Banjo Threeie Just Announced

[CM Punk]

I'll do screens and vids and such as they become available. They announced it during the X06 stream. Thought you would be somewhat happy to hear the news WHF :o

[y2jversion1]

Cool..my bro would love this.

[ProjectPat2280]

I never played a Banjo Kazooie game.

[WhatsHisFace]

OMFFFFFFFFFFFG!!!!! OMFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! :D

HOLY ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nintendo 64!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss!!!!

This is the best day of my LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFEEEE!!!!

I love life again!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[ProjectPat2280]

I take it hes a Banjo fan??

[WhatsHisFace]

Banjo Kazooie is the best platforming series ever. The only thing that comes close is Mario 64.

[블라스]

I take it hes a Banjo fan??

Quite.

[imdaly]

OMFFFFFFFFFFFG!!!!! OMFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! :D

HOLY ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nintendo 64!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss!!!!

This is the best day of my LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFEEEE!!!!

I love life again!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/08/nintendo64kidscreaming.jpg

[Fran]

Banjo Kazooie is the best platforming series ever. The only thing that comes close is Mario 64.

Flip it, then reverse it, WHF.

[CM Punk]

If you flip it then reverse it, you'd be back where you started :confused:

[WhatsHisFace]

Flip it, then reverse it, WHF.
I prefer Banjo, as it had more moves, better characters, just barely better music and more collectibles than possible.

[Fran]

Banjo looks a little thinned out in the preview.. but my God, the environment looks amazing.

[WhatsHisFace]

THERE'S A PREVIEW OMF LINK PLEASE!!!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[Fran]

It's not officially titled anything... it just said "BANJO IS BACK!"

That's all.

[WhatsHisFace]

But there were screenshots, or video?

[imdaly]

Flip it, then reverse it, WHF.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/missygallery/data/media/2/9.jpg

Don't forget to "put yer thang down", too!

[블라스]

I think she is the world's only black woman I hate.

[Fran]

http://members.lycos.co.uk/missygallery/data/media/2/9.jpg

Don't forget to "put yer thang down", too!

ROFL!!

[WhatsHisFace]

imdaly just owned earth as we know it.

[imdaly]

:D :up:


Anyway, yeah, I completely didn't realize today was the start of X06. I wake up and see TONS AND TONS of news that each individually kick allllll kinds of ass. Maaaan...what a great thing to wake up to....

[WhatsHisFace]

I know, right? I caught the end of the live feed. Peter Moore's like "Wait, we have just ONE more thing to show you..." and then I see the Ensemble logo and FREAK. Then I see a Halo Warthog and I'm like AAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!! :D

[CM Punk]

WHF, there's an awesome trailer for Banjo Theeie on the Marketplace, have you seen it yet? Oh, wait :o....

[WhatsHisFace]

Chipmunk, I swear, don't make this hard for me.

[Spider-Gamer]

WHF, there's an awesome trailer for Banjo Theeie on the Marketplace, have you seen it yet? Oh, wait :o....
It was SO awesome! :cwink: :woot: :oldrazz:

[CM Punk]

It's probably the best looking game I've seen for 360 so far. The environments, and Banjo himself, wow.

[Fran]

I just got home from work... gonna have to go turn on the 360 and queue some downloads :D

[WhatsHisFace]

Darn, Gametrailers doesn't have it!!! :mad:

[Spidey-Bat]

I'm with WHF on this one. I LOVED Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. I liked them better than SM64. All are great games though.

[Fran]

Banjo and Kazooie look a little weird to me.

I wish they looked just like they did in the first two games!

[WhatsHisFace]

I think it's a CG video, so it may be inaccurate.

But I haven't seen it yet, so if anyone has a link!

[Axid]

Ign?

[CM Punk]

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11884/BanjoKazooie-Trailer/

There you go :o

[The Evolutionist]

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/015/015334/vids_1.html

There you go WHF...

EDIT: Damn you CM punk...

[Hades]

It's about time.

**** Rare is slow.

[WhatsHisFace]

Yes!!!!

[CM Punk]

The Banjo team has done two other games since 2002, so I mean, they're not that slow.

