Welcome to our news archives! We have been reporting about each Rare event and rumour since 2001, but at the moment you can only access to the stuff we have produced in English since November 2006.
Latest updates
newsVPPP interview & release window
May 16th, 2008 (10:10 CET)Don’t think that in the manic B-Day and Trouble in Paradise rush, that we forgot all about the upcoming Pocket Paradise. Details inside.
interviewGregg Mayles: The Aftermath
May 15th, 2008 (02:40 CET)As promised, Gregg Mayles and selected webmasters had the time of their lives talking about the new Banjo game. Which MundoRare has preserved for your reading pleasure.
newsLive chat with Gregg Mayles
May 14th, 2008 (12:30 CET)The big unveiling has already taken place. But, of course, you still have lots of doubts about the innovative Banjo gameplay, right? Well, here is our proposal today: leave your questions for game director, Gregg Mayles, and we'll forward them to him this very same evening in a live-chat with the fan community.
pollPiñata & BK fanbase feelings
May 14th, 2008 (01:10 CET)You've seen the vehicles. You're excited for the co-op. You love portability. Which one shocked you the most? Let us know on our new MR poll
Latest comments
By Daviddo / read
Que le paso a los huevos, a las plumas, y a los paneles de volar y saltar. T.T
pork destrulleron la imagen y esencia de banjo,
la cosa es explorar el mundo metro por metro, a pie( o kazooie) y no en veiculos, o si no k chiste.
La pregunta es ¿ Que paso con los items elementales de banjo?
NINTENDO RUUULZ
Banjo Comen back to nintendo, only banjo, Rare Stay with microsoft ¬¬
pero la mas importante
Este es el verdadero Banjo-Threeie, ? pork podria ser un subtitulo de un juego de banjo. y el banjo threeie saldria despues. como al verdadera conticnuacion de Tooie.
By Xmooth / read
Okay guys. Thanks for your questions! The chat is over now. We’ll have a feature with the chat log soon
By RARE uprising / read
hi again
just wanted to know if banjo will have a worldwide release date in november.if not can you please tell me when it will be coming out in australia
ps. love the new ame mechanic and im really impressed by what you have done and i hope people wil realise how much better this new concept is and really appreciate the work you have done
By R2D2 / read
Hi, well my questions are:
1.-Is there any posibilities to made a Banjo-kazooie for NDS???
2.-Why you have change the game a lot of the original concept? because i have had waiting an extensive plataform game like banjo-kazooie or tooie for more than 5 years
3.-In the adventure will we be able to fly with kazooie or only with the ariplanes?
4.-All the items of the past games will be back in nuts and bolts?
4.5.- Kazooie will use the gold feathers again?
The last question: 5.-Kazooie will have a very important role in the game like in banjo kazooie and tooie or her only duty will be repair the vehicles and collect items?
By HunterM33 / read
theres gonna be more action plataformer without vehicles?
May 2008
- Pocket Paradise announced by THQ, headed your way this fall
- Gregg Mayles to answer BK fans today
- Banjo 3 and Viva Piñata 2, both slated for this year
- Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, coming to Xbox 360
- Scribes 10th Anniversary, full of Banjo info
April 2008
- Microsoft’s ‘Darwin’ to revolutionize Nintendo’s revolution?
- It’s the Banjo Countdown
- Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise is on the way to Nintendo DS
- Banjo-Kazooie 3 was shown to selected media last week
- Share your Bear theories!
- Microsoft could be working on Wiimote’s rip off
- BK3 plot hinted at?
March 2008
- Ladies and gentlemen prefer oldies
- Banjo will meet Gears of War 2 in Late 2008 battle
- Nintendo still holds legal power over GoldenEye 007
- Banjo-Kazooie 3 website goes online
- Rare wants VPDS media to be back to Wikipedia
- Bungie beats Rare at Halo 3 multiplayer
- ¡Viva Piñata 2 Pronto!
February 2008
- The GoldenEye XBLA epic hits the streets
- Silicon Minds contest winners announced
- Microsoft willing to launch GoldenEye XBLA
- GoldenEye 007 XBLA remains cancelled
- Conker’s Xbox outing not reloading for now
- Rare’s neglect saucily revealed in Scribes
- The Piñata team prepares another paper maché title
- Banjo-Kazooie 3 “won’t be a traditional platformer”
- An Epic Piñataphilia
- Banjo-Kazooie 3 release window set on holidays?
- GoldenEye 007 is NOT getting reincarnated on a different game
- Rare’s DS producer rescues DKR from oblivion
January 2008
- Roundtable with Britain’s Pride
- Fans still prefer Banjo’s original look
- GoldenEye 007 drama takes the Net
- New 4Kids deal ensures future paper-mache brainwashing
- Fleeting furry rumour ends?
- Rare is not revamping its Nintendo catalogue for Xbox 360
- Never Say Never Again?
