<![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Wow, after seeing these snapshots, im EXTREMELY angry at Nintendo for selling out the Banjo-Kazooie series to Microsoft so Rare can screw up the original game.
This game looks like the designers took the original gameplay features and designs and threw them out, and then used bird crap and colored toilet paper to make this game. I can tell ALL you people, even if this game LOOKS like the first ones, it will be NOTHING LIKE THEM AT ALL. The N64 dominated at these kind of classic games, and may i tell you, these kinda games can't be duplicated on another console. They will just like, suck, they'll just suck. COMPLETELY SUCK.

If i see ANY of my friends play this game in the future [IF its realeased]
[praying its NOT] i will stab them in the back and shove my N64 with B-K and B-T in their faces and say, "PLAY THE REAL THING!!, not this Xb360 junk!!"



MajorasWrath

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Rectangle: @Foxstar Sixtail: The D-pad is exactly what im talking about. which, in my mind, stops it from being a good controller.

DavionV

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I am going to stop playing halo for this game and I play halo 40 hours a week.

Xbox360Source.com

Solarplex

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> No one cares about Banjo and Kazooie ... now Conker that's a different story.

hollowfreak

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @string_theory:

em?no...

steliosco

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I have a hard time believing those are real screenshots. It looks even better than Ratchet & Clank.

string_theory

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> With all the skepticism surrounding screenshots these days, I tend to reserve my judgement when I can see the game in motion.

All you can extrapolate from the screenshots is that there are vehicles in the game. I don't think they are worth getting excited about.

Velops

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> this game looks nice TBH

BUT, just like Gears 2, it won't be anything special

SpiderPS3

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> It looks stunning.

I'm just iffed about Microsoft's Viimote. Didn't Kotaku once have a column for cheap third-world made knockoffs?

mcderek3000

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @coktoe: I have to respond to this.

You're obviously not well schooled in gaming. Ever heard of Donkey Kong 64? Goldeneye? Perfect Dark? The original Donkey Kong Country for SNES, Jet Force Gemini, Diddy Kong Racing, Conker's Bad Fur Day and than later Kameo?

So sure, go ahead an assume they're a "third rate Nintendo rip off" since they at times have made games that have surpassed Nintendo's quality. Donkey Kong 64 is one of the best platformers ever made, and it was made by Rare(ware).

kylo4

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> One of the reasons I bought a 360 was for Banjo Threeie. I'm a big fan of the N64 games, I hope this one delivers, and if it's with waggle, well hell yeah!

kylo4

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> The Newton will fail because Wii already won.

samaine

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Colourful, at least. And is it just me or does that background in the first shot look a little too much like a backgrounds from LittleBigPlanet I've seen before?

Either way, I honestly hope it turns out better than Viva Piñata and is just as good if not better than the N64 games.

cheeses

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: This coming from the guy who likes to say the "splitfish" controller is awesome. It was an awesome idea, that's where it ends.
@karasu is my homeboy: You've obviously never dealt with Striderhasaya before. He does not differentiate between opinion and fact. His opinions are facts.


I_Hate_This_Place

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> stop'n'swap? Joking. WTF IS BANJO DOING. He looks like he's got..... problems. Other texture look very good though/

KEITH1437

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Shiryu: At least they made JetPac Refuelled. That game is great!

eastx

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @coktoe: There's nothing third-rate about those screenshots and you know it.

eastx

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.:

I use the awful Xbox 360 d-pad for Street Fighter II, so, I beg to differ. It's terrible, but, you certainly can use it for fighting games. The rest of the controller more than makes up for the d-pad, and, yes, as karasu said, it's an opinion, not a fact.

LucasKane

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> What's with all the whining about the Banjo model? I mean, WTF? Am I missing a screenshot here? Because how much can you really see of the model from those two screenshots?

Vidikron

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.:

I don't know. Ask the thousands of gamers who voted it the best on Gamefaqs poll.

Not to mention there are little to no fighting games out so that isn't even a huge point, it has the best triggers for shooters, which are insanely popular, and fits in the hand very comfortably.

You can like the PS3 controller more. But you can't "close the case" and state it as fact, because it's opinion based, and an actual poll shows that it's not even the popular opinion.

Wow. Enough Kotaku for me.

karasu is my homeboy

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Does anybody else think it's a little bit comical that Rare left Nintendo, but apparently wishes they were still developing for a Nintendo platform, i.e., they're having a clone of the Wii controller developed just for their game.

shmokes

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Revival of Banjo franchise?

mcool93

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> christ, my post got deleted somehow..damn it all...so annoying, makes you not want to bother.
@ karasu is my homeboy: summarize what i said before it vanished...360 dpad is ass. DS3 can be used for every mainstream genre. 360 controller can be used for every mainstream genre except fighting games which is major. So how is it the "best" controller? case closed.


Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788: If this is the worst you can think of to criticize PS3 you have a long way to go. This "KZ real time" bs is as old as "Ridge Raceeer!"

You can't be serious.

1. I'm not looking to criticize the PS3. You can't just read one comment and decide you know what's going on.

2.A obvious PS3 supporter who's chosen to name himself after a PS3 video game decided that the delay of Banjo Kazooie 3 was the same thing as the delay of Killzone 2 and was inferring Microsoft was a hypocrite for making recent comments on how Sony promises but doesn't deliver.

