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'''''Banjo X''''' is a cancelled remake of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' that [[Rare, Ltd.|Rare]] developed for the [[wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]] sometime in the mid-2000s. The game was eventually scrapped and redeveloped into ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''. Not much is known about the game aside from what was shown from a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R2sCzlT5Uc Rare Revealed] video and some Twitter posts from [[Steve Mayles]] and [[Ed Bryan]]. ''Banjo X'' presumably did not go far into development before switching to vehicle-based gameplay, and ultimately ''Nuts & Bolts''. | '''''Banjo X''''' is a cancelled remake of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' that [[Rare, Ltd.|Rare]] developed for the [[wikipedia:Xbox|Xbox]] sometime in the mid-2000s. The game was eventually scrapped and redeveloped into ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''. Not much is known about the game aside from what was shown from a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R2sCzlT5Uc Rare Revealed] video and some Twitter posts from [[Steve Mayles]] and [[Ed Bryan]]. ''Banjo X'' presumably did not go far into development before switching to vehicle-based gameplay, and ultimately ''Nuts & Bolts''. | ||
The main idea behind ''Banjo X'' was for it to be advertised as a remake with minimal changes. However, the game would change drastically as the player progressed. The characters would be self-aware of being in a remake and would change their behavior accordingly. In the Rare Revealed video, [[Gregg Mayles]] cited [[Conga]] as an example of this. | The main idea behind ''Banjo X'' was for it to be advertised as a remake with minimal changes, in a similar vein to ''Conker: Live & Reloaded''. However, the game would change drastically as the player progressed. The characters would be self-aware of being in a remake and would change their behavior accordingly. In the Rare Revealed video, [[Gregg Mayles]] cited [[Conga]] as an example of this. | ||
[[Humba Wumba]] would have appeared somewhere in the game, even though her debut was in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''.<ref name=ebtweet1>[https://twitter.com/mingellasfella/status/1001163031492136963 Tweet from Ed Bryan (#1001163031492136963)]</ref> She and a couple of other characters were modeled by Ed Bryan, including [[Mumbo Jumbo]], [[Tiptup]], a [[Jinjo]], and a [[Bigbutt|"Bully"]].<ref name=ebtweet1/> The Mumbo animation, circa 2004, was used to test if the lipsyncing would match up to the characters' mumbling.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mingellasfella/status/630777927374893057 Tweet from Ed Bryan (#630777927374893057)]</ref> | [[Humba Wumba]] would have appeared somewhere in the game, even though her debut was in ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]''.<ref name=ebtweet1>[https://twitter.com/mingellasfella/status/1001163031492136963 Tweet from Ed Bryan (#1001163031492136963)]</ref> She and a couple of other characters were modeled by Ed Bryan, including [[Mumbo Jumbo]], [[Tiptup]], a [[Jinjo]], and a [[Bigbutt|"Bully"]].<ref name=ebtweet1/> The Mumbo animation, circa 2004, was used to test if the lipsyncing would match up to the characters' mumbling.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mingellasfella/status/630777927374893057 Tweet from Ed Bryan (#630777927374893057)]</ref> | ||