When Rare announced Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts for the 360, they alos announced that the original games would be coming to XBLA eventually. A couple of weeks ago, the first of the two hid Xbox Live Arcade, and Rare promised that the second would hit sometime this month, complete with an enhanced frame-rate and full Stop N’ Swop functionality. Luckily for all Banjo fans (and fans of good games alike) that day is only two weeks away!

Rare’s forums today brought news of 4J Studios’s Banjo-Tooie port, announcing that it would hit XBLA on April 29th. Rare also posted images of the new gamerpics that would hit XBLA alongside the game’s release, which you can pick up for 80 MS Points, or $1. For those of you not familiar with the N64 blockbuster series, Rare also opened a section on their site devoted to the game. I don’t know about you guys, but this is a definitely buy for me.

Source: Destructoid

Tags: Banjo-Tooie, rare, XBLA, Xbox 360

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1 Comment » Dru212 on April 16, 2009 11:20 am I may actually buy this when it comes out because I never played through the first one n64 but never got around to really playing this RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.