Summary
There are a lot of platformer mascots out there starved of the attention they deserve, and it just so happens thatXboxowns a few of them. While we have had new games in theCrash Bandicootseries, bothSpyro the DragonandBanjo-Kazooiehave been dormant for so long that some people are convincedwe’ll never see them grace our consoles ever again.
Banjo-Kazooie is definitely a series that could use some TLC, with the last game being the infamously controversial Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, which was released all the way back in 2008. We’ve heard rumblings of potential projects in development,though nothing concrete has ever emerged from them, but there is one studio with close ties to Xbox that wants to bring the bear out of hibernation.
Crash Bandicoot Developer Toys For Bob Wants To Make A Banjo-Kazooie Game
Toys for Bob is a studio that’s almost single-handedly been keeping our favorite 90s platforming mascots alive in the modern day, having released two massively successful titles in Spyro: Reignited Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot 4. It’s currently heads down working on its next project,which is heavily rumored to be Spyro 4, but it was recently asked inan email interview with YouTuber Canadian Guy Ehwhich properties it would like to work with now it’s an independent studio.
“There’s so many, and that’s one of the exciting possibilities of being independent,” says Toys For Bob studio head Paul Yan. “One company we’d like to work with is one we’re already working with - Team Xbox. They’ve been a great partner and they also a very interesting roster of characters that Toys for Bob could have a lot of fun with. The honey bear is the first one that comes to mind. I think we all can agree Banjo’s been hibernating long enough, right?”
Of course, that doesn’t mean anything is signed and sealed with Toys for Bob, and it’s extremely unlikely the studio is working on one since it’s busy with its current project, but it’s nice to know that a developer with some serious talent in making platformers would be down to bring Banjo back. Now we just need to convince Xbox to make it happen.
