Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Gets Big Text Patch

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Rare has belatedly fulfilled its earlier promise to bring bigger text to Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, following complaints that the text was too small for SDTV users to read.

Players will be automatically prompted to download the update upon booting the action-adventure vehicle-building Xbox 360 game while connected to Xbox Live. After the update is applied, the ability to enlarge the text size is available within the options menu.

Though developer Rare originally said the small text problem was "too expensive" to fix, the studio quickly reversed its position after widespread outcry, claiming on November 8 that a fix would be available "within the next 30 days."

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    December 22, 2008 10:16 AM

    So, how is this game? Are people enjoying it? I was actually interested in getting this game.. but with the flood of good games this season... I really didn't have the gaming time or money to pick it up.

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      December 22, 2008 10:52 AM

      Yep, pretty much the same for me.
      People either seem to really like it or not so much (from the reviews I've seen anyway).

      Judging from this - http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/935846.asp?q=banjo it seems to be quite well received.

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      December 22, 2008 12:16 PM

      It's a great game. At first it seems a little weird and empty because it's so vehicle-centric and there's very little traditional platforming, but it really gets fun once you really get down to the fine-tuning aspects. After about a solid hour in the vehicle creator destroying and rebuilding things you made to better suit other missions, the charm really comes through.

      My brother played through the same portions of the game I did, but in completely and totally different ways. It's a blast and has enormous replay value, especially considering it's $40.

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      December 22, 2008 12:46 PM

      Really really really fun. Makes me wanna buy a box of legos again.

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      December 22, 2008 12:56 PM

      Thanks guys for the comments above... that pretty much confirms my impressions from the demo and the reviews. I think this one goes on my list to pick up at some point in the future.

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        December 22, 2008 12:59 PM

        Now that I think of it... even when the 720 comes out... I could spent another year or so just playing all the old great games I missed (like this one).

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      December 23, 2008 9:01 AM

      From what I played of it it was pretty much a worse version of Ratchet and Clank for ps3

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