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The Official Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Thread
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My daughter played this for the first time tonight. She loves it - as she did the demo. I promise to make this the only stupid question I ask: is there any manual saving? I couldn't find any mention of saving at all in the manual, and no mention of it from the pause menu. I'm hoping she didn't lose her progress at all when I switched it off tonight...
I know, and I love them for that :lol Still need my second super engineKevinCow said:
Also, totally by accident today I figured out that YOU can leave the blue ring to build up speed but the JINGO can't for the Jingo throw challenges :lolGhaleonEB said:
All auto saves. Collect a single note, the save notice will pop up in the corner 10 seconds later. Collect a jiggy, same thing, ect.
civilstrife
Member
This game dares you not to like it. It's just so novel and charming that it's hard to get too upset about the whole non-platforer thing.
It's like Garry's mod with goals.
It's like Garry's mod with goals.
civilstrife said:
I agree! However, I think it's still a platformer in ways just in a novel way. You use vehicles in many ways that traditionally you would just learn a new move or get a new gadget in a traditional platformer.
For instance, unlocking new worlds and upgrading to get to new areas in the hub town.
Even the parts where you must complete missions in the worlds to get jiggies are a lot like the same types of objectives in a traditional platformer (find this, race to this, collect this, move this here, etc) only more fun with vehicles.
The vehicles also allow for mission types not traditionally found in regular platformers. Moving an ice sculpture from the bottom of the hill to the top of the hill with a special vehicle in Banjoe Town last night it dawned on me how this game can go in so many unique and fun ways that I am excited to see what's next.
Built my first copter. it leaned to one side and was hilarious. Then I tinkered and improved it. Love the legos aspect as well.
After looking at some leaderboard replays, I've come to the conclusion that making the timer stop when you edit your vehicle was a bad idea. You wind up with people taking like five minutes to do a mission, but because they hopped out and did the whole thing in editor mod, it says it took them a fraction of a second.
I'm kinda disappointed in the leaderboard replays in general, really. I was hoping I'd see some really creative vehicles solving missions in ways I didn't expect, but the top scores are all people exploiting the edit mode or the physics or just getting lucky.
I'm kinda disappointed in the leaderboard replays in general, really. I was hoping I'd see some really creative vehicles solving missions in ways I didn't expect, but the top scores are all people exploiting the edit mode or the physics or just getting lucky.
same here. it's the log's choices that always see them doing that. i've seen some pretty creative solutions on a lot of the other challenges.
the only thing i hate is when i think. wow i did this really fast, i wonder how i placed, and then look at the leaderboards to see i'm like 20,000th or something. it drives me crazy.
the only thing i hate is when i think. wow i did this really fast, i wonder how i placed, and then look at the leaderboards to see i'm like 20,000th or something. it drives me crazy.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
God damn it, I love it. Every week there's like a new wave of people blown away by this game. So awesome.
Watch the first Grunty mission. The top time is like .3 or .03 seconds. The guy just made a bunch of blocks, not even a seat, then slowly built it over to Grunty, then kept dropping blocks on her until the nut fell out.
Also look at a lot of the Jiggoseum missions. The long jump's top mission is just a motorcycle with a bumper on the bottom that kept sliding around in a circle. One mission where you have to knock a bunch of dice off a platform has the guy doing something similar to the Grunty mission, where he just goes into the edit mode and drops stuff on them to knock them off.
Also look at a lot of the Jiggoseum missions. The long jump's top mission is just a motorcycle with a bumper on the bottom that kept sliding around in a circle. One mission where you have to knock a bunch of dice off a platform has the guy doing something similar to the Grunty mission, where he just goes into the edit mode and drops stuff on them to knock them off.
CitizenCope
Member
Santa didn't bring me this game. Sorry BenjaminBirdie.
Down with Santa!!
I will pick this up in the coming weeks.
Down with Santa!!
I will pick this up in the coming weeks.
Some of these photos depress me, as I have no ideas for anything remotely that cool, granted I only have the light blocks so far but still that never stopped anyone.
My best creation though was probobly my UFO-matic it was a pyramid shaped flying saucer on wheels, unfortunately once I actually tried it out in the game world it controlled like crap so I trashed the whole thing..
My best creation though was probobly my UFO-matic it was a pyramid shaped flying saucer on wheels, unfortunately once I actually tried it out in the game world it controlled like crap so I trashed the whole thing..
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I think you start getting super parts once you "beat" the game (beat Grunty in the final battle).Mohonky said:
Stop and Swap is a long story, but it was basically what was supposed to be in BK1. You collected these eggs which you would swap for things in Banjo Tooie by quickly taking out the cartridge and inserting Tooie. This was never accomplished because of technical difficulties and RARE got a lot of crap for it. Now, when you buy Banjo Kazooie XBLA version, you can unlock the Stop N' Swap eggs and swap them for items in N&B.
civilstrife
Member
I must be missing something. Is there a way to watch the top score replays in the game?
