Almost every major gaming site has a spankin’ preview of Banjo – Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, and for good reason too.
Let’s face it, shall we? Rare has not delivered anything great since being purchased by Microsoft. They’ve had Conker, which was fun for a while, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, which got old quick, Viva Pinata, which was made for kids, and the ultra disappointing Perfect Dark Zero at the launch of the 360.
Well now Rare hopes to bring back another old property and breathe some life into a dying genre: platforming.
All the great platforming from before will return, but with a twist. In most platformers you gain an ability that lets you move on to new levels and such things, in Nuts and Bolts you create that new ability.
See, when you’re supposed to get a new ability or skill the game rewards you with a part. With these collected parts you get to create your own vehicle just like you would with Legos. This simple new dynamic will create a user-created unique game experience to everyone who plays Nuts and Bolts. It sounds very much like the core idea behind Will Wright’s next, Spore.
Oh, and like most games nowadays… Banjo will also include a multiplayer mode.
When it arrives later this year it should surely be something to look out for.
To read more on Banjo – Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, visit IGN’s preview here.
And here’s the new trailer.
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