{"id":7319,"date":"2017-12-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/this_playtonic_art_could_be_the_closest_well_get_to_seeing_banjo-kazooie_and_switch_together"},"modified":"2017-12-08T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:00:00","slug":"this-playtonic-art-could-be-the-closest-well-get-to-seeing-banjo-kazooie-and-switch-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/08\/this-playtonic-art-could-be-the-closest-well-get-to-seeing-banjo-kazooie-and-switch-together\/","title":{"rendered":"This Playtonic Art Could Be The Closest We&#8217;ll Get To Seeing Banjo-Kazooie And Switch Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the long-awaited release of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/yooka-laylee\">Yooka-Laylee<\/a><\/strong> on Switch, Playtonic&#8217;s artists have been paying tribute to their past connection with Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, Playtonic&#8217;s core team is made up of former Rare staffers who worked on some of the company&#8217;s most famous NES, SNES and N64 era titles. These talented chaps are now pulling together those decades of history in these bespoke pieces of artwork, and it&#8217;s no surprise to see that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/banjo_kazooie\">Banjo-Kazooie<\/a><\/strong> features prominently.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the lead-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YookaLaylee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YookaLaylee<\/a> coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> Dec 14, our artists will be revisiting Nintendo classics they helped create. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WinkySteve?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WinkySteve<\/a> kicks us off with this spooky revisit of Banjo-Kazooie! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TdTKZXgyGg\">pic.twitter.com\/TdTKZXgyGg<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlaytonicGames\/status\/937711595584720896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With 6 days until <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YookaLaylee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YookaLaylee<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a>, our artists continue their trip down memory lane to Nintendo classics they helped create. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WinkySteve?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WinkySteve<\/a> premieres his barrel of mascots! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMV0k33B4q\">pic.twitter.com\/hMV0k33B4q<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlaytonicGames\/status\/939127295595417600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YookaLaylee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YookaLaylee<\/a> gets eeeeven closer to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a>, our artists continue to revisit Nintendo classics they helped create. Today DK64&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/playtonicalMark?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@playtonicalMark<\/a> proves he has no style&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bhdFE9mmEh\">pic.twitter.com\/bhdFE9mmEh<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlaytonicGames\/status\/938785383483092993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YookaLaylee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YookaLaylee<\/a> approaches <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> on Dec 14, our artists continue to revisit Nintendo classics they helped create. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FulgoreAndMore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FulgoreAndMore<\/a> goes festive crazy with his character roster! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CXgZy2uUai\">pic.twitter.com\/CXgZy2uUai<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlaytonicGames\/status\/938446861492473863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the lead-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YookaLaylee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YookaLaylee<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitch<\/a> on Dec 14, our artists continue to revisit Nintendo classics they helped create. Today <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Klungo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Klungo<\/a> doodles his namesake from Banjo-Kazooie! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TpIS3IhSYA\">pic.twitter.com\/TpIS3IhSYA<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlaytonicGames\/status\/938079292034093057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We sadly may never see this famous duo on a Nintendo console again, as Rare is now totally owned by Microsoft and Banjo-Kazooie&#8217;s status as an original Rare IP means Nintendo has no claim over it. Still, with Microsoft seemingly open to the idea of getting its games onto as many systems as possible &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/microsoft_wants_to_reach_gamers_on_rival_systems_says_xbox_chief_phil_spencer\">even rival ones<\/a> &#8211; you never know&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the long-awaited release of Yooka-Laylee on Switch, Playtonic&#8217;s artists have been paying tribute to their past connection with Nintendo. As you know, Playtonic&#8217;s core team is made up of former Rare staffers who worked on some of the company&#8217;s most famous NES, SNES and N64 era titles. 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