Spiritual Successor to Banjo Kazooie

Coco · February 10, 2015, 04:29:31 PM

Never heard of Gamnesia before, but according to them, former Rare members have reunited to make a successor to Banjo Kazooie, and here is their first teaser image:

Article here.

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · February 10, 2015, 04:48:09 PM

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Girl of Mystery · February 10, 2015, 05:17:48 PM

Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 04:48:09 PM

Ô BBY yes!! <3!!!!!
The one on top makes me think it's a type of frog or mebe a snake

It has a beak though

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · February 10, 2015, 05:24:05 PM

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Girl of Mystery · February 10, 2015, 05:27:25 PM

Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 05:24:05 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on February 10, 2015, 05:17:48 PM
Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 04:48:09 PM
Ô BBY yes!! <3!!!!!
The one on top makes me think it's a type of frog or mebe a snake
It has a beak though
And your reason for that would beeee.....??

You can see a beak on it

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · February 10, 2015, 05:36:06 PM

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Sprungli · February 10, 2015, 06:27:23 PM

It'll be shit

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Sprungli · February 10, 2015, 06:40:50 PM

Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 06:37:06 PM

Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:27:23 PM
It'll be shit
Why?

It's one thing to take a classic franchise and re-invent it, build on it. And it's another to take the original and do totally new things and freshen it up (see Mighty No9 for example), but it's not exactly promising that they have chosen to use those awful graphics. That doesn't scream innovation or something new, but it does appeal to nostalgia, and trying to reboot or make a reinvented successor based of nostalgia can never end well

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · February 10, 2015, 06:59:42 PM

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Girl of Mystery · February 10, 2015, 07:05:23 PM

Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:40:50 PM

Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 06:37:06 PM
Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:27:23 PM
It'll be shit
Why?
It's one thing to take a classic franchise and re-invent it, build on it. And it's another to take the original and do totally new things and freshen it up (see Mighty No9 for example), but it's not exactly promising that they have chosen to use those awful graphics. That doesn't scream innovation or something new, but it does appeal to nostalgia, and trying to reboot or make a reinvented successor based of nostalgia can never end well

What awful graphics? It's a teaser picture.
And innovation isn't needed for a game to be good or enjoyable (it's ironic you bring up innovation when you play shit like Fifa).
And remaking a game/succesor based on nostalgia has worked multiple times. Most recently OR/AS.

Sprungli · February 10, 2015, 07:12:35 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on February 10, 2015, 07:05:23 PM

Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:40:50 PM

Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 06:37:06 PM
Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:27:23 PM
It'll be shit
Why?
It's one thing to take a classic franchise and re-invent it, build on it. And it's another to take the original and do totally new things and freshen it up (see Mighty No9 for example), but it's not exactly promising that they have chosen to use those awful graphics. That doesn't scream innovation or something new, but it does appeal to nostalgia, and trying to reboot or make a reinvented successor based of nostalgia can never end well
What awful graphics? It's a teaser picture.
And innovation isn't needed for a game to be good or enjoyable (it's ironic you bring up innovation when you play shit like Fifa).
And remaking a game/succesor based on nostalgia has worked multiple times. Most recently OR/AS.

Innovation is needed to reboot a franchise (or make a successor), the example of Pokemon is poor too, as Pokemon has never left the public eye. The Pokemon franchise has fans across multiple generations and an enormous following. Banjo n Kazooie is over a decade old and totally unheard of to the majority of players on modern platforms, you can put out anything Pokemon and people will buy it, no nostalgia needed. You can't pull the same trick with BnK

Sprungli · February 10, 2015, 07:17:09 PM

Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 06:59:42 PM

Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:40:50 PM

Quote from: ねこ on February 10, 2015, 06:37:06 PM
Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:27:23 PM
It'll be shit
Why?
It's one thing to take a classic franchise and re-invent it, build on it. And it's another to take the original and do totally new things and freshen it up (see Mighty No9 for example), but it's not exactly promising that they have chosen to use those awful graphics. That doesn't scream innovation or something new, but it does appeal to nostalgia, and trying to reboot or make a reinvented successor based of nostalgia can never end well
I think it'll be fantastic when they said spiritual successor I think this game is going to be a collect-a-thin type of game which I highly enjoy it won't be nostalgia seeing that we've had to play the game years ago and we are replaying it, also
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Playtonic does want to let people know that the game is in its early stages
with that said I enjoy the art style they have right now on that pic gives me a donkey kong country jungle feel, for what it's worth it'll probably better than what Rare could be working on

Your first paragraph is gibberish. But I get the gist. What you have said sort of just proves my point though, games where the main focus is collecting things are not exactly prolific nowadays. That is not a concept that anyone that never played BnK or the sort will so easily understand. I mean, I don't personally see the attraction of that, I thought the industry had left that back with the PS2 and original xbox

Girl of Mystery · February 10, 2015, 07:18:03 PM

Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 07:12:35 PM

You can't pull the same trick with BnK

That's wrong and you know it.
The Banjo franchise has a massive following still. People will still buy new installments/successors just because it's a new Banjo game/Banjo successor.

The fact that it's old Rareware employees making it will just bolster sales even further.

Hahahaha very funny Zonda · February 10, 2015, 07:29:58 PM

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Coco · February 11, 2015, 10:09:50 AM

Quote from: Sprungli on February 10, 2015, 06:40:50 PM

It's one thing to take a classic franchise and re-invent it, build on it. And it's another to take the original and do totally new things and freshen it up (see Mighty No9 for example), but it's not exactly promising that they have chosen to use those awful graphics. That doesn't scream innovation or something new, but it does appeal to nostalgia, and trying to reboot or make a reinvented successor based of nostalgia can never end well

For just a few leaves, I think the graphics look great.
Also, platformers similar to Rare's old ones (Banjo Kazooie, DK64, etc...) are pretty rare (no pun intended) nowadays. I'd say it has potential to revive a now-underrated subgenre more so than ride on some old fanboy nostalgia.

Mat Cauthon · February 11, 2015, 10:11:31 AM

I'm no good at platformers, but I'll welcome a BK successor.