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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie 3 or Banjo-Threeie, as it is commonly called, 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 2008. It was announced at Microsoft's X06 in 2006 at Barcelona, Spain. It is currently being looked into if "Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts" is its announced name.
Plot
On April 1, Rare released five possible plots, with only one of them being true, these being:
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 Four
Banjo comes out of retirement to stop his home being redeveloped into tower blocks and malls. To end the struggle, a capricious higher power engineers a bear/witch showdown through worlds of the imagination – with Spiral Mountain's ownership deeds going to the victor.
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.
Rare has confirmed plot four is the game's plot.
Gameplay
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.
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
- Jinjos
- Weldar
- 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
- A new sidekick for Grunty. He will not be related to Klungo
Returning Worlds
A few worlds are returning from older games and there are many new ones that have been announced. Its been stated that many of the older worlds will return but be redesigned.
- Spiral Mountain
- Mad Monster Mansion
- A new hub world named Conflagration Violent.
- Nutty Acres, an artificial level
- A level with polystyrene buildings and inflatable sheep
- A volcano with "double entendres"
- A castle town level
- A city level
- A desert level
- A sunset beach level
Trailer
This video is from the Youtube user xseekerofsoulsx
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.
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