All I did was comment on how Banjo's "delay" is absolutely nothing like Killzone 2's situation. Banjo gameplay has never even been shown, Killzone 2 was one of the first things Sony showed.

It's two completely different things.

If you're going to put your two cents in and attempt to look like you're making valid points, you're going to have to try a bit harder.

I'm not looking to criticize PS3. But LittleBigPlaneteer was looking to show hypocrisy in Microsoft's handling BJ3, which I couldn't let go uncommented on. Because it's two completely different things.

karasu is my homeboy

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Im still wary of this.My heart says yes,but my brain says no.

Id love if this game was as good as The old BK games.But this,Rare develpor that is making it doesnt inspire me with confidence.Theyv really lost their edge since what seems like the majority of the talent bailed out and started Free Radical.

Please,just dont be another Perfect Dark Zero :(

Tom Clancy's Samuraidino

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @coktoe: Except Rare was the only developer on par with Nintendo when it comes to this type of game...in fact im pretty sure they exceeded them on more then one occasion. Ill hold judgement until i play the game instead of writing it off before we get any solid info.

parad0x360

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Look at the texture work guys, it's like a bunch of burlap bags. :P

Blinkstale

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @karasu is my homeboy: Alright seriously I think people should get over that KZ thing. The PS3 has more than once proven that it could deliver this quality of graphics and from the last previews KZ2 is not far from the target. Very quickly Tretton (I think it was) said that they confused Resistance to KZ2 while affirming that it was in-game. Even if he lied, they admitted it was not real time a while ago. If this is the worst you can think of to criticize PS3 you have a long way to go. This "KZ real time" bs is as old as "Ridge Raceeer!"

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> this game has been in development since before the 360 dropped...stop saying its copying anything

musicgangATL

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: my thoughts exactly

featherblade360

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @risingphoenix: Even if you were to remove the "Halo killer" comment, they still showed it as an example of the PS3's power and to create much hype. "Is it real gameplay!?" "They say it is!" "But it looks so good that it can't be!" "Behold the power of PS3! This is what you'll be playing on it!"

...and then years go by.

Microsoft never even showed Banjo 3. All we knew was that is exists. Comparing Banjo to Killzone, trying to infer Microsoft as being a hypocrite is beyond ridiculous.

karasu is my homeboy

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @lifeinthefridge:

And how did Nintendo not deliver?

Jelster

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TheNocturnalSun

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> BTW to everyone

Considering Microsoft is actually taking the initiative to create a controller that should be better then the wiimote should be good news for everyone.

Hopefully Microsoft will actually deliver...... unlike nintendo

lifeinthefridge

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @LittleBigPlaneteer:

Twaddle.

By forcing you to have two hands on the controller you severely limit the area of motion possible, which defeats the whole purpose of intuitive hand/arm control. Sixaxis by result ends up being nothing more than an advanced tilt controller. You're honestly saying Sony spent money putting something into their controllers they didn't expect to be used, has little more use than a sidewinder controller from several years earlier and then topped it off by calling the controller six axis to emphasize the motion/movement controls. LOL

There is zero reason why you couldn't have separated the two halves of the controller and still allowed them to be combined together to form a single unit. I'd imagine a setup similar to the Negcon [en.wikipedia.org] would have been quite possible.

If you want to believe Sony made the move they did on purpose you're quite delusional. It's like saying they left out vibration for the reasons they stated rather than because they had a lawsuit over their heads. Honestly, what company in their right mind cripples functionality other than through poor foresight or lack of time to implement a better solution. In Sony's case the latter is a strong possibility.

I'd also point out that motion controls are not obligatory in Wii titles although the simplified button layouts do make it a requirement sometimes. The 6-Axis however wouldn't have had that button limitation and so would not require motion controls at all unless the dev decided to implement them.

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> wow, looks pretty good but I hope I dont have to play with a wii-mote device.

Xcite79

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: I know what you mean, the stitching in the ground, it's not just you.

sisedi

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Rare hasn't wowed me much as of late, but I'm still looking forward to this!

Wolfers

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @karasu is my homeboy: I think you are the one that positioned Killzone 2 as a halo killer. Sony has never said that it was a Halo Killer, quite the opposite actually. Every time they are asked how Killzone 2 compares to Halo they say things like, its a different sort of game. And guerilla has made statements like "They can't really be compared".

risingphoenix

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> What is with these retarded vehicles?

marmidukestank

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> looks incredible!!!!!!!!!

Mumbo's Nuts lol

lifeinthefridge

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @coktoe: I've never read anything so pessimistic before.

j14rk1n

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> this looks like mario galaxy, designed for the wiimote, with awesome graphics.

roflwaffles

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> love how people bitch about 360 games yet we do not have anything like it to play... not sure how nothing is better

nice to see someone still making a platformer

adolfo-gomez

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Screenshots? Yeah, that's fine I suppose. But I want VIDEO! Of GAMEPLAY!! In 720P!!!

Seriously, the way they just did it with Gears of War 2 is how all games need to officially debut their goods. Then again, I'll acknowledge that this isn't official and come Tuesday morning I'll probably have exactly what I'm looking for.

DARTH_TIGRIS

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Consider me still a bit bitter about the Wiimote clone...

