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| Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Xbox 360) | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Game Studios
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
Buy New: £39.50
You Save: £10.49 (21%)
New (5) from £39.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 511
Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: S73-00008
UPC: 882224747509
EAN: 0882224747509
ASIN: B000RE4YCE
Release Date: November 14, 2008 (New: This Week)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 What have they done to Banjo-Kazooie November 20, 2008
Firstly, the original banjo-kazooie games were great, excellent platformers and probably up there with Mario and Sonic. Anyway, I started playing this and I stopped after 1 hr, it was just not my cup of tea. If I wanted to build a bloody plane I'd buy lego or stickle-bricks. I understand that they want a new direction, but DO NOT ruin a wonderful platformer into something rubbish.
If you loved the originals, stay clear from Nuts & Bolts.
 Wonderful and fun! November 20, 2008
I am writing this review as i believe that the negative reviews do not do this game justice!
it is extremely fun to play and very creative, and has the classic banjo kazooie humor. Although it is not like the original and does not have all the power-ups as the first game did, the focus is based on creating your own vehicles in any ways you want!
even i was skeptical at first about buying this game
but after playing the demo i loved the feel of the colourful world of nuts and bolts
the graphics are simply flawless and are quite clearly of next gen standard.
But i personally believe this game is so good because it is so different to anything else on the market at the moment! the shelves are littered with similar fps games and this is a wonderful change from the norm colourful, imaginative and great fun to play.
download the demo and find out for yourself how much of a treat this game is :)
Need HD TV. November 17, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I can't comment on the game play personally. However if you want to be able to actually READ the text in game, which I'm assuming is quite essential since I have no idea what to do, then you need a HD TV. I read a forum post that RARE don't plan on fixing this problem with standard TV's.
So if you want to play this game make sure you have a HD TV or you will suffer from headaches and blurry eyes. What a jip.
Over complicated gameplay - doesn't have the HEART of the original. November 17, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was a huge fan of the previous Banjo kazooie games. There was a simplicity to them and some of the concepts and ideas were fantastic.
ALL THE BEST IDEAS ARE SIMPLE ONES. I think rare are trying to be too clever and they've ended up with a concept that is unmarketable.
I have played the new game and find it extremely confusing with very complex gameplay. A great game should start off simply and then build up to more complex gameplay in the later part of the game. The problem with this is that the first level is absolutely packed full of graphics and elements and your eyes just switch off to it as you don't even know where to start.
The original Banjo had a 'fairtale' like feel to it and this new game doesn't seem to have any relation to the original series. Grunty is now a cyborg! it's just silly.
If they'd already released Banjo Kazooie 3 I'd be happy to try out a new concept for a game but this is the first Banjo game in EIGHT YEARS and on a new system. There is no need for innovation yet. The innovation would be bringing the gameplay style onto a NEXT GENERATION console. They should have released a game with the same basic gameplay as the originals BUT with original ideas in the level design! WHY MESS WITH GAMEPLAY THAT WORKS!
I feel absolutely disappointed and wish we'd seen this game at the development stage so everyone could have given feedback on how it IS NOT A NEW BANJO GAME! It's a new concept with Banjo Kazooie as the characters.
 Some of us like cutesy stuff November 17, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I only got it yesterday but I like it.I have to admit I have had a stong bias towards rare games ever since I got Atic Atac in 1983,when they went by the name Ultimate,and I bought every game they did for the spectrum and then the N64 and now 360.
I think you could safely say this game isn't reinventing the wheel but I like cute character games,somehow I often find them more satisying to play than more realistic games like fallout 3,which is still great by the way.I mean,I'm still playing Kameo and loving it!
This one isn't going to get people chomping at the bit like a Gears of War or GTA,but I just found standing on a giant cog wheel and going up and around and jumping off and finding a cute purple whale put a smile on my face.Maybe I'm just yearning for the days when you could have a quick blast on a game and feel like you had fun and don't have to book a month off to scratch the surface.Maybe I'll get bored soon.I would have liked to have given it three and a half stars really.
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