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Nice, Playing through Banjo-Kazooie right now almost halfway through the game and I'm about to enter Freezeezy Peak. Plan on playing Banjo-Tooie after I beat the first game both also on the N64.
I actually brought this up a several weeks ago, when I got in a friendly arguement with someone on this thread, He said that Banjo was never owned by Nintendo and was always owned by Rare, This photo begs to differ, Not even the title screen or the end credits of both games say that Rare had ownership , it just said that they created the game and always said
Sooooooo much NOPE going thru my mind right now.
That would honestly feel like the biggest slap to the face in the universe.
I would mentally burn my copy of Ultimate and pay Sony $60 for nothing just to offset the cost.
While I agree--and I'm 99% sure Sakurai would not prioritize a Minecraft character over Banjo--the reason for that 1% doubt is, "Yep! It's him."
I'm still a bit pissy about Pipsy not getting her own game.
You just had to remind me that Bomberman's deconfirmed, huh?
Dude come on don't be sadistic now.
during Smash 4 DLC.Not getting leaked beforehand is my beacon of hope in this scenario.)
) to wanted characters. Of course, the Bear and Bird are leading the pack! It was way more difficult finding that particular Banjo render without a background than it should have been.
I don't believe that is true, actually. Conker's Quest and Banjo-Kazooie were both in development (and also even announced) prior to Diddy Kong Racing. They were plucked from their origin games for DKR, and not the other way around. So really, the other characters never had a chance to star in their own adventures, however, at least we got Tip Tup in the Banjo-Kazooie series.
Your comments don't refute my argument. Also Conker's first appearance was in Diddy Kong racing and he was originally intended to be a normal kid friendly character and Rare made an abrupt change in his development so I know your comment is wrong on that account. Rare had planned to use the other characters in new series or existing series and develop all of the characters in Diddy Kong racing.
Yeah, I hate reminding myself of that too. To be honest, I prefer Bomberman to Simon Belmont personally--only really good thing of Simon is Dracula's Castle.I'm still a bit pissy about Pipsy not getting her own game.
You just had to remind me that Bomberman's deconfirmed, huh?
"Banjo can't get in because Microsoft"
Well, look at it this way, at least Bomberman got to do more here compared to the cancelled Mugen project Card Sagas War.
Yeah, agreed with your points. Also, I was actually rolling my eyes at the Banjo supporter.
Exactly, Also while Banjo-Kazooie were always wanted, They were always more of a middle of the pack or back end request, But that was only because everyone thought they would be impossible because of licensing issues and that they are owned by a competitor, It wasn't until early 2015 during the Smash Ballot for Wii U that they finally gained traction because Phil Spencer was cool with it and that has been snowballing ever since, Then Ultimate was revealed and Phil is still cool with it and now that more highly requested newcomers like K. Rool and Ridley made the roster, Banjo-Kazooie is now a "Top 3 most wanted newcomer overall" and likely the "Current most wanted 3rd party character" too.Yeah, agreed with your points. Also, I was actually rolling my eyes at the Banjo supporter.
Pro-Banjo: "He's highly requested."
Anti-Banjo: "Didn't help Waluigi."
Pro-Banjo: "You got me."
Me: "He didn't become a ****ing meme until his assist trophy, in 2015 he wasn't even in the top ****ing 10!"
My hope is they had **** all this year for their 20th anniversary as they had Smash in the pipeline. I'll take Banjo & Kazooie in Smash over Rare ****ing up another Banjo game--Sakurai knows how to appeal to the fans.
He promised me Banjo & Kazooie in his Q&A--he better not let me down.
Banjo-Kazooie has been on the radar and getting a lot of good exposure this year and lately, No surprise because of their 20th Anniversary, But any more good exposure, The better for their chances in Smash.
I'm willing to bet part of the reason is studio head Craig Duncan, He wants Rare to innovate and always bring something new to the industry and not fallback so much on their backlog, Some argue that if Rare didn't do the same thing by experimenting with new IP's during the N64 we wouldn't have gotten Banjo-Kazooie, But theirs nothing wrong with going back to what you know (Hell, Nintendo does it all the time !!!) considering Rare hasn't had a big hit since the N64 era and it's been so long that they really utilize their IP's and have been heavily demanded by fans that the time has been ripe for a while for reboots and sequels of old favorites.
Lucky. That and Conker cost too much for me to get, but I've always wanted them both.
Your comments don't refute his claims, either. The fact that Conker was intended to have a kid-friendly game tells us very little about when he was planned to and whether he was taken from an in-development game to be in Diddy Kong Racing or simply included as a fun character who they intended to flesh out later. All we really know is that neither BK nor Conker were cancelled and used merely as convenient assets - the other thing that Juliusaurus seems to be suggesting.
With crappy MOBAs and Overwatch being the massive successes that they are, I'm actually pretty surprised that we haven't seen a Smash Bros style crossover in the form of a champion shooter from Microsoft yet. Shooters are their signature genre and would be a massive twist on the mascot fighter concept.Imagine as the cutscene starts we first see a few Smash Bros characters (Let's say Mario, Donkey Kong, Kirby, and Samus) fighting each other. Cut away from that to show from a distance a Warthog driving around with Halo music kicking in. As the Warthog pulls up the characters stop fighting and look at the Warthog. After a brief pause Banjo & Kazooie leap out of the passengers side with their splash screen "Banjo & Kazooie make a Rare return!". Banjo & Kazooie turn to see Master Chief in the Warthog giving them a thumbs up and saying "Go get 'em Champs" then he drives away.
Cut to E3 2019 or 2020: Microsoft announces Xbox Champions!
Thing is, the Xbox is seen as that console for "mature gamers that don't need kiddie toys, just angry marines and monster trucks, grr!", so they eventually just ignored the cartoony mascot aspects of Rare in favor of things like Sea of Thieves. I'm not sure if I'd even call it sitting on their laurels, when they barely do much now.
No, Conker was made after Diddy Kong racing. He argued that Conker was made before Diddy Kong racing. BTW Diddy Kong racing released in 1997, Banjo-Kazooie released in 1998, Conker's bad fur day released in 2001. End of discussion.
In a world where we have Crash N-Sane trilogy, and Yooka Laylee breaking records with crowdfunding, Microsoft/Rare has a way of respecting their old IP by at the very least remaking the original two games, as was planned before it became Nuts & Bolts. But now, even better.
I don't have any attachment to Donkey Kong but, after seeing Nintendo's take on Diddy Kong Racing for the DS, I don't hold much hope for any Rare remakes.