KM91

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.:

BWAHAHAHA! Great joke...oh wait, you're serious? the 360 controller is a dual shock that has gamecube analog stick placement, two triggers in place of two shoulder buttons and one of the absolute worse D-pads in history. The controller is not revolutionary nor original. It is the epitome of MS design theory... rip off a great feature or product, pretend like you didn't. 360 controller is good but the dual shock is still the best all around controller ever made.

Because you say so? I know plenty of gamers who think the 360 is the best.

And I know for a fact the 360 controller won a recent poll on Gamefaqs asking what the best controller is.

The 360 controller is nothing like the dualshock, and is infact an evolution of the Xbox Controlle S, which was an adaption of the original Xbox controller, which was clearly inspired by the Dreamcast.

karasu is my homeboy

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @karasu is my homeboy: Oh I know... but the dream world is such a nice place sometimes. :(

PatMan33

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Wow, those screenshots look great. I really, really liked BK1. Never played BK2, but I've been looking forward to this one since it was announced. I hope they do the series justice.

Strangelove

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> W00t! This is awesome! I cannot wait for the new Banjo to come out. Rare is a very very interesting company. Just go over and read Scribes as they come out. They acknowledge the questions yet mock people but I can't tell if it is to try to look 'cyber-cool" or that is how they really are. The graphics I am sure will look amazing, I can see why people may not like the new looks but read the latest Scribes to see what it says. ;-]

JerryJax

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Jelster:

Why should Sony have split the controls for motion? That would imply that their primary controls for all games would revolve around motion. Rather, the "SIXAXIS" is tacked on and is either optional in most games, or not present.

I just don't see your logic in wondering why Sony didn't use the same scheme as Nintendo. It makes perfect sense to go the route they did if they were going to use motion as an "extra"

LittleBigPlaneteer

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I WANT TO PLAY THIS BAD! *Sigh* but I need to get an xbox 360 friend first =[! I looved the first two <3 I'm sure it will deliver and live up to the last two ^^~ The "mumbo's nuts" sign makes me giggle XD

hrabbit

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @lucky_7s:

The controller restricting both hands when employed as a "motion" controller was all Sony's doing. Nintendo split it for a very good reason and I'll avoid poking the hornets nest by suggesting why Sony didn't come to the same conclusion. :)

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: *checks wallet*..... *moth flies out of wallet*
... Witzbold and I are men of our words :D

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: Nope, it isn't just you. Purely looking at the visuals, it somehow reminded me of the way LBP looks. Sharp, lots of DOF and abit DIY style.

hezz05

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Those pics look awesome, the game is gonna be really really boring, i thing as boring as first BK

LuiStrokes

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @okenny :): ugh :(

maybe you should (not *you)...

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @ okenny :): is that right? hmmm, you certainly sound serious. okay... i'll tell you what...i can get Kameo dirt cheap at the local mall. i'll give it another shot since it's been years since i played it. if it still sucks to me, i'll let you know.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788: Yeah. It disappoints me a bit and I think they are letting up a little on that. A few XBLA games and things like Forza 2 or a great sign. The kind of mods Epic is trying to do they will still push back on because their scripting engine isn't virtualized which I think is just about as foolish as you can get on from a design perspectives.

Like I said some time back: When gamer score blog asked people to post suggestions about improving XBL, I unloaded big time! Things like LBP is easier because they are simply geometry and maybe some modifiers. Epic's mods have not only geometry but compiled code that I'm not sure is byte code. On the other hand MS is still a bit like Nintendo as far as fear for what kinds of content people may create. I don't think there's been too much legal precedence attached to these forms of digital sharing so they fear for the space... I think once legal has gotten over it's fears then good things are sure to come. MS has a pretty progressive legal team for XBL but if they don't hurry, Sony will eat their lunch :)

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @ lucky_7s: at the time, it was "next gen" so we ran with it. We didn't know any better. But look at it now and the VMU is the only thing still great about it. The analog stick is terrible, the d-pad sits too high from its housing and the cord extents towards the user instead of away. The triggers are good for racing games but suck ass for anything else. We won't talk about FPS with a DC controller. Nasty. There's a reason why Quake3 on DC supported m/kb.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: Oh man! You have no idea what your missing (maybe you actually do) but Kameo is soooo good *orgasm* You don't know how much I have to control myself to not play it more then once a year (I'm the type that still buys and keeps games). The graphics are amazing in both art direction epic scope. I love the characters and the music... the MUSIC!!... I AM A KAMEO FANBOY :D That's some good shit there! maybe you you revisit it... I'll send you a free Kameo T-shirt if you beat it ;)

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I'm seeing a lot of "I'm buying a 360 for this game."

It seems 2008 is shaping up to be the year of the 360 once again with AAA Exclusives such as:Fable 2,Ninja Gaiden 2, Banjo 3, Splinter Cell 5, Alan Wake, Gears 2,Too Human and Halo Wars.

I'm saddened to see Home and Killzone 2 slip to '09, PS3 really needed '08. Maybe we'll get '09 instead?

Hobbes

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @okenny :): You're right on the buzz part. I myself was hooked on it at first because of that. But then I read the announced features on wiki and the game became much more interesting than before.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @okenny :): Given MS's stands on mods I would highly doubt that. Unless you just create them for yourself and can't share them or something.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788: LOL.. I mentioned the art and physics... no really, their all great :D I'm not disagreeing with you. The game in-and-of-itself is very unique. So much so that I can say it's not Banjo and Banjo is not LBP as you also alluded to.

