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I wonder if people are asking for Captain Citrus to be in the MCU

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With the Xbox 360 digital store closing in July, I've been playing some of Rare's Xbox 360 games; I know the general assumption is that they went downhill after the N64, but I wanted to give them a shot so I could have an informed opinion. (I already had physical copies of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts and Kameo, though I haven't played Kameo yet, along with the downloaded versions of Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, and Perfect Dark)

I tried Viva Piñata, and I wasn't a fan. Maybe the early game isn't that great and things get better once you get past the opening, but it feels like there's lots of micromanaging (which makes it seem like it wouldn't really appeal to kids - I sold my copy of Pikmin 1 originally for that reason), the voice acting comes across as patronizing (so it doesn't really seem like it appeals to adults), and every time a new type of piñata shows up, there's an unskippable cutscene. (which gets really repetitive)

I downloaded Perfect Dark Zero, but I only played a bit of it (playing it unlocks cheats in the Xbox 360 version of Perfect Dark). I'll try it out at some point and see how it goes. (also, I see that Rare made a new installment in the Jetpac series - I'm only familiar with that game through Donkey Kong 64, so I'll look into gameplay of it)

Shame that Goldeneye didn't get a re-release on the Xbox 360; that would have been nice to play. (I enjoyed playing Perfect Dark on the Xbox 360, with no nostalgia attached, but I don't want to get the N64 Online app or an Xbox One to play it) Unfortunately, the model of Xbox 360 that I have isn't compatible with original Xbox games, even digitally downloaded ones, so I can't play the pair of original Xbox titles that they made.

EDIT: Looking up a one minute gameplay trailer of Jetpac Refueled makes it look super repetitive, so that doesn't seem like it's worth getting unless it's extremely cheap.

I had a dream where Donkey Kong 64 was released into the public domain by accident, and it became a meme to put Lanky Kong in games, and even mainstream AAA studios were doing it.