After an eight-year long slumber, Banjo-Kazooie comes out of hibernation with a brand new owner. Max Roberts, Logan Moore, and special guest Michael Ruiz pick up the pieces left behind by Rare and try to understand what Rare built on the Xbox 360. Are the bones of Nuts & Bolts strong or does it all fall apart under scrutiny?

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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

• Developer - Rare
• Platform - Xbox 360
• Release Date - November 11, 2008
• Game Directors - Gregg Mayles
• Producers - Roger Carpenter (Microsoft Games Studios)
• Composer - Grant Kirkhope, Robin Beanland, and David Clynick

Metacritic - 79/100

Links

• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Wikipedia
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Reveal Trailer
• DF Retro: Dinosaur Planet
• Behind the Scenes of Nuts & Bolts
• Soundtrack
  • Spotify
  • YouTube
• Banjo Kazooie Nuts And Bolts KNOCKING DOWN DOMINOES
• Mike’s Sea of Thieves Review
• Max’s Below Review
• Just Cause 3 Flying Cow
• Giant Bomb’s Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Review

This episode was originally recorded on May 6 , 2022.

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