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THQ To Release Rare GBA Games

Posted by simoniker on from the not-in-the-scarce-sense dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for their news that THQ has acquired the worldwide rights to distribute a number of GameBoy Advance games from Microsoft's Rare studio. Although the famous English developer was acquired by Microsoft last year, they're still making games for Nintendo's handheld, and according to GameSpot, "The games included in the agreement are Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Sabre Wulf, Banjo Pilot (formerly Diddy Kong Pilot), and a previously unannounced game entitled It's Mr Pants - no doubt starring the bowler-hat-and Y-fronts-wearing moderator of the reader's letters-style "Pantsboard" on Rare's official Web site."

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  1. Strange... by kmak · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Anyone else finds this strange? Not the fact that Rare is developing for GBA, but the fact that Nintendo is _letting_ Rare develop for the GBA...

    I remember how Nintendo just refused to let Squaresoft to make GBA games until Square make some Gamecube games for defecting earlier..

    Maybe it's just me..

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    I'm not the devil.. just his advocate.
    1. Re:Strange... by Gr33nNight · · Score: 3, Informative

      Anyways, most of the hardcore Nintendo fans at Rare left the company to form their own, which are still making Nintendo games. Of course being at work right now, the name eludes me.