{"id":95066,"date":"2019-06-14T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/06\/phil_spencer_says_microsoft_had_no_problem_with_banjo-kazooie_appearing_in_smash_bros_ultimate"},"modified":"2019-06-14T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T02:00:00","slug":"phil-spencer-says-microsoft-had-no-problem-with-banjo-kazooie-appearing-in-smash-bros-ultimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/phil-spencer-says-microsoft-had-no-problem-with-banjo-kazooie-appearing-in-smash-bros-ultimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Spencer Says Microsoft Had No Problem With Banjo-Kazooie Appearing In Smash Bros. Ultimate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the official reveal of Banjo-Kazooie<\/a><\/strong> as a DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer caught up with Kotaku to discuss how exactly the Microsoft and Rare-owned character was able to make an appearance in the popular Nintendo fighter.<\/p>\n

According to Spencer, the story isn’t as interesting as some people might think. Microsoft already maintained positive relationships with Nintendo’s third-party team, as it is one of the biggest third-party publishers on the Switch.<\/p>\n

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\u201cObviously we\u2019re one of the biggest third-party publishers on Switch, so we have great relationships with their third-party team. And you\u2019ve seen the ambition they\u2019ve had with every character that\u2019s ever been in Smash<\/em> and even more. So it was just kind of part of the partnership relationship we have with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was so easy, in fact, Spencer explains how a lot of conversations you might expect to hear associated with a deal like this weren’t required.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere wasn\u2019t anything kind of CEO-to-CEO that had to happen”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He said he had personally always<\/em> been open to the idea of Banjo one day appearing<\/a> in Nintendo’s all-star fighting game:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople have asked me on social [media]\u2014I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve seen that\u2014over many years: \u2018Would I welcome having Banjo<\/em> in Smash?\u2019 and I\u2019ve always been open to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Spencer further explained how many fans seemed to forget Microsoft had been working with Nintendo for a long time now \u2013 helping to bring Rare’s Donkey Kong Country<\/a><\/strong> series to the company’s past digital services and devices as well as releasing certain games on its portable line of hardware.<\/p>\n

That’s why, from his perspective at least, there’s not really an interesting story behind Banjo’s appearance in Smash:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe reason it\u2019s not some interesting, deep conversation is because with us owning Rare and the history between those two things, there are a lot of conversations over the years about, \u2018Hey, we want to do \u201cX\u201d is that ok?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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What do you think about Phil’s comments? Does this give you hope for the future? Tell us down in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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