RARE DENIES MULTI-FORMAT DEVELOPMENT
Some people are far too easily bought. Head in for official confirmation that the house of Banjo is nothing but Nintendo
15:57 Rare\'s sense of humour is well known, as is the company\'s propensity to be coy on development projects. Rumour is usually dealt with by administering misleading, ambiguous comments. Sabre Wulf on Gamecube? Maybe...
But the developer behind Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64 and GoldenEye, which is itself partly owned by Nintendo, doesn\'t mess around when speculation gets out of hand. In its inimitable way, the outfit sent out seasonal cards recently showing a Christmas tree under which seemingly lay a PlayStation 2, an Xbox, would could have been a Gamecube, an indistinguishable package that may or may not be a Game Boy Advance and what, given a healthy leap of imagination, could be a mobile phone. Art from Gamecube adventure Kameo, Game Boy Advance update Sabre Wulf and a pic of Joanna Dark finished the card - apart from the tree with the words, "And surprises under every tree".
It\'s a joke. Unwrapping the imaginary mobile phone under Rare\'s tree, we called the developer and obtained the following comment. "We are not working on any Xbox games or any games on other formats other than Nintendo hardware at this time," said a spokesperson. "It\'s a mountain out of a molehill."
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