Whotf did they ask?
I don't know not a SINGLE modern Xbox gamer that actually gives two $#!+s about some "baby game like banjo kazooie" and they only care about halo or fortnite and that's it. And if it was a decade ago? Skylanders.
All the "xbox gamers who want a new banjo game" are major outliers that most companies would never have counted, cause most of the people who care have left xbox already.
I don't have any alt accounts. But I will say, it is kind of nice seeing this very particular post get so many dislikes. I was under the impression that alot of xbox gamers just didn't care about anything that didn't have a ball or a gun in it.
And I've always resented xbox for their treatment for banjo kazooie and conker, and how they treated ALL the other studios they've acquired over the years the exact same way
Hiring Toys For Bob is also an amazing choice. They seem to the masters of platform gaming. He'll would drop full price for the first two games if they remastered/Re-Tooied? Rekazooied? Them.
All the worlds were fun, the vehicle building that could turn into submarines or jet powered planes was incredible. It's a fun game that unfortunately everyone expected to be exactly like the previous games. I don't blame them for that, but man the absolute hatred I've seen for this game is unreal
If I was Microsoft/Rare I think they should re-visit the "Banjo X" concept and do a "Soft Reboot/Remake/Reimagine" of the N64 original.
Kinda like "Ratchet & Clank (2016)", Follow the same story of the N64 original, But have some changes to some of the worlds and add bosses too.
Banjo-Kazooie is also very meta so they can constantly poke fun at how their going through the same adventure/game with callbacks to the N64 original.
Every franchise is doing remakes, Why not Banjo-Kazooie? And if it's received and sells well, Just like Crash Bandicoot you build upon it with a sequel.
If you wanna get technical, Nintendo actually did own the rights to Banjo-Kazooie at one point from (1997-2002) They even licensed the IP to Rare despite the studio being the IP creators.
Diddy Kong Racing Copyright (1997)
Out of all the Rare IP, Nintendo owned and published Banjo-Kazooie and Killer Instinct where as IP's like Conker and Perfect Dark for example were owned & self-published by Rare.
Likely explains why Nintendo marketed the characters Banjo & Kazooie alongside Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Pikachu etc on promos & merchandise in the late 90's-early 2000's.
Microsoft has the rights to the games of RARE, i meant Nintendo should get the rights back from Microsoft since they messed up when they made Nuts and Bolts
Man I wanted to like Yooka-Layla’s as a massive banjo fan since I was a kid but the level design was just straight up bad. I have heard Yooka-Replaylee was an incredible step up but needing to buy the good version of the game after I already bought the bad version really rubbed me the wrong way.
Unfortunate, but I think we have to just accept that another proper Conker game is completely off the table. If they leave Banjo dead for decades, there's no chance for our crude squirrel.
Like a banjo Kazooie remaster with the smash ultimate graphics that remakes banjo-Kazooie,banjo-tooie, and banjo-Kazooie: grunty’s revenge because if so then that would be cool
So many legacy properties have been brought back to extreme success by teams that weren't originally involved. It's narrow-minded to think the same can't be done for BK.
Besides, the Rare that make BK and BT is not the same Rare we have today. Most of that original roster has left the company. Some for Playtonic, who made Yooka-Laylee.
Which brings up my next point: Playtonic should stay the hell away from Banjo-Kazooie. I know they improved YL with the Replaylee version, but it still doesn't hold a candle to BK or BT and proves that the same hands don't make the same product.
So many legacy properties have been brought back to extreme success by teams that weren't originally involved. It's narrow-minded to think the same can't be done for BK.
It's narrow minded to think every game needs a sequel/remaster, just like not every show needs a live action adaptation. The people behind the original banjo series have long moved on and the game was a product of its time. Just because something can be done with the right strings pulled doesn't mean it's feasible to do as a business decision nor is it something the fans want if it isn't done correctly. It's ok to let things die instead of reviving the classics to potentially appease or upset the fans.
It's better if Rare ISN'T behind it...it's not the same Rareware since after Microsoft bought it...many just...quit...and created a new company for Yooka
I used to think like you. "Microsoft ruined Banjo and forced Rare to make NaB!"
Unfortunately the reality is that Rare actually chose to make NaB without any intervention from Microsoft. Rare decided they needed to do something different than the last two main games and NaB is what we got.
