Hitting the internets today are two alleged leaked screenshots from Rare's upcoming Banjo-Kazooie 3 and, if legit, they'd be our first look at what we can expect from Rare's cartoon duo. Personally, the screenshots (viewable in the gallery below) look to be rather official and could be associated with some sort of press kit that's set to release as part of Microsoft's press event they're holding next week. For analysis' sake, let's say these are real Banjo-Kazooie 3 screens, what is your knee-jerk impression of Rare's handiwork?
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5-11-2008 @ 1:37PM
elmersglue said...
looks awesome. Go to the comments on the original articles page, everyone is hating on it. I say, whatever, it looks fantastic to me.
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5-11-2008 @ 1:43PM
pj said...
Looks incredible. Granted if those are indeed actual screenshots of gameplay, they are fantastic.
Let the haters hate on.
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5-11-2008 @ 1:52PM
Digital Limit said...
There are people hating on this? Looks phenomenal. I can't wait to play the game, if it's anything like the originals in the series.
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5-11-2008 @ 2:00PM
mikazi said...
It's mostly the Nintendo fanboys who are hating on this as they're jealous :D
5-12-2008 @ 12:04AM
BananaBoat said...
I don't hate on it because I'm against formerly Nintendo franchises, or anything like that. I hate on it because I think the "Let's collect 100 different arbitrary types of feathers and gems and crap" genre is dead. I can't say that this game will be more of that though, since I haven't played it, but I'm hoping they take it in a new direction from how it used to be.
Then again, we are talking about a game that might hit in 2009 if the developers really push it hard, so it's not worth complaining at this point =P
5-11-2008 @ 1:58PM
Ethan said...
Hallor, i be a hatey man.
Can I just say I think it looks a bit like those first wave game with the 'chuck in the effects' look to it. Things gleam for no reason. And those DOF effects seem a bit on or off with nowhere in-between.
Obviously we probably shouldn't be seeing these screens and it's not exactly ready, but based on this I think it's competitors, Ratchet and Clank, and, yes, mario are more visually appealing to kids and such.
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5-11-2008 @ 2:36PM
Peacefuloutrage said...
Because the little kiddies and most of the grown ups that play games do it for that reason.
Me: "Come on, let's play the new Banjo Kazoie game!"
My 7 year-old nephew: "Those depth of field effects aren't realistic, and the water look too fake. Besides, that game looks fun, I'd rather go next door and play with Susie's doll babies."
5-11-2008 @ 1:58PM
Baligouxji said...
The grahpics look great, and I'm sure it's going to be a high quality game. At this point... just based off these two screen shots, I'm worried the game might be completely based on vechicles or something unusual like that. I'm not too concerned considering that if it still has "worlds" "zones" "levels" "areas" this would appear to be the machine influenced one. It's still worrying me when rare said something similar to: "It wont be the typical platformer"
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5-11-2008 @ 2:30PM
Hobo Fight Club said...
Vehicle based gameplay would seem to fall in line with the rumor that the game would use the 360 Wii-mote.
5-11-2008 @ 3:08PM
Digital Limit said...
Rare has said that the beginning level will make platformer junkies very happy. I imagine the games gameplay slowly goes in the direction you fear, but there'll definitely be something for everyone.
5-11-2008 @ 11:42PM
mike said...
a 360 wiimote = pure failure. That one of the crappy things keeping me away from a wii. When the gamecube was ultra unpopular, I still owned one. I liked playing metroid prime 1 and 2. I still want to paly nintendos 1st party games, but this wii mote is garbage. I feel like an idiot using it and I dont feel more imerssed with the game at all. even the most pupular games (smash and MK) have the vast majority of players using the gamecube controllers.
Down with motion controls. (or at least until a proper controller is released which has 1:1 mapping on every game its used with instead of retarded wiggles and pokes being good enough for the sensors)
5-11-2008 @ 2:09PM
flameofdoom666 said...
I WANT!
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5-11-2008 @ 2:14PM
DaMan09 said...
I dont see why people are hating this, they look beautiful.
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5-11-2008 @ 2:33PM
Tony said...
I have no idea what people are looking at if they think this looks anything like a first wave title. Nothing is "gleaming" that shouldn't be in these two pictures.
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5-11-2008 @ 2:41PM
PeacefulOutrage said...
You can't please everyone. I don't care as long as it's fun. Some of these people must go into convultions when they see people play games like tetris or pitfall.
5-11-2008 @ 8:02PM
haukke said...
enev gta a supposed 10 is a collectathon with all those birds.
5-11-2008 @ 2:51PM
Roto13 said...
Looks pretty. But the game will probably suck. The first two games were mediocre Super Mario 64 knockoffs and Rare has only gone downhill since then.
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5-11-2008 @ 3:07PM
Digital Limit said...
Heh, talk about denial. Both Banjo games took plenty diverging routes in their form to not be a ripoff, something reflected in the phenomenal review scores the previous iterations received.).
5-11-2008 @ 3:35PM
Roto13 said...
Please. Banjo Kazooie was a collect-a-thon. Apparently that's what Rare thinks adventure games are supposed to be. Each game gives you progressively more crap to hunt down for no reason. Look at Banjo-Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Star Fox Adventures. It's ridiculous.
5-11-2008 @ 3:52PM
flameofdoom666 said...
They are not rip off's at all. They may borrow ideas, but they go futher then Super Mario 64 did, and they were better games.