Throughout the years, Rare has dominated the gaming industry by presenting the best paired characters that have revolutionized the way ‘tag-team’ gameplay should be defined when it comes to games of the platform genre. Among them stand out two unforgettable teams that were ranked among Nzgamer’s top 10: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong and Banjo, Kazooie.
Donkey Kong is the powerhouse of the pair who can bash the bigger Kremlings down to size with his weight, unearth items with his powerful Ground Slap, and chunk barrels further than old man Cranky can toss his cane. Diddy on the otherhand is fast and agile, making it much easier to cross those widespread holes of certain doom. As for Banjo and Kazooie? They’re the most absurd team for anyone to ever think up. A bear and a bird working together? Ridiculous, they say. But any who has said that to their face has been met with a few of the duo’s trademark moves such as the Rat-a-tat-rap, Claw Swipe, Beak Barge, or the hilariously driven Breegull Bash. That’s only naming a few of the techniques that makes the bear and bird of fame two of gamings best and most impressive duos.
Unfortunately, the same love cannot be had for the gaming ladies of Rare. GameDaily took on the liberty of listing who is–thankfully not what is–their Top 25 gaming babes of all-time. As expected, it’s dominated with the likes of ego-breastical (new word?) Dead or Alive babes and Final Fantasty chicks and a few entrants from Soul Calibur and Resident Evil (no Zombie girls? Thank you!!). As for Joanna, Kameo, Amber or heck, even Berri for those poorly misconstrued earth-invading furries, there is no love. None. Zero. Zilch. Sorry ladies, but you’re just not made of teh hawtne$$. Better luck next time!
For anyone who has been trying to join the forums recently, I want to utterly apologize for the inablity of being able to register. We were having a few problems with our host currently who is migrating the site onto a ‘new platform’, so we’re experiencing some glitches here and there. However, Tyrant has now corrected the issue and you can now register as needed so that you can join in on the conversations with us about Rare’s classic games, the Goldeneye for XBLA fiasco, and the new Banjo site. Speaking of which…
Yesterday, we reported that the official Banjo-Kazooie website had launched. Today, Rare’s Community Manager George Kelion acknowledges its existance and claims that “Like the game, the teaser site is still under construction and you can expect updates relatively soon.” Now THAT’S what we like to hear.
*UPDATE* Rare has made a few small changes to the Banjo-Kazooie website. Those changes include the page size being larger, the gears now spinning endlessly, and the image of Banjo’s head replaced with a shadowy image of both Banjo and his loud-mouthed breegull partner, Kazooie.
It’s happening. With Banjo-Kazooie 360’s 2008 release speedily approaching, Microsoft/Rare have launched the official Banjo-Kazooie website. Although it currently showcases nothing more than a blue print with gears, what appears to be a boat propellor, and spinning Jiggy in the middle of the page with Banjo’s head and the words ‘coming soon’ alternating inside the Jiggy, we expect that we’ll be seeing some updates to this site fairly soon. If not, then during/after this years Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in mid-July.
*UPDATE* After searching through the site’s source code, it appears that it will have quite the features available including its own Forums, Blog, Leaderboards and Newsletters We’ll keep you up-to-date on any further findings as we continue to investigate.
Joanna Dark returns in this prequel to one of the Nintendo 64’s most popular games. But does this Xbox 360 launch title provide the same appeal as the original? Hmm, let’s find out!
Mr. Lupaie, the very creator of Rare-Elite’s new design, set out on a mission with one task in mind: to create a place where everything that happens at Rare-Elite–be it here on the site, in the Fandabase, or even the forums–can be viewed simultaneously. That place has arrived and it is called the Rare Universe But why universe you ask? Allow me to explain…
This special site does much more than just keep track of everything that is going on around here at Rare-Elite. It is also informs its visitors of the latest news, forum posts, and so forth of other Rare related websites across the interwebs. You can see a few of them in our affiliates list to the right–which, by the way, has gained a new one: BIGsheep.net, website of Viva Pinata software engineer, James Thomas.
What is probably the most unique trait of the Rare Universe is its ability to update the content of Rare-Elite and the other Rare fansites LIVE as it happens! Amazing, aye? Yes it is. So a very big nod to Lupaie for yet another outstanding job well done.
One of the best portions of Super Smash Bros. Brawl is its music. Containing over 200 songs into one game is no small feat, so props to Sakurai for managing to squeeze them onto the disc. Among those songs are several classical tunes from Donkey Kong Country that have been either remixed or unchanged. One such song is the King K. Rool/Ship Deck music. I uploaded the song for your listening pleasure, so you’d better like it or else!
A simple question that requires a simple answer: What are you playing this weekend? I plan to have a nice weekend chuck full of Super Smash Bros. Brawl followed by Condemned 2 during the night hours where my knackers are destined to be frightened off. Seriously, let’s hope it doesn’t go that far. I don’t think the misses would be pleased that her dear little Hylian has embraced the life of a eunich…
In early January after 1up.com reported that a remake of Goldeneye 007 for the Xbox LIVE Arcade had been canned due to financial squabbles between Microsoft and Nintendo, we here at Rare-Elite set out on a mission. A mission to gather Goldeneye fans from across the globe together to fight for what should be and can be. Thus arose the Goldeneye Petition.
The petition was started a few short days after 1up’s report and news of it spread like wildfire across the interwebs reaching over 11,000 signatures in one week and 17,000 in two weeks. While the petition has slowed down significantly since then, it still continues to gather signatures nearly two months later and just recently surpassed 22,100 last Sunday.
Currently, however, the outlook of Goldeneye being released isn’t very good, sadly. But as long as we have hope and continue to our part, then its release is always in the realm of possibility. So if you, dear Rare fans, want Goldeneye back, then sign the petition and spread the word among your friends. We can still make this happen!
Arguably Rare’s best titles on the system, both the original Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country were listed in ScrewAttack’s Top 20 SNES Games special. Click the link below to view Part One:
Though only absent from the list for one week, the red squirrel’s most recent title was marked the original Xbox’s tenth “most-played” game on Xbox Live (as initially reported by Major Nelson). Hopefully, it’ll be able to last atleast another week, and perhaps even demote Halo 2.
Throughout the years, Rare has dominated the gaming industry by presenting the best paired characters that have revolutionized the way ‘tag-team’ gameplay should be defined when it comes to games of the platform genre. Among them stand out two unforgettable teams that were ranked among Nzgamer’s top 10: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong and Banjo, Kazooie.
It’s happening. With Banjo-Kazooie 360’s 2008 release speedily approaching, Microsoft/Rare have launched the 
Joanna Dark returns in this prequel to one of the Nintendo 64’s most popular games. But does this Xbox 360 launch title provide the same appeal as the original? Hmm, let’s find out!
One of the best portions of Super Smash Bros. Brawl is its music. Containing over 200 songs into one game is no small feat, so props to Sakurai for managing to squeeze them onto the disc. Among those songs are several classical tunes from Donkey Kong Country that have been either remixed or unchanged. One such song is the King K. Rool/Ship Deck music. I uploaded the song for your listening pleasure, so you’d better like it 
Though only absent from the list for one week, the red squirrel’s most recent title was marked the original Xbox’s tenth “most-played” game on Xbox Live (as initially reported by 
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