You have to understand though, the buzz around this game has been about user-generated content and consequently the community that would spring from that. Without this component, people would not wait for it. That's just how I feel.

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @ okenny :): you know what. i have to disagree about Kameo. I never cared for it. but nintendo's biggest blunder with Rare was forcing them to change Dinosaur Planet to StarFox Adventures. That game had so much potential but fails because it's locked into the Starfox IP. Rare couldn't be happy about that. SF Adventures looks better than every Wii game available not called Mario Galaxy or Metroid. I enjoyed it similar to how you speak of Kameo, but more for the potential of it.

You could see Rare wanted to make original IPs for GC but nintendo killed that. I understand MS wants a rival to Mario Galaxy and tap that market but I don't think BK is it. It was originally modeled after Mario 64 but wasn't better than. Just like Diddy Kong Racing wasn't better than Mario Kart. BK has a fanbase that is going to push sales to an extent but after the Perfect Dark Zero tragedy, i say leave 64 era sequels alone. I'd love to see Dinosaur Planet done like it was intented. Banjo Kazooie seems reactionary to Mario Galaxy just like the rumored X-mote is reactionary. MS has to be better than that.

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I was just thinking guys. How hilarious, sad, and fucking awesome would it be if you could make your own levels in Banjo as in LBP but maybe in 3D??? hmmmm??? LMAO! :D

It's enough to make a guy think he's skitzo!

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @okenny :): Again, LBP is much more than just "another platformer" with user-created content. The graphics/art direction and physics themselves make it stick out and the other things you mentioned also. But the interactivity, the controls and the customization of the sackboys also make it even more amazing. I don't know about the level designs themselves but who cares, since you can create your own shit or download other people's? In short, even without user-created content, it is a very original title.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @PatMan33: @lucky_7s:

Except for, you know, the graphics and stuff.

I hope Pat, you realize that you're just dreaming and it is impossible for this to get ported to Wii.

Just saying.

karasu is my homeboy

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Everybody complains about when Rare games became massive collectathons but I fucking LOVED it.

Bernard McGraw

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: I'm not sure why people are getting this confused with LBP. It may have something to do with the size of the avatar in THIS screen shot or the burlap-textured road... who knows. The only thing I know is that LBP wasn't the first game to use focal blur, physics, and cartoonish figures made of pieces that look like real materials... it certainly won't be the last. With a name like MS attached to this people will call it a rip-off but I just don't care... don't let yourself get trolled.

I do thing LBP's sum is larger than it's parts. It has user generated content, and 2.5D platforming with multiple plains of movement, nice physics, and co-op multi-player, and what may be a descent community structure. Most of this has yet to be proven but it sounds promising. Save user generated content (you are absolutely correct, that is by far, the key piece of the game) however, no one would even be talking about this game so they better make sure that part works flawlessly.

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @okenny :): Yeah I believe there are platformers for the 360 I was just busting his balls for making the distinction between Sony's studios and Insomniac/Naughty Dog.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.:

haha its just an article i read for a study piece at university...not really sure where it was from, but was assured it was correct

never used the dreamcast controller, think i was still playing psOne then, was it really that bad?

lucky_7s

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788: It's Funny you mention that because aside from this, MS has Kameo which was a very underrated 3D platformer made by RARE which is owned by MS.

Anyways, I just wanted to tote how good Kameo was, I played it through three times and plan to play it some more. Viva Pinata is also another excellent RARE game I own and that game had so much potential. with a better push with user generated content and better server infrastructure, it could have been as amazing as animal crossing; it was an extremely deep game believe it or not.

I absolutely cannot wait for this game to come out. I'd dare to say but RARE games are one of the few games I can buy without reading a single review and not worry about what I will get. The still make quality games as long as they stay away from shooters :) I love those guys!

okenny :)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Jelster:

fair point...but i think gaming hasn't been original for a very very long time now, like you said, i take my hat off to nintendo for breaking the boundries, the mould so to speak...but the controller restricting both hands, was not sony's idea, controllers have always been two handed, and other companies besides sony have enforced the 2 handed controller also

i had a nintendo wii...but immediatly forced myself to sell it as the main 'wii casual gaming thing' was not what i really wanted from a console, and you really had to wait a while to pick up a good game on the wii whilst wading through the wii-shovel-under your average-games that came out

i have a ps3 now and hope to buy a 360 in the future on the side as i think microsoft seem to be the only company still liking traditional RPG's

lucky_7s

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @ lucky_7s: WHAT?! why the hell would they do that? i tried to use a DC controller recently with Soul Caliber and walked away thinking " ill, how the hell did we play with this controller?"

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> and why on earth are people calling this a little big planet ripoff? what part of the game bares any resemblance to it? first game I thought of was Mario Galaxy with that cyan chain chomp in the top screenshot

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Sorry but mentioning the Dreamcast controller I have to say getting the VMU back into controllers JUST HAS TO HAPPEN.

It was one of the most innovative ideas I've ever seen and given today's technology could easily be coupled with SD memory and other functionalities that would make it a huge gaming peripheral.

