I love Viva Pinata. Still not sure about Banjo, but if I can get the code to download the full original Banjo game on XBLA by only putting 5 bucks down and not picking up Nuts and Bolts I may do that because I want to see how it handles on the 360 controller and if it has aged as bad as I anticipate it has since the N64 days.

FLYmeatwad

.....did he just use the phrase vinegar strokes when talking about a bear in blue pants and a loudmouth bird?.....

batstimpy

Oh... we just need more rare games in General.

I've been chomping at the ruddy bit for years for them. I need my regular N64-style fix for frigs sake.

YES to a new decent platformer mascot. Yes to another perfect dark (N64 style). Couldn't really give a rats ass about another killer instinct or battletoads. There were better games in their genre.

squishyfishy

@kylenalepa: So does this mean a sequel to a spin-off?

Ryumeka

I could die a happy man if Rare would make another Blast Corps. That is seriously one of the most underrated games of all time.

Also, if Rare is going through their back catalog for ideas, let's pray they don't make a sequel to Taboo: The Sixth Sense... [www.seanbaby.com]

PlayerOne

Despite my previous comment, I'd also like to back development of a Kameo sequel.

The Kameo soundtrack still ranks as one of the best I've heard and the composer is a genuinely nice chap, so I want him to get more work!

Hendrixx

Killer Instinct 3 confirmed!!! Well one can hope... =)

That or a new Battletoads! Yeah you bitches thought Ninja Gaiden was hard?! Try some frog-whupping! I heard a kick to the 'nads is easier to stomach.

excaliburps

@Ryumeka: Meh, at this point, I'm considering Nuts and Bolts to be a spin-off from the real Banjo Kazooie series. Doesn't necessarily mean that it will suck (although I'm not particularly optimistic), just that its gameplay seems to be fundamentally different from that of the previous two games in the series.

Of course, I'd take a Kameo sequel as well.

kylenalepa

I will wait to play the new Banjo before I clamor for a sequel to it, but I am hopeful that Nuts and Bolts will be awesome and that it will warrant another entry in the series afterward.

I am dying for a good mascot platformer on my 360.

Lackshmana

A Banjo sequel to a game which is the third in a series? Is that proper wording?

Anyway, I do hope they take Banjo back to his roots. Or at least, bring powers back.

Ryumeka

Kameo sequel plz. There's enough sitting on the cutting room floor from its development hell to make a new game right now

Mech_Master

WIN.

MOAR BANJO PLZ.

MOAR KAMEO PLZ.

LESS VP PLZ.

squishyfishy

Come on give us some Batletoads!

canchegundam

A Banjo sequel without Grant Kirkhope doing the music!? No thank you!

Akkuga

As much as I love Rare's more family-centric games, it must be said:

RARE! MAKE A REALISTIC FPS AGAIN!

We need a fully fledged, fully realised sequel to Perfect Dark. Without heavy reliance on a cartoonified art direction.

Hendrixx

Rare, The laziest developers ever.

VakeroRokero

@FLYmeatwad: Banjo-Kazooie has aged amazingly well. It's still a very pretty game.

Infil

Kameo 2 Please!

FlashbackX01

Hey RARE, I want a new Conker game. Make it happen.

Quicksilver4648

Not surprising, but disappointing. Viva Piñata's only DLC was unlock codes. Hopefully the framework is there if they have a change of heart.

hagridore

Killer Instinct 3/Conker or get the fuck out.

Zanch

I hope the next title still has vehicles in it just less of them. A nice mix of vehicle puzzles would be great but basing the entire game around it might not pay off.

Majority should be on foot IMO

Also a new Killer Instinct, Battletoads, or PDZ sequel would be awesome.

Murderdolls

@FLYmeatwad: Honestly the first 2 Banjo's still look great.

Murderdolls

Considering how Rare is internally viewing Banjo in these expressions, I got a funny feeling that it truly IS going to be a grand ole time with a controller. I'm still excited.

DARTH_TIGRIS

@Infil:

Oh I'm sure it looks great, I was talking about what actually matters in the aging process, the gameplay. At the time it was a lot of fun because of the clever writing, diverse worlds, and numerous things to do, but by today's platforming standards, from what I recall, it was nothing more than a huge collection, usually in 100's in each level, fest and that's something a ton of modern platformers draw criticism for. I'm wondering if it was just the times that made the game compelling or if, in a world of superior 3-D platformers, Rare knew something about collection quests that modern developers seem to have forgotten.

FLYmeatwad

@Ryumeka: You got me there. Probably depends on the sales of Nuts and Bolts, although if that flops and the release of Banjo Kazooie on XBLA is a hit, I'd expect a sequel would return to the traditional platforming gameplay.

kylenalepa

well, I ended up googling it, but holy crap

MysidianMan

UNDERWURLDE II OR GTFO

@batstimpy: I couldn't believe my eyes either.

Anyone not familiar with the phrase "vinegar strokes" can find its definition here. Naughty Community Manager George Kelion!

tossrStu

I never thought I'd see 'Banjo-Kazooie' and 'vinegar strokes' in the same sentence,

poduski

Banjo DS.... please?

roger9614462

holy shitpies, i really hope he's talking about a standard Banjo game, that would seriously make me start doing backflips. not joking.

Nadams1229

woooo c'monnnn Banjo-Quadrooie!

Superlocke

@kylenalepa: I've been wanting Banjo-Tooie for years, having never purchased it for N64. If they can release that on XBLA as well, something I've wanted for nearly eight years would come true (I don't use ebay).

kylo4

@Superlocke: Naw, it'd be Banjo Fourieeeee!!

excel_excel

So, on another topic, I guess that THQ's subpar Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge isn't in official Banjo canon?

Bernard McGraw

@Bernard McGraw: I'd hope not. Subpar is kind sir, too kind.

TearsandScreams

@TearsandScreams: True dat. Out of curiosity (and the fact that my N64 doesn't work anymore) I dug it out again last night, and it really does suck.

Bernard McGraw