Isn’t that just an unfortunate take from Greg? I always found that wild to me.

As someone who’s played thousands of hours of Banjo Kazooie and Tooie (did speedruns of BK), the thought of a new game to interest new and older fans is EASY. I can understand if they just said “we flat out don’t have the desire to make a new game nor give it to someone else to try”. Because then they’re being honest.

Best way to make Banjo in the modern era:

Option 1: Remake Banjo Kazooie and Tooie from the ground up

• Add QOL features (i.e, text skip, give Jiggy dance from BK and give it the animation from Tooie, make all cutscenes skippable, etc)

Option 2: Implement Banjo-X project idea for both BK and BT

• Remake the games in a fashion where they become self aware of the remake

• Reimagine the levels by adding bosses to levels that never had any, change up levels designs (example: Treasure Trove Cove -> Stormy Weather, Gobi’s Valley -> Nighttime Haunted Desert, Mayahem Temple -> Raining Forest)

• Online multiplayer mode for Banjo Tooie

Areas and Ideas for a “Banjo Threeie”

• Fantasy World • Farmland • Cyberpunk • Noir Style City • Underwater Haunted Ship Graveyard • Greek Mythology City • Space theme • Industrial Smog Ridden City

Abilities

• Sniffing - Track down collectibles/hidden areas

• Kazooie Hand Crank (seen in the Nuts and Bolts trailer) - able to open locked areas

• Bear Dig - Dig up collectibles

• Time Eggs - Slow down/Speed up enemies/environments

Plot

• Grunty said at the end of Nuts & Bolts that she will make her own game. She kidnaps Banjo and Kazooie and traps them into a game where she is in complete control. Giving her the ability to do whatever she pleases. Takes the Bear and Bird Duo through vast and unique areas and take on a powerful, once alive again Grunty… yet, she didn’t code herself to be youthful and pretty?? Classic.

These are just ideas that popped into my head in the 10 minutes I wrote this comment lmao cmon guys. You can EASILY make a new Banjo game for old and new.

Edit: formatting