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus:

+1..

or maybe +2, because my friend saw those photos first and called to see "Rare LBP rip-off" and I couldn't agree more

iby777

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.:

to add to what your saying, i was told that microsoft actually bought the rights from sega to use the dreamcast controller style...so they could design the xbox controller around it, which i could only imagine gave birth to the 360 controller

lucky_7s

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @lucky_7s:

If they are ripping off stuff that I consider will improve gaming as a whole, then I sure as hell do.

I feel bad for Nintendo as MS and Sony are (or were) capable of out marketing them in previous generations and could possibly do so with the Wii if they establish motion controllers effectively themselves. Sony I feel screwed the pooch there by integrating their effort into a two handed controller and severely limited the ability to actual move it naturally.

If MS can one up Nintendo, surpass their efforts, work off some of the limitations then I will applaud them for the effort, isn't that the whole point of competition?

BTW - I own a Wii and I'm a Nintendo fan in the respect of their attitude to pushing the boundaries of gaming from an interaction rather than presentation point of view. I'm undecided on which HD console I'm going to pick up but it's currently leaning more on the PS3.

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Shiryu: I would pay good money for a nextgen Jet Force Gemini!!!

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Most of Rares talent has left though (most of Free Radical is comprised of former Rare employees), while this looks beautiful it most likely won't 'feel' like a Rare game should....which I hope it does....

and god the irony of them using the newton (which is the biggest Wii-remote rip off) for Banjo is delicious!

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @ Rectangle: BWAHAHAHA! Great joke...oh wait, you're serious? the 360 controller is a dual shock that has gamecube analog stick placement, two triggers in place of two shoulder buttons and one of the absolute worse D-pads in history. The controller is not revolutionary nor original. It is the epitome of MS design theory... rip off a great feature or product, pretend like you didn't. 360 controller is good but the dual shock is still the best all around controller ever made.

on topic...like was mentioned, all of the talent left Rare before and after MS bought the company. Rare has not been a "great" developer since PD on 64. I have little hope for this game. For crying out loud, let's hope it's not another fetch quest marathon. That would be a plus

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Gave up on RARE years ago... I have a feelign it will take muchmore then this to win me back, sadly... where is our JET FORCE GEMINI sequel!?

Shiryu

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: I definitely see it in the art style.

Obviously, though, the game's are nothing alike gameplay-wise... at least I'm sure they won't be.

Revolutionary

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Jelster:
but possibly sounding like you have a 360 and are a fan of the console...and this applies to all xbox360 players and fans:

Do you want microsoft to be looking to such consoles like nintendo's wii, for ideas? like this new newton controller, which based on what we know about it so far, is un-arguably a rip off of the wiimote

lucky_7s

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Seeing that the original Banjo Kazooie team is working on this title, I'll definitely be looking forward to it! The first BK has always been more enjoyable to me than any Mario game.

@LittleBigPlaneteer: I hardly think the amount of systems one owns from one specific company can prove or disprove fanboyism.
I've owned 5 times the amount of Nintendo gaming systems than I have Microsoft's, but I'm not particularly fond of the Wii. Then again, I don't see systems as anything other than venues on which to play their games -- so I'm in no way fond of Microsoft either.

Arttemis

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail:

I don't disagree it's a harder path to follow but it is possible. Attach it to several AAA titles and offer functionality which is an improvement over the Wii. Don't forget they have Live Arcade to publish exactly the kind of games Nintendo are winning customers with.

Sure they won't want to throw away money but then you could say the same about marketing budgets. Bundle the controller with some 1st party games, include multiplayer/party modes and bang you've got 1-2-3 more controller purchases.

Likewise in the scheme of console bundles the controller would make a lot of sense to throw in rather than not. Again giving new customers a taste and offering a direct challenge to the Wii.

Why wait until the 720 to then get developers and your customers on board. Spending 2-3 years now on pushing it onto the 360 will mean come the 720 release, titles will be ready with more mature controls and less dumb mistakes.

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> This is the only way I can express how I feel right now.

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Schneiderwerfer

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @PatMan33: definatly agree with you there, think this game (if not subconciously designed for) belongs on the wii

lucky_7s

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Looks nice, but I've never been a fan of the series.

sascha23

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Let's hope it is good. If they are using a rip off of the Wiimote perhaps they'll port it over to the Wii where it belongs.

PatMan33

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @karasu is my homeboy: *high five*

These screens look great! Not much to go on with just two leaked screenshots, but I'm hopeful!

RedFive

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @humongous_mouse: I think people realize it very well, from the time the sale happened, Rare's been under the collective eye glass of the gaming press and hardcores and it has failed so far to pass muster.

I won't say B&K is ripping off Mario, it's just using the basic platformer formula that's served many people well. Plus Rare was 2nd party to Nintendo and after Mario 64, that became the formula to copy.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: considering both games were in development long before each other knew about them...

xbulletholes

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I never really got into the original two Banjo games, but this looks promising.
After being disappointed by the superficial nature (and unnecessary space setting) of Mario Galaxy, I'm really looking for any new fun platforming experience.
Please don't disappoint us, Rare.

boxmyth

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> What I find really amusing are bloggers who haven't realised that "Rareware" died 6 years ago and Banjo Kazooie ripping off Mario for 10 years.

Two screenshots does not justify all this speculation... or the $377 million price tag.

humongous_mouse

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> As long as Rare keep the spirit of the N64 originals, I'll be a happy rabbid.

