Nuts & Bolts retailer pre-order info for free Banjo

by Dustin Burg { Sep 25th 2008 at 1:45PM }

The Rare crew just sent us information regarding the Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts pre-order program where you can score a free copy of the XBLA title Banjo-Kazooie. We guess there was some confusion among eager pre-orderers who weren't exactly sure which retailers were offering Banjo-Kazooie redemption codes with Nuts & Bolts pre-orders. Well, Rare came to the rescue and created a handy list of participating retailers for every country. That list is below. Happy pre-ordering.

UK: Amazon, Play.com, Game and Gamestation
USA: Amazon, EBGames, GameStop and GameCrazy
FRANCE: Micromania and Game
SPAIN: Game
ITALY: GameStop
SCANDINAVIA: Game and GameStop
CANADA, JAPAN, IRELAND, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, BENELUX, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND are participating, but participating retailers have yet to be confirmed.

Tags: banjo-kazooie, banjo-kazooie-nuts-and-bolts, nuts-and-bolts, rare, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JBurton @ Sep 25th 2008 2:01PM

How much is the original alone?

I mean I could go to Gamestop, preorder the game for 5 bucks, get code, not buy the game, transfer the 5 to GoW2... ???

Neuromancer @ Sep 25th 2008 2:39PM

You may not get the $5 back, not sure though.

AoE @ Sep 25th 2008 2:44PM

1200 MSP/$15.

Jason @ Sep 25th 2008 4:05PM

Even if this plan worked, you'd still miss out on the full experience. Stop N Swop is finally being realized and the only way to activate it is by using BK3's achievements.

Neuromancer @ Sep 25th 2008 1:59PM

Nice, this is going to be sweet. Hopefully the graphics will hold up. Does anyone know if the original supported widescreen displays?

Tony @ Sep 25th 2008 2:27PM

The original game didn't, but I was reading this at Gamerbytes: http://www.gamerbytes.com/2008/09/banjo_kazooie_preview.php

It's a hands on preview with it and specifically mentions it runs in widescreen. Obviously the resolution is increased and the antialiasing is improved... but I guess they've also redone all of the text and HUD graphics, fixed the framerate issues and pushed back the fog the original game used.

Neuromancer @ Sep 25th 2008 2:38PM

Good find Tony, that makes this even more exciting.

"This is more than just emulation - its a great port of a classic platform title that the kids of today missed out on. "

Robert @ Sep 25th 2008 2:07PM

When is the code sent to you? Is it on the day that Nuts & Bolts releases or do you get it when you preorder?

readmore @ Sep 25th 2008 2:26PM

They confirm Scandinavia but not Canada?

AoE @ Sep 25th 2008 2:46PM

No... go back and read carefully (or, read more?). You'll note that they did confirm that Canada will be getting the deal, but they hadn't confirmed specific retailers.

readmore @ Sep 25th 2008 3:48PM

No duh. that's what I meant

AoE @ Sep 25th 2008 6:22PM

lol, perhaps you should read less and learn to write more then ;) If you go back and read your very short sentence that really doesn't leave any room for misinterpretation you'll note that you mention countries only but say nothing about stores.

So... regarding "no duh", you're a poor communicator buddy!

THS @ Sep 25th 2008 2:33PM

For what it's worth, Zavvi and HMV are both advertising the preorder bonus on their sites for UKers. Respective links at http://www.zavvi.co.uk/banjo+kazooie-Banjo-Kazooie-Nuts-And-Bolts/869209/q.r10.1/p.jsf and http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=-1&adultFlag=false&primaryID=-1&simpleSearchString=banjo+kazooie&btnSubmitSearch.x=0&btnSubmitSearch.y=0

From what looking around I've done Zavvi is the cheapest right now.

DiddlyKong @ Sep 25th 2008 3:47PM

Just pre-ordered now at amazon.com for $36.99 no tax free shipping. Thanx for reminding me X3F.

flameofdoom666 @ Sep 25th 2008 5:40PM

Why does mine have tax?!

AoE @ Sep 25th 2008 6:28PM

@flameofdoom666,

You live in a state that Amazon has a physical presence in. On the internet, sales tax is only charged when you happen to be in the same state the business in question is operating in.

flameofdoom666 @ Sep 26th 2008 2:26AM

ugh! Still an amazing deal! Its like getting Banjo Kazooie for $25!

flameofdoom666 @ Sep 26th 2008 2:27AM

(Nuts & Bolts)

Ample Salty @ Sep 25th 2008 4:14PM

Shame it isn't budget over here like it is for the US.

Tony @ Sep 25th 2008 4:30PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya0zEr3atQ0

Nathan @ Sep 25th 2008 4:41PM

Just pre-orderd it at my EBGames/GameStop.
I only wonder when the codes will be given out...

8675309 @ Oct 17th 2008 12:16AM

i guess will get the code 2 weeks before the release date which is currently nov. 11 which happens to be remembrance day!

vidGuy @ Sep 25th 2008 10:31PM

I was going to just buy the original game, but with the $15 price, I figure that Nuts and Bolts has to be worth the extra $22. (Pre-)ordered.

contagiousmind @ Sep 26th 2008 4:38AM

When I first read that this would be $40 in the US with the pre-order bonus, I hoped that it would be a similar price in the UK, but as it's going to be £40, I doubt i'll be pre-ordering it, probably just buy the original off XBLA! I hate the difference in price!