Someone asked for this at Supanova Gold Coast, SO HERE IT IS. Who says I don’t care about my readers?
Treasure make wonderful games, and this one is no exception, and it’s magic how they make an entire game out of one simple action. Shaking bad guys until they drop gems and explode is one of those neat video game things that you just can’t get anywhere else.
Take that, weird German board games that all the cool kids play!
I can’t say I was ever a huge fan of this game, but I can definitely respect its place in gaming history.
I did like how when Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts came out, you could call up Microsoft and say that you didn’t get the download code for Banjo Kazooie XBLA that you should have got when you pre-ordered Nuts & Bolts, and they just gave you a code for free. Thanks for the eight free copies, Microsoft!
The XBLA port was nice and all, but MAN did I adore Nuts & Bolts. It was the game I had dreamed of making for years. In fact when we were pitching a sequel to Viva Piñata Party Animals one of the key features was going to be a “make your own mini games” feature where you could construct your own activities, gadgets and vehicles from parts you collect through the regular game. In my mind if a kid wanted to play a mini game where he attached wings and rockets to his pinata and flew around kicking a floating soccer ball around, should be able to do that.
“That’s a really interesting idea”, they replied, “but we have something similar in the works”
A couple of months later Nuts & Bolts was released and I played it like craaaaazy.
Anyway, Rare were awesome back in the day, but man was it weird that that bird stayed in the backpack.
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