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May 12th, 2008 @ 12:20
Speaking to videogaming247 this morning, Rare community manager George Kelion said that the leaked Banjo shots from tomorrow’s MS Gamer’s Day don’t show the meat of the game.
“You can’t tell altogether that much from the screenshots other than the fact that it’s pretty,” he said.
“We haven’t revealed the gameplay mechanic yet, which is the crown jewel of the game. So people really are better off waiting until tomorrow when we’ll be revealing it in-depth.”
Kelios was at pains to tell us that the rather beautiful next-gen version of the bear’s adventures certainly isn’t a racing game. Just so you know.
Banjo will be shown to the press at 5pm BST in San Francisco tomorrow.
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May 12th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Confirmed - it’s a first-person shooter.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
It’s really not a racing game. He was very particular about that
May 12th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Grand Theft Banjo.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
As long as the levels change seasons, I’ll be happy.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
The gameplay “quirk” is the construction set bit. Gotta be.
it might be the only thing that’ll make me buy a BK game.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Ja, maybe. I really want to play it now
May 12th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Oh! LittleBigBanjo.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
So cynical. Feel the bear love, man!
May 12th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Bear love?
:O
May 12th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
*leather chaffing*
May 12th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Ah. So it’s Gears of Banjo. For sure.
May 12th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Anyone heard of the Wiimote for 360? A few folks are speculating that Banjo will be used to showcase it it. Apparently MS has licensed the same technology Nintendo licensed for the Wii. We will see tomorrow… Wacky MS…
May 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
George K from Rare says that Banjo uses traditional controls… so I’d be surprised if the motion sensing thing is true (at least for Banjo).
May 12th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Yeah, maybe Viva Pinata 2 will use it. I think I’ll ask them if I can.
May 12th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Thanks Psychotext, hopefully MS will stay away from the gyro gizmos. Banjo was one of my faves on the N64 and hopefully they do it justice on the 360.