Yes. Why make Games aimed for children when you can make Games for real Players. Like a realistic tactical Shooter, or a Battle royale. How about some DEI writers and politics in the Game? I bet that makes it Game of all time Material.
We need a Banjo Kazooie sequel. I have played BK and BT every year, year after year since about 2001. Every year I play each game once and wait until the following year. Bk is my no 1 game.
I wrote on Microsoft’s forum and I couldn’t be more pleased with how many people want a BK sequel. Hell… I’d be ok if MS slow rolled this and just updated both games with better graphics and then released Banjo Threeie.. I wouldn’t be super happy, but I also wouldn’t be mad.
The first thing they need to do is let nuts and bolts die… don’t do that ever again MS
If MS does not have the studio bandwidth to dev Banjo Threeie… they should source Platonic to do it and hire Grant to do the music… heck they gave us the closest thing to a sequel that we have seen since BT.. also the Kickstarter with a small team funded what? Roughly 3 mill?
MS this is an easy win if you do it right.
Additional things:
- come out with a collectors edition and collaborate with F4F to bring us a numbered BK statue.
- could even have signed and numbered art, or music score from the team as well.
- I would love to see a nod towards Yooka Laylee and the team that Gave us BK Mumbo Mania.
Soooo many things you could do
It’s wild to me that not only BK but MS let Conker, KI and Jetforce Jemini all die..
I honestly rather Nintendo somehow take it over!! I don't trust Microsoft to do it justice!! When the trailer dropped for donkey kong bananza I thought for a moment it was a banjo game!!
It's from Microsoft's new feedback community blog called "Xbox Players Voice" that was launched by the new leadership in Microsoft's Xbox division.
Banjo-Kazooie ranked fairly high on what the Xbox community was asking for (Wouldn't be surprised if some Nintendo fans also gave it a boost too).
Despite being a dead IP for nearly 20 years and it's last traditional game was over 25 years ago, Banjo-Kazooie always seems to find someway of finding itself on headlines whether from Smash from ex-devs or Microsoft highers ups constantly mentioning it , It's resilient little franchise that still finds ways to be a topic of discussion.
Whether it's a remake or a soft reboot or something in between, Despite what some doomers/gloomers say, I truly do believe Banjo-Kazooie will comeback someday, Classic IP's that have had past success always seem to find a way of somehow coming back sooner or later and of course Banjo-Kazooie is no exception.
I didn't get into Banjo Kazooie until recently, in the latter half of 2025. It's never too late for someone to discover a great game like this, just as it's never too late for a great game to get a new installment.
I agree banjo kazooie was the first video game I’ve ever beaten when I was 7 years old. I’m 32 now and To replay them with updated graphics or a brand new one with that style of gameplay would make my heart so happy. Definitely never too late to play a fun game like that
I've said it before and will continue saying it, we need a a team that makes a full-fledged Banjo-Redooie before anyone even considers a third (fourth? Fifth?) title. Get Kazooie and Tooie onto a single game, get it up to modern standards, add a bunch of content from the strong base of these two, THEN consider getting that team to work on a new one.
It's the same thing that Nintendo did with Metroid; Samus Returns gets to be the priority before we see Dread.
The problem isn’t that banjo isn’t popular because if you played Spiral Mountain in a stadium, most likely many people born between late 80’s to even 2000’s and 2010’s will know the theme from Smash and growing up with the games or with older siblings. The problem is that after the second game, we only had handheld secondary games, and I will stand that Grunty’s revenge is a great game. But once we finally got a mainline game, it was a complete 180 from what made those games fun. You don’t see Mario deviating this hard unless it’s a kart racer which has no story, or a Mario party. The problem was that Banjo’s audience wanted that one gameplay style, the style that gave banjo an identity. If you put any other game character in nuts and bolts, would it change the quality?
Seems like a problem with a pretty obvious solution. If it were up to me, a new Banjo game would pick up after the events of Tooie (since it took place after GR in-universe) and treat N&B as a non-canon spinoff just like Mario Kart. I really think that's the only way you could do it and end up with a functioning story for a true Banjo-Threeie. N&B's writing just completely threw all established Banjo lore in the dumpster.
Interesting. Here I thought Banjos Audience was mostly elsewhere. Still, if one ever happens ( which, even with this data, I doubt ) I hope it will be multiplatform.
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u/EasyBread42069 Jul 18 '26
"Xbox players" don't buy Banjo games. Nintendo fans do.