Ixistant

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Jelster:Point, but let's address some others.

"1.Attach the functions to a must have game"

Good start but it takes more. Pretty much at least 60-80% of the games coming out after Newton's release need to not only support it, but use it well. No game, no matter how kick ass can sell the user base on it alone if it's only one out of maybe 10 games over the lifespan of the system to use it. This is one reason the Wiimote has done so well, for better or worse, every single game uses it. Every game.

"2.bundle the controller"

Won't happen. Microsoft is rich enough to make it happen, but the other reason behind Newton is profit and they won't throw away $50-60 dollars even if it helps expand the amount of Newton users. Controllers remain a huge profit center for all of the big three.

"3.Meanwhile ensure all new systems have the controller included."

Possible, but the price of the controller will be figured in. Again, they will not let people get it for 'free'

Newton is something that they need to be focusing on for their next system because all this speaks of is using the 360's userbase as a test bed, resulting in a few possibly very well done games and a smattering of crap.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> 360s are so damn cheap I might just get one (again) once Gears 2 and BK are out. If I hear anything on Killer Instinct 3 then I'll grab one for sure.

Josh*

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> ah microsoft trying 'new' things with the newton remote...the first shot looks like a little big planet shot to some extent...if someone asked me back in the day if id expect to see banjo on a microsoft console, id say 'heck no, theyre more insterested in their generic space marine-like shooters'...i cant really see this shifing hardware units as i doubt kiddies would want to buy a whole new console, with an already used remote that they probably have for the wii, just to play this game...but im guessing some current owners wouldn't mind a fiddle with mr.newton

lucky_7s

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Fuck yeeesssss!!!! FINALLY!!!! I'm waiting to know the release date of the game to buy a 360. This is the best reason to buy it, neither Halo3, Gears Of Wars2, or GTA IV, all that is crap compared with the next best platform ever (excuse me, Mario).

nmlss

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: you make two valid points the d-pad is shit..lol
but i love the off centered anolog sticks. If the X-Mote is launched for this game I'm guessing that it will NOT be manditory to use but more like an option like most Wii titles.


JorgieX

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Lackshmana: I thought a lot of Rare's original talent quit and moved on to toher studios including the banjo guys.

JokesJokes

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788:
I'm sort of in that position, currently deciding between the two platforms. I have to say that I have a Wii for platform games but beyond that BK would +1 the 360, it's more of a recognizable game for me at least. The other software choices of course matter more but they're not the whole story.

@Foxstar Sixtail:

True in part. But.

The capabilities of "Newton" are unknown any may surpass the Wii. This could be a massive factor in its success. A spatially aware controller would open up 1:1 motion controls.

Adoption is relative to need and ease of obtain it. Attach the functions to a must have game, bundle the controller, keep cost low. Meanwhile ensure all new systems have the controller included. It's possible to achieve this, granted not easy but it can be done. Lets not forget sans controller MS already have a more powerful machine at the same price point as the Wii.

I'm a firm believer in motion controls and think they can improve games. The "hardcore" gamer however appears to be scared to death by them, clinging onto their controllers like their life depends on it. That kind of message tells devs to not even bother exerting a huge amount of effort in pushing the boundaries. So the 360 core user base right now can go screw itself, the motion controls will be introduced predominantly to secure the casual market that the Wii is dominating. Even if they have to do that by piggybacking some core userbase games in the process.

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I really do have a soft spot for part one on the N64..never really got into the 2nd game. But if the screens are any indication to how the game is gonna look then I'm in for sure, let's just hope that the original gameplay style is not botched. I can't wait..!

JorgieX

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> *like

Oh, triple posting is another excellent quality from the cragmites.

Itchy (PSN: Kaizoku-ou)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @coktoe:

Ehh...how is this a knock off? Rare made the original games. Banjo-Kazooie definitely isn't a knock off of Nintendo's platformers either, for me, it was definitely one of the defining games of the Nintendo 64/a good part of my childhood. I hope Microsoft doesn't go the route of waggle, but, I think if they did, they'd be able to do it right. Sony and Nintendo have both done right and wrong with it, so, there's no reason Microsoft couldn't get it right. As for Rare not making an AAA game in a decade, no disagreement there. :p

LucasKane

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Also, the 360 controller is pure sex. Only thing remotely wrong with it is the P-dad. He's not the sort of dad you would your friends would like seeing.

What a drunk...

Itchy (PSN: Kaizoku-ou)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I think by looking at the comments here, we can confirm (once again) that humans are pitiful creatures.

The Cragmites on the other hand...

Itchy (PSN: Kaizoku-ou)

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Rectangle:The 360 controller is very well done, the DS3, while something i'm used to, feels like a copypaste effort.

However, the D-pad on the 360 is complete and total ass. Good analog sticks does not give the okey to make a shitty D-pad.

@chemical_eng_mx: That's true, but all signs are leaning towards something as simple as the Wii-mote because Microsoft wants a bigger cut of the causal pie.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @BenKenobi88:

Koneesha

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: About the Newton I wouldn't be that sure, no one knows exactly how it works or what it is, be it add-on or an upgraded controller, look what happened with the Dual Shock on the original PS.

chemical_eng_mx

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @DavionV: The 360 controller is the best controller I've ever used. Far better than the PS1/2/3 abominations.

