Social Banjo-Kazooie Social Thread - Project Dream Come True!

[NonSpecificGuy]

I can see Steve happening, and I can also see Banjo happening, it all depends on what direction Sakurai wants to take. However, there are a pretty good bit of conflicting sources on this one so I'm going to take a wait and see approach. I don't find it likely that it's ABSOLUTELY Steve if this is really the only thing Xenother has really claimed. I'll keep an eye on stuff though, for sure.

 

[MissingGlitch]

The different routes:
Steve: We need to represent the most popular game of all time
Banjo: History with Nintendo and Smash Ballot
Both: Woke

 

[Mr. Stagg]

I’ve seen xenother post on gamefaqs back when he first showed up. He was backing up hitagi about Steve and specifically stated multiple times that banjo is not coming.

He then claimed that Erdrick is 100% happening.

I can bet money that they latched onto Tansuit to appear credible and then back each other up to further cement it. Hitagi's a hack and Xenother is basically a nobody with nothing to his name. It would be like me claiming Edrick is in and then getting Sabi to shill for me when I say Banjo is in. Me and Xenother have the same credibility, which is no credibility.

Edit: Remembered I had this. Most likely from Gamefaqs, should prove further how much of a hack Xenother is.

 

[TheAnvil]

Hitagi was BTFO, and Xenother isn't a leaker. He only bandwagonned off of Hitagi.

Vergeben has credibility but his Minecraft claims are dubious as he previously said that it'd be a boss (and prior to that made no mention of DLC). It feels like he's moving the goal posts to save face as a MSoft character is heavily rumoured/speculated upon. But still, he's the only credible leaker mentioning Minecraft at all. He's also still not on board with Steve as a character (saying it's MC content in general). That could easily mean a handful of Mii costumes.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

I can bet money that they latched onto Tansuit to appear credible and then back each other up to further cement it. Hitagi's a hack and Xenother is basically a nobody with nothing to his name. It would be like me claiming Edrick is in and then getting Sabi to shill for me when I say Banjo is in. Me and Xenother have the same credibility, which is no credibility.

Edit: Remembered I had this. Most likely from Gamefaqs, should prove further how much of a hack Xenother is.

Furthermore, Tansut's only claim to fame is Cloud, and his source didn't try to correct him (or, more accurately, said nothing, iirc) when he asked about Erdrick, so it's doubtful whether Tansut won't make a mistake either.

 

[Looma]

Oh **** boys watch out, here comes Xeno again

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Anything new added to the conversation alleviates people just spinning their wheels indefinitely; if leakers are active between now and E3, I think it makes things more interesting. Not that I'm speaking specifically towards Xenother, because I'm unaware of past claims they were actually correct about. Of course, with more people murmuring things, the chances someone is correct increases, which can ruin surprises. But the alternative of this quiet interim is cyclical and played out.

Of course this thread has a penchant for lashing out at practically any character not made by Rare, as if there's only one DLC spot remaining, but I suspect the average speculator's reflex to potential (if unreliable) claims isn't hostility. Though there is the widespread habit of people getting over-invested.


There is no Pepe Silvia.

I think a lot of folks here liked the idea of Jane Valentine

 

[Deleted member]

I'm tellin' ya, all these insiders are being fed leakbait.

Because they are the ones who will actually be DLC.

 

[Hot_N_Tasty]

I'm tellin' ya, all these insiders are being fed leakbait.

Because they are the ones who will actually be DLC.

So who do you think will be high tier, Xenother or Hitagi?

 

[Deleted member]

So who do you think will be high tier, Xenother or Hitagi?

LeakyPandy will actually be high tier

Hitagi and xenother will be mid tiers and echo fighters of each other

Vergeben will be low tier

And Polar will be S tier

 

[Lycan Rex]

LeakyPandy will actually be high tier

Hitagi and xenother will be mid tiers and echo fighters of each other

Vergeben will be low tier

And Polar will be S tier

I think verge is a solid mid tier. He was getting good results when the game dropped, but got nerfed when dlc started to come out. Hitagi and xeno are low tier. They had a nice little run, but were quickly nerfed before anyone had a chance to try them out.

 

[Dinoman96]

king zell is Brawl Meta Knight tier

 

[Lycan Rex]

king zell is Brawl Meta Knight tier

Who's king zell, and what is he leaking?

 

[Deleted member]

LeakyPandy will actually be high tier

Hitagi and xenother will be mid tiers and echo fighters of each other

Vergeben will be low tier

And Polar will be S tier

Actual xeno is a bottom tier now

 

[Organization XIII]

Can someone explain why Sabi is worth listening to either?

 

[Deleted member]

Can someone explain why Sabi is worth listening to either?

She’s legit man. She has a certified noa source

 

[Lycan Rex]

How cool would it be if microsoft gave banjo the "n.sane" treatment? A complete remake of kazooie and tooie.

Don't think it'll happen, but a man can dream

 

[TheZoologist]

How cool would it be if microsoft gave banjo the "n.sane" treatment? A complete remake of kazooie and tooie.

