The N64 Banjo-Kazooie is about to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade as the bear and bird duo, known together as “Banjo-Kazooie”, set out to make their triumphant return to the video game world.
In addition to shaking up the platform genre with Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (the official 3rd game in the core series), the original N64 Banjo-Kazooie as well as it’s sequel, Banjo-Tooie, are preparing to play that nostalgia card on the masses of gamers with fond memories of traversing gigantic world to gather all manner of collectibles and fight Gruntilda once again. And for those who never got to play the games, this is an excellent chance to see what all the fuss was about, and increase your GamerScore at the same time!
For some reason I was expecting to be more than just a high-def port. But oh well, I guess you can’t have everything. Banjo-Kazooie is STILL one of my favorite games of all time. And if you’ve never played it, then you definitely should consider picking it up when it releases to Xbox Live Arcade on November 26th. Or pre-order Nuts & Bolts and you will get the game for free! (Banjo-Tooie btw will be coming in early 2009)
See the game in action on the Xbox 360 in these videos and trailers.