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In early 2002, Nintendo shut down the site and made ''www.banjo-kazooie.com'' a redirect to the Nintendo website article about the game. Once Nintendo had sold Rareware and its characters to Microsoft around 2003 or 2004, the site was a redirect to the Rareware site. This continued for many years to come until 2008 when ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' was released. | In early 2002, Nintendo shut down the site and made ''www.banjo-kazooie.com'' a redirect to the Nintendo website article about the game. Once Nintendo had sold Rareware and its characters to Microsoft around 2003 or 2004, the site was a redirect to the Rareware site. This continued for many years to come until 2008 when ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' was released. | ||
The new website contains a forum, rankings of the players in certain challenges in the game, downloads, a "Fan Site Kit" which includes artwork and sound files and the game manual itself. It also includes a gallery where users with Xbox Live can directly upload the screenshots they have taken in the game to the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' website. The site can be accessed [http://www.banjo-kazooie.com here]. | The new website contains a forum, rankings of the players in certain challenges in the game, downloads, a "Fan Site Kit" which includes artwork and sound files and the game manual itself. It also includes a gallery where users with Xbox Live can directly upload the screenshots they have taken in the game to the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' website. The site can be accessed [http://www.banjo-kazooie.com here]. | ||
== www.banjo-tooie.com == | == www.banjo-tooie.com == | ||
[[Image:BanjoTooiecom2000.PNG|thumb|right|The ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' website in 2000.]] | [[Image:BanjoTooiecom2000.PNG|thumb|right|The ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' website in 2000.]] | ||
=== 2000 - 2001 === | === 2000 - 2001 === | ||
The ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' website was similar in many respects to the ''Banjo-Kazooie' website. This website contained artwork of many objects and places in the game, biographies about the main characters, as well as information about the worlds, moves, items and other similar objects. Another feature was a quiz-like system, where the website asked questions on how to solve an actual Jiggy in the game and once the question was answered correctly, a movie was shown in which the user could see how to actually obtain the Jiggy in-game. | The ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'' website was similar in many respects to the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' website. This website contained artwork of many objects and places in the game, biographies about the main characters, as well as information about the worlds, moves, items and other similar objects. Another feature was a quiz-like system, where the website asked questions on how to solve an actual Jiggy in the game and once the question was answered correctly, a movie was shown in which the user could see how to actually obtain the Jiggy in-game. | ||
=== 2002 - Present === | === 2002 - Present === | ||
In early 2002, Nintendo decided to shut down the site and made ''www.banjo-tooie.com'' a redirect to the Nintendo website article about the game. Once Nintendo had sold Rareware and its characters to Microsoft, around late 2003 or early 2004, the site was made a redirect to the Rareware site and it still | In early 2002, Nintendo decided to shut down the site and made ''www.banjo-tooie.com'' a redirect to the Nintendo website article about the game. Once Nintendo had sold Rareware and its characters to Microsoft, around late 2003 or early 2004, the site was made a redirect to the Rareware site and it still remains a redirect today. | ||
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