Dinosaur Planet: Inside Rare's Cancelled Zelda Clone
In 1994, Nintendo would buy a majority stake in British developer Rareware. On the Nintendo 64 the team would develop Dinosaur Planet, an Ocarina of Time-inspired adventure game with two protagonists, Sabre and Krystal. At Nintendo's request the game was reworked into Star Fox Adventures, and shortly after release Rare would be sold to Microsoft effectively ending their golden-age and one of gaming's most important partnerships.
NOTE: A clip was removed at 16:44 regarding a false claim by a Rare developer that DK64 included the expansion pack because of a game-breaking bug.
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SOURCES:
History of Rare
https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/07/28/ign-presents-the-history-of-rare
Kevin Bayliss - VGC article
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/opinion/dinosaur-planet-leak/
Takaya Imamura Nintendo Dream Interview - Translation
https://shmuplations.com/starfoxadventures/
Takaya Imamura Nintendo Dream Interview - Original
https://archive.org/details/nintendo-dream-2002-11-21-vol-078-600dpi-ozidual/Nintendo Dream 2002 11 21 v078 (J OCR)/page/n119/mode/2up
Fan translation of gap comic
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/10xd7lr/farewell_beloved_falco_fan_remaster/
Nintendo Delays Dolphin Launch
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-delays-dolphin-launch/1100-2541764/
Rare Thief Old Assets
https://rarethief.com/dinosaur-planet/
Restoration project
https://famiboards.com/threads/restoration-of-dinosaur-planet-has-really-come-far.8803/
DF Retro Interviews with Kevin Bayliss on Dinosaur Planet
• DF Retro: Dinosaur Planet - Inside Ra...
New Tour
• Introducing Barn X
Making of Banjo
• Rare Revealed: Five Things You Didn't...
2001 IGN Article
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/27/dinosaur-planet
Banjo Kazooie: The Oral History
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/banjo-kazooie-rare-oral-history
The Making of the Game that was once Dinosaur Planet - Phil Tossell interview
https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-star-fox-adventures-the-game-that-was-once-dinosaur-planet
Miyamoto Didn’t like DKC
https://www.vice.com/da/article/donkey-kong-at-20-years-old-442/
Next Generation Interview w/ Stamper Brothers
https://archive.org/details/next-generation-24-dec-1996/NEXT Generation 38 Feb 1998/page/15/mode/2up?view=theater
Inside Rare’s 90s Farmhouse HQ
https://www.timeextension.com/features/sacred-spaces-rares-manor-farm-hq-nintendos-90s-hit-factory
The Story of the Gamecube
https://web.archive.org/web/20140705003643/http://www.dromble.com/2014/01/07/dolphin-tale-story-of-gamecube/
IGN Dinosaur Planet Preview
https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/05/18/walking-with-dinosaurs-2
Gone to Gamecube
https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/11/gone-to-gamecube
Rare Erases Dinosaur Planet
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/03/rare-erases-dinosaur-planet
Joe Staten meeting Microsoft at E3 2000
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-complete-untold-history-of-halo-an-oral-history/
Who Killed Rare?
https://www.eurogamer.net/who-killed-rare
Microsoft at E3 2000
https://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/Microsoft_at_E3_2000
Ed Fries Interview
• Xbox Co-Creator Ed Fries - IGN Unfilt...
PD: Zero on Gamecube
https://web.archive.org/web/20130716093146/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/129610/interviews/perfect-dark-zero/?page=2
Grabbed By the Ghoulies on Gamecube
https://www.gamesradar.com/why-rares-supposedly-worst-least-popular-game-actually-my-favourite/?tag=grsocial-20
Kameo on Gamecube
• Rare Revealed: The Making of Kameo: E...
Star Fox Adventure Dinosaur Planet - E3 2001
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/04/inside-star-fox-adventures
Announcement Video
https://www.ign.com/videos/star-fox-adventures-gamecube-gameplay-2001-05-30
E3 2001
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/31/gamecube-at-e3-the-goods-and-the-bads-4
Rare Removes Dinosaur Planet from Website
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/03/rare-erases-dinosaur-planet
IGN Console France Source
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/03/star-fox-planet
Console France Reporting
https://web.archive.org/web/20010424032223/http://gamecube.consoles-france.com/articles/lineup/
HD E3 2001 Trailers
• Nintendo's E3 2001 - High Quality Tra...
Pikmin and Star Fox Adventure
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/31/gamecube-at-e3-the-goods-and-the-bads-4
Pre-E3 Dinosaur Planet
https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/15/pre-e3-star-fox-adventures-dinosaur-planet
Donkey Kong Racing
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/02/month_of_kong_whatever_happened_to_donkey_kong_racing
Activision Microsoft Bidding war
https://web.archive.org/web/20160124110251/http://www.develop-online.net/news/activision-s-deal-to-steal-rare-collapsed/0108032
Sources on Nintendo Not Forcing Rare to change Dinosaur Planet
https://www.vgfacts.com/game/dinosaurplanet/