Banjo-Kazooie: Dynamic Jiggy Duo - Project Dream

[Manic Rykker]

BTW, it seems that Grant's Jungle World theme samples some bits from B-K and B-T. I can hears some Bubblegloop Swamp with Cloud Cuckooland, as well as a bit of Freezeezy Peak. Any other bits that sound familiar to you?

I definitely thought it sounded familiar.. but this is Grant we are talking about though XD

 

[JamesDNaux]

I don't hear any Cluckooland Swamp (oddly enough, a friend of mine also said it reminded him of Bubblegloop).


But the track screams Terrydactyland up and down.

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

Actually, the first thought I had when listening to Grant Kirkhope's song was Terrydactyland. I think it's just that it more has to do with the style of the two songs, rather than the melodies (although the beginning chords are similar too, I believe). I thought I heard a bit of Bubblegloop in the melody myself though, I'm sure of it. Heck, I may have felt reminded of Treasure Trove Cove at some parts...

As for other songs... well, I'm not going to be surprised by what people mention (so long as it's a BK game) because Kirkhope's song sounds very similar to his past work, so it makes sense to me that people would perceive similarities to just about any of it.

(And if you listen closely, you know it's Mr. Kirkhope because the song is in the pitch of C. Nearly all of the BK songs were in the pitch of C.)

 

[ryuu seika]

I does feel like Terrydactyland and maybe Bubblegloop Swamp, or even parts of Hailfire Peaks but, more than anything, it just sounds like generic Banjo Kazooie music, which was exactly what it was intended to do.
I really don't hear the Treasure Trove Cove/Breagull Beach in it though and Grunty's Revenge trained me well when it came to listening for that one.

 

[Rayman4Smash]

Looks like the Kickstarter has slowed down pretty much. We haven't reached the newest stretch goal yet. Might take a couple of days.

 

[Manic Rykker]

Looks like the Kickstarter has slowed down pretty much. We haven't reached the newest stretch goal yet. Might take a couple of days.

Yeah. it's still amazing how much it has even right now though. I'm sure we'll make it to that last goal, at least.

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

I expected the Kickstarter to slow down for a while now. I suppose it's a good thing that things took longer to slow down than I thought, but we've reached the point where we're just waiting to see what happens.

I mean, still. We've hit all the essential goals in the first day, and blew through the extra two the next. I'm sure we'll hit the final extra goal (I assume it is, judging by the note below it), but regardless of whether we do or not, this game is going to be amazing, whichever way you look at it.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Have anyone seen this yet? Sure I wouldn't put my hopes to high or anything, but it appears that Rare will reveal a new title that's "funner than ever". If that isn't Banjo kazoo, then it could potentially be a new IP in the long run.

http://blog.releases.com/home/2015/...re-game-more-fun-than-anything-weve-ever-done

 

[Rueckkoppler]

Since I enjoy copying Twitter conversations in this thread, here's a Q&A with co-composer David Wise. He provides some interesting insights in how he makes music for this game. That last tweet was stirring indeed.

ASK DWISE: Songful stallion @David_Wise will be answering your questions from 15:30 BST - just tweet your queery with the hashtag #AskDWise

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

That's this fine specimen. Just LOOK at how he handles that sax #dreamy #AskDWise pic.twitter.com/SlMThBBUk1

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

@PlaytonicGames How epic will the music be when Yooka finally gets pants? #AskDWise

— Zamandius (zamandius.bsky.social) (@Zamandius) May 5, 2015

Very good. #AskDWise https://t.co/R1H79SCkwS

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

He's here, and unlike Yooka he's fully clothed, @David_Wise is now answering your questions! #AskDWise

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

@PlaytonicGames @David_Wise #AskDWise what are your inspirations for the sounds in your music for YookaLaylee?