[Tempest19]

OMG!!! **** yeah!!!! Still waiting to see the trailer, but I loved this game!!! Can't wait, hope Gruntilda is back- she was a wicked villainy witch.

[hippie_hunter]

That looks very impressive graphically. I mean, really, really impressive for a cartoony looking game.

[WhatsHisFace]

It's CGI, hopefully not representative of the final art.

[Fran]

The game already looks good... just fix the way they look, dammit!

On XBLM, they spelled the game "Banjo-Kazui".

Hmm. Weird...

[WhatsHisFace]

They must have been turned into a Walrus by Mumbo Jumbo and unable to type.

[The_Teacher]

:wow:

I cannot wait for this.

I never got around to playing Banjo Tooie.

Hmmm the character designs look very wierd...they'll grow on me though :)

[WhatsHisFace]

:wow:

I cannot wait for this.

I never got around to playing Banjo Tooie.

Hmmm the character designs look very wierd...they'll grow on me though :)
Yeah, it looks like the art lead from the Conker Team designed them. I much prefer the old way, but this new style has grown on me a bit.

[WhatsHisFace]

Rare says...

Amongst many other announcements at X06 was one particularly close to our hearts, that being confirmation of a certain bear and bird on their way back to a console near you. Provided that console is an Xbox 360, which we'll assume it is for the sake of convenience.

At the moment we're happy to confirm that Banjo, Kazooie, Gruntilda and a host of other familiar faces will return, but as for any further details, we're keeping tight-lipped so don't bother asking about a title, release date, story details or anything like that. Seriously, don't. All will be revealed in due course...

[CM Punk]

I don't really see a difference. I think it's just the old Banjo was built using fewer, less rounded polygons or something. He looks exactly the way I imagined.

[CM Punk]

September 27, 2006 - Microsoft kicked off its European game event, X06, with a CG video of Rare's most beloved platform characters, Banjo-Kazooie, delighting the crowd with a one- to two-minute video of the colorful characters.

Aside from Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie represents Rare's most popular original characters (of which there are very few), and harken back to an older time in videogames when 3D platformers were on the rise, thanks to Nintendo's Super Mario 64.

The video started with a crayon drawing of Rare's name, followed by a seemingly white 2D screen, on which Banjo-Kazooie appear. The duo appear on foot, looking around and seeing they are in a room that needs their special talents. There are gold notes on one side, and coins on the other side of the room, and Banjo appears intrigued and puzzled. The duo spots a door on the other side of the white oasis. Banjo tries to open it, but can't. He then pulls off Kazooie, and screws up his beak to fit the keyhole in the imaginary portal. The trick works and the pair decide to walk on through to the other side, where the grass was greener.

The return of Banjo-Kazooie is more than significant for Rare, which stepped up with two titles at Xbox 360's launch, only one of which was a fan favorite (PDZ). While people are mildly excited about Viva Pinata, there is so much built-up love and loyalty for this franchise that its mere existence is sure to delight fans. Microsoft announced simply that Banjo-Kazooie, full stop. It need not be said that the game is exclusive to Xbox 360, but no release date nor any details were announced.

On that note, we can make some simple speculations. Obviously Banjo-Kazooie is not coming out any time this year, so the earliest it could come out is 2007. Second, the full name probably isn't Banjo-Kazooie, though that's all Rare showed on its video wall. Third, the game is intrinsically a platformer, and the X06 video gave us full indications that its platforming ways will continue. The characters, which appeared to be in CG (not real-time video), were highly detailed, with super Conker fur (TM), highly animated moves and exaggerated expressions. While the original Banjo-Kazooie wasn't especially an original idea - it played like an enhanced Super Mario 64 - it had its perks. Rare created great puzzles, interesting uses of the dual characters, and an especially huge and gorgeous world in which to play. Hopefully, Rare will innovate the genre and blend it with action and adventure genres to an even further degree, while adding voices and unique Achievements special to the new game. Look for more details on BJ soon.

link (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/736/736046p1.html)

[WhatsHisFace]

I don't really see a difference. I think it's just the old Banjo was built using fewer, less rounded polygons or something. He looks exactly the way I imagined.
http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/editorial/thoughtpr200212/image03.jpg

This is the way I imagined him...

