Summary
Banjo-Kazooiecomposer Grant Kirkhope has recently revealed that he has “zero hope” for another game in the series and believes that the community would not accept a new project well.Banjo-Kazooieis among the most beloved franchises of the late 90s, but it has been dormant for a while.
The originalBanjo-Kazooiewas released for Nintendo 64 in 1998, with a sequel coming out in 2000. Two games were released for the Game Boy Advance during the 2000s, and the last title in the series wasBanjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Boltsin 2008. With the recenthuge success ofAstro Bot, which won The Game Awards as GOTY last year, people are talking about the old-school franchise once more.
Now, the composer who worked on the originalBanjo-Kazooie, Grant Kirkhope, has revealed that he’s not hopeful for a new game in the franchise. On social media, Kirkhope stated he has “zero hope” for a newBanjo-Kazooiegame and that the title would likely be hated by die-hard fans “no matter how good it was.” To explain his earlier comments,Kirkhope later repliedthat he wasn’t trying to be “mean,” and his remarks were inspired by the community’s negative reaction to theintroduction of Banjo intoSuper Smash Bros. At the time, the introduction of the new character was widely criticized by some segments of theSuper Smash Broscommunity.
Banjo-Kazooie Composer Believes New Game Would Be Hated By Die-Hard Fans
Kirkhope’s comments came on the heels of the CEO of Moon Studios, Thomas Mahler, who recently suggested that aBanjo-Kazooiereturn could rival 3DMariogames in sales.Banjo-Kazooiedeveloper Rare is currently owned by Microsoft, and with the recent success ofAstro Bot, it was suggested that this release could be good for Xbox.
In any case, this is not the only time that the idea of bringing back theBanjo-Kazooiefranchise was suggested. Last year,Psychonauts 2developerDouble Fine shut down hopes of making aBanjo-Kazooiegame. At the time, fans were asking the company to develop the game, but the developers answered that, despite both Double Fine and Rare being owned by Microsoft, they were more interested in making their own games instead of bringing back franchises such as this one andConker’s Bad Fur Day. Fans may still see a newBanjo-Kazooiegame in the future, especially now that 3D platformers are becoming popular again. However, it’s impossible to tell what the future holds.
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