Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is a phenylalanine ****, with buckets of Rare charm and an innovative building mechanic that holds up today. And while you and I may not like the new designs and question how different the gameplay is, looking past that gives you the epitome of a creative game. Don’t play TOTK, play this. Also, a word to the haters and troll reviewers; You **** (;

Even if you can ignore that Nuts & Bolts is a complete sidestep away from the established Banjo-Kazooie formula, this is a pretty medicore game. While car-building seems like it might be fun, driving feels awkward, and the perceived ultra-simplicity of the mission-based gameplay feels simple to the point of being condescending. Despite these issues, it is beautiful-looking game that has some of that charming humour from the old games - ultimately, however, Nuts & Bolts is pretty underwhelming. If I can bring myself to return to this game after my very short time with it, I may revisit this review - however, because of how put off I was by the game's first impression upon me, I don't see myself wanting to go back to playing this game.

Banjo: Nuts & Bolts is actually a pretty decent game with fairly deep vehicle building mechanics. However, the hate the game gets comes from the ties to the Banjo IP and the expectations for a Banjo-Threeie that never ended up happening. As a spinoff game, Nuts & Bolts contains the loveable humor of the series, and still manages to deliver a relatively immersive Collect-a-Thon. The world at times is admittedly too open, and sometimes the handling of the controls is a bit clunky, but if you come into the game with an open mind, the game pushes you to be more creative to solve its wealth of unique puzzles.