| BANJO-KAZOUIE; NUTS AND BOLTS
After an 8 year hiatus, Banjo-Kazouie is back and he’s ready to take the platform world by storm. Throw in some fun multiplayer and Banjo-Kazouie is sure to be a hit for gamers and families alike.
In Banjo-Kazouie; Nuts and Bolts, the bad guy is the Lord of Games. He seems to think that he controls everything and all games in the land. Our heroes must prove that this is not correct by engaging in a variety of mini-games and challenges to progress the story.
One large aspect of Banjo-Kazouie is vehicle creation. As you collect parts throughout the game you can use them to create vehicles that will assist you in completing various tasks within the game. Tasks can be completed in a variety of different manners. For example, if your task is to add 15 coconuts to the vac-o-nut, you could drive over, pick them up, drive back and drop them off, or you could use a grappling hook hanging off the bottom of a helicopter to grab the vac-o-nut and take it over to the coconuts to grab them.
You can customize vehicles in a huge variety of ways. Vehicles may drive, fly with balloons (slow), fly with jets (fast), float, etc. There is also the introduction of fixed-wing flight with Banjo-Kazouie; Nuts and Bolts. You may even need to upgrade or modify your vehicle during gameplay in order to complete different tasks.
As you progress the story you must collect jiggies and return them to the jiggy bank. To do so you must open up the 5 different game-worlds, go to them, complete the challenges with at least a D rating and then travel back to the main world. At the main world you must use a transport to drive the jiggies back to the jiggy bank. As the story progresses you must drive them farther and farther. While driving the cops will try to disrupt your driving and prevent you from dropping off the jiggies to the jiggy bank.
The multiplayer aspect of Banjo-Kazouie will allow up to 8 players over Live. I played a king of the hill variant where I customized my car with springs (offensive ones on the front of my car), a boot in the box (a box that opens up and allows a boot to kick the other vehicles), and some jet power. I tied with another player as we beat the snot out of the other 2 people playing by shoving them off the platform constantly. It was loads of fun and I can see playing this game with my Live Friends and my family for hours.
For Banjo-Kazouie fans Nuts and Bolts will offer the greatest aspects of the prior game with loads of new features and highly upgraded graphics. Throw in some great multiplayer fun and you’ve got a title that is gamer and family friendly. This one will likely make its way to my game library upon release. | 
