Banjo-Kazooie's Smash Bros. Reveal Was One Of The "Biggest" Moments In Grant Kirkhope's Career

I bet it was! The crowd went nuts.

I still think his head design looks a bit off though, like it's too pointy.

I bet Grant was extremely excited to finally compose something Banjo-Kazooie related after all these years

And now he is immortalized in the halls of historical gaming that is Smash Bros, along with Rare.

@MarioBrax Probably the closest he'll get to working on a new Banjo-Kazooie game

What a crazy past 5 years he must've had

I love this man. I hope someday we will get a proper Banjo revival (either with a new game or a remake) and he will be there to bless us with his music once again.

@Kalmaro funny. I thought his new nose was a little bit smaller than the original model. This was a little too good. It should be a little more pointier and thicker. Give old nose banjo back. Banjo never to plastic surgery hahahahahaha

Meh, it's DLC. Happy for this guy though.

Call me when we have a new mainline Banjo-Kazooie game on our hands. I know people love smash but imo these announcements do not justify the amount of Direct time devoted to them.

The announcement was far more interesting from the point of view of Banjo-Kazooie being made re-relevant to this generation. I just hope it goes somewhere worthwhile – like a new 3D platformer since that was the original reason to love the pair.

Microsoft.... if you’re reading this, you have my money for a BK new game on Switch & Xbox .....

I’ll double Dip.... just bring this amazing franchise back into capable hands..... Nintendo

Rare Ltd and Playtonic should team up and make Banjo Threeie. They just need green light from Microsoft. Then they should port it to Switch and Xbox One only.

Nintendo should be making the next Banjo game as a collaboration between both Rare and Playtonic. Those three studios together would give the Banjo games the comeback they deserve. And frankly, their character renders that have been produced for Smash is how B&K should have looked on the X360 instead of that awful look Rare chose themselves.

@TheFatPlumber well Nintendo didn't help Rare in N64 era? Could be wrong. I would be happy if something happened like I sais above. Team up with Rare and Playtonic. Only then there will be a true B-K (B-T)

After the birth of my son, my gaming life had to take a backseat for a year while I watched him grow up. Now that I have finally reached a point where I am ablw to play video games again, I have finally rekindled that passion that I lost over a year ago. So, I understand that strong feeling that Grant speaks of in so many ways.

Hope they can sneak in a Viva Piñata song along with banjo

He deserves all of this, what a wonderful moment in gaming history!

@Vectorman I was going to say fair enough, as I didn't mean to upset anyone. But after re-reading my comment, I'm quite sure that my comment wasn't that negative really. Whereas your response was a little bit of an overreaction. I even started my post stating I was happy for this guys moment and I meant it.

Yes I'm not a Smash guy, and I still feel the direct had a lot of time on Smash DLC - the Dragon Quest bit was a lot for sure. Sorry if you disagree and it was spot on for you, but I am allowed my opinion. For those who love Smash and want as many characters as possible, thats great - happy for you/them.

Look, the article had me clicking because it had Banjo-Kazooie all over it. The fun animation in the direct with Banjo-Kazooie/Donkey Kong appearing had me (and many others) wondering, just for a moment, if we had a significant new game with our favourite IPs in it. It turned out to be DLC for Smash. Sad face for me. Elation for others. No problem. I was just expressing that bit of disappointment. If thats too negative for you I'm sorry.

I'm not really anti-DLC either, but I guess I did express myself unskilfully there though. I just have higher hopes for B.K. My bad for sure.

BTW who 'already stated it probably wouldn't lead anywhere'?

Anyway peace and love and all that, I didn't mean to press any buttons.

@Vectorman Well yes they could have had Rare decided to go with that (or similar) art style at the time. The X360 could have easily pulled something like that off if Rare had decided to do so.

@Vectorman No worries mate. Enjoy your Smash. I may be in the minority here, but there are actually a lot of long term Nintendo fans who just don't care for Smash. I'm really not that unusual, but this thread was the wrong place to express that – so I apologise.

@Vectorman no not every Nintendo fan is a Smash fan. Because if they where then Smash would be the best selling Nintendo franchise of all time.

Infact there are more people who enjoy mainline Mario games and Mario Kart games.

Smash is really about on par with Zelda.

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Like a few others have said, i enjoy Smash but it really isn't a system seller for me and this news really doesn't bother me too much. I'd much rather see a mainline Banjo game instead.

@Vectorman

Umm not every Nintendo fan is specifically a Smash fan, nor would they care if a character they personally liked, only got revived through Smash Bros.

Also, "please don't be so negative"
laughs in Dragon Quest

@Vectorman I'm one of those "Not Smash Guys." SSB for Wii U was the first one I ever bought and I don't know that I'll buy another one. I found it somewhat enjoyable, but not enough to get the next one. Although to be fair, I have never bought back to back installments of fighting games because they are probably the worse for reselling you recycled content. I loved Tekken Tag Team on Wii U, but instead of getting Tekken 7, I bought King Of Fighters XIV so that I'd be getting something new and different.

