Today in Barcelona, at its X06 media briefing, Microsoft announced that Rare, Nintendo’s ex-lover, is making a new Banjo-Kazooie game for the Xbox 360. The bird and bear platforming duo will set out on their first non-Nintendo adventure, with “new next-gen visuals and presentation as well as their sharp wit and hilarious sense of humor.” I dunno if I consider burping, fart jokes, and nonsensical jabber from cartoony animals as “sharp wit” or “hilarious,” but that’s cool.
Are you sad that you won’t be able to play Banjo-Threeie/Banjo-Threeie-Sixty (or whatever it’s going to be called) on Wii?
Since I have a 360 anyway, I'll just have to play it on that instead.
Nope, never really cared for the game to be honest.
"I dunno if I consider burping, fart jokes, and nonsensical jabber from cartoony animals as "sharp wit" or "hilarious," but that's cool."Huh? rare humor, aside from conker (purposefully so), has never been that shallow. their humor has always been razor sharp, and some of the best in the industry. that was old rare though…i'm certainly not vouching for the current day rare, but my point is if you're making your assumptions based on previous banjo / rare games then you are completely off the mark.
I absolutely LOVED Banjo Kazooie (and Tooie) and I will definitely be getting an Xbox 360 the day this game comes out.I don't even care what platform its on.. I just want to play the next Banjo.I agree with "anonymous" 😛 the humor in Banjo games is always awesome.
I actually exclaimed "NO!" when I read this article's title.
Never liked the Banjo games to begin with, so this was a big "who cares" for me.
If they somehow messed up The Perfect Dark ip to the point of getting avoided by the fans (and me) and cherish the n64 version, I don't see how the can give something good with their second rate franchises. It sold pretty good due to their relation with Nintendo. Microsoft is so "15 and over" that this will flop…
Banjo and Kazooie (only played the first one), was a fantastic game. Right up there with mario 64, IMO. I am indeed sad to see that this will likely stop it from appearing on VC.
I adored Banjo-Kazooie (Banjo-Tooie was alright, although I was supremely let-down by the whole "Stop 'n Swop" ordeal), as well as many other classic Rare gems such as the DKC series (not DK64… a.k.a. Collect-o-fest 64) and Diddy Kong Racing.However, Rare is washed up. Nintendo were wise to let go of them when they did. With stinkers like Grabbed By the Ghoulies, Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero on the Microsoft platforms, I sure didn't feel like I've been missing out on much.My nostalgia for the original B-K will make me watch this sequel to see if it's any good, but no way am I buying a 360 for it. Rare has just plain lost their touch and frankly I would be amazed if this new B-K game for 360 even approaches the endearing ingenuity and fun of the original.
… Well, lets see how long until they actualy get the game out.Funny, Rare was great developing games (though I hated the dificulty of some of their games) but they where/are sllow… Now they are not as great… they seem to be lost in graphics… and have a kiddy ahenda of their own…B&K was nice… untill you got to the midle of the game and realize you had to go a great more… I don't get how kids could go true it… I got a nice time with it though… I guess this game spoiled DK64 in a way… They went "collectin CRAZY" and I hated DK64 fo that… Banyo an kazooi started that trend I think… at least in its exesiveness…Banyo and Tooie, well… I never played it… I bet it is a nice game to…And this… 360 thing… well… it demostrates that Nintendo 64 had good games and that the kiddy thing has always been overrated… Is the 360 kiddy for having such games… no. So then it demostrates that Nintendo was not, is not kiddy… They are just friendlly…Good luck seen this realeased during the next year… Knowing Rare…- iMoron
Rare hasn't been good since the n64 days. Glad Nintendo dropped them. They haven't made a decent game since Perfect Dark (The original one). So sad especially since they had made Goldeneye, one of the best console games ever.
Its going to be shit and we all know it.
Rare had made the classics, "Goldeneye", "BFD" for the N64. We all know what happened with 007, but to my knowledge, Conker didn't quite do so well on the XBox… Nintendo turned out to be right on that gamble of dropping them as part of the "Dream Team".
Anyone remember Starfox adventures?Enough said.
as soon as i saw the video i wanted to cry….. god damn you rare! i miss Banjo and Kazooie .
I never was a Banjo fan, nor was I a big Rare fan. I didn't own an N64, so the only real Rare game I got inot was Perfect Dark and we've already heard that Perfect Dark Zero was a zero, so I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
THEY'RE TRAITORS TO THE THRONE!
Matthew, I think you confused "Banjo-Kazooie" with "Conker"…I also think, like many commenters, that "Banjo-Kazooie" was one of the best games on the N64. Whether the new Rare is up to the task of making a good platformer, we'll have to see… I'll wait for the reviews.My 360, when I get one, is going to be my "Halo 3" machine. If I can also get a good Banjo game, then all the better! But I really think this franchise would be better suited for the Wii. Its clever puzzles could benefit from the use of the Wii-mote.
I always found Banjo Kazooie (and even more, Banjo Tooie) to be tremendously annoying, not to mention ugly and a tad boring. I certainly did not enjoy the francise in its prime.I'm quite glad Nintendo doesn't have to bear fruit to this piece of crap sequel.Oh, and I actually really liked Star Fox Adventures, even if it wasn't really a Star Fox game.
The reason Perfect Dark 64 was the last great game from Rare, is that the team that worked on it (and on Golden Eye) left Rare to form their own brand (Radical, makers of TimeSplitters).
"… Well, lets see how long until they actualy get the game out."OUCH. that sums it up.
Nintendo! Buy back Rare before it's to late!
Well, I never was a fan of Rare's character designs,… but that poor bear sure looks UGLY now. Aren't the "next-gen" graphics supposed to be prettier than those on a N64, like 8 years ago ?At the time, I thought Banjo was -almost- cute, for an original character. Couldn't they keep the old design and just put some fur shaders on it ? Conker's look on xbox wasn't so bad.Besides, I still REALLY hate their donkey kong design, and their habit of making "google eyes" on every character. Bleh.
I really loved BK and BT on the N64, so, for that reason, I'm pretty annoyed that the sequel's on the 360 (although it was inevitable). I've got mixed feelings towards how I want it to turn out, though. Obviously, I'd be glad if I knew I wasn't missing out on anything special if the game turned out to be awful, but I wouldn't want to think that Rare had lost their touch. Ah well, if the price of both the game and the console were to drop to an insanely low amount within my miniscule price range, I might just pick up a copy…