Never say never. Simon was the creative director on Call of Cthulhu.
...but yeah. It's most likely a colourful game.
(unless it's Banjo-Cthulhuuie!)
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Rare to announce new game at E3
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...but yeah. It's most likely a colourful game.
(unless it's Banjo-Cthulhuuie!)
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
http://kotaku.com/5034050/rare-shut-up-kameo-and-pdz-sold-a-ton
Both games featuring female protagonists, and they sold more than enough to make up for their costs and then some.
KatamariOnTheRocks
Member
I'm sure it will be some garbage like Kinect Sports: Shit Edition or Nuts & Bolts 2 because making an actual Banjo Kazooie game makes too much sense, I mean why would they actually make the game that fans have been telling them we want for 15 fucking years. Obviously the best business move is to leave free money on the table and ignore your consumers. It's cool though because Playtonic is picking up all the free money that Rare didn't want. If Rare had approached a project in the same size/scope of Yooka Laylee they could have certainly turned a worthwhile profit while generating good will from all the fans they lied to and fucked over with that misleading trailer for NB that implied it would be BK3. Everyone claims it wouldn't be worth it for Rare to make a game like that but nobody forces games to either be small indie projects or AAA multi million budget investments, as evident by games like Grow Home.
Steverulez
Member
Its a shame the concept art for a realistic looking Kameo 2 looks horrendous, really.
Jesus lol
OT: My guess is a new platformer IP. From what the Tweets suggest, it won't be Banjo 3.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Castle Crashers is the 13th best-selling XBLA title of all-time (and in the Top 10 if you remove the free games) so I could definitely see the logic in them wanting to revive Battletoads as a mid-budget 2D game as a low risk, moderate reward strategy. However, honestly, I think it's more likely that this is going to be a new IP.
The problem is that this is Ms Rare not Nintendo Rare so they will try to use The IPS better suited for Xbox audience. I doubt banjo will be that, after perfect dark and killer instinct Id say battletoads would be the next
IncognitoPanda
Member
Battletoads is coming, but that is probably a smaller team, not even necessarily Rare.
You need to think bigger!
Downloadable sidescroller: Battletoads Neon by WayForward (followed by Battletoads & Double Dragon Neon)
AAA character action game: Battletoads Reborn by Platinum Games with Kojima as a consultant.
What you're saying makes sense. I think that Rare is working on a new IP.
Why would people even want Banjo 3 from current Rare? They had the chance to do it and chose to go a different direction entirely.
Heck, Greg Mayles who's designing the new game Rare will show at E3 was the man who said -
So why would anyone want them to work on a game that they didn't have any interest in making when they had the chance?
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
Looks better than the game "Cascade" they cancelled. What was the point of rendering the vagina and other nudity for an MMO?
Unseen64 page for Rare's cancelled game Cascade - NSFW
NESpowerhouse
Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
If this does turn out to be Battletoads, all that I ask is that the game better make me hate myself (and my friends) while playing it.
Looking forward to it, whatever it may be. Whether already existing ip or new. Always love banjo, and hope we see more from kameo and jet force Gemini one day. Would have loved to have seen urchin too. Maybe a new game for Joanna dark but played from third person could be good too.
I have enjoyed all their output on Xbox apart from grabbed by the ghoulies (main character didn't really appeal), kinect sports (didn't seem to have much rare flavour) and nuts and bolts (really loved seeing banjo and kazooie again but I wanted to go on adventures with them, not spend my time creating vehicles and then seeing how well they drive).
I have enjoyed all their output on Xbox apart from grabbed by the ghoulies (main character didn't really appeal), kinect sports (didn't seem to have much rare flavour) and nuts and bolts (really loved seeing banjo and kazooie again but I wanted to go on adventures with them, not spend my time creating vehicles and then seeing how well they drive).
its always fun to render vaginas
I believe God said the same thing in the book of Genesis.
comfy ur a weaboo
EDIT: how no one posted the Geist nudity thread yet is beyond my comprehension.
KatamariOnTheRocks
Member
I think you're right about the Battletoads with how long they've been hinting it, but it seems like such a strange choice when noone ever really liked the game, I mean it's a decent/hard beat em up, but there were way better games in that genre that I'd rather see rebooted like Streets Of Rage. There always has been and still is massive demand for collectathons so a true BK would be a no brainer considering it's the king of the genre, but based on how out of touch some of their past decisions have been I'm not very confident they'll do the smart thing. I mean, look at how they treat the Conker I.P, they totally could have made it a real game and gotten both the people that grew up playing Conkers: BFD to buy it as well as kids buying it that are into the cartoony art style. I agree that obviously the player base on XB1 is more likely late teens/adults but with the success of games like Skylanders it proves that games aimed toward different ages can still sell well, and that you don't need to try to imitate them (Project Spark) to be successful. I think that Conker: BFD most likely attracted people of different ages when it launched and that a new title could capture that wide audience again if handled properly.
