The reason I really wanted and 360... and it's looking pretty terrible.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/872/872701p1.html

Why is Banjo so square? Why is the focus on vehicles? Why does Banjo even have Kazooie in his backpack if he can just fly a damn plane to wherever he needs to go?

I'd be fine if they make the character designs less horrid and not played up the use of vehicles to the degree they have, but the odds of that happening are really low.

I was really expecting Banjo-Threeie. Instead we seem to be getting GTA: Spiral Mountain.

I bet they screw up the vehicles as well. It seems impossible to make a game with decent vehicle controls that isn't a straight up racing game. And even then, it's only about a 40/60 chance.

I think its too soon to expect too much or too little for the ol' bear and bird but the visuals look crisp and colourful just like the original (even though they are dated now) so i say to have faith!

Video footage here: http://gamevideos.com/video/id/18831

I've always thought Banjo Kazooie's character designs were pretty bad, and this new stuff is just a step in a different direction but not an improvement. Plus, now it's fully evident that Banjo's on the Xbox, because the trailer is filled with explosions and blaring guitars, with a fresh level of grit on everything. Hello, teens! This is the game you want!

Don't feel bad. If the game wasn't like this, you'd be collecting crap off of cliffs and ledges until you have 100 of item X, just like the old Banjo games... and games have progressed far beyond that now. Honestly, I had little patience for it even back then. That's not to say there wasn't good things about Banjo Kazooie, I just think it's got enough going against it already before Rare went bad.

EDIT: One more video that shows a Banjo game that is closer to what we expect:
http://kotaku.com/5008885/banjo+kazooie-hot-new-bird-on-bear-action?autoplay=true

The more I read, the more I get pissed off.



Or how about this gem?



I am all for innovation. I want developers to take risks, but to change the genre of the game entirely? Worst of all, it wasn't even a change meant from the start!



They were developing a completely seperate game and stuck the characters in and proceed to call it a direct sequel when it has virtually no aspects of the original aside from characters. All those moves that Banjo and Kazooie could do? Egg spitting, flying, talon-trot, wonderwing? All gone. Now Kazooie attacks with a magic wrench. No more rolling or pecking baddies.

As I said, I am always psyched for developers to go new directions with their series, but in this case, they aren't so much developing a new chapter of a series but rather injecting their characters into a game that was developed seperately and calling it a sequel. :|

Now I hope we never see a Blast Corps or JFG sequel. I already suffered at the hands of the Conker remake and the Perfect Dark prequel and Banjo looks like it'll be adding to this.

Well, it seems Microsoft's purchase of Rare is just the gift that keeps on giving.