[Fran]

For some reason, Banjo's face just disturbs me (the new one)....

Stop calling it Banjo-Threeie!!! There is no title revealed yet! Just call it Banjo-Kazooie 3!!!

[WhatsHisFace]

It should be Banjo Threeooie. I like that one.

[Mr. Credible]

ugh... you people make me sick.


sony/ps3 comes out with a cgi trailer or two (whether or not they say it's real gameplay) and it's automatically crap.


rare/microsoft does it, and there's nothing bad to say about it.


go effing figure.

[WhatsHisFace]

ugh... you people make me sick.


sony/ps3 comes out with a cgi trailer or two (whether or not they say it's real gameplay) and it's automatically crap.


rare/microsoft does it, and it's praised automatically.


go effing figure.
Here's the difference:

Sonys: CGI pretending to be the game.

Microsofts: CGI merely announcing the game's development.

It's too bad you can't see these things for yourself. You've save people with even average mental ability a lot of time.

[Mr. Credible]

Here's the difference:

Sonys: CGI pretending to be the game.

Microsofts: CGI merely announcing the game's development.

It's too bad you can't see these things for yourself. You've save people with even average mental ability a lot of time.

no, you're right...


... i must have missed the disclamer on microsoft's videos claiming "this is not indicative of gameplay footage"

[Fran]

no, you're right...


... i must have missed the disclamer on microsoft's videos claiming "this is not indicative of gameplay footage"

It's not like Rare or Peter Moore went on-stage and said "OMG That's what it will look like in-game LOL!!!" like Sony did last year at E3.

At least Microsoft doesn't have to lie.

[Mr. Credible]

It's not like Rare or Peter Moore went on-stage and said "OMG That's what it will look like in-game LOL!!!" like Sony did last year at E3.

At least Microsoft doesn't have to lie.

no, you're right, they didn't...


but they didn't exactly tell the truth now, did they?

[Fran]

no, you're right, they didn't...


but they didn't exactly tell the truth now, did they?

True, but they didn't come out and say "The new Banjo-Kazooie game will look exactly like that footage," like Sony said so with Killzone.

[WhatsHisFace]

no, you're right...


... i must have missed the disclamer on microsoft's videos claiming "this is not indicative of gameplay footage"
Or maybe you're an idiot and expect pencils to draw stuff in front of you in the game and then have Banjo run into a wall.

[WhatsHisFace]

no, you're right...


... i must have missed the disclamer on microsoft's videos claiming "this is not indicative of gameplay footage"
Or maybe you're an idiot and expect pencils to draw stuff in front of you in the game and then have Banjo run into a wall.

[Spidey-Bat]

Just watched the teaser. Looks great. Kazooie looks good but Banjo is odd.

I'm glad they didn't go the way of Conker and make Banjo a pimp or something.

[Axid]

Was he ****ing serious? :dry:

[WhatsHisFace]

Was he ****ing serious? :dry:
He's actually been worse.

[The Last Meatbag]

SHWEEEEEET

Diggin' the title too :o

The humor in these games is awesome :O

The characters are great...and......yeah...all around good game

[CM Punk]

Yeah, he has, almost everytime that moron opens his mouth he gets owned all over the place, leaves, and comes back in a few days to repeat the process. We have waaaaaaaay too many dumbassses on these boards.

[zeptron]

It's about time.

[WhatsHisFace]

It's about time.
Yeah, they blew my preferred deadline by about five years, but that's forgiven now.

[Fran]

I wonder what would have happened if Rare stuck with Nintendo... wow. Things could be a lot different!!

[WhatsHisFace]

The Gamecube would have sold a lot better, at least.

[amazingfantasy15]

Great news! Loved the first two Banjo games, great to see that the main area design remains pretty much the same.

[Fran]

Yeah, it's good to see those two once again.

[Spidey-Bat]

I wonder what would have happened if Rare stuck with Nintendo... wow. Things could be a lot different!!

Banjo Threeie would have been on the GC. Perfect Dark would have gotten a sequel instead of a prequel and wouldn't have sucked. Kameo probably would end up being pushed back on Wii.

