{"id":94956,"date":"2019-06-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/06\/original_banjo-kazooie_team_pleased_about_duos_return_but_unsure_a_new_game_would_sell"},"modified":"2019-06-12T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T03:00:00","slug":"original-banjo-kazooie-team-pleased-about-duos-return-but-unsure-a-new-game-would-sell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/12\/original-banjo-kazooie-team-pleased-about-duos-return-but-unsure-a-new-game-would-sell\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Banjo-Kazooie Team “Pleased” About Duo’s Return, But Unsure A New Game “Would Sell”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the same VGC interview featuring the former Rare composer Grant Kirkhope, Steve Mayles and Chris Sunderland shared their own thoughts about Banjo-Kazooie<\/a><\/strong> being added as a DLC fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Steven Mayles, the original character designer of the bird and bear, said he was “pleased” to see the delightful duo return to their spiritual home after 11 years in the wild and jokingly added “Dixie Kong” was next.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m really pleased for all the passionate Banjo fans who never lost faith that their heroes would one day come back!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chris Sutherland, who was the lead programmer on the original Banjo games, explained how it was great to see the Nintendo 64 stars back in action.<\/p>\n

Despite the positive reception, Kirkhope still has his doubts about a future installment in the Banjo-Kazooie series \u2013 and doesn’t think it would sell enough.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think Rare has the appetite for it…I don\u2019t think they believe it would sell, and even in my mind I\u2019m not sure. It\u2019s easy to get wrapped up in my Twitter feed, but that\u2019s just a tiny audience in comparison.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He also believes there’s no chance of the original team getting back together, so it’s dependant on who Rare and Microsoft asked to work on in it in the future.<\/p>\n

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“They\u2019d have to find the right people to do it. Ubisoft Milan were perfect for Mario, for example, and the Killer Instinct guys did a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Right now, though, the composer is simply happy Rare’s mascots have returned to their spiritual home and thinks fans would agree with him.<\/p>\n

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“They were born on Nintendo consoles. I feel that their home is with Nintendo, but that\u2019s just my personal opinion and I think the fans definitely agree.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Would you like to see a new entry in the Banjo-Kazooie series? Are you looking forward to playing as the famous duo in Smash Ultimate? Share your thoughts below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the same VGC interview featuring the former Rare composer Grant Kirkhope, Steve Mayles and Chris Sunderland shared their own thoughts about Banjo-Kazooie being added as a DLC fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Steven Mayles, the original character designer of the bird and bear, said he was “pleased” to see the delightful duo return […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}