Don't think it'll happen, but a man can dream

I would die for a remaster of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on the Switch. Everything plays the same for both games, but it’s all spiffed up with animations and graphics. That would be a dream come true. Wouldn’t want voice acting though, unless they got some really good voices for each character lol.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

I would die for a remaster of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on the Switch. Everything plays the same for both games, but it’s all spiffed up with animations and graphics. That would be a dream come true. Wouldn’t want voice acting though, unless they got some really good voices for each character lol.

Some folks involved with Gears For Breakfast would be nice. Xander Mobus as Jamjars would be sweet.

 

[LogFrog]

Didn’t Rare already deconfirm the idea of a Banjo-Kazooie remake recently.

 

[ryuu seika]

I would die for a remaster of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on the Switch. Everything plays the same for both games, but it’s all spiffed up with animations and graphics. That would be a dream come true. Wouldn’t want voice acting though, unless they got some really good voices for each character lol.

Can we compromise and get the characters voiced with the same 2-4 syllables as before but in the correct intonation for each specific line of dialogue?

 

[MonkeyDLenny]

Didn’t Rare already deconfirm the idea of a Banjo-Kazooie remake recently.

That was like a year ago I think

 

[weallfloatdownhere7]

Didn’t Rare already deconfirm the idea of a Banjo-Kazooie remake recently.

They’d be insane to turn down such an easy opportunity

 

[LogFrog]

They’d be insane to turn down such an easy opportunity

Given how fixated they are on their pirate game, I imagine they would. However that’s not to say it’s impossible since Rare properties like KI, Battletoads, and Conker were handed to different devs before. So if a Banjo duology remake were to exist, it’d probably not be made by Rare.

However, I believe Rare employee posted an image that teased a new project alongside their games which included Sea of Thieves and Battletoads 2019. Honestly, I think this new project could just be the Rare Replay Switch port but I could be wrong.

 

[Lycan Rex]

I'm telling you, banjo is absolutely wasted on current rare. Nowadays, when 90's nostalgia is rampant, there's so much potential for a grand revival. But no, they wanna focus on their underwhelming "no-man's sky: pirate edition". I wish they at least sell the ip to a more deserving, more competent company.

If banjo does get into smash, nintendo will do more good for the ip in the 4-5 months, it takes to make the character, than rare has done in the last decade.

 

[Deleted member]

LeakyPandy will actually be high tier

Hitagi and xenother will be mid tiers and echo fighters of each other

Vergeben will be low tier

And Polar will be S tier

Best Buy is OP please nerf. It has Simon's projectile game, Villager's recovery, Cloud's Limit AND Joker's Persona (although instead of Arsene it's called "La Cultura de la Basura"), has some of the best frame data in the game (down aerial which is a spike comes at frame 1, dash attack comes at frame 2, etc) I don't know what was in Sakurai's head when thought this was okay.

 

[weallfloatdownhere7]

I'm telling you, banjo is absolutely wasted on current rare. Nowadays, when 90's nostalgia is rampant, there's so much potential for a grand revival. But no, they wanna focus on their underwhelming "no-man's sky: pirate edition". I wish they at least sell the ip to a more deserving, more competent company.

If banjo does get into smash, nintendo will do more good for the ip in the 4-5 months, it takes to make the character, than rare has done in the last decade.

They could very well have another studio working on a new game/remake as we speak. I mean, nobody expected that new Battletoads game to be announced last year

 

[Bubblestand]

I can bet money that they latched onto Tansuit to appear credible and then back each other up to further cement it. Hitagi's a hack and Xenother is basically a nobody with nothing to his name. It would be like me claiming Edrick is in and then getting Sabi to shill for me when I say Banjo is in. Me and Xenother have the same credibility, which is no credibility.

Edit: Remembered I had this. Most likely from Gamefaqs, should prove further how much of a hack Xenother is.

I agree with you on Xenother, I just wanted to point out that he always specifically shoots down banjo. I should’ve been clearer, I don’t post often.

 

[Lycan Rex]

Didn't hitagi say something along the lines of "banjo wasn't even considered"?

 

[Mr. Stagg]

I agree with you on Xenother, I just wanted to point out that he always specifically shoots down banjo. I should’ve been clearer, I don’t post often.

I know, I got no animosity toward you if that's what you are thinking. These pricks just infuriate me with how people believe them when they have absolutely nothing to their name.

 

[SneakyLink]

Didn't hitagi say something along the lines of "banjo wasn't even considered"?

I think Hitagi said Banjo ain't likely, no Atlus or Bethesda rep, and the following list wasn't heard at all:

Sora, Geno, Bandanna Waddle Dee, Dixie Kong, Rex/Pyra, Professor Layton, Zack Fair, any other Final Fantasy character, Lloyd Irving, Prince of All Cosmos, and any other Bamco rep.

Hitagi also was the behind the whole "Katalina" thingie.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Yeah, the fact that people are still giving Hitagi any attention shows how people get clung to past ideas, it is almost religious.

 

[Lycan Rex]

I think Hitagi said Banjo ain't likely, no Atlus or Bethesda rep, and the following list wasn't heard at all:

Sora, Geno, Bandanna Waddle Dee, Dixie Kong, Rex/Pyra, Professor Layton, Zack Fair, any other Final Fantasy character, Lloyd Irving, Prince of All Cosmos, and any other Bamco rep.

