that they love to be, Rare studio head Mark Betteridge told Eurogamer that they're still kicking around the idea of bringing back Killer Instinct, but that the idea would have to be something uniquely special.

"Killer Instinct is an IP that is fondly remembered and we may do something with it," Betteridge admitted, "but it's a tricky market to be like the old Killer Instinct." If Rare were to bring back Killer Instinct, they'd require some sort of market "revolution", as was done with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Let's just hope that if they were to do another KI, that it wouldn't stray too far away from the golden formula.

[Thanks, Joe]

Tags: killer-instinct, killer-instinct-3, rare

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Disco Ball @ Nov 30th 2008 9:27AM

KI:0 or KI:N&B

Cj @ Nov 30th 2008 9:30AM

How about a awesome Conker sequel?

Cj @ Nov 30th 2008 9:43AM

Personally I think the amount of 12 years old who would buy it would make them a massive profit. Live and Reloaded was great. Just imagine all the spoof possibilities, GoW, Halo ext. Conkers furry little head in a Cog Armour killing Tediz.

Dopple Boppler @ Nov 30th 2008 11:40AM

Seriously, where the heck is a new Conker game? Mario Galaxy and Ratchet and Clank have definitely shown there's still a market for platformers, and with the 360's target audience, a high quality platformer with adult oriented humor could sell like crazy.

jarhead906 @ Nov 30th 2008 9:45AM

Market revolution...

Doesn't genre jump or gameplay leap of faith make more sense?

Stefan @ Nov 30th 2008 11:41AM

3rd person action game where you have to fight your way through various Ultratech facilities as one of the combatants for [insert contrived reason here].

Hell, I'd be happy to just see a Fulgore game

HairyBalls @ Nov 30th 2008 10:31AM

How about some BattleToads...

DBoyFlex @ Nov 30th 2008 11:14AM

Yeah. I want a game that has a tone of the old school nintendo games we grew up playing. Kinda like what they are doing with sega, but with battletoads, final fight, contra, etc.

VOS @ Nov 30th 2008 11:25AM

After they see how well Street Fighter 4 does, I think they will take it more serious.

Pudge @ Nov 30th 2008 11:56AM

WHY!

Just make a new good fighting game. There aren't enough good fighting franchises right now, and even if you tweak the gameplay a little, it will be a welcome addition to my game library.

Don't pull a Nuts and Bolts, I'm still trying to get over that crapfest.

R3AL1Z3 @ Nov 30th 2008 12:37PM

I remember playing this on super nintendo. Graphics were sharp and innovative back then. I just hope they don't butcher it, and take out it's original formula to the point where it becomes another nuts and bolts.

FlashbackX01 @ Nov 30th 2008 12:37PM

Where is Kameo 2?

Michael @ Nov 30th 2008 1:26PM

How about no. KI and conker both deserve a sequel, or AT LEAST a port. Screw all of rare's other crappy games.

FlashbackX01 @ Nov 30th 2008 7:55PM

How about yes. KI was a Mortal Kombat knockoff and a bad one at that.

DJcube @ Nov 30th 2008 12:55PM

Cake Filler Instinct!

Rob Bourne @ Nov 30th 2008 1:24PM

"Rare 'may do something' with Killer Instinct franchose"

What, ruin it like they did the Banjo franchise?

Rob Bourne @ Nov 30th 2008 1:33PM

Sooo, is my other comment going to show at all?

I thought the commenting system had stopped being crappy, I guess it still has problems :(

jose_edwaldo @ Nov 30th 2008 2:36PM

Blast Corps remake please Rare......

Mister Servo @ Nov 30th 2008 2:39PM

What's there to revolutionize? Make a good fighting game, that's all the fans want. They don't want a Killer Instinct Kart Racer or some other genre bending game. It would be the simplest game in the world for them to make and one of the easiest cash-ins too boot.