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[hiryu]

VP2 and Fable 2 = win. The emphasis on vehicles in Banjo is curbing my enthusiasm.

 

[Nolan.]

Has conference already started?

-> http://www.videogaming247.com/

MS Gamer’s Day: Banjo Kazooie 3 - first level in one of six gaming worlds described
MS Gamer’s Day: Banjo Kazooie 3 multiplayer details revealed
MS Gamer’s Day: Cluck Norriss one of over 100 creatures in Viva Pinata 2:lol :lol :lol
MS Gamer’s Day: Viva Pinata 2 contains option to skip all tutorials
MS Gamer’s Day: Viva Pinata 2 offline co-op confirmed

Hahaha that made me laugh. Ok I was thinking in the original game I hated when the sours and ruffians entered and just roughed up your garden sometimes. So it would have been nice if you could like take a mugshot of them and train your tougher pinatas to rough them up.

 

[WordAssassin]

Over here in the desert pics: http://www.gamereactor.dk/billeder/?textid=69367&id=152687

There are scorpions to tame also

OMG no wai! Awesome!

...is that a massive anaconda (or some other kind of giant snake) in the back of this shot?

No, it's a pipe that's coming out of the volcano shown in a few of the other pictures.

Look to the right! Total self-ownageables.

Oh, wow! I didn't even notice that on the door. (I didn't even look at the full-size picture, I was only looking at the thumbnails on page 1, hence I had no idea there was a desert shot with camels!)

 

[FFChris]

Hahaha that made me laugh. Ok I was thinking in the original game I hated when the sours and ruffians entered and just roughed up your garden sometimes. So it would have been nice if you could like take a mugshot of them and train your tougher pinatas to rough them up.

Yea, the game got much better once you put down the sword statue and they stopped coming to your garden.

Nothing is more annoying that spending an hour attracting a Fizzlybear then having one of the ruffians destroy him.

 

[Nolan.]

Also would have been nice if you could somehow change up the colours of some of the pinatas when they become residents.

Yea, the game got much better once you put down the sword statue and they stopped coming to your garden.

Nothing is more annoying that spending an hour attracting a Fizzlybear then having one of the ruffians destroy him.

It was really expensive though and not just that but I wouldn't have known to do that if it wasn't just accidental or reading an faq.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

OMG no wai! Awesome!

Holy shit there's a giant Bananaconda (?) in one of those too.

 

[Nolan.]

Holy shit there's a giant Bananaconda (?) in one of those too.

It's a pipe apparently, plus there's to many snakes already I wouldn't want another.

 

[WordAssassin]

Holy shit there's a giant Bananaconda (?) in one of those too.

Are you suuuuuure that's a pinata? Look at the picture with the volcano in the background, this "Bananaconda" you speak of is coming out of the top of the volcano and running through the backgrounds of a few other shots.

(top right)

(background)

(running through the top)

Also digging the Kremling pinata. :lol

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Awwwwwww.

But yeah, it wouldn't make sense to see a color pinata outside the bounds of your garden.

 

[batbeg]

You know, the more I think about, the more that I'm looking forward to Banjo having it's emphasis on vehicles... I know GAF will hate me for it, but platformers racers are awesome, and with added benefits of multiplayer, destruction, and platforming with them...

 

[NeXuSDK]

Videogaming247 are actually citing my two articles on the games

Cluck Norris is a chicken I made in Viva Piñata (1), my only really cool pinata design, and what I basically said in the article is that I'm excited about being able to share a design/customization like this with the new card system.

 

[FFChris]

It was really expensive though and not just that but I wouldn't have known to do that if it wasn't just accidental or reading an faq.

Yea, it was. Funny thing is, it's a game built for kids, but if I was a young gamer I'd be extremely frustrated with all the sours and ruffians constantly coming into my garden.

 

[Ghost]

Now I realllly want it to be a piñata.

Videogaming247 are actually citing my two articles on the games

Cluck Norris is a chicken I made in Viva Piñata (1), my only really cool pinata design, and what I basically said in the article is that I'm excited about being able to share a design/customization like this with the new card system.