Fox Mulder
Member
There's still longtime people there, but it's just a shame MS had them doing Kinect and avatar shit for years. The audience for their kind of games was never on the Xbox platform really though.
Viva Pinata was great, and BK Nuts and Bolts was a fun game concept itself, although a disappointing Banjo game.
dangeraaron10
Unconfirmed Member
I enjoyed Kameo quite a lot and it was my first game on the 360, and my favorite one on the 360 thank you very much. I'd certainly like to see the old transformations back (Ash was my favorite, it should come as no surprise for someone who always uses reptilian avatars, his self-healing trick was rather handy).
I'd just run around as this guy in the hub world wasteland for shits and giggles.
GOD I do remember how much I loved Kameo and its art style and effects.
I'd just run around as this guy in the hub world wasteland for shits and giggles.
GOD I do remember how much I loved Kameo and its art style and effects.
Novel Mike
Member
As much as I would love for it to be Banjo...
It's going to be Battletoads they've teasted that waaaay to much lately for it to not be Battletoads and that just makes me sad as there are more then enough co-op beatem up games around already, I want more 3D Platformers damn it.
It's going to be Battletoads they've teasted that waaaay to much lately for it to not be Battletoads and that just makes me sad as there are more then enough co-op beatem up games around already, I want more 3D Platformers damn it.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Banjo 3 bitches. It's happening.
Yup, that is a platformer with a female protagonist. We got one. Pack it in, everybody. That's all we needed.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
There are? Like what? Which of them has the challenge of the original Battletoads?
Oh. whoops. neat. sorry.
soxinthebox
Member
Call of CthazooieNever say never. Simon was the creative director on Call of Cthulhu.
...but yeah. It's most likely a colourful game.
(unless it's Banjo-Cthulhuuie!)
Fox Mulder
Member
They can do a smaller thing with battletoads, I dont think it'll be the huge fresh project they've been hinting at.
It's just funny seeing the battletoads nostalgia since the game was shit with poorly designed difficulty and there were certainly better games in the genre at the time.
king grimlock
Member
Wait why aren't people excited? I thought hyping up unproven studios who have only produced good designs and pretty art was "in" right now.
Fiery Phoenix
Banned
Didn't Phil Spencer hit on this months ago?
Either way, great news. I'm hoping for something substantial.
Either way, great news. I'm hoping for something substantial.
I think that's probably my most wanted Rare IP, but I'd love to see it as a 3rd person stealth game a la Splinter Cell instead of as a FPS.
woopWOOP
Member
Sounds good! Even if I still have no plans for purchasing an Xbox anytime soon...
Seeing the Battletoads in 3D would be pretty neat, tho I hope such game will be more along the lines of Battletoads VS Double Dragon. More sidescroll beat 'm up, less frustrating minigames.
New Banjo Kazooie would make me turn my head pretty big too. Bonus points if they stick with the blocky Nuts 'n Bolts designs, I really liked those actually.
Seeing the Battletoads in 3D would be pretty neat, tho I hope such game will be more along the lines of Battletoads VS Double Dragon. More sidescroll beat 'm up, less frustrating minigames.
New Banjo Kazooie would make me turn my head pretty big too. Bonus points if they stick with the blocky Nuts 'n Bolts designs, I really liked those actually.
Steverulez
Member
I feel like me and you would be good friends. No love for Hololens, stealth style Perfect Dark... genius.
Yeah, would love that to happen too. Get to see Joanna as you play rather than just another fps.
oldergamer
Member
Kameo was one of those rare games that got better the more you got into it. I can remember hating the controls, only to realize as i kept playing the controls became much easier to use as your form changes were upgraded. I played it all the way through and really enjoyed it. It was really a visual treat on the 360.
lol
Kurt Angle
Member
battletoads
pls
pls
Twin Tails
Member
Jet Force is finally coming back
Jawmuncher
Member
Lol I'm very surprised this hasn't been posted yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfaN267lI_Y
I just want to see some high quality output from Rare
This is what I was waiting for, might not be a kinect game. But if it's another dissapointment along the lines of Nuts & Bolts instead of a actual Banjo platformer it will fit once again.
That quote is pretty out of context.
If they succeeded N&B would have been amazing, I get the feeling they were too ambitious and had to scale things back a lot.
Imagine instead of just completing obviously placed challenges around a barren map, the vehicle creating was used to help you explore and find secrets in the levels just like learning new moves let you do in the first two games?
Whatever the case he didn't achieve his goal, lol. Good game though
oldergamer
Member
I'm also a huge Battle toads fan. I never beat the original, but i got damn close. The combat what great for the time. it did so many things that other games didn't do or attempt.