Hardcore Gamer: Playtonic Games, the studio composed of various alumni of Rare Ltd., have been making waves after rising from the ashes of the failed Mingy Jongo project. Their spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, Project Ukulele, has already been met with anticipation, but the studio is finally ready to get to work with a Kickstarter campaign.
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We recently had the opportunity to ask Playtonic Games some questions about their in-development spiritual successor to Banjo Kazooie, Project Ukulele. The team is made up of a number of ex-Rareware developers, many of whom helped to shape and create the Banjo games.
Creative Lead Gavin Price from Playtonic was kind enough to answer our questions. Read on and get excited because some of that N64 Rare magic seems to be on its way back.
Grant Kirkhope discusses his compositions for Rare on Donkey Kong 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, teases Project Ukulele and reveals his favorite Nintendo game.
With the announcement of Playtonic Games' Project Ukulele being not only a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie but also a game being worked on by former members of UK outfit Rare, the Internet was set ablaze with fans desperate to learn more. Cubed3 caught up with Mark Stevenson to discuss the Rare days and learn a bit more about the exciting Project Ukulele.
One of the most interesting interviews I have read lately. As a N64 fan, a Rare fan and a Banjo fan I really enjoyed this discussion. Nice to hear that most of Rare team are working on Playtonuc games for new games: Gavin Price, Chris Sutherland, Jens Restemeier, Steve Mayles and Steven Hurst. I can't wait to see their work....
