Images of Banjo-Kazooie

Snoopers
Sunday, May 11, 2008 | 5:38 PM
109 comments

Xbox 360

An anonymous journalist released two images of Rare's mysterious Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts on an italian forum. Of course we were around and immediatly caught them. Here they are for your enjoyment, and we should have a lot more information coming very soon anyway.

2 images

KORNdog

Commented on 2008-05-11 23:33:07

never was a fan, but its colourfull which makes a change i guess. cant say im excited for it, not after RARE's last few shoddy attempts at games.

In reply to

j0k3r

Commented on 2008-05-11 23:33:30

I love RARE! Graphics are really nice! Textures and colours are really nice! Can only look better in motion right?

Why the RARE hating? Kameo was an excellent game I thought! Perfect Dark Zero was also a very solid title! Online was really good! Viva Pinata was also a very good game with excellent graphics!

Tuesday cant come quick enough!

In reply to

Contra

Commented on 2008-05-11 23:36:33

Perfect Dark Zero was adequate and Kameo was quite good. So many other franchises(mainly nintendo franchises) have been dying slowly since rare split up and left. I'm hoping this turns out to be ok.

In reply to

KORNdog

Commented on 2008-05-11 23:41:05 In reply to j0k3r

Posted by j0k3r

i dont like their latest offerings because they fall short at some point. kameo was pretty uninspired design wise (i mean, look at the main character lol), visually it was pretty nice, but the gameplay fell short. and that seems to be the case with everything since they where bought by MS. grabbed by the ghoulies was quite a unique idea, looked pretty decent but was a chore to play. perfect dark again, should have been good since the previous one was, and looked pretty nice (except for the shine on eveything) but gamplay wise felt dated and boring. and as much as i enjoyed viva pinata, there really wasnt the depth and variety the game needed, yet again it looked great. basically RARE have turned into a all style, no substance developer in my eyes. which is a shame since their older stuff (both N64 era and earlier) where amazing.

In reply to

[quote=j0k3r]I love RARE! Graphics are really nice! Textures and colours are really nice! Can only look better in motion right?

Why the RARE hating? Kameo was an excellent game I thought! Perfect Dark Zero was also a very solid title! Online was really good! Viva Pinata was also a very good game with excellent graphics!

Tuesday cant come quick enough![/quote]

gmulis

Commented on 2008-05-12 00:12:33

This message is in "Boulet Time" (TM), If you still *really* want to see it, click here

i'm begining to think the xbox 360 has reached its limit. good graphics but i haven't seen anything past this

Nonexistinghero

Commented on 2008-05-12 00:27:00 In reply to FreedomTIBET

Posted by FreedomTIBET

gamersyde.......have like only xbox ?just like gametrailers ?..........

There were two sites. One for Xbox 360, called Xboxyde, the other one for Playstation, called Playside. Then the sites fused and it also started showing stuff for Wii, but likely by far the Xbox 360 site was updated most and I think it had much more visitors too.

In reply to

360ownage

Commented on 2008-05-12 00:27:39

the past banjo games were fun, kind of a mario-esk feel to them they were fun on 64

In reply to

krash101

Commented on 2008-05-12 00:31:18

Gotta say, those graphics are pretty god-like. I gotta say, Rare has almost always top notch in the graphical department.

In reply to

Benny

Commented on 2008-05-12 00:50:13

Damn it... i would have loved to see it on ps3 too. Played the original on my brothers n64 years ago.

In reply to

dcdelgado

Commented on 2008-05-12 00:50:47 In reply to gmulis

Posted by gmulis

i'm begining to think the xbox 360 has reached its limit. good graphics but i haven't seen anything past this

each next gen machine is only as good as the devs hands that it is in, neither has reached its limits yet, even if the devs may come out and say they have.

In reply to

chisholm

Commented on 2008-05-12 01:13:34 In reply to dcdelgado

A mini-image from "Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts" -yes, that's the actual title":

And another from "Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise":

The norwegian site from which they came had these comments -slightly corrected machine translation incoming...-:

"After eight years the amusing bear Banjo returns soon in better shape than ever"

"The sweet animals from Microsoft's Piñata Park come back in a more focused and accessible game."

Cheers - Chisholm

In reply to

TwatFish

Commented on 2008-05-12 01:43:09 In reply to DarkShoud2

This message is in "Boulet Time" (TM), If you still *really* want to see it, click here

Tell me about it.

chisholm

Commented on 2008-05-12 02:46:05 In reply to chisholm

In case you're wondering, this is the site I was talking about:

http://www.varden.no/section/FORBRUKER07/1228

There are links to both previews, but they're not working yet. I guess we'll have to wait until the embargo expires... :-| I would be grateful if anyone with better Norwegian than mine -easy, as I don't know a thing- came up with a proper translation of those blurbs.

Cheers - Chisholm

In reply to

Albion

Commented on 2008-05-12 02:52:00

Looks great. Banjo 3 is going to be awesome.

In reply to

WaitB3yond

Commented on 2008-05-12 03:29:49

This message is in "Boulet Time" (TM), If you still *really* want to see it, click here

You're right, it's not a CG-like Sony "game" (movie). It's real-time. No one can touch Rare when it comes to fantasy graphics. No one. Period.

pythxvii

Commented on 2008-05-12 03:50:05 In reply to WinterSnowblind

Posted by WinterSnowblind

There's a very fine line between stating an opinion and trolling, and you were clearly doing the latter. If you want to continue expressing your extremely biased, fanboy opinion, head over to Gametrailers, you'll be welcome there.

