This is the closest I can see MS getting me to buy a 360. If this BK is a quality title, it's the killer app I need to make the plunge.

Rare, I beg you -- don't screw up.

WTH?! BK? WE NEED KILLER INSTINCT!

GET IT RIGHT RARE!

banjo?! Give me FULGORE!

Well RiskyChris it's not the same Rare that made the original BK. The good developers left and are now making great games like Time Splitters.
Ever wonder why PDZ and Kameo suck? Now you know.

On a side note...it's funny how the same people who call Nintendo "kiddy" go nuts when they get Viva Pinata and Banjo for their system.

"it's funny how the same people who call Nintendo "kiddy" go nuts when they get Viva Pinata and Banjo for their system"

Uh...dont see too many people going nuts. Only 4 people (including myself) have written a comment. The one person who did respond and say they wanted either of those games doesnt have a 360. If you have nothing constructive to say...well...shut up.

Marvel Universe = BIG UP!!

Fucking sweet!!! Banjo-Kazooie! Ahhhhhh!

I was hoping that Microsoft's partnership with Rare would produce something better than Kameo and PDZ.

@1

Right. Rare had better not slip and fall on this title. It's one of the best series they've offered, imho.

I, for one, can't wait to see Banjo and friends in a new adventure, and with new graphics to boot. :)

Screw Rare, they sold out to MS after Nintendo made them.

Time to start saving money for a 360...

I've said since Microsoft bought Rare (well, since my "anger" subsided), I wouldn't get an Xbox until B-K came out for it.

Hey Cage, go screw yourself!
There's a lot of buzz on many other websites about this, not just here.
You think you're the only one allowed to an opinion?!
Grow up.

Decade-long rut is subjective. I absolutely loved Kameo and felt it was their freshest work since Goldeneye. It's also notable that it was in develop for about as long as said rut.

BK is a great pickup for Microsoft. It was a great game, but it was a different Rare that made it. Now if they made a Blast Corps for the next generation consoles that might be a difference maker. Too bad no one will play it on the Xbox 360.

AzaMcWazza, Nintendo were the ones who sold Rare.

BK is a very good idea, in a sort of "why-haven't-we been-making-more-games-like-this?" kind of way. This is what I expected from them when Rare was sold. Of course, a well-liked series won't mean every game is gold (Perfect Dark Zero).

(Psst...Rare. Remake the first Perfect dark with next-gen graphics. Guarenteed million seller and system seller, right there.)

Decade rut: debatable.
I also liked Kameo and feel like there is still so many challenges left in the game. And PDZ wasn't THAT bad people...

BK excites me and Viva Pinata as well. And I'm 26. If the gameplay is good, and they mantain a quirky sense of style and humor in both of these games I will enjoy them both. I don't give a crap if someone thinks these games are "kiddie". I can only shoot people in the face for so long in so many ways before I crave a different experience. Hopefully these two Rare titles will give me that change of pace I'm looking for right now.

Man, this just sucks. What N64 Wii titles am I supposed to get excited over? Pilotwings maybe? All the good N64 games were Rare's and those aren't coming.

No Blast Corps, No Banjo Kazooie, Although Killer Instinct was a co-op, I think Nintendo may hold the distribution rights...

Ugh. I "can't" wait to buy SM64 again. bleh.

I knew this day would come...now I'll have to find a used 360 that isn't already broken...

Damn my lousy Nintendo fanboyism...

Kameo? Great? Really?

The descriptor "great" I would reserve for games like the Legend of Zelda (pick one), Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and Banjo-Kazooie. Kameo sure was pretty, and it was kinda fun but when you boil it down to low gravy it was an average to above average title. Excluding the Gameboy and Conker's XBox remake, I have purchased every major Rare console title since 1996, and what I have found is that since Star Fox Adventures Rare has either disappointed (see Star Fox Adventures) undwerwhelmed (see Grabbed By the Ghoulies) or just plan infuriated (see PD0).
As for Banjo-Kazooie for the 360, I predict that it *may* provide Rare with a much needed boost, if they bring the same fun, wit and inventiveness to the genre as they did with the originals. The only thing that makes me hesitate is that a betting man would wager that we'll probably end up playing the next BK on the Xbox 720 in 2011.

I personally agree with Ross - Rare has been in a huge rut, and I haven't been thrilled with any of their games since... hmm... which was later, Killer Instinct or Donkey Kong Country 2? Donkey Kong 64 was passable, but even that annoyed me in several spots.

Seriously, notify me if Rare gets the idea to revive KI. Other than that, I couldn't care less about them.

sgtmanji - well screw Nintendo then! :)

Actually Nintendo only owned 49% of Rare(ware), the Stampers owned 51 % and they sold out first with Nintendo following suit later. One interesting thing I've wanted to know for a while, was was who owned the IP to Banjo and Kazooie, but it seems that MS must with this new game. That said, I wonder if Nintendo own the rights to the old BK titles and if they can be released on the Virtual Console.

Rare has lost it... Thanks Microsoft, for killing a great developer that was meant for Nintendo...

Microsft and Rare. I love you.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO, ZM. My prayers have been answered.

"will Banjo-Kazooie finally get Rare out of its decade-long rut?"

M$ only bought Rare to fuck Nintendo big time. They then put the developers in the fridge, without knowing what to do with their great expertise and franchises, knowing Rare games mostly cater for a different audience they were after of.

talk about bad monopolies fucking up the industry...

I've long said Microsoft wasted their money. They bought rare thinking they were making off with Nintendo's crowned jewels. In reality, they got the paste replica that was put in its place once all of Rare's key staff left. I have a feeling that Nintendo was none too thrilled about Star Fox Adventures (although it was partially their own fault for forcing Rare to make it a Star Fox game), and decided to ditch Rare while someone was still interested.