Contrary to popular belief, Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo did not singlehandedly force Rare (who was never even fully owned by Nintendo) to convert Dinosaur Planet into Star Fox Adventures. It was merely an offer and suggestion Miyamoto gave to Rare, and many of the key team members like director Lee Schuneman and character designer Kevin Bayliss supported the idea, as they felt that using the Star Fox brand would give the game a higher profile, especially as a GameCube launch title. An October 2004 edition of Rare's Scribes says as such: