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[FFChris]

The vehicle stuff in Banjo looks excellent, but I hope the game is, like, Banjo 3 with Vehicles and not Lego Banjo. I would like some platforming.

Hopefully there will be progression, like you start off with no vehicle parts at all, and you have to platform to get all the basic flying/driving parts.

Edit: Where is the Ninja Blade announcement?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

LIPS LIPS LIPS LIPS

I wanted to spell it the way I wanted to spell it.

 

[RSTEIN]

eLIPsis?

 

[Sykra]

Gears2 and new VP look awesome but banjo doesn't, maybe it's too early to judge. Disappointing about no local co-op in Too Human.

 

[pn18]

MR. Patch!!! Hell yesss! Fucking beautiful in motion. Rare good job.

We're talking about this vid here, right?

 

[The Innocent X]

I wanted to spell it the way I wanted to spell it.

but you haven`t got a uterus, there's nowhere for the foetus to gestate.

boing!

 

[tim1138]

IGN has write ups on Viva Pinata, Banjo and the Too Human release date.

 

[Gowans]

Out of curiosity, do you guys dig the video press releases more than the written ones?

I can nitpick all the little things that annoy me in the video (my evil/maniacle finger pyramid for example), but is the idea of a 2 minute video w/ footage more compelling than text with a cheezy intro punchline?

I can see it as a nice and worth while addition (and also for Inside Xbox) but the text works fine. When I'm browsing stuff at work I have no speakers.

Nicely done tho but we already knew all that.


just read the Penny Arcade Adventures review in this months Edge 4/10 owch!

 

[methodman]

No local co-op in Too Human? What the fuck?!

 

[duckroll]

For Shard: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=139993

Microsoft's press release also reveals that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One will be released on Xbox Live Arcade next Wednesday, 21st May.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

For Shard: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=139993

Whoa! Apple Style!

 

[tak]

The banjo video looked a 1000x better then the screenshoots.

 

[Crab Milk Mickey]

There's also a Rare Studio tour on GameVideos, but it isn't working...

 

[sinnergy]

Banjo looks visualy impressive imo, the later part of the video looks awesome fuck yeah!

 

[AtomicShroom]

Errr... what have they done to Banjo?

That trailer does not make me want the game. Blowing up Mario's head feels both arrogant and pretentious. The music is just the classic Banjo riff looping over and over, and it got annoying very fast.

It seems like they played too much of Kingdom Hearts and just stole its Gummi ship construction idea, which I don't know anyone actually enjoyed to begin with. It also looks like they basically wanted this to be a mix of Jak and Ratchet drenched in Banjo. Ugh.


Fuck you, Rare! Do not want!

 

[FrankT]

Any word on NG2 demo or Ninja Blade reveal?

 

[radeonxt]

We're talking about this vid here, right?

looks even better!

 

[tak]

For Shard: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=139993

wait, wat?

I haven't been following that game closely, but I thought it was still a few months away.

 

[fse]

Banjo vid looked great. Can't wait to play it. Looks awesome in motion.

 

[Beer Monkey]

The 2008 360 exclusive lineup is so much better than 2007, load apparently not blown last year after all.

 

[witness]

No 4 player online for Too Human? If thats the case then the bio engineer is just not important for getting through the game, healing must not be important like in PSO.

Banjo? Really? That horrible music in the trailer was the first problem, second was where the hell was the platforming? Seems to be a really small part of the game, the sense of speed in the vehicles looked slow as hell, and blowing up mario at the end? I'm sorry Rare but your game will never replace mario or be as amazing as mario galaxy.

 

[batbeg]

I didn't realize the Mario is actually seemingly a contraption :lol Very nicely done.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Disrespectful?

Really?

 

[soldat7]

Fuck you, Rare! Do not want!

Looks pretty freaking awesome to me. Day 1 purchase.

 

[DuckRacer]

Out of curiosity, do you guys dig the video press releases more than the written ones?

I can nitpick all the little things that annoy me in the video (my evil/maniacle finger pyramid for example), but is the idea of a 2 minute video w/ footage more compelling than text with a cheezy intro punchline?

I personally prefer the video PR (early footage of games > no footage of games).

 

[Xyphie]

Year of the 360 confirmed.

 

[mambadragon]

is there any word of a new peripheral with Banjo yet?

 

[PhatSaqs]

No 4 player online for Too Human? If thats the case then the bio engineer is just not important for getting through the game, healing must not be important like in PSO.

WHAT!? No 4 player online?

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Banjo 3 trailer here:

http://gamevideos.com/video/id/18831

Are you guys seeing the Cannon on this thing!!!
OH man can you make weapons too!??

WHAT!? No 4 player online?

Yeah thats a huge disappointment for me that sounded like the coolest part of the game.

 

[Dimmuxx]

No video of viva pinata 2 yet?

 

[hiryu]

I've lost any interest in Too Human now. I only cared if there was local co-op, and no local co-op = no sale :-\

No shit. No local co-op is annoying. This is becoming a very annoying trend. What would Shakespeare think?

 

[TheOddOne]

Breaking: Too Human Landing August 19

http://360.kombo.com/article.php?artid=12827

FUCK YEAH

 

[WrikaWrek]

Disrespectful?

Really?

People are just too sensitive. It's funny to me. It's not like it's Hayabuza taking MArio's head off with blood flying everywhere.

 

[jjasper]

Right when I get excited for Too Human again they go and fuck it up again.

 

[Proelite]

Oh yeaaaaaaaaa.

For the press, which means there will be lengthier videos of Gears 2. The same level as the trailer but uncut.

 

[Ghost]

No video of viva pinata 2 yet?

No trailer, there's bits in the gamerscoreblog video.

 

[Coverly]

Penny Arcade on Live next week? Nice.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Holy shit!!

Holy SHIT that looks amazing. It's from the trailer, obviously, but hot damn.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Also, it looks there are PLENTY of platforming elements in Banjo as seen in that video. Bosses, building shit, etc.

How is a vehicle you build any different than a Bee Suit?

 

[chris0701]

Banjo vid looked great. Can't wait to play it. Looks awesome in motion.

Yes.

Then we know MS 2008 line-up is really better than 2007.

Gears 2 FTW,Banjo is great.

 

[DuckRacer]

The 2008 360 exclusive lineup is so much better than 2007, load apparently not blown last year after all.

Last year had Crackdown and Mass Effect and PGR4. I disagree.

This year is almost, almost on par though, and is far better than I'd imagine it'd be.

 

[Agent Ironside]

For the press, which means there will be lengthier videos of Gears 2. The same level as the trailer but uncut.

There going to do a live demo of one of the levels in Gears 2, be on the look out for direct feed from that.

 

[sinnergy]

Omg Gears 2 looks unreal, EPIC masters of graphics.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

OMG!!
Did you guys see the part where the helicoptor turns into a jet!!!

 

[Kildace]

Disrespectful?

Really?

I don't like Mario that much but I still thought that it was a bit unnecessary and arrogant. I wouldn't have included it in my game's first trailer.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

oh shi-!

Mario got his head blown off clean!

Da bitch be trippin'!

The whole lego part made my "child sense" tingle! *

I wonder what can you build with this system...

/loses himself in imagination world

*

Spoiler

Not in pedo way, you pricks!

Now the Ninja stuff please.

 

[NeXuSDK]

I don't get all the Banjo hating. I understand people have different taste in game, but you can't compare THIS to Kingdom Hearts! This is so much more integrated and is essential to the game. I do feel sorry for people who just expected the old BK in HD, but while I won't go on the line saying this is better, you should see it as something else, set in the BK universe, and enjoy it for what it is...

 

[pn18]

Errr... what have they done to Banjo?

That trailer does not make me want the game. Blowing up Mario's head feels both arrogant and pretentious. The music is just the classic Banjo riff looping over and over, and it got annoying very fast.

It seems like they played too much of Kingdom Hearts and just stole its Gummi ship construction idea, which I don't know anyone actually enjoyed to begin with. It also looks like they basically wanted this to be a mix of Jak and Ratchet drenched in Banjo. Ugh.


Fuck you, Rare! Do not want!

.

 

[Emiru]

banjo looks marvellous in motion!

Anyone makes me a banjo avatar please? :lol

Yeah, anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool

 

[duckroll]

So, aside from incompetence, which we can hardly NOT expect from Silicon Knights, what other factors could have resulted in the removal of local co-op, and a reduction of 4 player online co-op to 2 players?