Banjo-Kazoomie was a prototype for the original Xbox which was started at Rare Ltd. in 2004. Players were able to construct their karts out of different parts, therefore after it was cancelled the concept may have evolved into Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, which was released on Xbox 360 four years later.
Brendan Gunn about this project:
“I’ve always wanted to do a racing game. I got to spend two weeks working on a prototype racing game for the Xbox. It was codenamed ‘Banjo-Kazoomie’, and it was a kind of kart racer, but you constructed the karts out of different parts, so I guess it was kind of a precursor to ‘Nuts & Bolts’. But for those two weeks I was doing the driving mechanics for it”
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4 Responses to Banjo-Kazoomie [Xbox - Cancelled]
gabrielwoj
December 14th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
That was one crazy name
Fan-Fan
December 15th, 2011 at 12:16 am
Wow, really? I think N&B should have stayed as this (presumed) spin-off.
Will
January 10th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Banjo-Kazoome? That might have been the story of a busty redhead bear.
DAkiller
January 18th, 2012 at 12:59 am
It’s “Kazooie” not “Kazoomie”. Cool characters, especially in the N64 Games.