On the official Banjo Blog, George K finally confirmed the rumor that had been circling the Internet since last December: "Banjo-Tooie" is coming to XBLA. According to the post, the game will be available to download sometime this April.
"Banjo-Tooie" will be a "note-perfect" migration of Banjo and Kazooie's second adventure, with an improved framerate, HD graphics, and, as a first-time feature, the original plan for the Stop 'n' Swop.
"As with the XBLA release of 'Banjo Kazooie,' you can expect all the fully-featured fun from the original game. But there’s more," wrote George. "4J Studios have dredged the 'Banjo' team’s collective memory and implemented the original plan for Stop ‘n’ Swop, for the first time on any platform ever and after many long years of waiting. Without going into too much detail, the Stop ’n’ Swop items collected in 'Banjo-Kazooie' will ‘magically’ appear in 'Tooie,' resulting in... well, you'll just have to find out. What could be cooler than that? Nothing, that’s what – not even Kazooie turning into a dragon."
To celebrate the announcement, here are the first four screenshots from the upcoming release.
January 28th, 2009 at 8:26 am
i loved banjo kazoo now i will love more banjo tooie