Rumored Banjo-Kazooie Game Is The Wrong Rare Revival

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Rumor has it a reboot could be on the way, but there's another Rare game revival that may never arrive. The first, released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64, is best described as a 3D collectathon platformer. Players control two characters — Banjo the bear and Kazooie the breegull — as they traipse across eleven worlds, picking up valuable music notes and puzzle pieces to progress. It's been praised for its innovative gameplay. Banjo and Kazooie each have unique abilities that make tackling certain levels easier, and learn more throughout the game. The game's charming sense of humor has also contributed to its status as an all-time classic.

received two mainline sequelsin 2000, and for the Xbox 360 in 2008. It also had two handheld spinoffs for the Game Boy Advance, and a spiritual successor in 2017's. However, the main franchise has been pretty quiet since 2008, despite ever-present rumors of a revival. Finally, new information shared by industry insiders suggests that the sequel many have been waiting for is just around the corner — but another classic Rare game deserves its day in the sun, too. Here's everything to know about the possibility.

According to a forum post by a user named Nate Drake, as shared on X (formerly Twitter) by @IdleSloth84_, a new game is in the works, but its development may be a little more complicated than expected. The forum post goes on to elaborate that the project may have been in the works for much longer, but wasn't officially greenlit until 2022. It also claims that developers are attempting to incorporate scrapped ideas from previous games, and that development may have been restarted at some point. This was further confirmed in a Quote Tweet by insider @XCloudTimdog, who mentions