original Banjo-Kazooie hops onto XBL Arcade

[BKgen®]

Microsoft announced that Rare's critically acclaimed 1998 N64 platformer will arrive on Xbox Live Arcade on November 26 for 1,200 Microsoft points ($15).

As previously announced, gamers can pick the downloadable game up for free and gain access two weeks early by preordering Rare's upcoming Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts at participating retailers. The XBLA game will factor into Rare's latest Xbox 360 exclusive, giving gamers the ability to unlock additional content in Nuts & Bolts when it rides into retail November 11. Banjo-Kazooie also features a graphical update, as well as achievement points.

In addition to dating and pricing Banjo-Kazooie, Microsoft's announcement also revealed that its follow-up, Banjo-Tooie, is slated for an XBLA revival in early 2009. The publisher did not reveal any other details on how the well-reviewed 2000 N64 sequel will be revamped for the current console generation.

Hrm.... the original was one of my favorite N64 games, I wonder how nice they'll make it look for 360. I'm guessing they'll update the textures, and maybe they'll bump up the poly count on some of the models? Either way, I'll definitely be dloading it :D

[Alan®]

eh. that game never did much for me

[EJ25RUN]

I loved that game. I played it and GT2 like all through middle school.

I remember beating both the first and the second. It was better than Mario imo.

[BKgen®]

eh. that game never did much for me

maybe because you're a homo alan.

[Ran]

Never got into this game either. They just released a new one as well. Not sure why. There were much better platformers out there at the time. Mario 64 for example.