This week on Arcade: Original “Banjo-Kazooie”

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Scooby4ever — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:16:53 GMT

The new pricing strategy is way to high for the games. 1200-1600ms points for arcade games is to much. Time to think twice MS before you are loosing customer base. Im saying this because we who also pay for GOLD membership already think that is wrong as the benefits are not enough for europe members.

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Paul — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:45:05 GMT

OK, its Wednesday.

WHERE THE HELL IS IT??????????????????????????????

ITS NOT ON XBOX LIVE!!!!!!!!!!1

Is it coming out today or not????

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L0ng5h0t — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:52:14 GMT

I'm going to buy this, as not buying it was never an option. Had I known it would be 1200 points though, I would've pre-ordered Nuts and Bolts. Thanks MS, your new pricing structure is more than a little outrageous.

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SGT MAJ Alton — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:36:56 GMT

Yeah i know its tuesday i noticed about 3 mins after i made my post.lol thanks for noticing

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jsb2 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:43:00 GMT

Great game! Pure classic. Please bring PERFECT DARK and work on another game in the series.

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KP ScuzzyBunny — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:15:14 GMT

A lot of GameStop stores only got one or two codes in (mainly due to only one or two people pre-ordering Nuts and Bolts at those stores)...if you pre-ordered one and did not get the code, the solution I have found to work in the past is to email the support link at GameStop's website. Give them your info (name, phone number, email address, and store you reserved game from), and they should zap you a code for the free game.

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tsaweeos — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:12:14 GMT

Anything over 1k points isn't worth buying. I don't care how amazing the game is.

I'm not going out to buy a 20 dollar card just to spend it all on one game.

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metallicorphan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:10:44 GMT

i was meant to of received this when i preordered and bought banjo kazooie nuts n bolts..but i never did,3 times i rang MS and 3 times they said they will get back to me...give up now

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AgoYaMo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:41:07 GMT

"You won't pay more than 800MS Points for an Arcade"

Seriously?

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Warrengonline — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:49:39 GMT

@Anon 36

Not to push, but I JUST deleted the video of the game to make room. I need to complete some games and delete them before download this as Street Fighter HD took up waaay more space than I thought it would (over 100MB!). But really, download the video and take a look, it is awesome and since I skipped it on my N64 (and traded my XBL code away), I look forward to getting this. If SFIV's controller bites, then Banjo Kazooie will takes its $70 place immediately following launch (I can afford it for sure then - financially and HD space - and save up for the 120HD as friend egg me the purchase of the 60GB HD is a waste of money and effort $100 for 60GB or $150 for 120GB, so I have to wait it out more and keep space available).

Now if MS would get the D-PAD correct, release it, release Killer Instinct 1 for XBLA, (like Soul Calibur for Dreamcast) should be released with VS online play. Fighting Heaven (hopefully).

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Big Papa Smurf — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:17:29 GMT

Nice to have this old classic coming to Live, but 1200 MS points is too much for me to warrant a purchase. Maybe if it comes on sale for 800 points in the next few months I might take a look at it. If the visuals had truly been redone in the fashion that the GoldenEye remake was doing, then I could warrant the 1200 point price. Not just a fairly straight up port though.

Don't let that discourage your Microsoft folks from bringing back more of Rare's back catalog to the Live service. I'm still waiting on Jet Force Gemini, the original Perfect Dark, some form of Battle Toads and (hopefully) GoldenEye.

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EUwarriors — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:43:35 GMT

this game is worth 1200 points.

its got more play time then most of the live games and its fun as hell too ^^

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Warrengonline — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:33:04 GMT

@Anon 21

Sorry to tell to tell you this man, but you WERE supposed to get the code when you Pre-Ordered it. THAT WAS the ONLY reason I did that. I happened to call my game retailer and talked to the store manager and we talked and joked, yadda-yadda one of his salesman likes to push military (Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto), basically games I have NO INTEREST in EVEN if they WERE FREE. I asked about my code and he asked if "You didn't get it from Patrick?" (the other GameStop agent). The answer was "No". Well, he looked in the cabinet and there was ONE free code card left and I was home for the day at 8:30 pm. "If you want it, you need to come now and get it. We close at 9, you can make it." IF he was not my friend, I would never go to that location to recommend it to a friend again. This goes hand in hand with the Mirror's Edge Demo Trial Code and the Left 4 Dead Early Demo - NO ONE had any idea of what I was talking about. Sad, very sad compared to how I am used to being treated at EB Games back in 1994 to 1997. And No one knew of the Street Fighter IV specific controller coming in Feb 17. Though I DID get the Pub Games code (whoopty-doo). This is NOT a good sign. I rather NOT hear about something than for you to entice me and then do not deliver.

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apsouthern — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:22:35 GMT

@SGT MAJ Alton

It's only Tuesday isn't it?

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Warrengonline — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:18:18 GMT

@QualityJeverage

Hmmm... You should not be picking at someone. The economy IS bad, true it is NOT a Great Depression, but some of us can afford $15 per game, heck even $60 a game. You're In the Movies is the last game I may purchase this year. I had a flat tire 2 weeks ago ($128) and now another tire is 'gashed', so I did not even drive home for Thanksgiving at planned afraid of a flat. It was MY CHOICE not to go home because it. Did the $128 make a dent - um, yeh as I've been buying two $60 games a month for the past 6 months, purchased a Kodak Zi6 with 4GB MicroSD ($210), Scene It: BOS ($70) and You're in the Movies ($70) not to mention another drum set for Rock Band ($70 with game included from a friend). I'm not even going to add it up. How can I afford that? I go to work and go home. No stops in between on a regular day. Tops, I stop at Walgreens for small stuffs. My job, hmmm is not right for me, but it just barely pays. So, this month until Feb or Mar I will be cautious of buying ANY new games. I'm 'full' and you'll notice me less and less here. Kind of like web/life hibernation. So, stop picking at people's financial set backs. "IF ONLY everyone EARNED their keep, this place would be so MUCH better."

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Ade — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:57:27 GMT

friggin' 1200 points.... so glad i got mine free with my Nuts & Bolts pre-order... it's never worth 1200 points no matter how much of a classic it is heralded as... in fact it's damn well shockingly bad... yeah it's in super-HD-o-vision, but it's clearly the original code, running on somesort of emulation software, has some serious framerate issues in parts, they didn't even upgrade the texture maps... worse still, they didn't even fix the truely awful camera controls of the original game.... not worth more than 400points in my opionion......