— ramona (@CafeRamocha) May 5, 2015

DWise: The hint is in the name... the ukulele is the inspiration for my #YookaLaylee music! #AskDWise https://t.co/tu73rFpr0d

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

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DWise: Everything inspires me, as long as it's good. I literally listen to all sorts of stuff #AskDWise https://t.co/JaN0bxVdn7

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

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DWise: My advise would be don't hang around with other musicians - hang around with game developers! #AskDWise https://t.co/Zr4dIPfRqb

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

DWise: Id say our different styles suit different areas of gameplay. We're hoping to use all our strengths #AskDWise https://t.co/HMRt7dqDQv

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

@PlaytonicGames Do you prefer working with orcheastral music or electric like you were limited to in the ancient days? #AskDWise

— John Faeden (@Aenoia) May 5, 2015

DWise: I enjoy both. Certain styles of music work better with orchestral and some with electronic #AskDWise https://t.co/HddKwepsUF

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

@PlaytonicGames what's the first thing you think about when you're asked for music for a specific area, scene or character? #AskDWise

— Max 💖✨ (@maxw03) May 5, 2015

DWise: I think about a melody that will tie it all together, followed by the tempo and the rhythm #AskDWise https://t.co/Jud2YPk5sH

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

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DWise: It definitely helps to see a rough layout of the world and how characters move through it first #AskDWise https://t.co/mekHUxVNWJ

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

@PlaytonicGames #AskDWise can we expect a new stickerbrush symphony style song in the game, perhaps an Ukulele Symphony ?

— TS | El Sabroso 🇲🇽 (@_elsabroso) May 5, 2015

DWise: I would like to. Perhaps a water world would fit! But we'll see how the game design evolves #AskDWise https://t.co/p3pN9sGY2i

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

@PlaytonicGames Do you have a theme or style of music you would consider 'your sound?' #AskDWise

— Barrett Womack (@TheDerrit) May 5, 2015

DWise: I'd say my style is like modern chiptune music #AskDWise https://t.co/1w4UfCgFup

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

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DWise: My favourite song I've composed is DK Tropical Freeze's Seashore War. My friend played guitar on it #AskDWise https://t.co/f2bMLQCXK8

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

That's it from @David_Wise. "Thank you for the incredible response to the game," he says. #AskDWise

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

In tribute to Yooka, he's now removing his trousers. What a man. #AskDWise

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) May 5, 2015

 

[CyberWolfBia]

yay!.. my sister returned her trip, and which means, I can borrow her DS again.. =P

--btw, what's up with all those complaints about Yooka lacking clothes?.. geez, those people never played a platform game in the 90s? .. the great majority of the characters were naked.. and there's no problem on it; .. Going even further, they never watched a conventional cartoon with anthropomorphic animals? Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Chip 'n Dale.. you name it.
I guess it's just the bad habit of expect over-designed characters.. >_> Yooka is perfect how he is. (and Laylee too)

 

[ryuu seika]

Laylee could use less nose IMO and maybe more top hat as suggested on this thread but the only clothing idea I've thought sounded even remotely worthwhile for Yooka was a floral hawaiian shirt and even then I'm not fully sold.

 

[Rueckkoppler]

yay!.. my sister returned her trip, and which means, I can borrow her DS again.. =P

--btw, what's up with all those complaints about Yooka lacking clothes?.. geez, those people never played a platform game in the 90s? .. the great majority of the characters were naked.. and there's no problem on it; .. Going even further, they never watched a conventional cartoon with anthropomorphic animals? Woody Woodpecker, Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Chip 'n Dale.. you name it.
I guess it's just the bad habit of expect over-designed characters.. >_> Yooka is perfect how he is. (and Laylee too)

Maybe its because the characters of Rareware specifically had always some kind of clothing... DK had his tie, Diddy the shirt & hat, Conker the hoodie with sneakers, Banjo his shorts & backpack... I see where they're coming from.

However, Steve Mayles said this in an interview today:

Finally, why isn’t Yooka wearing any trousers?

