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The graphics have been cleaned up a bit, the audio has been given a sprucing up, and the game is now in widescreen mode! You can see what we mean with the trailer released today, as this will be added to NSO on October 25. Credit: Rare/Nintendo Banjo-Tooie Left for worm food under a huge boulder at the[...]

If the latest rumors are to be believed, it sounds like we may be getting a brand new Banjo-Kazooie game coming from Xbox Games Studio If you were to take a poll of '90s titles that people wish there was a brand new video game for, Banjo-Kazooie would probably be in the top five, if[...]

It appears Rare, the company behind Banjo-Kazooie, has caught wind of The Last of Us star Nick Offerman's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and all-too-brief run into gaming To recap, he was a guest on the ABC late-night program following his critically-acclaimed performance in the third episode, "Long, Long Time," and host Jimmy Kimmel asked[...]

Nintendo revealed their latest addition to the Nintendo Switch Online N64 Expansion Pack as Banjo-Kazooie arrives today Heralded as one of the best games to ever grace the late '90s console, the platformer has had a unique history over the years with a dedicated fanbase who want to see it come out and be revitalized[...]

Nintendo made a bit of a mistake this week as they accidentally listed Banjo-Kazooie coming to the Wii U Virtual console Earlier today some keen-eyed people over at Game Watch caught a Japanese listing of the original N64 title being touted as coming to the VC, along with another game called Blast Dozer, both of which[...]

While the move to get Banjo-Kazooie into Super Smash Bros Ultimate seems like it was a perfect fit that made sense, making them look the part was very different Rare posted a blog yesterday talking about their time at E3 2019 and all of the happenings they witnessed For a part of it, they discussed[...]

While it's not exactly hell freezing over, the bear-bird combo of Banjo-Kazooie's inclusion in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros Ultimate for the Switch was easily one of the most shocking moments of the 2019 E3 during the company's presentation. credit//Rare Banjo-Kazooie was originally an Nintendo 64 title developed by Rare when Nintendo still had major stake in the[...]

Ultimate! That's not the only good news, though- it looks like the dog from Duck Hunt is getting in on the action, too! credit//Rare Banjo-Kazooie will be part of the Super Smash Bros Ultimate Fighters Pass, which allows you to add new levels, fighters, and more to your game on the Nintendo Switch! Gaming icons clash in the[...]

For those of you who have been waiting for a new Banjo-Kazooie to make it out on the scene, 2019 may just be your year at E3 Exquisite Gaming is a company based in the United Kingdom that creates figures and figurines based on popular IPS depending on who they end up doing business with[...]

Overall, it's an okay pin. Moving onto an item from a previous box, this is a special 20th Anniversary license plate for the game Banjo-Kazooie This was supposed to be an item in another box from two months ago but wasn't produced in time Now that we finally have it… it's a bit of a letdown[...]

It would be cool if it came with towels as well. Moving to the poster, we get one for Banjo-Kazooie Funny thing, this box is missing an item we won't discuss yet because it's supposed to come in the next box, but that item would have been the primary reason we have this poster in the[...]

The Commendations and Titles will still be available after the event ends, but the time-limited cosmetics and Doubloons will no longer be up for grabs. To mark 20 Years of Banjo-Kazooie, players will now be able to purchase a majestic Bear & Bird Figurehead for a very fitting price of 1998 gold! This figurehead is only available during[...]

When a fan asked Spencer on Twitter whether or not Xbox would allow them to use Banjo-Kazooie for the game, the answer was pretty simple. Yep. — Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) March 20, 2018 If you're unfamiliar with the duo, they were the titular characters for one of the N64's best platformers back in the late '90s that was developed[...]

While I'm a big fan of the off kilter Banjo-Kazooie, I confess I never made it out to Banjo-Tooie The game obviously has huge fans, which isn't always the case for a sequel. If you consider yourself one of them, you might get a real kick out of this short documentary that Rare have released[...]

Remember that project that was touted as the spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie? Well, some of the heads of that series have banded together to finally reveal that Project Ukelele is in fact called… Yooka-Laylee. Gosh Even that hyphen is giving me a good, nostalgic vibe. IGN revealed that the two cute characters are Yooka, a chameleon, and Laylee,[...]

Project Ukelele has already sparked a fair amount interest. The game is coming from former Rare creatives as they try to create a spiritual successor to

People have been wanting Rare to create a Banjo Kazooie type game for a long time, but for the past half decade or so, they've been stuck making Kinect

They were responsible for games like Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Golden Eye and Perfect Dark After being bought by Microsoft in 2002, they also hit the ball out of the park with Viva Piñata at the beginning of the last generation. Unfortunately, the company has certainly been caught in a bit of a rut since then[...]