Honestly, Jet Force Gemini was one of my favourite Rare games from the N64 ... (Up until the point where you "Defeated" the bad guy and were told you had to save every fricken Bear in the universe and collect a whole bunch of ship parts)

Yeah, that's the danger in messing with something people love.

On the flipside, if Banjo turns out terrific, a lot of people that don't know anything about the old Banjo might be quite pleased with it but the fans might never be able to see past that (lord knows I still can't get over FFVII and FFVIII after being a huge fan of FFIV and FFVI--even if FFIX and FFXII were quite good).

 It had to be in development for longer than that ... It was initially announced before the Gamecube launched.

 dont bother yourself with him .. he's only a blind sonyfan.

I liked what I saw of it, wish I'd had time to get my hands on it last week. Looks like it still is platforming, just with vehicles, if that makes any sense, which it probably doesn't. And the casual crowd really eats up the vehicle customization stuff. Will be interesting to see how the full game turns out once we start seeing some reviews.

I thought longer if I have to believe my brother.  He told me it had to be a N64 game but development took to long and then they were started for the Xbox or gamecube not sure.... 

Oh well it is still a great game =p and I want a sequel it is suited for it (everyone who finished it knows what I am talking about).

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.

Sorry but what has that got to do with anything? Did i in some way abuse microsoft? Nintendo? I owned an N64 and played heavily on Jet force gemini, so im perfectly entitled to pass judgement on the game.

Next time, read the fucking post and try not to make something out of nothing.

i think the non-360 owners are just jealous cause not only do we get a new Banjo, the original is coming to the xbla .

^New Coke sucked. There was no chance that would ever be a good idea--if I wanted to drink Pepsi+ I'd have bought Pepsi and spiked it with a Pixie Stick.