Rectangle

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Im trying for the life of me to find some good in this. It just doesnt seem very "win" on any obvious levels. Most of RARE's talent left the company before the MS acquisition, and anyone who, both A.) Remembers the ORIGNAL XBOX controller, and -
B.) Has ever played a fighting game with ANY Xbox controller -
knows that MS cant craft a controller for shit.

DavionV

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @CutePuppyz:The biggest curse was that the Stamper Brothers and most of the Rare core development staff jumped ship when the sale went though, they cashed in their stocks and left, effectly half gutting the place. That's a lot of talent that walked out of the door and Rare has only just seemed to fill the void with it's last game.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: I think the vehicles and large landscapes shown so far tend to hint at a departure from just running around snatching honey combs and puzzle pieces and all that stuff.

I would certainly be disappointed if All you did in each level was snag shiny little items.

Lackshmana

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @HaydenTenno:

No, the console games are on the same level but that wasn't exactly a great thing for a PS3 game. Size Matters is the worst without a doubt.

SG79

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Jelster:Newton will never match or beat the Wiimote and for three reasons.

1-It's a add on. Even the Wii Balance Board will never be as well supported as it could be over it's life because it's a add on. Add ons never reach the level that they could because of what they are.

2-It's coming out in the middle of the 360's lifespan. That's a bad thing.

3-The 360's core user base will largely ignore it.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @ Lackshmana I thought everyone of importance or semi importance had already left Rare before Nintendo Sold it, are you guys looking through rose tinted glasses?

MortonCabarizzaaay

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Jelster:Well I'm very skeptical of that. Anyone in love with platformers will think "Mario" and anyone undecided between the 360 and the PS3 will think "Gears/Halo" and will weigh that against "MGS4/GT5." I'm not talking quality here, because RC did not sell that well despite being one of the best games on PS3, I'm talking "flagship" games. Unless they come up with something completely revolutionary I don't think BK will dethrone Mario as a top platformer or Halo as a flagship game.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Since Rare left for MS, it's almost like Nintendo's left behind a secret curse deep within the Rare developers...

It'd be funny if Rare went back to the big N (which won't happen...) and they made great games again...

Maybe it's the Nintendo synergy...or w/e they're pumping into the air at Nintendo R & D.

CutePuppyz

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @HaydenTenno: Wow, i thought it was the best (i played them all and thought deadlocked was the worst one), go figure.

Mpalm.

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @LittleBigPlaneteer:Galaxy's biggest fault IMHO was other then being too easy, it didn't use the Wiimote enough. The controls were farely simple, but not simple enough, resulting in the real causals having a harder time dealing with it and the hardcores mastering it after a few hours, then being annoyed that they couldn't do more with it (And you know it could do more.)

Ratchet was a great little game, but it's failing other then the ending was it could have been done elsewhere. Soild, but not "GOTY".

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @MetalGearMax:

:)

Snuffbox

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788:

True but then it's never too late to start, one good game and a bucket of marketing money can steal the crown or at least tip if off the head. BK does have the capability to be a top notch platformer to rival anything Sony or Nintendo can put out, I think that's the interesting point here.

Better to fill a void with a quality product that several weaker ones. BK could make a lot of 360 owners sigh with relief and possibly swing some undecided buyer to the 360 rather than a PS3.

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788:

Yeah I have no doubts that it will sell well. The Banjo series have been great so far is a recognized franchise, despite the long lay off in the series.

@MetalGearMax:

Aw, you're sweet "metal gear". I own more Nintendo systems than Sony but thanks for coming out. I do prefer PS3 to the 360, but I don't think that qualifies me as a drone :)

LittleBigPlaneteer

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @LittleBigPlaneteer: While I agree with SMG, I don't agree with Tools of Destruction. Tools of Destruction is easily one of the worst R&C games.

HaydenTenno

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I'll take some more Rare any day.

GorbyGipper

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Wow, that looks excellent. SOme of the textures and graphical effects remind me of LittleBigPlanet. Banjo and LBP! Great year! :)

HaydenTenno

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Chain Chomp?

DarkNight_DS

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> LittleBigPlaneteer is a funny guy...

..and by funny I mean sad Sony drone.

:0

MetalGearMax

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @LittleBigPlaneteer: Well Banjo's advantage is that there's not a lot of platformer competition on the 360. As long as a portion of 360 owners are mildly interested in the genre, it will sell rather well imo. Ratchet had to fight with LBP to get on my list as a PS3 owner, and it lost...

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Here are the platformers to beat:

Ratchet and Clank: Future and Mario Galaxy.

That is not an easy task, especially for a game that may have been designed around "waggle" controls. From these screens it doesn't look as nice as Ratchet but gameplay is more important.

note: many that have played both say Ratchet is easily the best platformer, but I put Galaxy there too as it's a quality game.

LittleBigPlaneteer

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I enjoyed the N64 games, this looks good, but I'm still not liking that style they gave Banjo.
Oh and Rare, where's my Killer Instinc 3? Come on this is the fighting genre comeback year, show us some love.


chemical_eng_mx

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: I can't argue that it's the most interesting part, but it would still be an AAA without it. Reducing it just to that does not serve it justice. It's original in many more ways.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Not saying that the game won't be good, but I'm not digging the new style all that much. Maybe I need to see it in motion.

