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After BanKazu in Smash: do you want Diddy Kong Racing 2 or Banjo Threeie?
- Thread starter Segafreak
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Diddy Kong Racing was a phenomenal game - spent more time on that than Banjo. I would love to revisit all those characters.
Banjo Kazooie is one of my favorite games of all time.
It's levels, overworld, music, characters, transformations, powers/abilities, etc are just done so so well and sadly none of the games that have followed it have managed to nail it the same way.
Tooie's levels got to big, the overworld wasn't as fun to explore, the transformations werent that fun overall, and they add so many new moves/abilities that it gets to be a chore to remember when and how to use all of them. (finding a molehill with a new ability, but having to come back as JUST Banjo OR Kazooie always sucked). I do give it credit for its linkdd worlds, that was a good idea.
DK64 had a lot of the problems of Tooie, but it also goes crazy with the collectibles for each character.
Yooka Laylee had a lot of Tooie's problems too. It's smaller in focus, but the levels could still get too large and then overworld was so blah that they had to patch in signs so you knew where the levels are.
I just don't trust any game developer to make a new modern Banjo game and have it be as good as Banjo Kazooie 1.
The closest I've come to a new Banjo was actually Mario Odyssey, it has perfectly sized levels that were fun to explore and the transformations you can do with your hat are pretty reminiscent of the ones in Banjo. All it needed was an explorabke overworld and it would have been the Banjo spiritual successor I've always wanted.
So of all the choices in the Poll, I actually think that a new Diddy Kong Racing would have the best chance of being good.
Kart racers aren't that hard to screw up, and all they need is a fun overworld with some light exploration, good tracks, some good challenges, and maybe a few multiplayer mini games.
It's levels, overworld, music, characters, transformations, powers/abilities, etc are just done so so well and sadly none of the games that have followed it have managed to nail it the same way.
Tooie's levels got to big, the overworld wasn't as fun to explore, the transformations werent that fun overall, and they add so many new moves/abilities that it gets to be a chore to remember when and how to use all of them. (finding a molehill with a new ability, but having to come back as JUST Banjo OR Kazooie always sucked). I do give it credit for its linkdd worlds, that was a good idea.
DK64 had a lot of the problems of Tooie, but it also goes crazy with the collectibles for each character.
Yooka Laylee had a lot of Tooie's problems too. It's smaller in focus, but the levels could still get too large and then overworld was so blah that they had to patch in signs so you knew where the levels are.
I just don't trust any game developer to make a new modern Banjo game and have it be as good as Banjo Kazooie 1.
The closest I've come to a new Banjo was actually Mario Odyssey, it has perfectly sized levels that were fun to explore and the transformations you can do with your hat are pretty reminiscent of the ones in Banjo. All it needed was an explorabke overworld and it would have been the Banjo spiritual successor I've always wanted.
So of all the choices in the Poll, I actually think that a new Diddy Kong Racing would have the best chance of being good.
Kart racers aren't that hard to screw up, and all they need is a fun overworld with some light exploration, good tracks, some good challenges, and maybe a few multiplayer mini games.
Nuts & Bolts is one of my all-time favorite games, but they can't do that again.
<whynotboth.gif>...seriously, I'd love to play both games. But Diddy Kong Racing 2 better have Dark Moon Caverns music in the hypothetical western version!
BanKazu is the new shlooter.
I haven't played either series so I don't really care.
I haven't played either series so I don't really care.
Please don't revoke my gamer card.
Banjo is the most cartoon fuckin IP Microsoft has, and a collectathon series. Anything would fit perfectly fine on Switch
I'm sure with the renewed attention that the SSBU DLC would get for the franchise, Xbox Game Studios will commission Rare or some other studio to do a Banjo-Kazooie game for Scarlett and Windows 10. A Banjo game would be an attractive thing to have on Xbox Game Pass for casual gamers, I'd think.
Us Banjo-Kazooie fans have suffered enough. Don't make it worse by using such a disgusting word in place of their names.
After who?! What in the hell is Bankazu--
I voted for all three. I'll be really happy with a new Banjo-Kazooie game regardless of which console it's on.
Yup...yuuup. >_>
I voted for all three. I'll be really happy with a new Banjo-Kazooie game regardless of which console it's on.
Oh so you don't want anyone to play it then.
The idea that you can't make a grand-scale game on Switch hardware is just not true. Sure it won't be cutting edge but the Banjo game that fans want could absolutely be done.
Because it would sell a shit ton if they published it on Switch, maybe even more than it would on XBox. I mean given it's history with Nintendo
it has more reason to be on there than Cuphead, which they put on there
I mean... there are probably more Banjo fans that have a Switch than ones that have an Xbox.
And it's not like the game needs to be a massive display of hardware power lmao
I want Conker. Surprised he hasn't happened yet. Seems like a Homerun with the Rick and Morty fans
Sure, that could--
--Oh god.
Say what you will but at least BanKazu doesn't pretend Kazooie is not a thing, unlike how a lot of english speakers shorten Banjo and Kazooie to just "Banjo".
And I think we need a new Donkey Kong Racing before a Diddy Kong Racing.
We need to make that lying gamecube box -- filled with lies -- into a beautiful truth. We need a Donkey Kong Racing game where you can race on ANIMALS, not KARTS, not jet barrels or whatever the stupid stuff that was on Wii. We need Donkey Kong Racing with Enguarde and Squitter etc!
Oh yeah, BK3 would be cool, too.
And I think we need a new Donkey Kong Racing before a Diddy Kong Racing.
We need to make that lying gamecube box -- filled with lies -- into a beautiful truth. We need a Donkey Kong Racing game where you can race on ANIMALS, not KARTS, not jet barrels or whatever the stupid stuff that was on Wii. We need Donkey Kong Racing with Enguarde and Squitter etc!
Oh yeah, BK3 would be cool, too.
The lack of love for Conker in the poll is disgusting. But I voted for all of them because all three would be awesome. Fuck the haters!
But as somebody else already pointed out, the real question is........who is going to make them? DKR2 would obviously be made by a developer in Nintendo's camp. I think Retro could maybe do something cool with it (if they got their act together, that is). Banjo and Conker though? Rare's too busy working on multiplayer games to care, so who will?
But as somebody else already pointed out, the real question is........who is going to make them? DKR2 would obviously be made by a developer in Nintendo's camp. I think Retro could maybe do something cool with it (if they got their act together, that is). Banjo and Conker though? Rare's too busy working on multiplayer games to care, so who will?
Remake the first two and follow up with the third. I love the new Banjo look and it would be great to see the old games and a new one in that art style.
I think I'd be happy with a remaster of the first DKR including Banjo, Conker, and the characters they used to replace them on the DS (along with any extra features from that version). However, I would probably be more excited for a remastered version of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie with a legit implementation of Stop 'n' Swop, not the abomination we got on XBLA. The ability to revisit BK levels from Tooie's timeline would be an interesting twist as well.
As much as I would welcome a new BK or DKR, I almost feel like I would prefer a respectful rejuvenation of the games I already love first. I honestly never thought I'd see myself writing this but I think Crash and Spyro have really turned my opinion around on this. I almost feel like the devs should refamiliarize themselves with what made the games so great in the first place before trying to tackle a true successor.
As much as I would welcome a new BK or DKR, I almost feel like I would prefer a respectful rejuvenation of the games I already love first. I honestly never thought I'd see myself writing this but I think Crash and Spyro have really turned my opinion around on this. I almost feel like the devs should refamiliarize themselves with what made the games so great in the first place before trying to tackle a true successor.
