26 September 2008
Josh

Banjo-Tooie coming to Xbox 360 in 2009. Banjo-Kazooie release date is November 26th

Banjo-Tooie is coming to Xbox 360 in early 2009 with Banjo-Kazooie’s release date set for November 26th, 2008 for the Xbox Live Arcade debut of the infamous N64-era bird-and-bear duo.

In addition the price for Banjo-Kazooie will clock in at $15 or 1,200 Microsoft Points. Although if you pre-order the all-new Banjo adventure, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts at participating retailers, then you’ll not only get the game two weeks early, but you’ll also get it for free!

And in addition to being able to play one of the Nintendo 64’s best games on your Xbox 360 with a full graphical upgrade and Achievements to unlock, you’ll also be able to complete the legendary “Stop ‘N’ Swap” feature that was originally planned for the Nintendo 64 release, which amounts to you being able to unlock additional content in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

Personally I think it’s totally awesome that Banjo-Kazooie is getting a revival on the Xbox 360 as it was one of my favorite Nintendo 64 games, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens from here on out with Rare if these games are a success sales-wise. Hopefully they will seriously consider bringing some of their other classic Nintendo 64 games to Xbox Live Arcade, like say . . . Jet Force Gemini!

Via Strategy Informer

11 December 2008 13:44
Rare Gamer fan

Honestly this is the saddest display of Banjo ever I mean it’s to understand why they would change the game so much and take away all the fun out of it. Let’s face it, it becomes a total bore to have to build vehicles for starters and then Banjo is so fat that it takes for ever if you want to walk.

Hope that if they launch a new Banjo there is a improvement for the gamers behalf everywhere

15 December 2008 17:50
2

I completely disagree. This is a puzzle game and the puzzle is designing a vehicle to perform a function. There has never been puzzle/adventure game like this.

Banjo is only fat at the beginning and you never walk around like that and I don’t know why you would ever want to walk.

The did not change the characters at all. Kazooie is still nothing but sarcasm, Mumbo is a dumbo, and Grunty still rhymes and comment at random times. And all the corny humor is still there like the name “L.O.G. Box 720.” Instead of learning new moves you get knew parts.

Did I mention the physx in this game are AWESOME

15 December 2008 18:25
shutup

BK N&B is garbage, don’t even try to disagree. if they wanted to make a racing game then they should have created an entirely new game. its not the same as the others. Its just like with Hollywood movies. You cant have a badass character then change in the sequal, (like they did with The Punisher). I spent $18 on BK XBLA and it brought back so many memories.

yeah, sweet, lets teach little kids the fun in mechanics! how about hand-eye coordination? Damn, I wish Bungie would have made Halo 3 as a racing only game! that would be so awesome! right? wrong. Nuts and Bolts=garbage, nothing less, but plenty more.

guess i’ll be waiting for Banjo-tooie in January, but once i beat it, its back to Call of Duty.

30 December 2008 15:29
1

I’m a huge fan of banjo and kazooie but nuts and bolts killed it. I actually returned it and bought banjo kazooie on the xbox live arcade. That was worth it.

1 January 2009 11:31
5

stop being frickin baby, just because it wasnt as good as the other banjo kazooie games dosnt mean it sucks.

im a fan of it too but i dont care if they changed the game so much its still them and its a game.

8 January 2009 14:47
Austin

You guys need to shut up about N&B. Yes, the old banjo games were more fun, but N&B is still a good game.

15 January 2009 19:23
rickey

when is banjo tooie coming out? i am about half way to beating BK and am dying to play banjo tooie.i haven’t tried BK:NB but want to, even if its not as good…

17 January 2009 01:15
zorak3160

aww come on guys nuts and bolts isnt all racing! and all the bad mouthers here are so wrong.
you dont walk slow you pay little to nothing to get powr^s
also, that douche that mentioned halo racing, yeah… NO. hand eye coordination is used in most(99%) of games because think about it for one second. when you are playing cod(halo is better) you WATCH the screen and know what buttons to PRESS at the same time, thats hand eye coordination.

anyhow, all the bk games rock including n&b
my gamertag is zorak3160

17 January 2009 01:18
zorak3160

dont get too into stop n swap, you get cruddy accesories…

I HAVE SPOKEN!

23 January 2009 17:14
Slickback

it already looks like it sux bad just by looking at banjo and kazooies faces. i mean look at them, they look stupid, like Grunty said at the end of banjo tooie, Wait till banjo-threeie, and this aint it, make the next one like the 2nd, but new characters, moves, bosses, and LOTS AND LOTS OF LEVELS. Thats what the REAl Banjo-Kazooie is all about.