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So a bunch of guys from rareware who made Banjo-Kazooie has created a new game company and is making a spiritual successor to banjo kazooie called Yooka-Laylee.
They have a kickstarter up here if you want more details or you're looking to back it/purchase it.
It actually loos really cool and from what I've heard it's raised the most money in a single day on kickstarter ever. They quadrupled their goal which is insane.
I don't think I've ever played a Banjo-Kazooie game (maybe briefly on GBA?), so I'm looking forward to this game. Console release goal has already been reached, so I'll wait for the Wii U release. Looks fun indeed!
I'll definitely be willing to snap this up on PS4 when it does eventually come out, but I'm not going to back it in advance. I guess this will provide incentive to play through the original Banjo games sometime within the next couple years...
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MerlinDrazziw wrote:I don't think I've ever played a Banjo-Kazooie game (maybe briefly on GBA?), so I'm looking forward to this game. Console release goal has already been reached, so I'll wait for the Wii U release. Looks fun indeed!
I got pretty far in Kazooie then stopped. It's hard playing games on the N64 considering they're near impossible to play on HD tvs and the only old tv I have in like 11 Inch.
Slurmee wrote:I got pretty far in Kazooie then stopped. It's hard playing games on the N64 considering they're near impossible to play on HD tvs and the only old tv I have in like 11 Inch.
As I don't have an HD TV (I've got a reasonably sized, old Sony Bravia), the screen wouldn't be an issue once I hook up my N64. But last time I did, the main controller seemed a bit off. Anyway, I don't have Banjo-Kazooie and I'm not going to search for it. Yooka-Laylee should fill that gap, and maybe in a way Spyro did the same on NGC. As I recall, the GBA game I referred to had 2 games on it: Spyro and Banjo.
Loved Banjo and Kazooie growing up. Played the heck out of Kazooie, rented Tooie a couple times and beat the GBA game. Playing through DK64 for the first time right now as well. Can't wait for this. Even though it doesn't need the funds, I backed it. Might end up being cheaper than the actual game when it comes out, plus free DLC.
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Yeah I'm very excited for this game. Has the potential to be great.
Like many others, I have very fond memories of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. Although I didn't actually get around to playing them until my mid-teens. I quite enjoyed them nevertheless.
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Playtonic announced that there will be a physical retail version of the game when in launches in Q1 2017. They also said backers should be able to switch from a digital copy to a physical copy if they so choose. I'll definitely take the box!
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