Honestly, if this were the third iteration of Banjo-Kazooie: The Platformer, I'd be about 75% likely to pick it up the first week (if I own a 360 by then). I loved the original titles, and if BK3 was even passably entertaining I'd likely get it.
However, I'm down to about 50% on Nuts and Bolts. It'll depend entirely on the reviews. Why? Because the advantage of "more of the same" is that I know I liked "the same" before. If I wanted something different, there are dozens of other titles I could choose from, but only BK could give me that BK experience again.
It's sort of like the thinking behind New Coke (those of us old enough to remember it). If I wanted to drink "Coke", I would go buy Coke- it was the only option. But if I wanted to drink "Not Coke" I had no shortage of options available.
"New Coke"? No loyalty to that. I certainly wasn't in the mood for "New Coke" - How could I be - I never had it before! So where before Coke had a product I might actually be in the mood to drink and would actively seek out, they choose to get in line behind the dozens of other drinks I knew when I was in a "Not Coke" mood, while they left me deprived and pissed off when I was in a "Coke" mood. No surprise that it took about 6 months for Coke to realize the error of their ways.
So I've been without a BK fix for nearly a decade. I loved the originals, and will always been in the mood for more, much as I'll always be in the mood for chocalate ice cream - even if its not the greatest chocolate ice cream, I'm pretty sure I'll like it. But chocalate ice cream with nuts? Not really my thing. Will I like Banjo Kazooie with nuts AND bolts? I don't know. And it won't be alone - it'll be competing with other titles that I may be more sure of liking. It may turn out that I'll love it, but first they have to convince me it's worth trying.
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