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Hands on: Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts vehicle creation

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Filed under: News, E3

During a special reception last night — held at the same venue as the Gears of War 2 reception — Microsoft allowed the press to get their grubby mitts on Rare’s upcoming Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. The game has already been the center of some criticism from gamers, especially fans of the Banjo Kazooie series. Most of the coverage of the game thus far has dealt with the game’s unique vehicle creation system, which allows players to build vehicles from dozens of mix and match parts, LEGO style. For those hoping this article contains a revelation regarding the platforming in Nuts & Bolts, we regret to inform you that the game’s hub world — where most of the platforming takes place — was not available for play at the event. Here’s the good news though, the vehicle creation is really, really fun.
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E308: Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts media attack!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Filed under: News, E3

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts marks the return of the beloved N64 platform duo, exclusively on the Xbox 360. Today during the Microsoft press conference, Rare unveiled a new trailer (embedded above) for the title and Microsoft released a stockpile of screenshots and rendered artwork. Could Banjo Kazooie answer Microsoft’s platformer mascot questions? Wait, did Microsoft have platformer mascot questions? Anyway, the game looks great so far but we must repeat something we mentioned earlier that’s twice as awesome — the original Banjo Kazooie is coming to Xbox Live Arcade! Sweet.

Gallery: E308: Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Screenshots)

Gallery: E308: Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Art Renders)

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