Unregistered007
Banned
is this game easy to pickup and play ? I want to try it because it reminds me of the last gen platformers. Sucks that we only have first person shooters these days.
civilstrife
Member
Gribbix said:
Cool, thanks! Wish I knew this while I was playing the bulk of the game. I would have loved to have seen a bunch of them while I was in the thick of it.
I forget which challenge, but I think it was timed, and the top score was literally 0 seconds.
What kind of exploits are these people using?
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
I just picked up this game and its been pretty awesome. No vehicle building yet but its charming beyond belief. My biggest complaint so far is that its hard to find challenges at times. I wish they had added a map that I could pull up to find the challeges without running around aimlessly.
My other complaint is also one of my greatest joys so far. In Nutty Acres I found this huge pile of boxes and started climbing them by pulling up another crate with me each step. It was quite compelling and a nice piece of platforming. Plus it wasn't even required! I was just having fun exploring. However when I got near the top it wouldn't let me climb the final step even though the jump wasn't any higher than before. I know it seems pretty minor but it did annoy me that I couldn't finish my climb for no reason other than the developers not wanting me to.
Oh and I'd like to mention I'm quite happy Rare was so quick to patch the small text. Now the game is actually playable for me
My other complaint is also one of my greatest joys so far. In Nutty Acres I found this huge pile of boxes and started climbing them by pulling up another crate with me each step. It was quite compelling and a nice piece of platforming. Plus it wasn't even required! I was just having fun exploring. However when I got near the top it wouldn't let me climb the final step even though the jump wasn't any higher than before. I know it seems pretty minor but it did annoy me that I couldn't finish my climb for no reason other than the developers not wanting me to.
Oh and I'd like to mention I'm quite happy Rare was so quick to patch the small text. Now the game is actually playable for me
Stoney Mason
Banned
Unregistered007 said:
I'm the exact opposite. What really interests me is the vehicle part which is the only reason I'm considering getting it as I'm not generally a fan of collect-a-thons anymore.
Zoso
It's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time.
imo, yes. It's become my standard game to play inbetween other games. It's not really something that I want to play nonstop for hours - I found that it starts to get a little repetitive if I played it like that. So now I just play it real leisurely when I don't feel like playing other games. I found it's a better experience if you take your time and it stays fresh that way too.Unregistered007 said:
I can pick it up for 20 minutes and just explore a bit of showdown town or try my hand at a mission and then not play it for 5 days and come back and not have lost anything. The game is quite versatile.
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
The challenges show up on the mini-map when you're in the worlds, and worlds that still have challenges to do show up on the mini-map in showdown town. It's pretty easy to find challenges.grandjedi6 said:I just picked up this game and its been pretty awesome. No vehicle building yet but its charming beyond belief. My biggest complaint so far is that its hard to find challenges at times. I wish they had added a map that I could pull up to find the challeges without running around aimlessly.
My other complaint is also one of my greatest joys so far. In Nutty Acres I found this huge pile of boxes and started climbing them by pulling up another crate with me each step. It was quite compelling and a nice piece of platforming. Plus it wasn't even required! I was just having fun exploring. However when I got near the top it wouldn't let me climb the final step even though the jump wasn't any higher than before. I know it seems pretty minor but it did annoy me that I couldn't finish my climb for no reason other than the developers not wanting me to.
Oh and I'd like to mention I'm quite happy Rare was so quick to patch the small text. Now the game is actually playable for me
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Perhaps I should have specified Jingo challenges :XBobFromPikeCreek said:
BobFromPikeCreek
Member
Ah. Throw a Spec-o-Spy on your vehicle. You get it pretty early and it puts all the jingos in the area on the mini-map.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Spec-O-spy, eh? I'll have to remember that (pretty sure I don't have it yet). Thanks!BobFromPikeCreek said:
Pizza Luigi
Member
I just read the Dutch magazine GMR, and there was a review in it for Nuts & Bolts.
They said it didn't work gameplay-wise. I thought that was pretty weird, because it works perfectly, it's just different.
It got a 6.8
They said it didn't work gameplay-wise. I thought that was pretty weird, because it works perfectly, it's just different.
It got a 6.8
Digital Limit
Member
If I were to make a sequel I would fix these three things first:
1) Add hand-break
2) Remove "clingy" vehicle issue
3) Under the advanced menu for parts, allow specific assignment of action buttons
1) Add hand-break
2) Remove "clingy" vehicle issue
3) Under the advanced menu for parts, allow specific assignment of action buttons
Digital Limit said:
Oh god yes! I've lost count of the number of times I've thought "Right, now lets just swing round here" hit A (which I subconsciously associate with handbrake in driving games) and end up firing off missiles or springs or whatever crazy shit I've got attached to my vehicle :lol
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Co-signed.KevinCow said: