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Banjo-Kazooie 3 On Track For Christmas

Gypsie — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:55:45 MDT

@ErskinPig: thanx for the info :) (and sorry for my horrifically late reply :|

i hope they resurrect it! i cant think of a better match :( and i loved Viva Pinata on the 360, i dont care what anyone says - it was a great game! (imo, obv)

Gypsie

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eskimo-bob — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:52:10 MDT

Wait, mature Banjo = Conker?

eskimo-bob

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CaptainHarrison — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:29:08 MDT

Let's hope they dump those new designs.

CaptainHarrison

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muni84 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:42:18 MDT

Does anyone really care about Banjo-Kazooie anymore? Why not just make another Boogerman or Bubsy 3D?

muni84

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Bobby McPresscott — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:38:43 MDT

I'm not basing my prediction on all of Rare's talent having left. I'm basing it on a simple Rare-ism.

I've said it before and I will stand by it. What defines Rare is the inability to make release dates(and at that after a good few years of just not even having one). If this game IS out by the end of the year, then it isn't really a Rare game, and it will suck. If it gets delayed indefinitely there may be a chance.

Judging by the wording it looks bad. Back when Rare was good the Four Horsemen were required for a game to come out at all, fudging the release date was just par for the course. I think everything good about Rare has been lost, but this is truly their last shot to prove that otherwise so we will see.

Bobby McPresscott

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:39:44 MDT

@lifeinthefridge: Hey, Sega's been good at making games that aren't Sonic.

What has Rare done for anyone lately?

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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GamerBunny — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:32:54 MDT

Man, I'm so sad that it's going to be an Xbox 360 game ... I would've loved for this to come out on the Wii.

GamerBunny

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JorgieX — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:04:36 MDT

@DARTH_TIGRIS: Hey wassup Tigris, good points I agree with your thoughts exactly.

JorgieX

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JorgieX — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:02:24 MDT

@Fyren: OMG...I agree I loved the n64 games alot and like you said even the old ones in the form of XBLA I would get them for sure. I can't wait for the new game this year. Platformer and collecting are still hot if Mario Galaxy is a clue.

JorgieX

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DARTH_TIGRIS — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:10:00 MDT

@mpmaley:
"The game has been in development for how long now? As dev time increases, quality decreases. ex) Fable, Heavenly Sword (quality was good for dev time, the game was SHORT)"

Wow, that makes a lot of sense. So, by your logic, MGS4, Killzone 2, GT5 and FFXIII should be AMONG THE WORST GAMES EVER MADE. Gotta love that *logic*.

So why are people here so excited about Little Big Planet (made by a basically unknown dev) but ripping on the new Banjo (made by a very consistent dev house)? Oh. That's right. Its on 360.

BTW, to clarify the comments Fahey made, the actual post doesn't say its not for kids, but for YOUNG kids. He stated, and I quote:

"I can assure you that we haven't been focused on 4 year-olds when creating the new Banjo game. We hope that you'll be pleasantly surprised at what we've cooked up."

And, for those still complaining that all of the good minds in Rare have left, he also made this statement:

"You are correct - Gregg Mayles, the creator of Banjo-Kazooie, is still the lead designer of the new Banjo game."

See how facts can clear up nonsense?
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DARTH_TIGRIS

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duckmouth — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:52:21 MDT

@Tepoz: Wasn't BioShock released in August?

duckmouth

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Gen16Snes — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:08:33 MDT

If they could get away with some of this stuff i'm not sure what to expect.

Gen16Snes

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Sandbox_Emperor — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:07:55 MDT

I'm interested to see what direction banjo is being taken in as it's apparently no longer 'for kids'...

Sandbox_Emperor

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lifeinthefridge — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:34:46 MDT

@Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.:

Ok your taking this way too far DO NOT COMPARE RARE TO SEGA. Both of them were my favorite developers at one time. People here are exaggerating the bad quality of rares recent games. A lot of them may have not been blockbuster hits, but they were all for the most part good ,quality, fun games. Sega is just a cash whore that rushes games and produces crap. Rare has never failed me yet and I will certainly be picking this game up.

lifeinthefridge

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scarshapedstar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:41:52 MDT

@Arttemis:

Gameplay might have been fancier, but Banjo was a terrible character and I looked forward to seeing him die.

scarshapedstar

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Allin45 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:21:05 MDT

Rare will produce yet another gem with this title. If you're going to lose faith in any developers, why pick the company responsible for some of the most colorful, inventive, and downright brilliant games ever released? I could not be more excited for this game's release.