Well, I tried gloves, shoes, a hoody, trousers, knee pads and even leg warmers(!) But he just looked wrong. Or maybe it was my bad art skills? Anyway, au-naturale was the way to go. Especially since he’s going to need to use those special camo powers.

http://www.playtonicgames.com/the-man-behind-yooka-and-laylee/

 

[CyberWolfBia]

It's not the nature of the characters in question, though.. They seem to be more part of a wild environment. (even though DK is also living in a wild jungle, his family and the society he lives is pretty much structured like a human community, by my point of view; And.. I thought that DK tie was Miyamoto idea... He went with Cranky also wearing a tie in DK'94)

--And I happy that Steve replied something in the subject;.. maybe people will accept that better now. (Oh.. they won't =P)

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

The Q&A with David Wise and the interview with Steve Mayles were fun to read. I really like how the team has kept their witty, British, Rare-like humor.

 

[Kenith]

Honestly, I think all Yooka needs is a scarf of some kind. To me he looks weird because his head's so big and his body's so slender, and I think a scarf would remedy that while also looking stylish as ****.

Laylee is fine as is, but that nose is a bit distracting, even for a cartoon character.

 

[Rayman4Smash]

Maybe its because the characters of Rareware specifically had always some kind of clothing... DK had his tie, Diddy the shirt & hat, Conker the hoodie with sneakers, Banjo his shorts & backpack... I see where they're coming from.

However, Steve Mayles said this in an interview today:


http://www.playtonicgames.com/the-man-behind-yooka-and-laylee/

Personally, I'm glad that they didn't bother with the clothing since the last thing we need is anthro characters emulating the Sonic character design of wearing only gloves and shoes.

 

[ryuu seika]

Personally, I'm glad that they didn't bother with the clothing since the last thing we need is anthro characters emulating the Sonic character design of wearing only gloves and shoes.

So long as there's no sports tape.

 

[Rayman4Smash]

So long as there's no sports tape.

Please, let's not go over that. It was already an unneeded eyesore for the characters wearing them in both the game and show.

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

So out of curiosity, I counted the pairs of googly eyes on Playtonic's Kickstarter page.

There are about 90 of them.

With that many googly eyes, you know this is going to be a good game.

 

[Rayman4Smash]

Well, the Kickstarter is now over $2.140M so far. Guess it's going to take a while to reach the latest stretch goal, unless if they add more.

 

[ThePenguinGamer0]

A thought just came to me.

Isn't comparing Banjo-Kazooie to Duck Hunt Duo like comparing Mega Man to Samus?

 

[8-peacock-8]

A thought just came to me.

Isn't comparing Banjo-Kazooie to Duck Hunt Duo like comparing Mega Man to Samus?

Pretty much.

 

[Kenith]

Have you guys seen this? I saw it on IGN.

Cute.

 

[Rueckkoppler]

Have you guys seen this? I saw it on IGN.

Cute.

Heh, that reminds me of this nice picture:

https://twitter.com/MatthewPTaranto/status/594214889931046913

 

[Someguyyoulikelydontknow]

Heh, that reminds me of this nice picture:

https://twitter.com/MatthewPTaranto/status/594214889931046913

Man, I do miss BitF. Glad to see Mathew doing awesome artworks still though. He did say that he may do a few more works after all. What's he been doing lately, anyway!

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

Have you guys seen this? I saw it on IGN.

Cute.

Am I the only one who identified where exactly that (what's on the screen) happens in the game?
Because I feel a bit like a nerd for doing so.

 

[A Distant Demon]

im dissapointed i have yet to see any art of yooka and laylee with a banjo or even a ukelele. except this one. . .

Spoiler

 

[Rueckkoppler]

Am I the only one who identified where exactly that (what's on the screen) happens in the game?
Because I feel a bit like a nerd for doing so.

Add me to the nerd list. But it isn't too hard to recognize that place, isn't it?

im dissapointed i have yet to see any art of yooka and laylee with a banjo or even a ukelele. except this one. . .

Spoiler

There you go:

On Playtonics recent news post, they collected several fan art pictures... And seem to expand the list as time goes by.

The selection is too awesome. From a picture that seems to be ripped right out of an animated Yooka-Laylee-movie:

From kawaii:

...to disturbingly hardcore:

... I love 'em all!

 

[JamesDNaux]

Well it seems my Banjo-Kazooie cart is completely dead, I can't even get it to turn on. RIP blowing cartridges.



