Archive note: This post was originally published on GameSpot by ThumbsUpMaster on February 19, 2006. It is preserved as part of the ThumbsUpMaster GameSpot Blog Archive.

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Just when I thought, after Rare sold itself to Microsoft, I thought my childhood was gonna fade away. The cancelation of Donkey Kong Racing (Diddy Kong Racing 2), no Donkey Kong console games, and no other good James Bond games like Goldeneye. But then, thanks to my friend eginja, I can finally reconcile.

I'm more of a game fan than a console fan. And the reason I didn't like the Xbox or Xbox 360 was because of the bad game line-up. Then, a chorus of Angels sang...well, actually, egninja told me on msn messenger that Banjo Kazooie 3 will be released for the Xbox 360! Banjo Kazooie is one of my all time favorite game series! I'm gonna have to abandon all my hate towards Xbox, they finally did something right! About time a good game will come out for the Xbox 360! I'm sorry for all my Xbox jokes and hate towards them! The release date is to be announced for BK3 but I'm gonna buy me a Xbox 360 soon! THANK YOU RARE!

Funny how this all started out with a Xbox Xux personal message. Well, here's the link to Banjo-Kazooie 3 for the Xbox 360: http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/015/015334.html

AI Summarized Version

AI summary: This is a Banjo-Kazooie/Rare post from the GameSpot-era archive. Main point: Just when I thought, after Rare sold itself to Microsoft, I thought my childhood was gonna fade away.