PROTIP - The MArio is actually a vehicle that was constructed LOL.

Apparently from the impressions I'm reading all over the place, you can tackle missions in different ways depending on the vehicle you build.

Also the multiplayer sounds sweet with races and king of the hill style games.

I'm making the penismobile day 1.

God DAMN it, Rare. I don't like the look of this. At all.

Rare has some pent up issues with Nintendo, eh?

Here is some more info on the game from the GH4 issue of Game Informer.

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (360)
- RARE says they didn't want to make a hi res version of the old Banjo platformer.
- You create vehicles with parts you find around the levels.
- GI says their first vehicles was a 4 wheeled kart with a spring attached to the bottom that allowed them to jump things. They later found a helicopter blade that allowed their kart to fly. Later they added balloons to the vehicle and put the blade on the back and created a hovercraft.
- RARE showed them a vehicle that was a monster truck that was able to detach its chasis to become a mini bike. When the bike ramped off a cliff it revealed collapsible glider wings and started flying.- There will be 1,600 parts including weapons that you'll be able to attach to the vehicles.
- The town is called Showdown Town.
- GI says that despite the large focus on vehicles it still features platform elements from the previous games like traditional platforming, tight rope walking and jiggy piece collecting.
- Showdown Town is 16 times larger than anything RARE has created before.
- Every level has a different intro. Nutty Acres begins with a credits spoof of 80's soap opera's like Dallas.- Note collecting is back and will act has currency that'll allow you to bu vehicle blueprints.
- RARE says there are 15 different challenges spread across 6 different levels. There will also be side missions.

This game will be vastly different than previous entries in the series.

I'm scared for this game now, Rare get benefit of the doubt though because they're Rare. It does at least look like there will be traditional platforming in there though.

I get the feeling this game is trying to do too many things at once. Is it a platformer, a racing game, a mario kart game, a twisted metal game, an adventure game, a puzzle game, a soccer game, a collection of minigame games? It seems like they couldn't make up their mind so they just tried to do everything.

It looks pretty cool how parts of the main vehicle can detach to form new vehicles, like the glider thing in the trailer. I don't know about this vehicle focus though..looks like you may be in it for a good part of the game.

What the fuck was that?

Argh. My fears seem to be coming true. I just wanted some good old fashioned platforming.. sigh. Though the extra information that power-glove provides sounds interesting, I can't help but feel a little disappointed. And the name! Ugh. I am really curious about the role all of the returning characters will play in a game like this.. are we going to traverse the inside of Clanker with a boat?

All that aside, I knew the soundtrack would be awesome, at least.. Grant Kirkhope is a magical musical man.

Well, looks like this will be one of the odd cases where I enjoy something because I've never played the series. From an outside perspective, this game looks fucking sweet and I can't figure out what everyone's whining about. Then again, that's coming from someone who has never played any of the previous 'Banjo' titles. I suppose if they turned Fire Emblem into a Kart Racer I'd be upset, too.

No, wait actually that could be pretty sweet.

Anyway, guys, my point is, even if this isn't what you were hoping for in a 'Banjo' sequel, doesn't it look fun? How can making your own custom vehicles and racing/jumping/flying/blowing shit up with them not look fun? I totally understand where you guys are coming from with the "this isn't the game I wanted" rap. But, can you step outside of your expectations for a minute and see that this could be really awesome? A rose by any other name, right?

What's everyone so damn worried about? This looks excellent.

But I don't want something radically different. I want good old fashioned Banjo-Kazooie! And that Mario thing? What the hell Rare? WHAT THE HELL?

I just lost so much excitement for this game. I think I'll fire up the old N64 and play some Banjo-Tooie.

You know you can already buy this game for 10 dollars off of Steam. It is called Garry's Mod.

I...I just don't know how to feel regarding that Mario thing. Just...really? Really?

Making vehicles could be fun. $60 worth of fun? Doubtful.

my childhood has just been haloized

It's definitely different than expected, but I'm not disappointed at all. The vehicles and wide open areas seem overwhelming, but I've got faith in the crew. I believe that the director and the music composer are the same guys who worked on the first two, so the heart of the game will still be there.

My only gripe is the potential name. I was looking forward to Banjo-Threeie, but on the other hand, so long as a bear with yellow shorts and a red bird go around collecting music notes, it'll still be Banjo Kazooie to me.

I think that this game would have been awesome as a stand alone title, but when you take the -years- of waiting for a third game in the franchise, it's a recipe for disappointment. Rare may not want to make an HD version of the original games, but that is exactly what we were expecting to see.

Rare are such haters, to think they had a winning formula and they've messed it up with vehicular combat.
Why would they sacrifice Kazooie's moves just for that?

In the youtube video come posted before the developer said they were evolving the platform genre. This just looks like a step or 5 back.

The creatures in this game look bizzare! Nearly as bizzare as the life forms Ive encountered on the planet of CRIBTONIA!!!

Argh What the FUCK! I want a goodamn platformer, yeah a lego racing, buling game sounds fund but that could of been made with any characters. Banjo and Kazooie should be in some revolutionary platform game.

Why the vehicles, buldling my own vehicle isn't fun for me at all... I died inside a little today.

Yay, collection of worthless nuts and bolts to build a worthless but "prettier" gummi ship.... looks pretty crappy and like a horrible direction for the once great Banjo and Kazooie games....

This is pissing me off...

what the hell is the use for kazooie now that whe have fucking flying cars?

Liking the sountrack tho.

I think I'll just get my N64 out and play the original, thanks anyway Rare.

DO NOT WANT! no really, I don't like it. Yea I haven't played it but, meh