Mario spotted in new Banjo-Kazooie trailer

by Ross Miller { May 13th 2008 at 8:00PM }

In case you missed it, check out the Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts trailer one more time. Watch closely, especially at the 1:45 mark. Yep, that's an 8-bit Mario in all his planar glory, as both a testament to the user-generated nature of the game as well as we suspect a not-so-subtle nod to their former publishing partner.

[Thanks, Michael]

Tags: banjo, banjo-kazooie, banjo-kazooie-3, banjo-kazooie-nuts-a..., mario, nintendo, rare

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Fernando Rocker @ May 13th 2008 8:02PM

Mario will always be the platformer games to reach.

=p

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 8:08PM

Thats for sure!

tmacairjordan87 @ May 13th 2008 8:13PM

Although I would like a traditional platformer to be made again (even though the achievements would be all collection oriented) I prefer the ones that put a spin on the formula like Jak 2 and 3 did with an open world or the vehicle use. Maybe banjo 3 can pull it off..hopefully they will.

Fernando Rocker @ May 13th 2008 8:15PM

I still think that Mario Galaxy set the bar for platformers.

It's a traditional platformer with a spin to the formula too.

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ May 13th 2008 8:20PM

Sure, sure. And Galaxy was great, no doubt. But in my humble opinion, Ratchet & Clank kind of owns the most recent era of platformers. God those games are good, plus they've managed to work in a story in ways Mario has never managed to do. My 2 cents, never played Banjo before, this is looking good tho.

Fernando Rocker @ May 13th 2008 8:24PM

Ratchet is good, but it doesn't have a lot of platformer elements.

I love platformers when you have to jump a lot and need to be very precise. With ledges and moving platforms, and wall jumps, etc.

Not bashing Ratchet, but Ratchet feels more like an adventure shoter more than a platformer.

ScottyGEE32 @ May 13th 2008 8:28PM

I'm with Fernando...It really sucks though that the 360 doesn't have any platformers (aside from this and N+). And I really love Mario Galaxy, however, I can't justify spending the money on the console to play one or two games

Fernando Rocker @ May 13th 2008 8:29PM

Like Mario Galaxy, you use a lot of jumps: normal, double, triple, long jump, backward jump, wall jump, running and then back, spin jump and others jumps.

Almost all the game is about jumping, and I love that kind of games.

Fernando Rocker @ May 13th 2008 8:31PM

Exactly Scotty...

For example, I think N+, Marble Blast Ultra, Mario Galaxy, etc. are more platformers games than Ratchet (not saying Ratchet is a bad game).

4MyFriends @ May 13th 2008 8:39PM

I consider Ratchet and Clank more of a shooter with some platforming elements than a platformer with shooting elements. It's a great series, but to say it is a better platformer than Mario is(and I am trying my best to not sound like a fanboy) ludicrous.

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 9:28PM

Yeah I have Ratchet & Clank ToD. It cant even come close to touching Mario. Its a shooter/hack n slash 85% and platformer maybe 15%. Great game no doubt but not a platformer. Banjo 3 keeps looking better and better IMO. GT just put this new vid up. HD baby, and let me tell you it looks B-E-A-utiful!
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33904.html

Ordeith @ May 13th 2008 9:59PM

Fernando, You almost *NEED* to play Voodoo Vince.

Great platformer, not enough exposure.

TheHuntIsOn @ May 14th 2008 8:40AM

Mario Galaxy and Ratchet and Clank mentioned in the same sentence without " - is better than -" (in that order), instantly dismisses your comment.

SWAT Kats are back! @ May 13th 2008 8:03PM

Wait; User generated?

another similarity with LittleBigPlanet

Rare's doing good with this so far

Poisoned Al @ May 13th 2008 8:31PM

I like how anything with building is somehow ripping off a game that isn't even out yet (and won't be for bloody ages). Yes Gary's mod, countless Lego games and an obscure game called Project Omega on the ZX Spectrum, where you build robots to explore an abandoned alien space station, were all ripping off Little Big fucking Planet! Sony must have been borrowing Nintendo's time machine. Sheesh.