I'll trade you my Jack Sparrowmint, eye patch and pirate hat included

 

[NeXuSDK]

You know, the more I think about, the more that I'm looking forward to Banjo having it's emphasis on vehicles... I know GAF will hate me for it, but platformers racers are awesome, and with added benefits of multiplayer, destruction, and platforming with them...

Don't think of the vehicles as racers. It's much more than that. Build cars, tanks, boat, submarines, helicopters, planes... and build them to help solve the missions. If the missions are well-designed, the game might be the first one ever to truly allow for creative freedom to solve missions. It's all down to mission design though, which I think will make or break this game.

 

[pswii60]

Don't think of the vehicles as racers. It's much more than that. Build cars, tanks, boat, submarines, helicopters, planes... and build them to help solve the missions. If the missions are well-designed, the game might be the first one ever to truly allow for creative freedom to solve missions. It's all down to mission design though, which I think will make or break this game.

Yeah, so basically the vehicles are more like tools which you can make to help you complete a mission/task. So although they are 'vehicles', by calling them vehicles it is probably doing the game and concept a disservice.

 

[Nolan.]

Now I realllly want it to be a piñata.




I'll trade you my Jack Sparrowmint, eye patch and pirate hat included

Imagine if that ''pipe'' was a boss and you get to fight with your pinata :O .

By the way can you build/design your own house this time round.? Also will you be able to do anything else with dragonasche (?) if he is back that is I mean even though he's the rarest he was the most boring to me.

 

[evilromero]

I like the new direction they are taking with Banjo 3. I would have never expected such a fresh take with the vehicle customization (kind of like getting DKR and Banjo in the same game). VP2 should be far more intuitive with the interface (I already like what I see), not to mention the added interactivity between pinatas and enviros. KI 3D better come to fruition. Mainly for a Kirkhope/Wise collaboration (Kirkhope on guitar and Wise on percussion).

 

[a.wd]

Or it could be that Otogi was one of the greatest and most underappreciated action series ever made, and another game from the same brain would be a slice of heaven.

I am seriously in a lot of trouble at work today, can I focus with the possibility of the second best action game of last gen being followed up or remade or even another game from the mind of the orginal producer would be a slice of pure gold. Served from the middle of a pussycat dolls Angelina Jolie, Keeley and Gemma Atkins oil wrestling match. And the the oil is honey.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Excellent, I will buy Banjo, Fable and VP2.

I think VP2 has a good opportunity at doing really well; the first one has been bundled heavily so there should be a decent fanbase for the game.

 

[GameGamer]

Before shaving..... and after shaving



: P



(if only he crossed his eyes)

 

[MMaRsu]

Awwww why the same garden size in VP2

 

[George K.]

Yeah, so basically the vehicles are more like tools which you can make to help you complete a mission/task. So although they are 'vehicles', by calling them vehicles it is probably doing the game and concept a disservice.

We've been referring to them internally as contraptions.

 

[keiji]

when start the conference??????????????????????????????????????????????

 

[The Innocent X]

We've been referring to them internally as contraptions.

A platformer mixed with the incredible machine?

Oh my, Oh yes indeedy.

 

[FFChris]

when start the conference??????????????????????????????????????????????

3 hours.

 

[Nolan.]

Awwww why the same garden size in VP2

Yeah .

 

[batbeg]

Don't think of the vehicles as racers. It's much more than that. Build cars, tanks, boat, submarines, helicopters, planes... and build them to help solve the missions. If the missions are well-designed, the game might be the first one ever to truly allow for creative freedom to solve missions. It's all down to mission design though, which I think will make or break this game.

I was only thinking of them as racers in the multiplayer sense as you talked about the mode with checkpoints in the other thread. I'm not just looking at it as a DKR or anything :lol

 

[pswii60]

We've been referring to them internally as contraptions.

Yeah, that makes far more sense. I think that'd be a far better way to explain them, as this whole 'vehicle' term is steering most people in the completely wrong direction.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

A platformer mixed with the incredible machine?

