Rare Take Inspiration From Wii Sports For Xbox Title

This is an interesting quote from ex-Nintendo first party developers, Rare (now wholly owned by Microsoft) about taking Wii Sports on with their Kinect sports game.

“In terms of the competition, we looked very carefully at Wii Sports. We didn’t shy away from it – we actually attack it head on, if I’m honest. We looked at Wii Sports and, okay, if we were going to do this better, how much further can we go with this and will the consumer see an obvious improvement?” – Rare’s creative director, George Andrea.

Though his honesty is refreshing, it wouldn’t be the first time you could accuse them of taking a page from Nintendo’s book. Just look at the similarities between Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing, Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie etc.

Thanks C&VG