Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts + Viva Pinata (Platinum Family Hits)

Both of these games are great. Banjo Kazooie will seen different from the previous games. There are a few frustrating points, but this game is worth playing. Give this game a chance, and you'll love it. If you take your time and play through, you will find many easter eggs from other games and it is amusing to find them. One thing I love about Rare (the developer) is that they have a since of humor that shows in their games. Viva Pinata is a must play. Give this game a chance, and you'll love it as well. It may seen childish and kinda fruity to play it, but it is a really fun,well made game. Creating a garden and obtaining pinatas is very fun. Both of these are great games if you just give them a chance.

Banjo AND PINATA'S!!! I bought two of these, as my little sister and I are both somewhat addicted to Viva Pinata!! I swear, one of the simplest, cutest, most addicting games I have EVER PLAYED. I was thrilled to find the collector pack, since I too love Banjo Kazooie! My sister had never played but now she's all crazy on Nuts&Bolts! This is a great deal!! Two great games SUPER cheap!!

My son is six and we have an XBOX. I hate all the blood and gore titles that seem to be all the rage. I got him this combo for Christmas and he absolutely loves Banjo Kazooie. It's colorfully animated and keeps his attention. I've read that Viva Pinata is a great game, too, but we haven't even opened that one yet. Great price for two games that keep his attention and make momma feel better about what he's playing.

Viva Pinata: Good game and fun, my kids really liked it. It seems fun enough. (4/5 Stars) Banjo-Kazooie: Older games were way better "family games". Just collecting things. My kids literally don't play this and I see why. Way too complicated for a kid's game, where they need to "build and design". The cars are easy enough. The planes and boats though? Not so much. The levels are even hard too. I couldn't complete them when asked, they're impossible. A shame, as Banjo-Kazooie was fun for the N64, from what I remember. (3/5)

Extremely pissed with this product. I bought this for Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts. When the product had arrived the case looked like it had been soaked in water and sat in the sun for a couple days. Neither game will play. Such a let down and waste of money.

I bought this because I love RARE. I really enjoyed playing their games on my Nintendo 64. Unfortunately, their XBOX 360 games are not as good as the N64 ones. In fact, some basic issues make these games near unplayable. Viva Pinata If you have more than 30 or so things in your garden it won't let you place any more. This includes fence tiles. This makes it impossible to build enough fences to prevent total chaos from overtaking your garden. Without fences, foxes and snakes will randomly kill things. If you grow a thistle, pinatas will wander over and commit sepuku on it. This chaos is frustrating. I don't know what to do about it. It appears that a big part of the gameplay is in randomly guessing how to make secret combinations. Without this you may never get enough experience points to advance the plot. Also the voice acting is rather grating. Especially the lady who runs the shop I have to visit all the time. Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts This game spends about as much time loading as Sonic '06. Installing it to your hard drive is pretty much required. It's not an exploration game like the other Banjo Kazooie games. You have to complete missions instead. Completing the missions is impossible unless you custom build a car that can do the mission. It's hard to know ahead of time what will even help though, so you'll have to attempt the mission, fail, and then go design a car that can do whatever it is you weren't able to do. This gets tedious, especially with all the loading. I got fed up with this one pretty quickly and downloaded the original Banjo Kazooie on XBLA instead. It's a lot more fun. I'll give it 2 stars instead of 1 because these games are at least interesting in concept, and I can imagine enjoying something very similar. I just wish the execution lived up to the creativity in these titles. --- I notice there are a bunch of positive reviews on these. Please comment if you think I'm missing something.

Viva Piñata is a great game that I enjoyed for several months. The interactive game play coupled with the "virtual pet" feeling was pretty fun all around. You are playing from the perspective of a "gardener", whose sole objective is to have the most beautiful "garden" around. I say garden hesitantly, however, because it's really more of a free-range zoo that you end up creating. Animals are attracted to certain aspects of your garden and they come to live and "breed" there (don't worry parents, breeding consists of the animals retreating to their house and doing an animal-specific dance). The game lasts for quite a while, so it was definitely worth the ten dollars that I spent on it. Kids love it because it's so colorful, and adults love it because it reminds them of the Zoo Tycoon-esque games of yore. It's a wholesome game, appropriate for all ages. I never really got into Banjo and Kazooie, however. The game felt unappealing and repetitive. Friends of mine have enjoyed the game, but I personally did not. The one fun thing about Banjo and Kazooie is the "battle royale" minigames that pit one person against another in challenges of all kinds. From aerial dogfights to "water soccer", this game has it all. Although I didn't really care for Banjo and Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, I loved Viva Piñata and enjoyed the time I spent playing it. As an added note to all of you who are "Xbox Achievement Hoarders" (for lack of a more appropriate name), Viva Piñata has TONS of easy and quick opportunities to pick up some easy G's.

Never had any problems with my games. This was a great deal and still use it. There may have been a scratch, but it has never affected my game play.