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Banjo Kazooie 3 coming late 2008

by Ross Miller on Feb 11th 2008 3:25PM

In addition to chatting about Alan Wake and the Marvel MMO cancellation, Microsoft Games Studio head Shane Kim revealed to MTV's Stephen Totilo at last week's DICE summit that Rare's Banjo Kazooie 3 is slated for a 2008 release. Said Kim, "I'm super-excited about what they're doing with Banjo' I think Banjo is going to be a big hit for us this holiday."

Kim also noted that Rare may go back to developing M-rated games as well as continue along the family-friendly route we've seen for the past few years. Last we heard, Rare was working on a vision cam-supported collection of party games dubbed The Fast and the Furriest for Xbox Live Arcade. With little to no information on Banjo 3, we're hoping next week's GDC will have more revelations.

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Tags: banjo-kazooie, banjo-kazooie-3, BreakingNews, dice, Rare, shane-kim, Xbox-360

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Damnit!!!!! Curse you Martez, you and your kitty!! =P

Please don't talk about my pussy in public. It's just poor taste.

YUO MEAN LIEK ONE WIHT THE MASTER CHEF AM I RITE?

Fuck MGS4 and GTA4, I'm more excited about this now.

It's not Killer Instinct 3, but I'll take it. I mean, as long as it's more in the vein of Banjo Kazooie than Banjo Tooie.

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Unless they sort out the art style, it's already doomed.

Banjo's the stuff of nightmares in that picture, admittedly.

I half expect him to start screaming, "SQUEAL, PIGGY!" while he ass-rapes Bottles the Mole.

Small eyes are smmaaaalll.

Please be good, please be good... Please be good!!!!!!!

Off-topic: Does anyone else not like Shane Kim as much as I do? He seems very off-putting to me. Like a know it all. As far as presidents go, I'd take Phil Harrison or Iwata over him any day.

Reggie can kick the ass of everyone of them.

I used to respect Reggie, then he started to think the wii was more than a gimmick and that every other console was insignificant.

I will concur that Shane Kim is very... bland? I don't know. I just have a hard time paying attention when he says things.

Shane Kim does lose points for the whole RE5 thing, but all-in-all, i don't really know much, good or bad, about him

I heard that they might make this game like Conker's Bad Fur Day, in that it will be 'mature' and have crude humor and language. If this is the case, then count me out.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not completely against sexual humor and bad language in games, it's just that it will never, and I mean NEVER, work in a BK game.

Please Rare, you might have been able to pull it off with Conker (sorta), but please don't crap all over one of my fondest childhood memories just to please the lowest common denominator (aka the tards that won't play anything without blood and nudity in it).

EDIT TO LAST SENTENCE IN PREVIOUS COMMENT: Or without the word 'Madden' on the box art.

The third question should allay your fears :)

http://rareware.com/extras/scribes/20dec07/index.html

You HEARD that? Was that when you were talking to yourself? There's no way Microsoft would allow BK3 to have anything other than an "E" rating. The game has a legacy to live up to; Conker did not.

As much as I'd love to play a new Banjo-Kazooie, there is no way in hell I'm getting a 360 again.

Someone please explain to me the love they have for this game. I love Nintendo (have had every system of theirs except virtual boy). I LOVE platformers as well.

The annoying aspect of both BK games to me seemed to me that it was just a collection game. Find 45 widgets, find 75 eggs, etc. I felt like I was colleting more than platforming. You'd think that would make the levels fun in that you have to explore them thoroughly to find everything. I played 3/4 through both games and IMO these two BK games just bored me a bit too much. Am I alone in this opinion?

No. Although I did like a good amount of the level design in the first one.

I agree with you somewhat. I thought the collecting on Tooie was a little ridiculous - almost to the point of being a Donkey Kong 64. But I didn't mind the first one.

YES!!!!!!!!! 2008- woooo!

I love the new art style! I do not know if I like it better, but it is great regardless!

YAAAAAAAY!!!!!

cant wait i love banjo and i think it would be sweet if the first one came to xbla.

Of course late 2008.

Remember kids,video game companies get a discount on calendars because theirs only has 4 months on them.

I guess Dead Rising selling a huge amount because it came out in June was just completely overlooked.

MMmmm...Is it really coming this year? Cause I'd love me some Banjo! Also, KI3 PLZ!

*sheds a tear of excitement and nostalgia*

Besides BioShock, This was the MAIN reason i opted for XBOX 360 over PS3, This Franchise kicks so much ass its black and blue!!! Fuckin love B&K

One of the reasons I got a 360.

My only escape from shooting games right now are Viva Pinata and Rock Band.

I can't wait for this game. It's a shame that Alan Wake was delayed; I heard that it was going to come out March/Aprilish this year back in September.

I had nearly forgotten about Banjo Kazooie!

Which (somehow) brings me to this point:

I think a tag team of Banjo & Kazooie on a Super Smash Bros game would be pretty sweet.

Just a thought.

Damn... good idea.

As much as I like finally getting Banjo-Threeie, I would like to see the original BK and BT on the Live arcade that displayed in HD. The first was pure whimsical platforming perfection, and the second, while lacking the all too critical atmosphere of the first, was still a classic platformer. What would be even better is if there was an unlocked Stop and Swop connection between all three games. Oh yeah...

I agree here. I recently hooked up the ole n64 to give banjo kazooie a play and it was damn unplayable on my 46" 1080p tv. And my samsung scales really well too. An hd version of the game on XBLA would be an instant purchase.

What most people dont realise is that resolution is not the same as graphics. They do not need to remake the game with better graphics. I cans till play a 2d pacman game and have fun. Resolution is about the sharpness and clarity of the graphics. This is why I hate the wiis resolution. I dont care about the lesser graphics on the wii, that does not bother me 1 bit. but the fact that I cannot play these graphics in at least 720p means that games are not sharp or clear, which makes them hard to play.

New Banjo is all they'll be limited to. Just like Goldeneye, Nintendo published the original Banjo titles, and so retains rights to them that they most likely will never yield

Hey microsoft,, make RARE work on 2 games at the same time ,, please,,, Banjo 3 and Killer Instinct 3 !!!! waiting to make a KI game is crazy,, dont let the fans down and dont wait for them to forget about that IP !!!!

I swear I heard somewhere that microsoft was developing motion controls

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