Today, we announced the beginning of pre-orders for Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Stick your chicken (sorry, "breegull" for the nerdsD) in your backpack and ready up for some machine building mania coming to North America on November 14. For those interested in the original Banjo Kazooie that has been announced for Xbox LIVE Arcade, we have some news for you, too. If you pre-order BK: Nuts & Bolts, you will receive a code to download the original for free! By completing certain challenges, you will be able to unlock extra content in the Arcade version. So, you can get a head start on this as the Arcade version launches a couple of weeks after the retail game ships.
Lastly, if you're a fan of the Olympics, you will probably like the newly revealed Jiggoseum where you compete in sports events using the contraptions you create.
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts can be yours for $39.99
# Trophies – you’ll now be able to unlock sixteen trophies (12 bronze and 4 silver)
# Fully Customizable Controls – you can now map weapon selection for the primary and secondary weapons to different buttons and remap other control options. We’ve also added a Type 2 control scheme that is the default for new players. For for those of you that already have the game it will stay on Type 1 until you select Type 2 (or customize the controls) – this was done so that players not reading this post don’t get the update then wonder what the heck happened to the control scheme. And as a final note you’ll also be able to swap the left stick and right stick functionality (Steering and the Omni Cannon)
# XMB Music Playlist support – want to play your own rocking tunes instead of listening to NOVASTRIKE’s music? Now you’ll be able to do just that
# Multiple Saved Games – you can now have as many saved games as you want
# New Weapon Info pane – this is more for new players, but once a weapon is acquired the game pauses and displays an information pane showing the name of the weapon, how to select it, how to fire it, and a brief description of the weapon. While this feature is turned on by default you can also go to the ingame options menu and turn it off if you’re already are familiar with all the weapons and don’t want the interruption