Archive note: This post was originally published on GameSpot by ThumbsUpMaster on August 14, 2006. It is preserved as part of the ThumbsUpMaster GameSpot Blog Archive.

Original GameSpot Version

Rare was bought by Microsoft a few years back. I hate Nintendo for letting that happen. Rare actually kept them alive during the N64 days but Nintendo didn't give a crap about them. All they care about is they're Mario's and Mario sports and seven, yeah SEVEN Mario Parties. Banjo Threeie didnt even see the light of day. Because of that buy out, a lot of key Rare employees left to start their own business. I like Nintendo's games but I can care less about the controller, name, virtual console, new IP, whatever. This is coming from a Nintendo fan, Nintendo has to be the most idiotic gaming company. Sometimes, they don't have no idea what they're doing. I mean, dropping CD's for cartridges. Small discs for the GCN turned away a LOT of third party support. Thus loss of customers thus loss of money thus having to sell Rare just to stay alive. As long as they continue to make Mario adventures and Legend of Zelda games where Link's head isn't the size of his body then I'll be buying a Wii. Oh, yeah, and Brawl. === I was gonns post this in a thread on the Wii forum but I didn't wanna get flamed. So I posted it here....

AI Summarized Version

AI summary: This is a Banjo-Kazooie/Rare post from the GameSpot-era archive. Main point: Rare was bought by Microsoft a few years back.