[Banjoman]

Banjo-Kazooie is a pretty big name, and Banjo WAS going to be Rare's mascot. I don't see that happening now, this game really screwed them over, but I also think that alienating their own fan bases in favor of new ideas did it as well.

Rare isn't a big name anymore, and I think they failed to realize that. They took a HUGE gamble with all these new concepts and ideas for games they wanted to create when they already had it good in the first place. Simple matter of not fixing something when it was never broken, and this goes for most of the games they've recently made. Not just Banjo.

In a way they turned on their own fan bases, doesn't matter if they listen to the fans or not, because the bottom line is very much apparent at this point.

I hope BigSHEEP and the others make it out of this alright though.