Nov 09
Banjo on VC?
Rare hasn’t ruled out the possibility of the N64 classics Banjo Kazooie and its sequel being released on the Wii’s Virtual Console, despite their imminent arrival on the Xbox Live Arcade.
When asked of the likelihood that Banjo’s original adventure would appear on VC, a Rare rep has said: “We have no immediate plans to put Kazooie or Tooie on Virtual Console, as you might expect now that they’re both due out on Xbox Live Arcade.”
While it’s not the answer we want, it’s not a definitive no either which leaves us room to hope, and let’s hope Rare’s not just leading us on.
The original Banjo-Kazooie will appear on XBLA on November 26, with Banjo-Tooie to follow early next year.
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November 9th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
What the F*** is Banjo Kazooie, Tooie doing on XBOX LIVE WTF,, WTF… It should have stayed exclusive to Nintendo where it belongs, but RARE slacked off on the primary console games to do rubbish !!!??
November 10th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Banjo is on XBox Live because Rare are owned by Microsoft. Banjo, like Conker and Perfect Dark, is one of Rare’s original properties, so they are owned by Rare and basically go wherever Rare goes. Rare are still allowed to release games on handhelds due to some loophole in their contract, which explains the DS remake of Diddy Kong Racing.
Of course, Nintendo kept the rights to the Donkey Kong games because that was their character.
November 10th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Also, what does ’slacked off on the primary console games to do rubbish’ mean? I don’t understand that sentence.