[WhatsHisFace]

It's almost worth creating another dimension just to see what it would have been like.

[The Last Meatbag]

Do you think they'll let you do some first person kazooie shooting on LIVE?

[CM Punk]

If Rare stuck with Nintendo, their games would be of the same quality, but you wouldn't have a fanboy backlash with people pretending that they suddenly suck.

[Spidey-Bat]

It's almost worth creating another dimension just to see what it would have been like.

I like to believe there are billions of alternate dimensions that are created from the smallest thing like turning on a TV to big things like Hitler dying in infancy. Too bad you can't visit those alternate dimensions :(

[WhatsHisFace]

I like to believe there are billions of alternate dimensions that are created from the smallest thing like turning on a TV to big things like Hitler dying in infancy. Too bad you can't visit those alternate dimensions :(
I'd like the dimension where blonde girls rub their boobs on me all the time. :woot:

[Fran]

If Rare stuck with Nintendo, their games would be of the same quality, but you wouldn't have a fanboy backlash with people pretending that they suddenly suck.

Yeah, I'd have to agree with that.

I couldn't believe how many Rare fans were disgusted with GBTG.

[Spidey-Bat]

GBTG did suck though

[WhatsHisFace]

I loved GbtG, hated Conker, loved Kameo, feel so-so about PDZ on it's own but disappointed for the sake of the original.

But GbtG had such Rare style and wit, I couldn't get enough.

Hardest game ever though.

[CM Punk]

I loved all four. I never really played the original Conker all that much because around the time I got it I also got a Dreamcast and pretty much left my 64 to die after that, so it was mostly new to me, and the rest were just good games.

[WhatsHisFace]

Conker didn't appeal to me the second time around. It was just re-used jokes, more challenging (read: annoying) enemies and Conker didn't do the jump-spin he did in the N64 version.

But the graphics were freaking insane. Possibly the most amazing looking game on the Xbox.

[CM Punk]

Well, it was a remake, so reused stuff was expected :o

[WhatsHisFace]

Yeah, but it's like... they should have made a whole new game. Chris Stamper (project lead) agreed, but he said they didn't know it was going to take so damn long when they started and figured it would be fast.

[Spidey-Bat]

So you think BFD was better than Live & Reloaded?

[WhatsHisFace]

Well, Live and Reloaded was the better game overall, but it was still just a remake. If it was an all new game, I'd have much preffered it.

[Fran]

I didn't play BFD at all on N64, but I picked up Live and Reloaded, and loved it.

That damn single-player game cracked me up!

[WhatsHisFace]

www.rare-extreme.com
Microsoft Games Studios general manager, Phil Spencer, recently spoke to Eurogamer.net, regarding the newly announced Banjo-Kazooie game, currently in development on Xbox 360.
He was quick to assure fans, new and existing; that the core Banjo team, from the N64 titles, had returned to dev duty for the new adventure. Spencer also addressed the view that Banjo's newest game is being made for nippers, by stating: "We think [of] Banjo as an intellectual property [that] has the ability to span audiences."

"I think where we are with that game right now is something that is extremely innovative," he continued. "We're not talking about the game idea yet, but what you'll see coming from Banjo is a game that has even more depth than Banjo-Kazooie or Banjo-Tooie, more variability, more gameplay - but keeps the face that is Banjo on the game to make it more approachable."

Man, this game is going to be so AWESOME.

[WhatsHisFace]

Banjo-Tooie, innocent child's game or sex-offender training simulator?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6TzAOzTy-g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYO10HKibf8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A65j0an5naM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTYpUZGsfe0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNpKbB02zak

[WhatsHisFace]

Please, someone watch at least one video...

[y2jversion1]

Oh Snap!

That just warped my fragile little mind!

[Spidey-Bat]

The only funny one was the one with Boggy.

[WhatsHisFace]

I found the Boggy one to be the least funny, oddly. :confused:

[Spidey-Bat]

The other are just dumb. The penises is so middle school and the 'suck' and 'blow' isn't much better.

[WhatsHisFace]

The penises were hilarious.