Unless he was being offensive, not being wrong, he shouldn't have been banned. But I wouldn't be surprised if he was. I do that stuff all the time without realizing =p

The game looks great to me tech wise. Def has a fairly LBP look to it. Nice sharp textures and stuff.

In reply to

Eddy186

Commented on 2008-05-12 03:57:46 In reply to GriftGFX

Posted by GriftGFX

Rare ruined Rare.

I have to agree with grift on this one. Rare has failed to evolve in their games and it shows! Same old everything that was good in the N64 days but doesnt cut it anymore. Rare never lost their touch it's just others gained new senses.

In reply to

Contra

Commented on 2008-05-12 04:01:27 In reply to Eddy186

Posted by Eddy186

You realize that a lot of the original team left since the Nintendo 64 days correct?

In reply to

Kudgel

Commented on 2008-05-12 04:02:58

Nuts and Bolts...gotta love british humor.

In reply to

omegaheat

Commented on 2008-05-12 04:27:49

Looks better than the CGI to me. The resolution and anti-alias looks insane. Can't wait for a fun/cartoony platformer. We need more games to not shy away from this artstyle.

In reply to

Kudgel

Commented on 2008-05-12 04:46:26

I updated the news with more BUILD-A-TON

In reply to

gmulis

Commented on 2008-05-12 04:58:17 In reply to dcdelgado

Posted by dcdelgado

each next gen machine is only as good as the devs hands that it is in, neither has reached its limits yet, even if the devs may come out and say they have.

but theys point where the devs can't go any further, if you look at the technical side of the competition in their games and look at xbox 360 you can see the difference. at first i thought it was the devs but multiple games are starting to have that same look, even fable 2 almost looks like this

In reply to

vspectra06

Commented on 2008-05-12 04:58:45

Whoa. MS pwns 2008.

In reply to

munkieNS

Commented on 2008-05-12 05:14:41

Man this looks SWEET!!! I love their engine on the 360, everything looks so incredibly CG like, exactly like a CG cartoon movie would. Banjo owned on the 64, second best platformers of the generation only behind Mario 64 of course, and really only outpaced by Mario Galaxy recently. Come on Rare, I know you still have the magic left, Kameo was great and Viva Pinata showed that you still have the style.

In reply to

Denjinflash

Commented on 2008-05-12 05:53:06 In reply to omegaheat

Posted by omegaheat

Looks better than the CGI to me. The resolution and anti-alias looks insane. Can't wait for a fun/cartoony platformer. We need more games to not shy away from this artstyle.

YES. That is how I feel, too. Going by Kameo I'm sure this game will look and play fantastic.

Korndog, stop the hate. Kameo, besides part of the main character design, was definitely not uninspired. The graphics were way past cool, and it was fun to play. A good break from the same old same old. PDZ on the other hand was just aight, in my opinion.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to reliving the cool 64 days again with this one. I should also jump on Mario Galaxy. A good break from the usual WE soccer or FPS multiplayer for me.

In reply to

What's up?

Members
Announcements

Loakum Ugh….scratch that previous comment. The upcoming Game of Thrones video game is a F’in mobile phone game. Why can’t they came an open world GoT game, like Witcher 3 or God of War? (> 3 Months ago)
Loakum By FAR, the upcoming Game of Thrones King’s Road was the Game of the Show! It plays like God of War Ragnarok! :) (> 3 Months ago)
Loakum @Driftwood Awesome! I’m loving it! It does show a much crisper picture and the frame rate looks good! I was playing Stella Blade and Dragonball Soarkling Blast! :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood @Loakum: enjoy, the one Sony sent us will be there on launch day. Coverage will follow asap. (> 3 Months ago)
Loakum *takes a large sip of victorious grape juice* ok….my PS5 pro arrived early! So much winning! :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood @reneyvane: non ils l'ont publié le 1er octobre et je crois que tu l'avais déjà linkée. ;) (> 3 Months ago)
reneyvane Factornews à joué à KingdomComeDeliverance2 au Gamescom 2024 mais ne publie sa preview que maintenant ? [url] (> 3 Months ago)

Driftwood Download is now functional again on Gamersyde. Sorry for the past 53 days or so when it wasn't. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood Another (French) livestream today at 2:30 CEST but you're welcome to drop by and speak English. I will gladly answer in English when I get a chance to catch a breath. :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood GSY is getting some nice content at 3 pm CEST with our July podcast and some videos of the Deus Ex Mankind Divided preview build. :) (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood For once we'll be live at 4:30 pm CEST. Blim should not even be tired! (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood More Quantum Break coverage coming in a few hours, 9:00 a.m CEST. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood We'll have a full review up for Firewatch at 7 pm CET. Videos will only be tomorrow though. (> 3 Months ago)
Driftwood Tonight's livestream will be at 9:15 GMT+1, not GMT+2 as first stated. (> 3 Months ago)

Images of Banjo-Kazooie

2 images

All comments (109)

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

STAR WARS: Galactic Racer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

Xbox Games Showcase + Gears of War E-Day Direct

Future Games Show: Summer Showcase 2026

Summer Game Fest 2026