Banjo 3, Newton Confirmed?

After the giant leak Microsoft suffered yesterday a number of screens, from the upcoming rare game Banjo Kazooie 3, have found their way into the public eye. The beautiful screens are full of vibrant colors, great draw distance and show Banjo in a number of vehicles. Speculation soon emerged that perhaps this Banjo would be a kart racer. However not to fret as in an interview with Kotaku, community manager for rare, George Kelion said “it’s definitely not a racer” he went on to say that “You’re better off waiting until tomorrow, when we reveal what is for us the most spectacular feature of the game, which is the gameplay mechanic.” In the interview he also mentioned a surprise that was yet to be revealed.

The surprise as far as we can conjecture is the rumoured Wiimote rip-off peripheral code named “Newton” as originally reported by Patrick Klepek over at the MTV multiplayer blog. The “Newton” would further segregate the already split 360 audience making it more difficult for developers to know which segment of the audience to focus mainly. No doubt Microsoft is trying to capture the main stream appeal and press the Wii has, it is unlikely though that they will succeed as Microsoft has yet to be able to pull off emulating another’s technology so if they succeed it will be a first.