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Zeus
12-01-2008, 03:39 PM
Fans of the series and newcomers alike will enjoy platforming with Rare’s famous honey bear Banjo and breegull Kazooie as they fight to save Banjo’s little sister Tooty from the evil witch Gruntilda in their original classic adventure. “<a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/b/banjokazooiexboxlivearcade/" target=_blank">Banjo-Kazooie</a>” launches on Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, December 3 at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

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When the evil witch Gruntilda discovers that Banjo’s sister Tooty is the most beautiful girl in all of Spiral Mountain, she kidnaps her to steal her youthful good looks. Banjo and his best friend Kazooie must team up in order to defeat Gruntilda and rescue Tooty from the witch’s grasp. At first, Banjo and Kazooie perform simple moves like running and jumping to collect jigsaw pieces, dubbed “Jiggys,” but as players progress, the bird and bear will learn new moves and abilities to help them fly, swim and fight to advance to new worlds and save Tooty.

Developed by Rare Ltd., “Banjo-Kazooie” will be available for 1200 Microsoft Points worldwide. The game is rated E10+ for Everyone over the age of 10 by the ESRB.
pezjono
12-01-2008, 04:19 PM
One if my most favored/remembered games of the N64/PS1 era.
Already played through and beaten it on my 360 through Pre-Ordering Nuts and Bolts.
It suffers from some lag through emulation when dealing with water, but it is still very enjoyable.
Anil8tr
12-01-2008, 04:27 PM
One if my most favored/remembered games of the N64/PS1 era.
Already played through and beaten it on my 360 through Pre-Ordering Nuts and Bolts.
It suffers from some lag through emulation when dealing with water, but it is still very enjoyable.

I didn't get mine from pre-order. Snagged it with the d/l link before Microsoft adjusted it to 99,999 MP.

For your lag (that sh1t sucked too; practically unplayable), adjust your video settings to SD on the 360 and it should fix it. That's what fixed it for me anyway.
benny32
12-01-2008, 06:58 PM
Arguably one of the best 3d platformers ever.

Funny how Sony properties are always hyped as better than so and so titles.

Remember Ape Escape? Sonys answer to Mario 64? Hyped and loved by the sony fanboys. However, it doesnt have the staying power high quality nintendo titles did.

Keep that in mind about which titles will be remembered this generation.
cLutch101
12-01-2008, 07:34 PM
hahahahhahaaaa
Nemo17
12-02-2008, 09:49 AM
I loved this game and may buy the XBOX Live Arcade version even though I have the emulator.
someoldguy
12-02-2008, 02:27 PM
One if my most favored/remembered games of the N64/PS1 era.
Already played through and beaten it on my 360 through Pre-Ordering Nuts and Bolts.
It suffers from some lag through emulation when dealing with water, but it is still very enjoyable.

Actually, it's not emulated. They ported the game. Redid the background music, supposedly slightly enhanced some of the textures, made the ice key possible to get, etc.

The compiled n64 rom would have contained (c) nintendo libs, so there really was only one option.

I haven't played it. Maybe the water is poorly coded anyway.