Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts is the next game in the series, taking place eight years after the events on Banjo-Tooie. It is currently in development and is expected to be released in November, 2008. It was announced at Microsoft's X06 in 2006 at Barcelona, Spain. Before the name was announced, the game was commonly called Banjo-Threeie.

Plot
Banjo and Kazooie have came out of retirement to win the deed to their homeland, Spiral Mountain and prevent the evil witch Gruntilda from developing it into tower blocks and malls. The duo battle over land, sea, and air against their longtime rival.

Other plots
On April 1, Rare released five possible plots with plot 4 being correct. The plots were:

Plot One
Banjo and Grunty team up against a new threat, falling in love in the process. Sexy post-transformation Grunty makes a return and proves irresistible to our heroic bear, much to Kazooie's disgust. Can the mismatched trio defeat their fire-breathing foe?

Plot Two
Kazooie is abducted by aliens and Banjo heads out to search the cosmos. Partway through his low-gravity exploits, he discovers who's taken her... and it's a familiar face from the Rare archives who has been 'turned to the green side' by Grunty.

Plot Three
Banjo and Kazooie travel back through time in pursuit of the witch's giant T.I.T. Grunty drives her Time Interfering Truck back to before the bear and bird met. The duo must reintroduce themselves and relearn everything they know in a completely new way!

Plot Five
War comes to Spiral Mountain, and Banjo becomes a reluctant leader. Ever seen a Jinjo Tank? Or Grunty's Grappling Grenadier Grunts? You will when you take on our innovative RTS-platformer hybrid campaign.

Plot Two's story resembles Super Mario Galaxy's plot, and Plot Three is very similar to Grunty's Revenge, while Plot Five is a nod to Halo Wars and Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Features

 * Multiplayer has been confirmed to be a part of the new game. But it has been stated that it will not be the same as Banjo-Tooie's multiplayer.
 * Vehicles are expected to be a major part of the game. There have been many screenshots released displaying images including blueprints. Some vehicles are:
 * Banjo 4x4 (4 wheel drive)
 * Banjo plane
 * Grunty Coco-Carrier
 * Banjo Copter
 * Banjo Boat
 * Transformations have been confirmed and will this time be performed by Mumbo Jumbo along with his other role.
 * Minimaps have been included in many screenshots and videos.

Returning Characters
A small number of characters have been announced.
 * Banjo the Bear
 * Kazooie the Breegull
 * Gruntilda the Witch
 * Mumbo Jumbo the Shaman
 * Humba Wumba the Shaman
 * Jolly Roger the Frog
 * Bottles the Mole
 * Blubber the Hippo
 * Jinjos
 * Weldar
 * Tiptup the Turtle
 * Clanker the Garbage Disposal
 * Loggo the Toilet
 * Mr. Vile the Crocodile
 * Mr. Patch
 * "The snowman from Freezeezy Peak". It is unknown if this is Sir Slush or the huge snowman.
 * Tooty, the Spiral Mountain vegetables (Topper, Quarrie, Bawl, Colliwobble) or Brentilda
 * Klungo
 * Mr. Fit
 * Boggy
 * Gobi

New Characters

 * A new sidekick for Grunty. He will not be related to Klungo
 * Trophy Thomas
 * Lord of the Games (LOG)
 * Piddles
 * Porcine

Worlds & Levels
Many Levels have been Introduced in BK:N&B, many new, while some old levels from previous games being redesigned in a whole new way.
 * Spiral Mountain
 * Mad Monster Mansion
 * Showdown Town, the new Hub World.
 * Nutty Acres, an artificially-created level
 * A level with polystyrene buildings and inflatable sheep
 * A volcano with "double entendres"
 * A city level
 * A desert level
 * A sunset beach level

Teaser
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This video is from the YouTube user xseekerofsoulsx

Gameplay
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This video is from the YouTube user xthemusic

Screenshots
15 screenshots were scheduled to be shown at Microsoft's annual Gamer's Day but were leaked early and are shown below. The last five are "banjoprints" (blueprints) for new vehicles.