Hitagi also was the behind the whole "Katalina" thingie.

I could have sworn he said "Banjo didn't even have a chance." Which I find hard to believe. With all the fan demand, and Phil himself advocating for the duo, he wasn't even considered? Not that it matters much

 

[Mr. Stagg]

I think Hitagi said Banjo ain't likely, no Atlus or Bethesda rep, and the following list wasn't heard at all:

Sora, Geno, Bandanna Waddle Dee, Dixie Kong, Rex/Pyra, Professor Layton, Zack Fair, any other Final Fantasy character, Lloyd Irving, Prince of All Cosmos, and any other Bamco rep.

Hitagi also was the behind the whole "Katalina" thingie.

Wasn't Hitagi shilled by Verge? Yet he claims Steve is in before he got soft deconfirmed. Didn't he also quit the leaking scene? I'm pretty sure Steve was leak bait and the big bosses found him or his source out.

 

[SneakyLink]

I could have sworn he said "Banjo didn't even have a chance." Which I find hard to believe. With all the fan demand, and Phil himself advocating for the duo, he wasn't even considered? Not that it matters much

For reference I dug up the original post:

- Yes, Steve is in. "Get excited my dude" was something he wrote twice in his remarks to Minecraft fans who wanted to know anything about Steve's inclusion.

- Katalina still has a good shot. When asked about Katalina being added, he said "I actually don't know if Katalina is in or not, but things seemed to be good with negotiations", but noted "for all I know, it could not have gone through and they made other negotiations."

- Hitagi has heard other character names. However, when pressed for details, he stated that "I can't disclose rn" and added that the characters were from "all over the spectrum" of video games instead of just being potential Square-Enix reps. He hinted at another Western-made character.

- The Square-Enix character may be a Dragon Quest rep. "I have heard about DQ characters but can't confirm if it's true or not". Whomever it is, fans will recognize the character.

- There might not be an announcement at TGA. When asked about if there's an announcement planned for TGA, which will be held the night before SSBU is released, Hitagi said "Who knows actually. Like i said, a lot of false info gets thrown on purpose so people don't find out. It's a higher kind of info that we are not allowed to know."

- Banjo and Kazooie aren't likely. Per Hitagi, "Banjo is looking grim. And tbh, he never really had good chance to begin with", and "as far as I know, he was never a character choice". Not really all that surprising, given that Nintendo came up with the DLC list for Masahiro Sakurai to work with.

- Don't expect an Atlus or Bethesda rep. When he was asked about if he's heard of any Shin Megami Tensei or Persona characters being discussed, Hitagi simply replied that "none" were brought up. Same with Doomslayer.

- Who he hasn't heard about. Sora, Geno, Bandanna Waddle Dee, Dixie Kong, Rex/Pyra, Professor Layton, Zack Fair, any other Final Fantasy character, Lloyd Irving, Prince of All Cosmos, and any other Bamco rep. These don't directly deconfirm characters, but they don't bode well for their chances. However, Paper Mario and Advance Wars were explicitly deconfirmed.

- Hitagi still thinks fans will be satisfied with the characters that Nintendo will pick. When asked if fans will be happy with the characters, Hitagi said "Definitely. They all seem pretty cool in their respective ways." Although he also notes that half of the names he's heard aren't 100% confirmed.

I like how two of the points were explicitly thrown out with the reveal at DLC 1.

Right now, Hitagi has given up trying to predict the DLC (though they are still adamant about Steve coming).

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Hitagi's most infamous moment for me was when they claimed that "insulting me is also insulting Verge".

Well gee, way to go, you sure know how to take criticism, it's not like you needed thicker skin or anything.

 

[weallfloatdownhere7]

Didn't hitagi say something along the lines of "banjo wasn't even considered"?

Yes Hitagi said that as well as “there will only be one Microsoft rep” which according to them is Steve. Quite a ballsy statement

 

[Lycan Rex]

For reference I dug up the original post:



I like how two of the points were explicitly thrown out with the reveal at DLC 1.

Right now, Hitagi has given up trying to predict the DLC (though they are still adamant about Steve coming).

Steve, no banjo, no big fan favorites, and a character from gacha mobil game? Yikes! Don't think I agree with the "fans being satisfied with the roster" statement if this was the case.

 

[BZocky]

If the next character reveal is at E3 I wouldn’t be surprised if we got 2 reveals in one. We’ve only gotten 1 Fighter Pass character reveal since December... 7 months when E3 rolls around, with the final fighter being revealed 9 months after that which likely means the rest after will be more tightly packed together. Perhaps this spacing between fighters was to reveal the 2nd and 3rd challengers in the same presentation.

 

[SneakyLink]

Steve, no banjo, no big fan favorites, and a character from gacha mobil game? Yikes! Don't think I agree with the "fans being satisfied with the roster" statement if this was the case.

To be fair, Hitagi did retract most of these claims (Steve is the only one their going all in on)

Also, two of them were directly proven false so I think Hitagi is a never was.