Oh my, Oh yes indeedy.

Is it weird for me to be most excited about how they'll sound? Like a really rickety, chitty chitty bang bang kind of exploding cacophony of craziness?

 

[gkryhewy]

We've been referring to them internally as contraptions.

Your game looks phenomenal. Can't wait to play it.

 

[MMaRsu]

Yeah .

Because it was actually my only real complaint about VP1

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Am I the only one who's not seeing like half the pictures in this thread?

-_-

 

[Nolan.]

Yeah, that makes far more sense. I think that'd be a far better way to explain them, as this whole 'vehicle' term is steering most people in the completely wrong direction.

Well some people are already running with the ''a large focus on vehicles'' which at face value suggests just collecting and building.

 

[Acosta]

I really like what I'm seeing, Fable 2 included.

 

[Saya]

I loved Viva Pinata, but I hope they fix the loading (when entering the menu / shops) because it was a bit too much.

 

[Brashnir]

Are you talking about these?

Are those little yellow things crabs?

 

[NeXuSDK]

Yes, contraptions is a far better word, no doubt about it. Hopefully a video will soon clean up this mess...

 

[Nolan.]

Are those little yellow things crabs?

I think flowers.

 

[Ryuuga]

If you google "Banjo Kazooie 3 + racing game" you'd be surprised at all the articles that have had to report that it's in fact NOT a racing game. Apparently, this new iteration being seen as a racer is the general consensus.

 

[Busty]

Where did that Killer Instinct picture come from?

Was it leaked or shown as part of a presentation of this Gamers Day?

 

[Nolan.]

Where did that Killer Instinct picture come from?

Was it leaked or shown as part of a presentation of this Gamers Day?

Nexus took a shot of it from a rare tour I think.

 

[Ghost]

Where did that Killer Instinct picture come from?

Was it leaked or shown as part of a presentation of this Gamers Day?

Guessing it's a picture from the Rare office where people played Banjo.


Seems like a red-herring to me.

 

[batbeg]

Where did that Killer Instinct picture come from?

Was it leaked or shown as part of a presentation of this Gamers Day?

It was a picture randomly at Gamer's Day, but it uses extremely old art for the first or second KI game and is probably just Rare fucking with everyone.

 

[NeXuSDK]

Where did that Killer Instinct picture come from?

Was it leaked or shown as part of a presentation of this Gamers Day?

No, it was a picture I took while I was at Rare. It was in one of the developer barns, just hanging there on the wall. As I've said before, don't bet too much on it meaning anything...

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

If you google "Banjo Kazooie 3 + racing game" you'd be surprised at all the articles that have had to report that it's in fact NOT a racing game. Apparently, this new iteration being seen as a racer is the general consensus.

Someday we'll look back on all that scuttlebutt and laugh. Someday meaning three and a half hours from now.

 

[soul]

So there's no Infinite Undiscovery at this event? I was expecting to see some English vocals.

 

[Vinterbird]

I was thinking. Could the Spring Update hit today Apple style, with announcement and download tonight?

 

[Orodreth]

Imagine if that ''pipe'' was a boss and you get to fight with your pinata :O .

By the way can you build/design your own house this time round.? Also will you be able to do anything else with dragonasche (?) if he is back that is I mean even though he's the rarest he was the most boring to me.

I hope we can keep/reuse our previous gardens and piñatas.

With the Pinartic area i suppose the Jeli (yeti) will pay us a visit.

Btw, the most irritating for me were the swananas in VP1, too cooky, always fighting.

Are those little yellow things crabs?

Looks like it

Awwww why the same garden size in VP2

Agree, at least please make allow much more items per garden so this time is possible to really customize how you want each of them.

 

[The Innocent X]

I was thinking. Could the Spring Update hit today Apple style, with announcement and download tonight?

Yeah, with full LIPS integration. BELIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE

"For the first time ever, you will be able to taste, suck and swallow the game!"

 

[Creamium]

I was thinking. Could the Spring Update hit today Apple style, with announcement and download tonight?

or maybe there won't be a spring update at all