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The games Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, former exclusives for the Nintendo 64, were re-released as enhanced ports for the Xbox 360.

Under Microsoft's exclusive releases, Rare was responsible for developing many games, including Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Perfect Dark Zero, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Killer Instinct (2013) and Sea of Thieves. Despite this causing the cancellation of some games (see Canceled games section below), later on, Rare did develop remakes of some of their Donkey Kong games for new Nintendo systems. All rights for the original games and characters, except for the Donkey Kong games, become owned by Microsoft, such as the Banjo-Kazooie and Conker series. In 2002, Rare was acquired by Microsoft Game Studios.

Rare received great recognition and critical acclaim for their games. (currently known as Cranky Kong), and they did introduce many original characters, including new members of the Kong Family and the Kremlings. These new series did protagonize Donkey Kong, a new character and the grandson of the former Donkey Kong Sr. During the same period, Rare also developed the Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land series as sequels for the Nintendo's classic Donkey Kong series. After the success of these titles, Rare became a second-party developer for the Nintendo between 19, creating games such as Killer Instinct (1994), GoldenEye 007 (1997), Banjo-Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini, Perfect Dark and Conker's Bad Fur Day. Early, Rare developed games for the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System, including Wizards & Warriors, R.C. Rare was the successor for the defuct video game company called Ultimate Play the Game (1982-1987).