While more recently acquainted with Kinect development it "would be great" if Banjo-Kazooie creator Rare were to make another platformer according to Microsoft Games Studios' president Phil Spencer.
Asked about the prospect of a 3D platformer from Rare on Twitter Spencer pointed to PressPlay Games' upcoming Xbox One title Max but added that "A new Rare plat would also be great".
Spencer's comments far from confirm that a new game in the platforming genre is on it's way from Rare but the studio's Simon Woodroffe alluded to the prospect in August. Speaking to CVG he said:
"We've got ideas for most older Rare IP, you won't be surprised to hear. There's quite a lot of desire to do that, and Viva Pinata, Conker… Banjo's very popular internally, a lot of people want to do stuff with Banjo,"
Recently Rare IP Killer Instinct was rebooted as an Xbox One launch title but development was handled by Double Helix. Rare's next game is Kinect Sports Rivals which is set for launch in early 2014.
