Banjo-Kazooie 3 Won’t be a “Traditional” Platformer

I’ve been such a big fan of Banjo-Kazooie and Rare over the years, that it seems that the developer could slap me with a bag of oranges and I’d still love their games. (Unless the game happens to be called Perfect Dark Zero.) It seems I’m not the only one like this out there, as a fellow lover of the Banjo series emailed Rare’s Scribes section (basically a regular mailbag feature) and asked if we can expect the game to be a platformer or a shooter, since that’s apparently a popular genre these days. He also asked if there would be any sort of multiplayer mode included.

He got quite the response, even if it is rather vague:

“Banjo won’t be a shooter (unless we sell no copies like Ghoulies and out of desperation give him a gun for the next game) but it also won’t be a traditional platformer,” teases the head of the team. “We somewhat grandly like to think that it will be a different take on the genre. Some would say a brave gamble but I’m confident it’s the right decision, and when people see it I’m sure they will say ‘although the old games are clearly brilliant, this new one is even better. So good in fact that I am going to sell all my worldly possessions and give the money to the Banjo team’.

“We aren’t in the business of crushing little boys’ dreams so your multiplayer hopes will be answered. The ‘new direction’ that Banjo is taking should offer a multiplayer experience unique to anything currently available.

“Each year, stalwart members of the Banjo team don their rose-tinted glasses and play one game of Banjo-Tooie’s multiplayer. We eat our Christmas lunch and then play all the games back to back. We still know all the answers to the quiz even after seven years, and I’m pleased to say that I successfully defended my title this year and the others will have to wait all year before they get another shot at the champion.”

I’ve really got no idea what this new direction might be. I’m glad to hear there will be multiplayer and the game will indeed be a platformer, but hopefully they’re going to make the complete opposite of Perfect Dark Zero so that we end up with a decent game.

via 1UP