SWAT Kats are back! @ May 13th 2008 9:18PM

It wasn't the building that called me to draw the initial comparison with LBP, it was the graphical style. A very similar effects filter, or something

Roto13 @ May 13th 2008 8:05PM

It's not a nod, it's more annoying penis wagging within the games industry. They blow off Mario's head. (Also, it wasn't exactly hard to miss.)

Nick the Hero of Canton @ May 13th 2008 8:11PM

*Correction*

Thumb-wagging.

Nick the Hero of Canton @ May 13th 2008 8:22PM

But yeah, I agree.

tmacairjordan87 @ May 13th 2008 8:06PM

So wait someone made that mario and destroyed it??? Oh man I'm going to have a blast just with that part of the game alone.

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ May 13th 2008 8:14PM

lol, interesting thought, which video game character which you most want to destroy? It'd be great if Wiki the flying monkey were in GTAIV just so I could give him some bat justice...

tmacairjordan87 @ May 13th 2008 8:16PM

First thought that came to mind was slippy....finally I will have my vengance on that annoying little prick!

Fernando Rocker @ May 13th 2008 8:17PM

I love when he say: Zackuuuuuu

=p

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 13th 2008 8:22PM

Anyone from the Gears game. The main character's design pisses me off.

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ May 13th 2008 8:37PM

Ooh, Manny from GTAIV, he blows, but I'm already satisifed with how that was handled.

I would've liked to smack around the Darkness a bit. Just that voice, ugh. Jaaaaackkkkkiiiiiiiiieeee.

SWAT Kats are back! @ May 13th 2008 9:20PM

Rafiel from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn

He's almost wholly responsible for the War that ends the world, and then for some reason he betrays the side that's fighting for his cause

Psaakyrn @ May 14th 2008 5:07AM

No Navi mentioned yet?

(both zelda and megaman ones)

colin @ May 13th 2008 8:07PM

the hummingbirds, they're EVERYWHERE!!!

Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 13th 2008 8:08PM

Nice! I love it.

xFenixKnightx @ May 13th 2008 8:12PM

Man, I'm just so pumped since seeing all this news on the game today.

Neebs @ May 13th 2008 8:22PM

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii129/odc64/banjo3rrd.jpg

woo photosh00ps

Black @ May 13th 2008 8:23PM

Stupid. Really stupid.

Rare stop trying to be cool or look cool and go produce some good games. You haven't earn the right to attack Mario just yet.

This is your last chance to make something decent.

StarFoxA @ May 13th 2008 8:33PM

Good games? Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero, Viva Pinata, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong 64, Killer Instinct, Donkey Kong Country, Blast Corps, GoldenEye 007, and Battletoads say, "Hi."

finaldarklord @ May 13th 2008 8:37PM

Pfft. No one is questioning the developer Rare USED to be. But they certainly are a joke now. Speaking of jokes, PDZ and Viva Pinata being on your list made me laugh.

Ordeith @ May 13th 2008 10:01PM

Viva Piñata is great.

Anyone who thinks otherwise has never really played it.

Lijik @ May 13th 2008 10:56PM

"Stop trying to look cool?" They were sold by Nintendo like meat at a farmer's market to Microsoft for top-dollar placing many of their projects in limbo and forcing them to rush a bit of Star Fox Adventures and winding up in a state where no one wanted to take their games seriously because "leaving Nintendo" "ruined" them that haunts them to this day.

I think they have earned the right to blow up the head of Mario in one of their trailers.

Roto13 @ May 14th 2008 11:29AM

Nintendo dumped them for a reason. That reason is an inability to stray from the "Like Mario 64, but with assloads of filler" formula for adventure games. The only two games they made worth playing (and I've played them all, minus Viva Pinata so I don't know what to say about that) were Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. Not Perfect Dark Zero. Perfect Dark. Perfect Dark was their peak and they've plummeted down the slopes since then.

Shadow El @ May 14th 2008 3:16PM

"The only two games they made worth playing (and I've played them all, minus Viva Pinata so I don't know what to say about that) were Goldeneye and Perfect Dark."

Looks like someone forgot to mention Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day (not the terrible, horrible remake), Jet Force Gemini, ANY Donkey Kong Country game (which includes DK64), and Kameo.

Yes, I liked Kameo. Only game Rare's made for MS that reaches the level of their old stuff. Viva Pinata was good too, but...eh.