Mange minnes med nostalgiblanke øyne hvordan Rare viste hva Nintendo 64 var god for i sine glansdager med både vakre og underholdende spill. Nå har den tidligere Rare-ansatte Phil Tossell fortalt til magasinet Retro Gamer at Rare var så gode at selv Nintendo var misunnelige.
"Nintendo were often quite envious of us. I got the feeling they thought our games were technically and artistically superior to theirs. Miyamoto would visit regularly and I heard a rumor they redid all of the textures on Zelda after they'd seen our work on Banjo-Kazooie because our game looked better!"
Kilde: Nintendo Everything.