A New Banjo-Kazooie Game Is Exactly What We Need Right Now

Dave writes, "Banjo-Kazooie is a perfect franchise to bring back. Re-jigging it for modern consoles or creating a sequel will breathe life into a beloved series that has brought joy to millions of gamers for the last 25 years."

[ZycoFox]

A new Conker would be nice too, and a new Diddy Kong Racing would make a nice change as well over the standard racers like Mario Kart.

[VincentVanBro]

Diddy Kong racing was GOAT

[Sonyslave3]

Toy n bob can probably do since rare don't want too.

[VincentVanBro]

I’ve been waiting my whole life for another banjo kazooie sequel! Imagine a new entry with all of the ingenuity and new ideas they would have after modern platformers like Mario Odyssey

[maniacmayhem]

We had one with Yooka Laylee and it was trash and hardly anyone bought it. Let the nostalgia die, as much as I like platformers, we don't need another Banjo Kazooie, the game was mid at best.

[Christopher]

I'm of like mind. I think the appeal that we might have had for these games was a bit more nostalgic and that the advancement of the industry has led people further away from Banjo and more towards Fortnite and the like. People still enjoy the game, but it's a niche market because the industry moved on to other things.

[Retroman]

Industry moved on to other things. Such as??? Same boring open world shooters again and again and again and again same damn format with different titles. Same Damn shit since 2006 either military style fps or Viking solider, riding on horses, driving around with a car, sailing in a ship, to much Unnecessary exploring, to much side quest etc.
My Personal Opinion they all feel the same boring.

[Christopher]

Sorry Retroman, no individual controls the direction of the industry. It is what it is because people spoke with their wallets.

[ZycoFox]

Completely agree Retroman, most games today are simply better looking versions of the same stuff, recycled over and over. When they do something new, like for example Half Life 2 did in 2004 with the physics and very interactive world, it was fresh and exciting. Now many games take what came before and update the graphics and that's about it, or sometimes have less stuff than in the previous games even.

[--Onilink--]

Well that doesnt mean a good one cant be made.
Nintendo has continued to great make 3D Platformers, while not exactly the same Ratchet is not an entirely different genre either. Psychonauts 2 was great as well.
There is potential for a good Banjo game with the right developer.
That said, within MS probably only Double Fine or Toys for Bob I think could pull it off, Rare should stay far away from it, they are a very different team now

[DarkZane]

Just give up, leave Banjo-Kazooie in the past. They will never be able to recreate what made it and Banjo-Tooie good on N64 today, especially not by being owned by Microsoft.

[purple101]

The glory days of 007 Goldeneye ( with rumble Pak)

Perfect dark with ram expansion card.(but only really for 4 controller multiplayer )

Diddy kong racing & banjo

Those were all gems I miss those times, but let them go. Re-visiting your childhood is never as good as you think.

[CrimsonWing69]

Problem is it won’t sell enough.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

I have been noticing an ever increasing amount of banjo & kazooie merchandise being produced. Microsoft has to be licensing out the IP for the merchandise to be produced. Furthermore, the Banjo & Kazooie figures, and collectibles must be selling well, since more-and-more merchandise of the IP keeps being made. There must be some interest in the IP.

[CrimsonWing69]

I’m sure there’s diehard fans out there, I’m not saying there isn’t an audience, but that small group isn’t enough to make a game worth investing development cost into and bring in a profit… not unless it’s some smaller budget game and that still would keep most away from it.

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Platformer don’t need high budgets.

[Asplundh]

Probably not as an Xbox exclusive, it might do decent as a multiplaform tho if it's good.

[Retroman]

A New Jak and Daxter would be nice too.

[Kosic]

Tbh I agree here. A Nintendo like platformer but not on a Nintendo console would be great

[MadLad]

Playtonic literally already said they are both capable and wanting to handle a new Banjo Kazooie, and even Conker title if Microsoft would have them.

Microsoft is dumb for sitting on IP like that. When you have talented 3rd parties basically begging to work on titles for you, you make use of that.
Rare was at its best when it was basically a 2nd party studio given free reign to work on whatever they wanted. Playtonic is the closest thing to having classic Rare back, and they eagerly want to work on their past classics. Make it happen.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Penny’s Big Breakaway is going to be a hit. There is plenty of room for platformers

[jambola]

as it has been said many times
depends who's making it
people behind nuts and bolts or the recent battletoads? god no

[GhostScholar]

I want a new game too, but I will say if
you haven’t played yooka laylee, it really scratched that itch for me. Both games were really good.

[zarbor]

Some games are better left as retro gaming. Give people access to the old games with upgraded visual resolution. Otherwise than that, complete waste of money creating a new Banjo. It won't sell well despite the love some people have for the game. Facts.