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 On 14th November ‘’Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts’’ makes its exclusive Xbox 360™ debut for the estimated retail price of £44.99 and for those that remember the original legendary Banjo we have a special pre-order offer which means you can download the Xbox LIVE Arcade release title for free and nearly two weeks before the main release 26th November, 2008. With graphical improvements and full support of gamerscores and achievements, “Banjo-Kazooie” for Xbox LIVE Arcade will be available for 1200 Microsoft points, when it launches this November for those that have not pre-ordered.

However, there is still time to take advantage of the “Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts” pre-order offer. Those who pre-order Banjo’s latest adventure at participating retailers not only get ‘’Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts’’ but also receive a complimentary code to redeem “Banjo-Kazooie” on Xbox LIVE Arcade nearly 2 weeks prior to launch and exclusive goodies in Stop N’ Swop before anyone else.

The “Stop N’ Swop” is a feature rewards players’ accomplishments in the Xbox LIVE Arcade game by unlocking extra content and features in “Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.”

In the UK and Ireland Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts pre-orders are available now in Gamestation stores and online at Game, Play, Gamestation and Amazon websites, and at other selected retail and online partners.

As if “Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts” and “Banjo-Kazooie” weren’t enough, “Banjo-Tooie” is also heading to Xbox LIVE Arcade in early 2009, making Xbox 360 the new home of the beloved “Banjo-Kazooie” franchise.

Without going too much into the story behind the game, which involves a lot of familiar faces returning from the franchise’s history, the core of the title is a hub-based action-platformer, in which more than 100 challenges are available to frolic about in.
 

This hub system means you enter into different themed worlds, which often reference back to older Banjo-Kazooie titles. All of these levels are accessible from the main town area, with more advanced levels being unlocked as you obtain one of the game’s principle items – ‘jiggies’.
 

Each challenge awards three levels of award, depending on your competence. Scrape through and you only a minimal reward, while showing some degree of skill earns you one jiggie.
Do brilliantly and you earn that same jiggie and also an extra quarter of one, meaning that after four ‘master’ completions you get a whole bonus jiggie, which, in turn, means swifter unlocking of the harder challenges. There is definitely some point in revisiting old missions to earn that elusive master time.
Which brings us onto perhaps the real meat of the game, certainly for the more hardcore gamers among us: the vehicle creation.
If you are unhappy with the selection for any particular mission, you can create your own (with better components being unlocked later on).
 

Rare is pinning its hopes on this particular element to bring in the more seasoned players, the level of customisation and tinkering that can be done hopefully providing people with a reason to stick with the game.

As for the multiplayer, eight players at any one time can compete against each other, either in a big free-for-all or in teams. There will be 28 individual games available, including races, challenges and arena-based scuffling. Individual vehicles can be created for these modes too, if the host allows them to be used.

At the end of the day, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts was more impressive than I expected it to be. Kids should be enticed by the cute characters and colourful graphics, while older players won’t feel left out as they can indulge their creative sides in the vehicle creator.

This looks like a really fun and exciting game and as soon as i get any more information worth sharing ill be sure to let you all know.....

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