Banjo-Karting (Scrapped 2006 Prototype from Banjo-Kazooie:Nuts and Bolts)

Banjo-Karting (AKA:The Fast and the Furriest) was a game prototype for Xbox 360,started by Rare Ltd.Before Banjo and Kazooie : Nuts and Bolts was finished in late 2008.The prototype took advantage of classic Banjo-Kazooie characters and built upon the racing parts of Nuts and Bolts.

Playable Characters

In total, there were 7 playable characters for the game:

• Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)
• Sabre Wulf (Sabre wulf)
• Sabre Man (Sabreman)
• Vela (Jet Force Gemini)
• Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark)
• Rash (Battletoads)
• Avatars (Xbox Avatars)

Cancellation

Due to Rare's shift to Kinect projects,this prototype was cancelled.

Trivia

• In some parts of the game,you could use the Mumbo's wand to use the scenario as an object (Like using a farm to build a bridge to cross a river).
• One of the cars created from the prototype was later included into the Xbox 360 version of Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing.
• The players could also use the wand to take out parts of the opponent's car to make the car more powerful.

Images

Video

Rare Replay -Video talking about Banjo-racing prototype

On August,4,2015,User xcagegame uploaded a video that contains more evidence about Banjo-racing.The video can be seen on the XONE exclusive Rare Replay.

Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=38&v=sP16uvkXSJc

Reference

http://www.unseen64.net/2012/01/08/banjo-karting-xbox-360-prototype/