New IGN Preview of Banjo Kazooie- mostly positive

[matt247]

NightDragon83 said:

Nice video, glad to see they kept things similar to previous games in the audio department, with the familiar sound effects and character gibberish. Already pre-ordered my copy when they announced the lower price tag and free download of the original game (I'm your stereotypical Cheap-Ass-Gamer to the max!).

On thing remains though... I STILL F'N HATE THOSE FUGLY-ASS BANJO AND KAZOOIE CHARACTER MODELS!!! Doesn't anyone else agree with me that they look way too blocky and totally clash with the rest of the game's style? The character models of the N64 games look much better in comparison.

Edit:  Just take a look at Hawkeye's pic to see what I'm saying... this is the XBOX360 we're talking about... THAT'S what the character model should look like!  Not some blocky low-texture shmuck circa 1995 LOL.

Rare said that they wanted the characters to be a high res N64 version, that's why they are blocky. I believe they also said that it would make more sense in the game, so there might be a joke or some reference to show why he's blocky. I do like the more grown up look though and wish he looked more like himself on the boxart