I can say it looks awesome, you can say it looks crap but i think your wrong. I didn't say don't say it, i just don't like it when people talk negatively about a game, it's nicer to say nice, happy things about a fun and cheerful series:)

It haves be potential to be very good..but not in a way I was hoping for;..

See, why do you have to flame Nintendo because you are insecure about how Banjo looks?

I'm sick of these silly arguments that attempt to marginalize Nintendo games by claiming that they are all remakes of something from the N64. Have you even played Wii sports, Radiant Dawn, Pikmin 2, Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess, Brawl, Metroid Prime or Super Paper Mario? These games are modern classics, and you attempt to marginalize them, and Nintendo who also happens to be the most consistantly good developers in the world.

....while you praise Rare in the same paragraph.

You sicken me with your comments, I don't care how they were goaded out of you.

Who knows if this game is great, or sucks? It's certainly not inspiring confidence with that trailer, I don't care how you spin it, but to praise Rare for "at least trying something different" is damage control of the highest order. You are basically admitting that it looks bad, but at least it's different.

I don't care, I woulda never bought this either way. If you want this genre of game that badly and you don't own a Wii, your a fanboy, broke, or biased.

When you flame Nintendo after you look at a trailer for a platformer for Xbox, it's like your getting the damage control out of the way before its even confirmed that this might be a AA game at best(who knows really, but that's what your obviously thinking).

I'm sorry if this offends banjo fans, I own a 360, but I just don't like people flaming other games and consoles in an attempt to justify their own.

 nice comparison... a horror game about shooting zombies in prerendered backrounds goes to shooting zombies in full 3D environments, that seems like a logical step for survival horror games.

A 3D platformer that is about exploring, solving puzzles turns into a game about making, driving, and blowing up vehichles.  I don't see the connection.  The video was almost completely focused on the vehicles.

Well, I'm pretty disappointed at the vehicle-heavy nature of it. I really wanted an old-school Banjo game.

With that said, the vehicle-heavy nature of it with platforming elements are intriguing and could retain much of the platformer feel if done well.

I'm still cautiously pessimistic on the game. I won't crucify Rare for taking their own franchise in a new direction but this game almost instantly went into the "rent and maybe buy after a few hours of play" category in my eyes.

I think its silly to say that platformers aren't popular becuase they stopped making good ones. They started running out of ideas maybe. Yet when a new idea is presented like this it gets booed by old school fans. You are asking for new inventive levels...yet the developers have to stick to the old platforming formula...it sounds like a double standard te me.

I played the old banjo game...I was 16 at the time and it was a fun game 10 years ago. Today however that same game would be brushed aside like the latest offerings from Rayman, Crash, Sonic, Spyro or whatever platformer doesn't try to evolve.

Here is a question...lets say that game scores 9 + in most reviews...is it still a failure in your eyes?

YEAH!!! THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!
The only thing that could save Rare's old reputation was some innovation.
With this game, they'll have the first platformer since Banjo-Tooie to challenge Super Mario greatness.
And to all of you who are begging for old-school platforming: people always want freshness in franchises. Now that Rare will bring it, it's still not good enough? What do you want?
In the end, I think it's ideal. The ''hardcore'' ''blood&sex'' gamers will think it's better because of the vehicles, the 360 fanboys will love the attack towards Nintendo, the Nintendo fanboys will laugh and call it a joke, and the neutral gamers will be sceptical until they see the splendid results that Rare'll get.
It's a win for everybody.

And I lolrofllmfao'ed at the end, with Banjo shooting off Mario's head. I think the game's capable of it.

if this was the wii it would be getting a normal banjo platformer. They are too scared to put out a traditional platformer on 360 because they know it isn't going to do that well. I knew from the start this was going to be something different. I'm not gonna say it isn't innovative, but much of it is just them conforming to the 360 userbase.

For the record, I have both a Nintendo Wii and a Xbox 360. This made me shake my head in disgust. Good god, what are they thinking? Oh well, guess it's to be expected of Rare nowadays.

 Probably not, if it's that good.  Though I probably wouldn't be interested in the game either...this doesn't exactly look like my kind of game.