- Conker’s Xbox outing is still enjoyed, glitches and all
- Amateur developers on the sights of Rare and Microsoft
- See yourself in a new furry light
- Did Microsoft cancel Goldeneye for XBLA at the last minute?
- Grunty’s new rhyming and not-huge Tooie worlds a-milking
December 2007
- Banjo-Kazooie 3 info avalanche for Christmas
- DKC3 is released for the third time
- New Rare deliberations on XBLA and VC titles come from Scribes
- The Piñata origins (reloaded)
November 2007
October 2007
- Piñatas ’round the world!
- Banjo-ThreeC an eventual reality?
- Cyclical PD2 rumours strike back!
- Piñata developers complaint against Gears of War campaign
- Burger King to promote candy-full creatures
- Rare developing… Halo?!
- Rare’s secret titles go smart
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
- Rare unveils Viva Piñata DS at Comic Con
- Portable ponocky Rare site blowout!
- An “all things Piñata” conference at the Comic Con
- Diddy Kong Racing DS, still in the race
- Rare working on two unannounced projects
- A Rare no show
June 2007
May 2007
- Peter Moore defends the importance of Rare
- DKC2 surprises European Wii owners
- Piñata demo finally steps outside US Marketplace
April 2007
- DKR is bigger than the PS3
- Diddy drives down to PAL territories
- Rumours on a second Perfect Dark sequel / prequel arise
- Rare fixes a bug in Jetpac Refuelled file
March 2007
- Banjo’s development, in 8 pages or less
- Lee Schuneman on Piñata and Banjo’s future
- Jetpac Refuelled quickly approaches Earth
- Diddy Kong and friends hit the charts
- Piñata demo in time for springtime
- Banjo’s voices and Wii’s VC titles, new debates on Scribes
February 2007
- Nintendo finally sets Diddy’s PAL releases
- Banjo release, year given?
- Microsoft wants Piñata to expand into new areas
- DKC on Wii in time for President’s Day
- Three new Rare items in Piñata Pack #7
- Jetpac to be finally released on XBLA?
- Leafos, Piñata’s hostess, best female character of the year
- Bill Gates: “Viva Piñata is for young girls”
- First Rare XBLA title to debut this year
January 2007
- Killer Instinct on Wii?
- Viva Piñata gets six nominations to AIAS awards
- Diddy faces PAL release controversy
- No Scribes update, but a Pantsboard one instead
- BK items for Piñata Pack #6
- Kawaii Piñatas!
- Franchises touched by Rare grace enter 20 top-selling list
- Rare threaten with their Killer Instinct?
- The fifth Piñata Accessory Pack can now be unlocked
- Chris and Tim Stamper have left Rare
December 2006
- You only play twice
- PDZ and Conker in 2006 top 20 for Xbox systems
- Piñatas worthy of Tiffany’s
- Diddy DS: missing in action
- Conker’s at last backwards compatible
- Stampede’s sorrow never dies
- It’s time for new Viva Piñata little rip-offs
- Bugs plague our gardens
- Piñata party & Piñata merchandise on the way
November 2006
- No DLC for Piñata until it becomes a hit
- Reggienator wants 007 on Wii
- Viva Piñata captures the gaming industry’s attention
- More cult classic Rare accessories for Piñata on Xbox Live
- Coming features will allow garden visiting in Piñata
- Region-free Piñata confirmed
- First Piñata downloadable content hits the markerplace
- Wii fans more interested in Battletoads than Twycross’ bosses
- Not enough people to improve PDZ content, Mighty Loveday states
- PDZ to be Classic, and new maps uncovered
- Piñata goes Gold!
- Rare premieres new website design
By Hammer Bro. Mike / read
I got some questions I’m wondering about.
1. Since Spiral Mountain is back, is it still beat up like in Tooie or did it get repaired so it looks like BK again? If it’s repaired, will we be able to travel through Grunty’s Lair again? If it’s still destroyed, will a path to Jinjo Village be open (I know Isle o’ Hags isn’t in the game) and is Banjo’s house still destroyed?
2. Will the game start off at Spiral Mountain like the other games? I’d love to get used to the old Banjo feel from the beginning again.
3. This is a bit of a spoiler for some. I noticed a picture on some site of a level called “Banjo Land” and it had elements from different levels from previous games. Is this what you were talking about for the old levels before? Will parts of old levels be in this level of the game?
4. I’m guessing with the vehicles, a majority of the old abilities will not be back. Does this mean that Kazooie can’t fly, no spring disk pad (green pad w/ Kazooie’s foot)? Also, will all the standard moves like Talon Trot, rolling, be gone as well?
5. Will the Breegull Bash from Tooie be back? Awesome move by the way!
6. Lastly, do you think you can tell us more about Grunty’s new sidekick?