Struct09

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788:I very much will, but I stand by my point that the user created content makes up a large amount of the game and without it, the game would not be getting the focus that it's been getting.

@Lackshmana:That's what worries me. Banjo 2 and DK64 took the "Collect 100 of this item" beyond all reasonable limits and to the point where it became a huge pain in the ass.
I want good platforming, stunning areas and tight control, if there's a item to collect, fine, but I don't want to have to collect 3-6 sets of various items throughout the game.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> It sure looks pretty..

Hope it's as good as the other games in the series..

CockroachMan

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail:
Actually,LBP has a very nice single player game. So it's a more than user generated content.By far...


enewtabie

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @NraButtons: Thank YOu!
this guys want to crusefide me.. :S sorry if i ofended someone when i said it looks like LBP. that 1st screenshoot for ME looks like something from lbp.. if it does not look like that for you, fine, i have no problem with that.

jovus

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @yanipheonu:

I really hope they don't use the new controller for anything.

They can't get away with just ramming motion detection into a console half way through its life span. Its not going to go down well.

aden.exe

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @超外人: i did not comment about the game, i made a comment souley from that screen shot! and LBP is much more than user generated content. it has kick ass real physics

jovus

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Since this is being helmed by the actual folks who made Banjo 1 and 2, I don't think that other more recent Rare games are a good indicator.

Pefect Dark Zero didn't have Free Radical for instance.

I am very hopeful for a AAA title here, but it is far too early to tell if that is what we will ultimately get.

Lackshmana

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I wonder if Mumbo's Nuts will activate cheat codes for me.

MetaKz

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I really hope they don't use the new controller for this.

yanipheonu

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: Well then MS has 0 platformers ;)

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I think what Jovus is referring to is the first screenshot. The ground looks like it's made of stitched together fabric, the walls look like pieces of wood with paper on top of them, the flowers are on springs... That sort of organic/fabric thing. Not that I agree with him, but I can see why he things that.

NraButtons

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: I don't want my post to be too long since it has nothing to do with the article really, so just check out the wiki article. The gameplay, controls and physics themselves are enough to make this game stick out.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I can't wait for this game...lets hope it's on the level of Conker and the original Banjo.

Darkest Daze

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788:By Sony platformers, do you mean Naughty Dog and Insomniac? Because Sony does not have a first party studio who makes platformers, never has.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: If you don't know anything about Banjo, you probably shouldn't comment about it being a LBP knockoff then. It is a 3d platformer, whereas LBP is user-generated content in a 2d platformer style.

超外人

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail:
and i agree with slomo788 that you have no idea what are you talking about!

jovus

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail:

I'm assuming he was referring to the level design. That's the only thing that looks LBP-ish to me. Even the sourced article mentions that.

LittleBigPlaneteer

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788:I don't? Really, then, feel free to correct me.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Looks great so far!

It's really satisfying how two screenshots can boost my hopes and expectations. Can't wait for E3!

Sandbox_Emperor

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @ slomo788
Well i see a big pile of something that reminds me on something from LBP, and a "posters" slaped on the walls on the right and left just like in LPB.. i mean i dont know anything about Banjo, and it was just my first thought, but i guess im wrong.

jovus

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> I will buy an Xbox 360 solely for this game.

Green-clad Gamer Dude

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Jelster: Oh yeah I trust Rare for creating quality games, but the popularity of Nintendo and Sony platformers is just too great compared to BK.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @Foxstar Sixtail: "LBP is a platformer who's big selling point is the user created content. Without the user created content, it's nothing.
"

You have no idea what you're talking about.


slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> You can't tell too much from the screenshots at first glance, but they both seem to take place in the same area, since the second screenshot has the TV-type walls you can see in the background of the first screen shot. Any idea if the whole game has this sort of hand-crafted art style?

NraButtons

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @slomo788:

True although Rare have once or twice done the genre justice. Right now they look to have the wow factor at least. We'll have to see if they can back it up with actual entertaining gameplay.

Jelster

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> so... its gonna be a mario galaxy ripoff or what?

Silenced

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus:LBP is a platformer who's big selling point is the user created content. Without the user created content, it's nothing.

Banjo 3 is a platformer, period and does not rely on user created content to make up the bulk of the game.

Foxstar Sixtail

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> The graphics look too nice and clean for it to be in-game. That said, it's just another platformer that I'll gladly pass on.

I also don't need waggle, ever. It works on the Wii because the system is built around that one feature, it'll fall to the wayside and be forgotten and mocked if it's released on a console such as the 360.

Fallible

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus: Well yeah I think it's just you. besides the vibrant colors and the you know, platforming, I don't see anything common to the two games. So far.

slomo788

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> @jovus:
Just you. A thousand times just you.

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> also, anyoen notice the reference to mumbo in the 1st one? i want some nuts. shoot.

MushroomBoy1022

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> Apple Computers is probably having a little chuckle over the codename themselves.

Can't wait to see if Rare can finally drag themselves out of the mud. Viva Piniata is probably the last game of theirs I enjoyed, and before that, Perfect Dark. Not PDZ, that game was an utter failure compared to the glorious original PD.

Komrade_Kayce

]]> <![CDATA[Banjo Kazooie Screenshots Leak]]> This and a good Viva Pinata follow up is what Rare should have been working on long ago. But...

1-If Newton is being