April 17th, 2009 by hylian1

Available since last wednesday now is Rare’s first adventurous offering of downloadable content for Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. L.O.G.’s Challenges offers twelve brand new challenges to tackle in the Test-O-Track. Not only this, but an all-new, old school quest created by none other than Klungo himssssself.

The best part of all? You can have it all for the bargain price of 400 Microsoft Points ($5). How’s that for a deal?

April 17th, 2009 by hylian1

Far too late posting this, but better later than never, right? RIGHT?! Ahem…

April 15th, 2009 by hylian1

It’s official! After weeks of information slowly leaking out from Rare about their upcoming release of Banjo-Tooie for the Xbox LIVE Arcade, Rare has finally confirmed that the game will be releasing on April 29th. Details on new features for the title straight from Rare’s press release….

For Banjo-Tooie’s return in 2009, the responsibility of porting the game to Xbox Live Arcade has once again fallen to 4J Studios. This means you can expect the same level of audiovisual gloss applied to Banjo-Kazooie in 2008 – and Tooie was already several steps above Kazooie on the technological ladder even back in the day with its interactive soundtrack, overhauled camera system and ramped-up textures and lighting effects.

The original Tooie dev team have also been involved and suggested some updates of their own, mainly UI tweaks that they felt were right to introduce given the benefit of hindsight. The framerate has been given a boost, the addition of Leaderboards and Achievements goes without saying, and extra Stop ‘n’ Swop connectivity is also promised for the XBLA version to soothe the anxieties of those still haunted by the mystery eight-and-a-half years on.

Still no word on whether or not Tooie’s multiplayer will include online play. Leaderboards are involved, but they may pertain to campaign speedruns like Kazooie. For more details in regards to story, characters, and much, much more, visit Rare’s official Banjo-Tooie page.

March 28th, 2009 by Banjo-Conker

Crowd Pleaser (20)
Knock down all of the supporting cast in Ben Hurdle

Wheels on Fire (20)
Burn an opponent’s vehicle until it falls apart at the seams

Halfway Home (15)
Complete all of L.O.G.’s Lost Challenges once

Ultimate – Played The Game (50)
Show Sssuper Klungo the real meaning of sssuper

Paint the Town Gold (40)
Complete all of L.O.G.’s lost challenges to TT standard

Sssave The Universsse! (30)
Complete all Lost Challenges in L.O.G.’s Choice and Player’s Choice vehicles

Pointless Achievement (5)
Find the door to L.O.G.’s Lost Challenges

Old Ssskool Ssseekrit Area (20)
Klungo not ssstupid, ussse old fake wall trick to hide Klungo goodnesss

L.O.G. Ranked Apprentice (20)
Win one of the new DLC multiplayer games in a ranked match

L.O.G. Master (30)
Win all of the new DLC multiplayer games

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March 16th, 2009 by Banjo-Conker

From Xbox360Achievements.org:

Knocked Out Klungo (20)
He’s out for revenge; not once, not twice, but three times. You need to beat him once.

Treasure Hunt (20)
You’ll probably end up with many more, but to achieve this you need just one of each.

All Beaten Up (20)
Kill any 20 bad guys with any of these attacks: Mumbo’s wand, your Pants Attack or the Daddy T-Rex.

A Merry Old Soul (20)
You’ll find Old King Coal in Chuffy’s boiler and he’s a bit on the grubby side. Scrub him out!

Hatch the Future (20)
Separate our heroes for the first time, or hatch a Banjo-Kazooie Stop ‘N’ Swop Egg with Heggy.

Calamari Bonanza (20)
Don’t be suckered! You’ll have to freeze every single octopi.

It Lives! (15)
Miracles do happen! Bring Sabreman back to life.

After The Storm (10)
Ahhhh, a pretty rainbow. You did that, you old softy!

My Nemesis (10)
Do it properly this time! Get rid of Grunty and save us from her rhymes. Off with her head!

Points Make Prizes (15)
Balloons of any color will do, get 60 points worth or more and you’re a winner… sort of.

They think it’s all over… (15)
Win a Colosseum Kickball final. The worst scorers rule at this game, so you should be good at it!

Shoot Em Up! (15)
It’s great fun exploding these little lovelies! Any 20 Ulcers, Clinkers or Mines will earn this.