Hmm, I've heard that Nintendo gave Rare the rights to create games with Donkey Kong in it. And it's probably the same with Kirby and HAL Laboratory.
Nintendo probably did this because they practically own Rare and HAL. Even though Rare and HAL is second party, have you EVER seen them made games for any other company than Nintendo?
I sure never did.
Oh, and I think that Nintendo is about to own Silicon Knights and Factor 5 too.
Just in case you don't know, Factor 5 is the company that made Star Wars:Rogue Leader:Rogue Squadron 2.
And no, I don't mean Lucas Arts, because they didn't made it. Lucas Arts only gave the licensed to make a Star War game to Factor 5.
Without Factor 5, you probably wouldn't see the awesome graphics in Rogue Leader 2 that we have today.
As a matter of fact, Factor 5 president even said that they are waiting for Nintendo to ask them to become their new second-party company.
I am telling the truth! I mean, have you EVER seen Silicon Knights or Factor 5 make games for any other company beside Nintendo?
.............Whoa, how did my explanation of Donkey Kong and Kirby copyright turn into a rant about who Nintendo is about to own?
Anyway, I'm finished now.
(P.S. Silicon Knights is the company making Eternal Darkness for the GameCube.)
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