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Reviews: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Review

Brad gets jiggy and jolly with Nuts & Bolts.

Giant Bomb delivers the final word on video games in podcast form.

Nov. 21 2008

Posted by: Vinny

71 Comments

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Edited By Sorax

Great review but the music seemed to high in the mix during the Workshop section.
I''ve had the same reaction to this game that Brad is expressing. I really don't understand the very poor reviews Banjo has received from other outlets. The game is everything Brad listed and he didn't even talk about the online multiplayer which provides a great venue to compete with your creations. Having loved Legos as a child Banjo-Kazooie: N&B is like a dream come true.

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Edited By TwoOneFive

highly overrated. 

go take this and carry it over there...okay. and get nothing for it. felt way too tedious. theres no rewarding in this game. 
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Edited By MasterChief360

great

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Edited By Cheetoman

Great review. Now I'm actually thinking about getting this.

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Why does this game only have 200 achievement points???

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Edited By Richlough

Great review Brad , I like how you guys are pioneering putting the install sizes in reviews .

Keep up the always great work .

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Edited By darkjester74

I'm sure I will enjoy the game more once I figure out how to get more parts.  Got plenty more to play with right now, I'll get back to it at some point.

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Edited By Moeez

Wow, sucks that the game is FULL RETAIL PRICE over here in UK, still 40 pounds ($80), instead of 20 pounds ($40). I thought, since Rare is FROM HERE, they would know to make it a BUDGET game over here. Just sucks, will have to wait to get this game...

Awesome review, Brad, showing a lot of personality, no-hype mentality, and valued judgements. 
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Edited By WholeFunShow

"Dallas, Dallas Uber Allés" really sells it to me.

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Edited By canadadry

I just heard of this site and how it has the actual likeable reviewers from Gamespot.  I am pleased.

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Underrated much? I picked up this game for around 20 bucks, hadn't done it earlier because of other negative reviews that made it sound like this game was not my type. But it was actually pretty fun, and I agree with Brad on this one. The graphics are really something of itself, and the game is bustling with content.

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Rare is a good studio, but where is the new installment of Perfect Dark franchise?

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Edited By Gigaman

Looks nice! If I ever get my mits on a 360, this game is mine!

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Edited By SkinnyBlue

I was dissapointed that Nuts and Bolts wasn't going to be designed as the "traditional platformer" that Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie were, as I'm sure many of you fans of the old games like myself were. Though I had my doubts, this game still mantained the charm and appeal of the first two games, despite their huge differences, and I really enjoyed it. I definitely reccomend this to anyone out there who hasn't tried it yet, especially if youre a fan of the old games. Check it out.

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Edited By BlameTheGame

Great review.

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Edited By MeatXbeatsXman

Just picked this up today and I'm a few hours into it. I'm liking it a lot, but I still can't help but want an all new platformer/adventure game.

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Never played a Banjo game before, but this looks pretty good.

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Miss you Nuts & Bolts <3

What a game!

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coming back to this review in 2018 is pretty wild.

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<3 Brad

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