Allin45

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Allin45 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:18:01 MDT

First off, you people read way too far into everything. Just because George stated that Banjo "isn't being developed for kids" does not mean that he will be spilling cuss words and blood at every corner. It simply means Rare are going for a more open-audience approach, and that while the game will appeal to children of all ages, adults very well may enjoy it too.

As for the game itself, some of you people just love to hate. Of all the companies to lose faith in to develop a great game, you pick Rare? You've got to be joking. If I'm going to lose faith in anybody, it's not going to be the folks who created some of the most colorful, inventive, and downright beautiful games ever.

Why don't we all just wait until release day and pick this game up for ourselves before we decide that it's going to be anything less than something to write home about. I could not be more excited for this title, and I have endless amounts of faith in Rare to produce another gem.

Allin45

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Nirual — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:08:25 MDT

Not for kids, eh? So I guess it will have more unneeded "mature stuff" like swearing and gore.

I stopped caring about Rare after Conker.

Nirual

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Mr. Fap☆Fap! — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:59 MDT

Oy. The more Rare talks about this game, the more nervous I get for it. Just show it and prove to me that it won't suck already!

Mr. Fap☆Fap!

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ErskinPig — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:54:39 MDT

@Barbara: Yep, he was fuming over it. Thing is, he wasn't even rejected, they actually gave him the job supposedly but just treated him like something they could pick up and put down on a whim. Glad I don't work there.

ErskinPig

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Barbara — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:50:44 MDT

@ErskinPig:
Yeah people do tend to be bitter when they're rejected.

Barbara

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terrydwj — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:43:55 MDT

@Modus_Operandi: Is it your personal goal to make sure no one purchases this game, let alone get hyped about it? Modus please show us where on the doll the bad Rare touched you.

How about we all wait and reserve our opinions about "this" game till we actually see it in action. There is nothing wrong with people still having faith in Rare. Stop being such pessimistic people!

terrydwj

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Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:31:30 MDT

@enewtabie: Jet Force Gemini and I wouldn't want THIS Rare company remaking it. There was a space station level in that game that screamed METROID. the lightning and atmosphere were awesome.

@peacefuloutrage: I understand what you're trying to say but Grabbed by the ghoulies? Are you serious. Rare fans was waiting for a Killer Instinct or a Perfect Dark or even Blast Corps and we got

Grabbed

The

Ghoulies...

Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahah!

they're dead dude...or damn close to it. Rare screwing up Perfect Dark is like Sega screwing up Sonic or Shinobi. Unforgivable.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

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ErskinPig — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:26:36 MDT

@Gypsie: Cancelled, I'm almost certain of it. I know someone who was due to work at Rare since November of last year, but got endlessly fucked about by their shambolic HR dept (they let some tin-pot recruitment agency handle a lot of it). Apparently he was told at the last minute (once he was finally due to start last month I think) that Viva Pinata DS had been cancelled so he couldn't start again. In the end, he told them to fuck off & went to work somewhere else, but the company really sounds like it's in disarray from the way he was speaking. Probably to do with the endless shifting of power and corporate shakedowns. How unusual!!!! 8-)

ErskinPig

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B33 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:59:34 MDT

Rare is dead in my eyes.

B33

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nlatimer — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:46:02 MDT

I greatly enjoyed the first Banjo-Kazooie game.

I haven't played one since.

As for this new one, I think I'm going to be cautiously optimistic

nlatimer

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Gypsie — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:36:54 MDT

Anyone know the state of Viva Pinata DS? Havent heard a peep about that since Edge went over to Rare's HQ a few months back, and that was like a one line reference that it was still in the pipeline and doing ok.

Gypsie

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crumb — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:26:37 MDT

*roll eyes*

crumb

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crumb — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:26:17 MDT

@Tepoz: Haha, *lots* of diversity between last year's and this year's line-up.

crumb

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peacefuloutrage — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:09:11 MDT

I still remember playing RC Pro Am. But Rare isn't completely dead. Far from it. If you didn't expect the second coming, you may have actually like Kameo. And It got some cool add-ons after it was released. My Nephew still comes over to play Grabbed by the Ghoulies, which I think suffered only from its theme for people to label it as a seasonal game. I have CBFD, but I still haven't bought the xbox version, and Viva Pinata is cool.

