What happened (or more accurately, didn't happen) to this franchise is deeply saddening. It's even sadder knowing that, if they made a new one right now, it would at best be a moderately okay game. Adequate. But it would always lack the soul, the heart, the vision, the spirit. Knowing that....perhaps Banjo-Kazooie is already dead. R.I P.
Here's an even earlier beta logo btw.
>>749638098They never wanted to make ThreeieGet over it
banjo was never good
>>749638098Weird how people talk about this as a big franchiseIt's literally 1 game people actually like and care about
Was the GBC one any good?
>>749639078The one that didn't exist? You're probably thinking of Grunty's Revenge for GBA and yeah, it's pretty fun.
>>749638098>>749638149>>749639223Smash Bros Retirement Home Character
does banjo put his penis inside kazooie canonically
>>749641885He's too innocent for that
>>749638098How different everything would be if the devs had never looked at Mario 64 and Conker to reboot development?Development on Conker began in 1996, then the 'Project Dream' team took a look at the game, realized their little adventure RPG wasn't going anywhere, and rebooted it into a genre they already knew how to handle—a platformer. That is how Banjo was born, and it actually managed to launch before Conker.Consequently, the Conker team began to lose faith in the squirrel; to set him apart from the bear, they made him edgier. Thus, Conker was rebooted in 1998—the same year Banjo was released.
>>749645763>Consequently, the Conker team began to lose faith in the squirrel; to set him apart from the bear, they made him edgier.It's because early impressions said "Great, ANOTHER cartoon platformer" and the game itself wasn't working out
>>749639863I don't even think they're a lock for Smash 6.
>>749647360Phil's gone Like him or not, he was a driving factor to make it possible
Does Yooka-Laylee have a Banjo mod yet? Does YL2 have a DK and Diddy mod yet?
>>749641885i think one of the artists confirmed they fucked
>>749638659i don't think people would even care as much if mumbo didn't mention it at the end of tooie. i don't really even know why people want a new banjo game, considering none of the people who made the first two even work at rare anymore. it would be like asking naughty dog to make a new crash bandicoot.
>>749647360And that's a good thing. Banjo singlehandedly killed interest in Smash Ultimate for many that fucking Sans of all characters had to reignite it.
>>749649578people were more excited for a cuphead costume than byleth. they fucked up hard with the dlc.
I literally don't know anything about Activision at all. Is them being in charge of Rare looking like a good omen for us, or nah?
>>749650002They cancelled a Crash/Spyro crossover and sent all the devs involved in the brief revival period to "support" workThe new Spyro game that did get greenlit was most definitely a Phil Spencer driven decision
I've realized recently how much I prefer Tooie over Kazooie. BT isn't the better game over all I don't think, but goddamn I admire Tooie so much for all it did. BK doesn't captivate me nearly as much
Watching zoomers whine and cry and seethe at the lava quiz show is some deeply cathartic shit
