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"[@Beau Skunky":](/1853135#comment_7574201
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Miyamoto did bash DKC and then immediately apologized for it, saying he was stressed at the time and didn't mean it.
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If Miyamoto is now claiming he never even said the initial statement... well this isn't the first time he has contradicted himself. Look up Super Mario 128 for a **well sourced** article on on Wikipedia. He constantly referred to the next Mario game as "Super Mario 128" and talked about it from 2003 to 2005. Then when asked about it in 2006 he claimed it was a tech demo (when earlier, he made it clear he was talking about something completely different then the tech demo of the same name).
The relationship between Rare and Nintendo did deteriorate. Rare did not like how Nintendo passed on the Disney license to them (and they were forced to make games like Mickey's Speedway USA). And Nintendo did not like what Rare did with Conker and completely ignored it in Nintendo Power (there was more to it then that but that was some of the issues with the two companies).
When it came time to renew the contract with Rare, Nintendo was offered the chance to buy Rare completely. Nintendo chose to neither renew the contract or buy Rare and Rare was forced to put themselves up on the market (since they couldn't survive as a third party company).
Miyamoto did bash DKC and then immediately apologized for it, saying he was stressed at the time and didn't mean it.
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If Miyamoto is now claiming he never even said the initial statement... well this isn't the first time he has contradicted himself. Look up Super Mario 128 for a **well sourced** article on on Wikipedia. He constantly referred to the next Mario game as "Super Mario 128" and talked about it from 2003 to 2005. Then when asked about it in 2006 he claimed it was a tech demo (when earlier, he made it clear he was talking about something completely different then the tech demo of the same name).
The relationship between Rare and Nintendo did deteriorate. Rare did not like how Nintendo passed on the Disney license to them (and they were forced to make games like Mickey's Speedway USA). And Nintendo did not like what Rare did with Conker and completely ignored it in Nintendo Power (there was more to it then that but that was some of the issues with the two companies).
When it came time to renew the contract with Rare, Nintendo was offered the chance to buy Rare completely. Nintendo chose to neither renew the contract or buy Rare and Rare was forced to put themselves up on the market (since they couldn't survive as a third party company).