At least Banjo-Tooie works fine, and that one is my favorite game ever anyway.

 

[Manic Rykker]

Well. We are at $2,241,852. Not quite at the goal yet, but we are close.

<1,500,000 Pounds - $2,271,900 = (Music at it's best! Orchestral score (Orchestra TBD) *additional funding also helps us to continue to polish the game to the Nth degree!*)>

 

[Rueckkoppler]

Well. We are at $2,241,852. Not quite at the goal yet, but we are close.

<1,500,000 Pounds - $2,271,900 = (Music at it's best! Orchestral score (Orchestra TBD) *additional funding also helps us to continue to polish the game to the Nth degree!*)>

Yep, less than 38.000 £ left!

edit:

Feels just like another scene from the Banjo games

 

[JamesDNaux]

Activity has really died down around here..


I need to exchange my Ice Key for a nice Mega Glowbow.

 

[Rayman4Smash]

Here's a nice topic that we haven't brought up since the Kickstarter.

Do you think that this game should use a proper Stop n Swop feature, and if so, how would it work?

 

[JamesDNaux]

Here's a nice topic that we haven't brought up since the Kickstarter.

Do you think that this game should use a proper Stop n Swop feature, and if so, how would it work?

I've already mentioned that they need to have some reference to it.


But unless they're planning a sequel, they should just throw in some eggs that unlock something nifty in the game.

 

[Rayman4Smash]

I've already mentioned that they need to have some reference to it.


But unless they're planning a sequel, they should just throw in some eggs that unlock something nifty in the game.

Hopefully it would be more than just unlocking some fancy Xbox Live-styled backgrounds. I felt that was a wasted opportunity for the other eggs in XBLive's Tooie.

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

Here's a nice topic that we haven't brought up since the Kickstarter.

Do you think that this game should use a proper Stop n Swop feature, and if so, how would it work?

Well, off the top of my head, I think that'd depend on how faithful they want to be to their original intentions with Stop 'n' Swop.

The premise of Stop 'n' Swop as the team originally thought worked with the N64, not just because data was saved to the console for a few 10 seconds before getting wiped (thus the possibility of this feature, of course), but also because physically being able to switch cartridges was easy and quick as well (Edit). That's my opinion, anyway.

I don't think doing it like that would work now, since you can't switch game discs like you can cartridges. Plus, game consoles can now store game data on them directly, so there doesn't seem to be much need for the feature. It'd be more like a standard "get some more rewards for getting multiple games in the series" thing, assuming they make more Yooka-Laylee games. I wouldn't be against that, though, and similarly to @ JamesDNaux , I think a reference to the mechanic is all that the team should do for sure. Anything more would be nice, but not necessary, in my opinion.

 

[Rayman4Smash]

Well, if Stop n Swop did work on the original N64 versions, I would've like to see the rewards for the other eggs since they were left to waste.

With that decide, why don't we speculate on the other things mentioned on the stretch goals, such as as the 2.5D/3D mine cart levels that would be featured in almost every world. Now how would those work, do you suppose?

 

[Manic Rykker]

Huh. $2,271,844. We are like literally a few pledges away from hitting that last goal. I'd be surprised if we don't hit it tomorrow.

It's been a rough climb for this last one, but at least we'll actually hit it. I can tell, This project is gonna be very promising.. Considering how much love (and cash..) the fans have poured into this thing, I hope they put in their best.

At any rate, I myself am heading out for the night. I'll be seeing ya everyone.

EDIT: Correction, we just now hit $2,272,045 as I was typing that comment.. looks like Yooka-Laylee had to prove me wrong with hitting it tomorrow XD

 

[TCT~Phantom]

I just hope Banjo and Kazooie make it in. They have the ballot box behind them. They poll very highly.
% Chance? I'm an optimist, but I don't know. Microsoft is open, Nintendo is in charge of the decision.

 

[JamesDNaux]

There's a lot of shifty stuff going about with Rare. E3 might be interesting this year...


My bet is on more Kinknet Sports. They might be making an actual game though, but it remains to be seen if it will be any good.