Banjo features ability to “twist the controller,” says Lobb

I hope it’s not just me that the vid won’t play for.

Oh God, Microsoft. Please, no – not another Sixaxis.

I remain fairly unconvinced by the game. The hub world looks gorgeous, but it’s… empty. And boring. Wander around finding boxes and bringing them back while nothing else happens? I hope there’s more to it than that.

Still can’t play the bloody video.

Works fine morriss. You probably just suck at computers.

When I press play I just get some red writing at the bottom saying “unsupported format” and that’s it.

Firefox 3.

Ah, the old “morriss is teh suck” message.

/watches video again
/in Firefox 3

Doesn’t work in IE either.

Wtf? Vista just updated this morning,, I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Oh, Vista. You should’ve said, lack-of-codecs boy.

Well, I’ve got K-Lite and FFDShow but I’m not sure that’s got anything to do with it.

Bollocks.

Here, try installing this.

Edit: Oh, you already did. Vistalol.

Just tried installing it. Apparently I had an older version of the other codecs.

Still doesn’t work though.

What version of Flash have you got?

You have version 9,0,124,0 installed

It’s not that, then. Looks like you’re screwed.

Did you try pressing the ‘hi-res’ button? That launches a different player on IGN’s own site.

Yeah. Doesn’t play either.

It obviously ‘wasn’t meant to be’. It’s a sign.

Also, for some reason, IGN is taking literally ages to load for me. Their home page just took “too long to respond.”

/hates the internet

Try this version. Aspect ratio’s all wrong, but you might be able to play it, at least.

That played fine. Nice one. (y)

Looks brilliant.

I reckon that looks like one of the most interesting games I’ve seen this year. And it “feels” Banjo. I can’t wait.

It looks very ‘crative’!

Gettit?!

If you look very close to the beginning of the clip and look at the pad Kazooie’s holds then it looks like a bigger than expected battery block underneath – maybe the add-on?

Would make more sense than a whole new pad, for sure. They could bundle it with the game, like in the N64 days. Or these days where every other Wii game comes with a novelty controller.

Perhaps you see the motion thing after Kazooie has finished messing with the original controller (they jump out of the cutscene). Maybe, who knows. We should probably find out in about a week.

Add-on, I reckon. It’d be the perfect game to push it with, especially if it’s going to be used in other “casual” stuff.

Here you go. A screen-grab for ya.

Edit: Actually, looking on the ‘net it doesn’t appear to be any different to a normal pad.

Nah, I just checked on my 360 pad. The pack on that grab is exactly the same depth compared to the triggers as the normal controller.

Couple of other things of note in the vid. A Nintendo 64 in the background at the start & a 360 with a green HD – maybe the new 60Gb one?

Oh and it still tears like a bastard when there is too much to see .

Eagle eyes. And true as well.

It’s unlikely that they’ll use the battery slot for an add-on. It’s more likely to be one like the chat pad.

Ja, was saying the same to morriss this morning.

Twisting the controller is so mind-meltingly groundbreaking that I can scarcely cope with the concept.

It was the first thing Pat said as he leaned over me to open the curtains.

I wouldn’t say no to a Banjo controller for the 360.

/hillbilly

Ughhh… oh well, everybody has motion sensing now… Hopefully it will not be a one-off type of deal and is supported by other games. I still have tose damn Dreamcast Samba de Amigo Maracas in the basement. What a waste that was…