For those awaiting the next installment of the Banjo-Kazooie series, it has been confirmed by Microsoft that Banjo 3 is "still on target" for a 2008 release. Microsoft expects the Rare platform game (about a bear that gets a bumming off a bird, I've been told) to be a holiday hit for the Xbox 360. Hopefully it adds a dab more color to a console full of gritty shooters and gritty industrial cities full of grit.
"As announced at E3 last year, the next installment in the popular Banjo franchise is still on target for 2008," an MS spokesperson declared. "We share the excitement of Banjo fans worldwide as anticipation 'builds' for the game's release later this year."
In the eyes of some gamers, Rare took a step down in quality when it was eaten by Microsoft, and it's at least true that well made games like Viva Pinata didn't do too well. Hopefully, Banjo 3 will be a solid platform experience that sees a return to creative form, but will it translate into sales for a system that is still regarded by many as a "shooter" box?
I'm personally looking forward to this. I never got a chance to play the prequels, but it's been a long time since I had a good old fashioned, brightly colored, innocent platform game. Sometimes you need the simple things in life, no? I fear it will not do too well, even if it's stellar, but we wait and see. The 360 is certainly starting to build a more varied library, so you never know.
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7:35 AM on 02.12.2008
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Oh don't let Cubilone see this post, he'll freak out! Yeah after Cameo and Viva Piniata Rare was a LetDown but THIS game MUST be good!
Dear god, I don't care if the game is delayed, PLEASE LET IT BE GOOD. I don't want to think about what I'd do if they screwed up Banjo-Kazooie.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YSE YES YES!
FUCKING YES!
I NEED A NEW PAIR OF PANTS!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
"OMGOMGOMG JIM STERLING YOU TOTALLY MENTIONED XBOX AND MICROSOFT WHEN YOU WAS TALKIN ABOUT BANJO KAZOO SO THAT MEANS YOU ARE A FANBOY AND I HATE EVERYTHING YOU EVER SAID AND YOU WERE BORN ONE TIME AND THAT MAKES ME SAD. FOX NEWS IS UNBIASED AND FAIR AND YOU ARE BIASED AND NOT UNFAIRISH."
Also, Porkins.
1. Dead Rising
2. Halo 3
3. Banjo Kazooie
So far, I have not been disappointed.
Cant fucking wait... I LOVE BANJO KAZOOIE
Let's pray Rare doesn't screw this one up. Disregarding Donkey Kong, the BK franchise was one of their biggest back in the N64 days, and managing to successfully revive it now on the Xbox will hopefully silence their critics for once.
Ummm... Mario Galaxy and Ratchet and Clank would both seem to fit that bill (Mario more so, but still) and they're not exactly obscure titles.
Rare did not die when Nintendo sold it. Rare died when Free Radical left it. You'll note Tooie is a ridiculous collect-a-thon devoid of the charm of its predecessor. (Even though I full completed it like a fanboy anyway)
Nintendo were just smart enough to cut away the dead weight before they hurt them too badly.
you've made my day jim.
oh how i wished
these guys would've made mincedmeat out of ALL THREE Fox CLONES
[img]http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff167/eliizzle876/banjo.jpg[/img/
And I still haven't played Star Fox Adventures to have a truly complete opinion.
Banjo Threeie will also be good.
Still, if the Xbox gives the graphics a Bad Fur Day-style facelift, whilst maintaining the playability of the N64 games, it'll have a very good game on its hands.
My wife will make me.