So, what exactly, is the problem with Banjo Kazooie Nuts n Bolts?

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Perhaps to those that live by the pure old-school platformer definition this is not a platformer in that sense. When I look at Rayman or Mario, I see pure old-school platforming.

That said, platformers have, in more recent times, taken on somewhat of a broader meaning as the genre has looked for ways to reclaim the glory days. I still feel strongly that BK is presented as a platforming game but much of the jumping from spot to spot is navigated on various wheeled, winged, and propellered vehicles. This is where the definition of platforming breaks down for BK but I still feel if you had to put it in one category, it is still a platform game in nature. If one defines a platformer only as jump from place to place and collect stuff, the jump is most certainly largely missing. There is some of that in town, but very little in each world so in that regard, I concede it isn't a pure platformer. All of the things that make a platformer complete -- collecting things, manipulating objects, puzzles, objectives, exploring, etc. ad nauseum are all here, hoever. BK just doesn't jump from place to place to get them. He flys, floats, boats, and drives. As exindguy states, "I'm making the word platformer quite malleable here". Feel free to disagree. I've been gaming since pong and the game, outside of jumping, still feels very "platform" to me.