They tried to give us Goldeneye, but Nintendo gummed it up. They still have cool games in the catalogue, and I'm sure new games in the works. Even Capcom wasn't making the quality games I expected from them for a time, and then they came back to their senses. I only hope Sega can do the same. I'll just expect the worst and hope for the best, so I can judge their releases with fresh eyes.

Expectations got me bad when Burnout Paradise was released. Oh, well.

peacefuloutrage

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LX — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:02:23 MDT

@mpmaley: your logic is horribly flawed.

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Wolfers — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:57:07 MDT

Let's hope they pull it off!

Wolfers

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peacefuloutrage — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:56:40 MDT

@Fyren: I liked Roboblitz and bought it, because it was like an old-school platform game. Which reminds me, I need to play through again..

peacefuloutrage

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enewtabie — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:52:52 MDT

@okenny :):
Comment of the day right there..
What was the other game that Rare made..I think it was something about space jet packs or something?
I remember playing it on 64.

enewtabie

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Demonbird — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:49:07 MDT

Please don't suck. Please.

Demonbird

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okenny :) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:37:19 MDT

Blah blah blah... bitch bitch bitch! You'll sound like fucking babies! Geez! *sigh*

okenny :)

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excel_excel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:36:08 MDT

@RPharazonius: Me too. The Rare games dominated my childhood, good god they were fantastic, Perfect Dark was the awesomeness and BK and Dk64....ohhh they were marvelous!

excel_excel

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rotcepsurt — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:26:26 MDT

@mpmaley: So by your logic MGS4 and GT5 will be big stinking turds?

rotcepsurt

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Sustenance — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:25:43 MDT

Rare presents Banjo: Live & Reloaded! A triple-dipped bump-mapped re-imagining of the first game, now with crappy Xbox LIVE deathmatch! Please Rare, bring back the innocence of the 90s. Make me collect things. Kill my fingers with button-mashing bird races. Whatever. Just don't taint BK with LIVE.

Sustenance

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RPharazonius — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:25:29 MDT

I still have about 10 games I want to buy left on my Aught-Seven list.

If I still have games on that list by the time Banjo-Kazooie comes out, I'll push Banjo-Kazooie to the top of the list.

Those games dominated my childhood. DOMINATED.

RPharazonius

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Modus_Operandi — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:24:12 MDT

@mikeluisortega: But thats exactly why people are saying "Rare sucks now", because the people that made good games and thereby gave Rare its good name, have all apparently left and been replaced by what I can only surmise are a team of Sea Manaties floating in lukewarm tank of water.

Modus_Operandi

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73mike — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:22:31 MDT

@Arttemis: Total agreement about BK>M64.

In fact, Rare was the only Big N developer that could take a Nintendo concept/game and improve it. Diddy Kong Racing over MK64 any day of the week.

Didn't manage to play Conker until the Xbox re-release, but that was worth the wait.

Viva Pinata, believe it or not, was one of the few reasons I wanted a 360.

73mike

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excel_excel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:22:17 MDT

FINALLY!! I CAN COMMENT AGAIN HOORAY! Now all they have to do is call it Banjo Threeie and I'm sold!

excel_excel

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kylenalepa — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:19:59 MDT

I loved the first Banjo-Kazooie, but never played the second. I'm definitely looking forward to this one, though.

kylenalepa

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mikeluisortega — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:19:32 MDT

What people need to understand, is that a lot of times development studios don't stick together, yes some of the Goldeneye people left to free radical and made Time splitters and then some of those people left free radical to go to other companies. Ditto Bungie not all of the people from Halo stuck around from combat evolved to H2 or even H3. If you enjoy platform games it's worth giving the demo a try until completely writing it off as a "Rare sucks now" game

mikeluisortega

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theprof00 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:19:30 MDT

theprof00

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theprof00 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:19:26 MDT

rare lost it's two best programmers when ms bought them out. Now it is just a shell of a company that HAD ideas.

theprof00

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theprof00 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:18:45 MDT

can 360 ruin another rare franchise?

theprof00

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enewtabie — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:18:23 MDT

I can't believe we are going to see a platform game on the 360 that might be good.I really like the first one.Can Conker be down the road?

enewtabie

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Modus_Operandi — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:18:22 MDT

@romBox: Wait this is the game that'll make you drop upwards of $300?? This? Rlly??? Not to be rude but have you been in a coma sin 98 or something? If you have, my apologies. Also yes the Olson Twins are legal now but they have become Whitney Houston style crackheads. Again my apologies.

