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Issuing have reared their ugly head relating to the free codes that you get for pre-ordering Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts which allow you to download the Xbox Live release of Banjo-Kazooie. it turns out that a lot of people who pre-ordered the game, received no code at all.

The code came packed in with the game and could be redeemed for a FREE download of Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox Live for those who pre-ordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. This was special because, in addition to getting the Xbox Live version of the N64 classic for free, they also got to play it a few weeks ahead of it’s general release date.

But now this has caused a delay in gamers being able to play the game and as a result, Microsoft has delayed the public release of the game till December 3rd.

In response Microsoft gave this statement to 1-Up:

“We are aware that some consumers who preordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts have not received their redeem code for Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox Live Arcade. We are currently investigating the scope of this situation, but we believe it represents a small fraction of the total number of preorder customers. We encourage anyone who preordered Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and did not receive a redeem code to follow up directly with your retailer’s customer service team for resolution.”

Sounds pretty crappy to me, anyone who didn’t get a code will hopefully be given enough points to purchase the game, or a game, off Xbox Live for free. That should be the solution to this.

Source: videogamesblogger.com

The good news? Atlus has re-released the PS1 cult-classic Persona 2 in limited quantities, exclusively via Amazon.com. What’s even better is that the game has been updated so that it works with PS1, PS2 and PS3 consoles and includes a few extras; including an anime trailer of Persona 2 and an exclusive video interview with the creators of the game.

The bad news? Copies FLEW out of Amazon and within an hour, the limited number of pressings had completely sold out. And not only did it sell out within an hour, but the re-print even managed to crack the Amazon top ten best-sellers list, which is quite the feat considering all the other high profile games being released. You can still find copies of the game available, but they will cost you a pretty penny, with Persona 2: Eternal Punishment’s re-print costing in the $80-dollar range.

Naturally, the re-print was made to celebrate the franchise and it’s rising popularity leading up to the release of Persona 4, which hits on December 9th. Which is an interesting turn of events considering that the Persona series once was considered a franchise for only the most hardcore RPG players.
As such, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is considered by many to be the series’ high-mark.

Now it’s the job of all of you RPG fans to write up Atlus and let them know that you would love to see a true re-release/update of Persona 2. Hopefully just the selling out of the title itself sent Atlus a strong message. RPG fans love their Persona!