@TheFox You getting Samurai Shodown then?

@BlueBlur101 It's definitely on my radar... I'll probably get it. I'm not sure I need another fighter right now, but it's graphics are so gorgeous, it could melt my eyeballs and I'm a sucker for Shogun era games.

@TheFox Samurai Shodown's art style is beautiful

In terms of fighters right now I'm currently on a Smash Ultimate and MK11 high right now
I also plan to get Samurai Shodown and the upcoming collection as well

And I'm definitely keeping Granblue Fantasy Versus on my radar too because I love anything Arc Sys does

Love the attention to detail in the reveal trailer per Banjo and Kazooie's expressions/personalities

@Vectorman
I didn't say "love the attention to detail... of how uniquely different this reveal trailer was compared to the others", as I and prob a ton of ppl would agree it was very same-y to King K Rool's.

I said "Love the attention to detail... per Banjo and Kazooie's... <emphasis>expressions/personalities</emphasis>".

This is not inherently about the reveal trailer, but the original characters' personalities and design reflected in gameplay+ trailer. Just look at the snapshot on this article for reference. I saw that and thought, fun, Banjo's kinda happy dopey carefree expression is present while Kazooie remains the cynical/serious.

Either way you're welcome to have your own opinion, but you're claiming something different than I mention

@Vectorman well now that was a rant... totally based on wishful thinking lol.

Best selling Nintendo franchise:

Super Mario (627.51 million)
Pokémon (301.5 million)
Wii Series (203.15 million)
The Legend of Zelda (105.62 million)
Donkey Kong (75.6 million)
Super Smash Bros (53 million)
Game & Watch (43.4 million)
Kirby (38 million)
Brain Age (34 million)
Animal Crossing (33.6 million)

Here are some numbers based on reality for you.

I was wrong about one thing... Smash bros isn't anywhere near on par with Zelda 😂😂

Zelda has MUCH higher sales numbers

@Vectorman to put these numbers into perspective for you... Smash bros will NEVER be Nintendo's best selling franchise.

Furthermore 35m people own a Nintendo Switch and less than 14m of them own Smash bros so it doesn't even have 50% popularity on the Switch... so no it isn't even close... less than half isn't "nearly everyone" 😂😂

@Vectorman Um I meant the negativity quote in a generalized sense, seeing as how the unanimous reaction to the Hero's inclusion was mostly pretty bad from the Western side, while they were the same people who ascended to the nth plane of existence when Banjo was announced later

Also Smash isn't a perfect game like you say it is. It's excellent, but there are numerous problems attributed to inconsistent character balancing, disappointing single player content, and the lackluster online experience.

And yes, I literally pre-ordered Smash and played it the night of release so I clearly know what I'm talking about

Can you try being less of a keyboard warrior next time and stop spreading toxicity in this thread for a sec? I think we'd all appreciate it

@Vectorman Ok, this conversation is bat-sh*t bonkers. I'm signing out. Take care bro, but chill a little.

@Vectorman Actually, I didn't buy Tekken 7 because watching videos, I didn't see anything in that game that I wasn't already getting from Tekken Tag Team. So I'm not saying Smash recycles but the others don't. They all do, which is why I rarely come back to the same franchise. And I don't see how you can look at SSBU with characters, moves and levels all pulled from SSB for Wii U (yes, I know things got tweaked and the levels modified) and say it's not reusing content.

@Razer Those numbers are incredibly skewed. Every single one of those series that have sold more than Smash Bros have double the titles within the series if not more.
With the exception of the Wii series, Smash Bros. has the highest average of games sold on that list.

@Vectorman by typing that entire essay of a rant against me, while I was just arguing rationally without particularly insulting you and only telling you to quit lashing out against others in the thread, you just proved my point about you being a keyboard warrior. I would call you every name in the book right now but I frankly don't want to waste your time when you could be criticizing other people's opinions in this thread.

@Vectorman Well not really no... maybe this statement would be correct a while back but it hasn't been true for a long time.

To illustrate what i mean you need to look at the total numbers for each game compared to the total consoles sold.

Wii sold 100m and units but smash only sold 13m copies (Mario galaxy games sold over 25m)... thats less than 15% of total Wii owners played smash.

Wii u itself was a flop but had a decent attach rate, unfortunately that didn't change anything there.

And 3ds sold nearly 80m units and 9m smash bros sales... its not too bad but again it really isn't anywhere near as good as other games on the 3ds (again under 15%) attach rate.

So yeah that statement hasn't been true for years.

Look you love smash so i wont s*** on your parade anymore. I suggest you move on 😉