Well Rareware's finally done it. There were few things that I was relying on to keep me happy. Their classic logo, their clean website, and hope for the TRUE Banjo-Threeie. But recently, Rare changed their classic logo into something I clould have made in Illustrator in under 60 seconds and changed their site into some cookie-cutter microsoft !@#$%. You may think I'm overreacting, but there's !@#$% 360 avatars EVEYWHERE. And to make matters worse, their "revolutionary new Kinect title" is a blatant rip-off of Wii sports using the Microsoft EyeToy.
It goes to show that there are some game companies that almost try to further isolate themselvers from their fans. Rare was important to me because the first 3D game my virgin, 8-Bit eyes ever saw was Banjo Kazooie. From then I was hooked. Staying over at my friends houses to play Banjo and Donkey Kong 64, oh, it was like a dream.
You see, we had just moved in to a new house and I didn't have many friends, so I played my Dad's NES. I made friends with the likes of Mario, Link, Samus, Pit, and Mega Man. Those games filled me with happiness, they gave me something to look forward to when I got home. We were pretty poor at the time, too, so new games were a bust. Things were even worse when my Dad left his job at Acro. Imagine Tuna Fish sandwiches every day. Blech!
But then on Christmas of 2000, I recieved my first 3D console, the Nintendo 64 along with Banjo-Tooie. My Dad was employed at Xerox and made pretty steady pay, and we were happy. I have such fond memories of sitting at night in the glow of the TV, the sound of crickets from outside. There was nothing like it. Banjo and Kazooie became permanently embedded in my mind.
But alas, all good things must come to an end, ya? Rare had announced production for Banjo-Threeie for gamecube and me and my friends were so excited. But then, news of a buy-out by microsoft flooded the internet, and made me pretty upset at the time.
So, yeah. I'm !@#$% done. :'(
I'm sorry I wrote so much, I just hope you understand my feelings on the situation. Feel free to share your thoughts below.