According to OlieGamerTV, text strings for Young Conker imply that before settling on Conker, Banjo-Kazooie and Viva Pinata were considered. The IP for the game was originally titled "J.O.E" and switched to a Rare IP later.
Facts About Banjo-Kazooie
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OlieGamerTV releases his tool that lets you browse various files from Xbox/Xbox 360 era Rare games. github.com/OlieGamerTV/...
GitHub - OlieGamerTV/CAFFeinated: A C++ tool built to read the various file formats used by Rare during the Xbox/Xbox 360 era.
A C++ tool built to read the various file formats used by Rare during the Xbox/Xbox 360 era. - OlieGamerTV/CAFFeinated
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I haven't seen anyone else talk about it, but the Nintendo 64 "Home of the Hits" promotional for Banjo-Kazooie from the new footage shown just has Mumbo T-posing in his chair as part of the promotional image on the video itself. Source: us.preservica.com/Render/rende... @ 21:37
"Banjo-GIAF" is a piece of concept art by Paul Cartwright. While he lists it as a Miscellaneous piece it was originally seen at Rare during an early Rare Replay tour. The art was replaced by Battletoads in the final version of the game. Source: www.artstation.com/artwork/dWdxJ
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Spyro: A Realm Beyond team says working on a Banjo-Kazooie game would be “amazing”
The acclaimed developers at Toys for Bob, who are currently busy beavering away at the potentially promising Spyro: A Realm Beyond, have been asked if they have ever talked about working on a new…
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I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.
Even now there's misinformation floating around, so let me make this clear: Xbox is cutting 3,200 jobs, or 20% of the organization. 1,600 jobs will be eliminated today, and then another 1,600 (including the studio divestments) in the next 12 months. Full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft’s Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Five Studios in Major Overhaul
Compulsion and Double Fine studios will become independent; Undead Labs and Ninja Theory will be sold. Xbox will also look to sell or spin out Arkane Studios.
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The rumor was false. Rare was not on the chopping block. Source: www.theverge.com/news/961546/...
Microsoft is selling off four Xbox studios as part of significant gaming cuts
Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent, and Microsoft is also selling Ninja Theory and Undead Labs.
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Microsoft had purchased all of Rare's trademarks in 2023. (They let Banjo-Pilot's trademark die, sadly) So if Rare were to go independent or sold off it wouldn't have any IP and it won't even be able to own its iconic R logo (since Microsoft bought that too).
Facts About Banjo-Kazooie@factsaboutbk.bsky.social · 2mo agoAccording to Patrick Garrat from Edge Magazine's newsletter. Rare or a chunk of its staff (its unspecified) is on the chopping block in the upcoming mass layoff / studio shutdowns in the upcoming weeks.
According to Patrick Garrat from Edge Magazine's newsletter. Rare or a chunk of its staff (its unspecified) is on the chopping block in the upcoming mass layoff / studio shutdowns in the upcoming weeks.
Patrick Garratt@patlike.bsky.social · 2mo agoWas told last night that Rare's on the block. Free one for you, friends.
There's a new ability in the Evercade version of Banjo-Kazooie. When you collect all Jiggies and Music Notes you unlock the ability 'Breegull Boost' which lets BK fly anywhere. Might be a reference to the prototype that originally allowed BK to do that without pads.
Banjo-Kazooie for the Evercade has a music player that features 21 beta tracks in it, a majority have never been heard before. Including all of "Mount Fireyes" tracks and tracks for a mushroom level that eventually became Cloud Cuckooland. #BanjoKazooie www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nkQ...
Banjo-Kazooie Unused Track - Lava World [Evercade Music Player]
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Interesting fact, Youtooz has their own version of Banjo's backpack that is distinct from other versions and merchandise.
Associate Creative Director of Toys for Bob: "I'll say that we love Spyro, love Banjo, love all these types of titles"... "We've been doing this all along. It's not a new thing that we're shifting to, but we want to carry that type of experience into the world." www.gamesradar.com/games/platfo...
Spyro: A Realm Beyond dev says the "loud and consistent" fans who bought 11 million copies of the Reignited trilogy helped manifest the series' first new game in years
"Going independent was taking on massive, massive risk," says studio head Paul Yan
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Youtooz teases another Banjo-Kazooie figure. Based on the box art for the Nintendo 64 version of the game. Source: x.com/youtooz/stat...
Here’s a fun mystery if you’re bored. Does anyone know what GameCube development kit this Mumbo’s Mountain offshoot came from? It’s called Knoll on Model Resource and it’s literally half of MM From Banjo-Kazooie. #BanjoKazooie Source: models.spriters-resource.com/gamecube/nin...
First 4 Figures is releasing a Banjo-Kazooie Jinjonator Statue. #BanjoKazooie. $20 off with code JINJONATOR208QDS5PGP. Not sponsored btw, its just what they sent in my email.
"Arrr! I had a dream once... I were in this fine game... A bear stole me glory... looked a bit like you, 'e did!" Thirty years ago, before a bear and bird battled a rhyming witch, there was a boy named Edson who dreamed of adventure...
Banjo fans! I've recently been pondering (🤔) how Banjo-Tooie has a lot of score-based minigames centered around targets, hoops, etc. that are red, blue or green. Do you have colour vision deficiency? Were these minigames particularly hard for you, or were other clues enough to get by? Let me know!
OlieGamerTV cracked open the files to Rare Replay's version of Grabbed by the Ghoulies which still has content from the Nintendo GameCube version of the game in its files. #GrabbedByTheGhoulies Source: tcrf.net/User:OlieGam...
Evercade Nexus 64-Edition will release with a double pack cartridge featuring Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie Source: evercade.co.uk/evercade-nex...
Modified the jumping (might still be too high) and made Pack Whacking slightly slower. Can rapidly press A or let go of the A button to discontinue your ascent. #BanjoKazooie
Went on a big tirade about the oral history of Banjo-X. #BanjoKazooie. Sources: tcrf.net/Proto_talk:B..., web.archive.org/web/20150219..., x.com/search?q=fro..., www.youtube.com/@facts_about...
Dev Log 22 - Eyes to the Soul. Implementing more of Tanooki's animations and trying to fix the uncanny stares the models had when UV Warping wasn't cooperating with exporting from Blender. Still can't figure out shape keys on Rigify models though! Can't find an answer to that one! #BanjoKazooie
After a long while, figured out UV Warping from Blender to Unity using an instanced material then modifying the offset. Next thing on the itinerary is figure out how to export shape keys on armatures. #BanjoKazooie
Your pirate can get a free Jinjo emote, complete with a mention of Treasure Trove Cove in the description, right now in the Sea of Thieves Pirate Emporium.
Current goal is to try to get a playable prototype of Cliff Farm out there in the next month or two. Polish will come after. Then move on to the next world as its own demo. Repeat. #BanjoKazooie
Similar change as the barn, here's the new Crag Mill (left) and the old one (right). Squished it in slightly and adjusted the emission. #BanjoKazooie
