• Downloadables

    Rare Teases Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Expansion

    Rare is planning on lifting the lid off an expansion for Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, potential downloadable content it hopes to announce sometime this week. That announcement may even herald a new promotional logo! More »
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    Comment by AjaDL: Traditional platforming is no longer relevant. We don't need more games like the old Banjo, and while Nuts and... 24 Responses | Other threads

  • rumor

    Rare Tips New Games in Banjo?

    Is it guerrilla marketing when you're doing it in your own game? Cranky Gamers UK noticed that Easter egg in Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, which declares we've got "new Killer Instinct, Battletoads and Jet Force Gemini games," on the way. "Even Ghoulies 2!" Whoa. But then they say, "Oh, you'll never believe that." Screw it, I will. This qualifies as an announcement and I am committing Rare to this, even though there's nothing on the Rare Web site yet, and a Killer Instinct sequel has long been involved in cat-and-mouse rumor games. More »
    11/16/08
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    Comment by tollwaytroll: Jet Force Gemini sequel? That would make my year. One of the great games of my childhood. 10 Responses | Other threads

  • review

    Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Review: Aw, Nuts

    Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is the third proper console entry in the Rare-developed series, founded on the Nintendo 64, one that steers the former action-adventure platformer into new territory. Gone are the Super Mario 64-like romps traipsing through green mountain sides and caves dripping with molten magma, replaced by driving and flying challenges through green mountain sides and caves dripping with molten magma. Nuts & Bolts eschews traditional running and jumping mechanics almost completely, instead focusing on mission-based vehicle challenges that don't veer too far from the series' core, but veer far enough to give fans pause. More »
    11/11/08
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    Comment by squishyfishy: Hehe. I'm actually loving the game (maniacal completist right here, who happens to LOVE collectathon platformers). I honestly don't feel you... 19 Responses | Other threads

  • tokyo game show 2008

    Justify Your Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

    If anything, we're now guilty of giving too much direction on justifying one's game. Rare's Neill Harrison took advantage of our goodwill, which is letting developers and producers prep ahead of time for Justify Your Game, resulting in carefully planned elevator pitches. For Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Harrison pretty much nails it following a minutes long mental practice. If it weren't for the last second awkwardness, this one would've been left on the cutting room floor. Thank the video gods for performance anxiety!
    10/13/08
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    Comment by Xenigma: Too bad I don't need to be sold on it, as I already preordered. Free Banjo-Kazooie means a $30... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • tokyo game show 2008

    Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Is Starting To Sound More Like LEGO Grand Theft Auto

    Carjacking, fleeing from the cops, and an open world in which you rub elbows with corrupt weasels and lowlife thugs doesn't sound like something you'd expect from a Banjo Kazooie game, but Rare may be giving impressionable boys and girls their first taste of Grand Theft Auto-style gameplay. We'd seen Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts at previous Microsoft get-togethers, but going eyes on with Rare's latest at Tokyo Game Show made us realize just how far they'd taken the former platformer. More »
    10/08/08
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    Comment by Gofthick: Budget price? Did I miss something? 9 Responses | Other threads

  • tgs08

    Pan Pan, Pata Roco, Banjo Blade

    Busy day Tuesday. Ash and Mike headed out to meet with the developers behind Ninja Blade and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts while Luke and I headed out to meet with the developers behind LocoRoco 2 and Patapon 2. More »
    10/08/08
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    Comment by DigitalBloodUK: Friends, can anyone confirm: 1) what time TGS starts (UK Time)2) Can you watch the keynotes online ? Thank Yooooou. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • xbox 360

    Half Of Rare Hard At Work On Secret Googly Eyed Projects

    Hang tough, Rare fans. If Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts aren't quite scratching your Rare itch, the developer has more in store. Nick Burton, a senior software engineer at Rare, tells Videogamer that the developer's officially announced titles are being tackled by "about half" of the current staff, hinting that much more is on the way. Dreams of Killer Instinct 3 may be dancing in our heads, but we'll try not to get too excited. More »
    08/05/08
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    Comment by stranger: @Enkur: Preach the truth brother. The people need to hear it for somebody. more » | Other threads

  • e308

    Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Googly Eyed Impressions Of Slippery Physics

    Whilst sitting in on an official demo of Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts at E3, one narrated and directed by Microsoft Games Studios' Ken Lobb and Rare's Mark Bettridge, I found it impossible not to be impressed by the platformer. The sheer number of parts, contraptions, and options, combined with what appeared to be a straightforward interface — a challenge when building something in 3D — made it clear that there's lots to do in the third proper Banjo Kazooie game. More »
    07/18/08
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    Comment by Doomstink: Ken Lobb will always be remembered by me for his inclusion in Goldeneye as the Klobb gun. For a long... more » | Other threads

  • Banjo kazooie: nuts & bolts

    Microsoft Denies Motion Control Revealed Via Banjo Kazooie Preview

    Last night, in a preview video for Rare's Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, clip commentator Ken Lobb dropped some knowledge on controller twisting in the Xbox 360 platformer. That lead to some speculation that the Microsoft Games Studio creative director had just confirmed motion control, in a roundabout way. Not so, says Microsoft, who tells us there is no truth to the speculation. See? More »
    07/09/08
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    Comment by EnigmaNemesis: @fuchikoma: Some people are just content with what the PS3 does and can do, since they dont want 100% motion and... more » | Other threads

  • ken lobb

    Does This Banjo Kazooie Video Confirm An Xbox 360 Motion Controller?

    Did Ken Lobb, creative director at Microsoft Game Studios, just confirm motion control will be a factor in the newest Banjo Kazooie game? We're saying it's a "definite maybe." Others are saying yes, based on Lobb's comments in a Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts walk-through with developer commentary. What comments? More »
    07/08/08
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    Comment by freespeech: @Strangelove: GOOD more » | Other threads

  • clips

    Banjo-Kazooie: Hot New Bird On Bear Action

    Furries? So hot right now. Also hot: videos! We've seen Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts excel in stills, but in video, it's quite moving. In this new gameplay clip, Banjo and Kazooie collect coconuts, traverse bright green terrain, craft custom contraptions and pilot various vehicles to the constant din of sproing-y and boing-y sound effects. The eyes? Googly. The characters? Fuzzy. The game? So clearly Rare. More »
    05/13/08
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    Comment by Kupcake_Love: Oh come on people, I mean I can understand talking about the graphics, but why would you bash a game... more » | Other threads

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