Rare Ltd.'s innovative and colourful new platform game will go to waste on the Xbox 360, a platform whose core users seem to prefer more gritty and gruesome fare, says the Globe and Mail. From the story:
"...the game probably could have been quite lucrative, had it been released for a Nintendo platform. Nintendo has as part of its hardware user base a massive number of mature gamers who were weaned on and still love old-school platform games.
Alas, the Xbox 360's core demographic is made up of teens and twenty-somethings who grind away their nights playing gritty, gruesome shooters. I doubt many of them will make time for this colourful little distraction--especially not in a season loaded with blockbuster games that are right up their alley.
Put plainly, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is a good game that will go to waste on a platform that can offer it no market. It's nice that Microsoft is trying to diversify its line-up; it's just too bad this bright little game will become a casualty along the way."
Jared writes: "With the Battletoads having made a triumphant return, let's look at the rest of Rare's back catalog for which series deserves a return to form next."
I actually don't want them. I'm not a big fan of Microsoft rehashing IPs they had nothing to do with creating just because they happen to own them.
Before you call me fanboy tell me a game they did that to that actually lives up the the original?
Just leave our beloved memories alone. You want to bring something back, redo crimson Skies or Brute Force. At least they were your games and they need updates.
I'm all for The Initiative rebooting perfect dark as a third person though, sounds like its trying something new and not just rehashing with a new coat of paint with this idea. Hope we see a tease of it in the next showcase.
Rumor is The Initiative is working on rebooting Perfect Dark in third person, normally I wasn't a fan of taking existing IPs but if its something new like this I'm up for it.
Donkey Kong Country is probably my favorite game of all time but I've not connected with much else Rareware has made since other than maybe Killer Instinct. Sea of Thieves has got to be close to my worst $60 purchase I've ever made.
Wonder why some series just seem to feel lackluster as time goes on? Well, it's because some later installments really mess up the formula. Check out ten times sequels really screwed everything up.
Ugh Musashi: Samurai Legend is so meh. Don't understand how you can go from Brave Fencer Musashi to that. I really want a Brave Fencer Musashi HD Remake or a true sequel. It's one of the best games I've ever played.
Grant Kirkhope, the composer of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, explains what he thinks the issue was with the often-criticized Xbox 360 title.
I actually liked it for what it was. But then again I'm not a Banjo fan. I actually hated a lot of the N64 style games that all followed the same Mario 64 style. Except for Conker.
I really enjoyed this game, the building was fun, I thought it was a well made platformer.
I kind of agree. The game had many new ideas that would have worked better in a new IP as people wouldn't be so upset that Nuts & Bolts played so differently from the older titles.
I seriously hate how angular the redesigns are for so many of the characters in the game
The X06 trailer built people’s hopes only for the final release to ruin those dreams
Damn right it should have
Can we just get Banjo Threeie and write this game off as Kazooies bad dream or something. An in game joke.
it would have made a ton on the Wii.
Ah well.
Haha another flop for the trashbox
I'm happy they made it for the 360, been playing it non-stop. Once you get drawn in it's impossible to stop playing it. The graphics would look crap on the Wii and I'm not sure it would be able to handle the physics but yeah, it might have the better audience for it.
They should of made Killer Instinct 3 instead. It would of made way more money than this.
Applying their logic should mean every "kiddy" game should go to the wii. With the all of the best games on the ps3 being shooters, thus far, that would mean LBP is a waste also. Right?
Cant knock his opinion, but logically he/they should state this about every game that comes out and fits that demographic.