Modus_Operandi

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NinjaBurg3r — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:18:10 MDT

@CockroachMan: Please don't say that! Anything but Shadow! Banjo-Kazooie was one of my favorite platformers from my youth!

I'm extremely excited for this and truly hope that it is one hell of a game, but it is SO hard to keep Rare's recent track record out of the back of my mind. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

NinjaBurg3r

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Kanik — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:16:43 MDT

As long as you can still turn into a Washer Machine, I'll play it.

Kanik

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ErskinPig — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:16:42 MDT

Rare is just a name now - the company that shined in the N64 era ceased to be long ago.

ErskinPig

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mpmaley — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:16:26 MDT

@LX:

Exactly, and they won't return.

mpmaley

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LX — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:11:11 MDT

My sentiments seem to be on track with a few people in here...

It would be nice to see Rare return to it's glory days but quite frankly I'm not sure there's much reason to be excited about the stuff they're making now.

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romBox — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:10:38 MDT

I'm looking forward to this. Making a new Banjo in this "Next-Gen" world sounds pretty tricky to me, but I think they can pull it off.

romBox

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goldwings — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:08:35 MDT

Yup this is it. The thing that'll get me to buy the 360 again. Also I can't wait for a new Conker game.
-after my third 360 broke, I was pretty pissed and gave up on it-

goldwings

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Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:04:36 MDT

meh. Rare today is not the Rare that made the original BK. I don't have high hopes for this. it's a shame really. Rare was literally one of the best developers in the world under Nintendo. under MS, not even close. Nintendo made out like bandits from that sell. Hopefully Rare can prove me wrong with BK.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

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Modus_Operandi — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:01:15 MDT

"I really wouldn't base your ultimate judgments of the final Banjo model from what you've glimpsed on the teaser site if I were you - all shall be revealed in due course, not that long to wait now..."

Translation follows:

"Dont hate on the game because of that ass model that someone misguidely put up. Hate on it for the crappy gameplay we'll be showing off later".

Ok thats a bit harsh but seriously Rare has used up its "They worked for Nintendo" street cred and then some. Think what you want about Viva Pinata it wasnt a blockbuster, but what they did to Perfect Dark? Unforgivable. Their name is starting to become ironic. As in the times they put out a good game are Rare. (See what I did there?)

Modus_Operandi

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FallenAzrael — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:01:09 MDT

No offense to Banjo-lovers, but this game is about 7 years too late to really get me amped. I'll probably rent it, but I doubt it will hold the same whimsical majesty, due to the fact that I've been hardened by this cold existence.
/emo

FallenAzrael

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mikeluisortega — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:59:45 MDT

I wonder if Banjo is going to get some sweet shades, a bandanna and a rocking skateboard to make him more.... you know, EXTREME!

mikeluisortega

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Tepoz — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:59:43 MDT

@crumb:
It seems this Holiday season is going to be dominated by Gears of War 2 with Fable 2, Halo Wars and Banjo Kazooie 3 filling out the rest. It's a bit of a change from the Halo 3/Mass Effect/Bioshock holiday.

Tepoz

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mpmaley — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:56:46 MDT

The game has been in development for how long now? As dev time increases, quality decreases. ex) Fable, Heavenly Sword (quality was good for dev time, the game was SHORT)

mpmaley

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Ryumeka — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:53:34 MDT

AHM BAHNJO.

WOOOOOOOAAAAOOOAOOOH.

Can't wait.

Ryumeka

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Arttemis — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:52:24 MDT

This is great news for me to hear! Personally, I always thought the original Banjo-Kazooie was far better than Mario 64 in the adventure-platforming game department. I actually played through the game again concurrently with my girlfriend just late last year - great fun.

Arttemis

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Polywhirl — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:52:10 MDT

If we go with the common belief that the world is going to end in 2012 and that the apocalypse is a drawn-out affair, then Banjoe-Kazooie 3 will be delayed!
If it follows a 5-year course, then in December 2008, two years after the start of the end, the horsemen will appear.

Dang. And I kind of wanted this game.

Polywhirl