Get 2 Banjo Games for $40.00

I hate preordering games, simply for the fact that I don’t see a point in putting down money for something that I can walk into almost any store and buy. Yet, this Banjo deal seems like something that would be too good to pass up. If you preorder the new Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts for $40.00, you’ll get Banjo Kazooie for XBLA for free. 2 games for 1 money, yes please!

Some extra details from the friendly folks at RARE…

For the blissfully unaware: it’s an offer allowing those who pre-order Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (from certain retailers in certain territories – see below) to download the Xbox Live Arcade version of the original Banjo-Kazooie not only for free, but roughly two weeks in advance of its public release date. Which is not just awesome, but awesome in the voice of the surfer dude fish from SpongeBob SquarePants.

You’ll get the free B-K download token on or near the time you pick up Nuts & Bolts, and for the period between the launch of the two games (Nuts & Bolts on November 11th/14th in US/Europe, B-K XBLA on November 26th), only N&B pre-order customers will be able to download and play B-K XBLA.

The price of Nuts & Bolts will vary by region (so it’s no good shouting at us, disgruntled Brits) and Microsoft is still in the process of finalising all the territorial details, but here’s what we know of participating countries and retailers so far…

• 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

Other countries known to be running the promotion but with no specific retailer info as yet: CANADA, JAPAN, IRELAND, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, BENELUX, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND, probably not Uzbekistan or Narnia.

Oh, the XBLA version will retail for 1200 points, and they announced that Banjo-Tooie will also be coming to the XBLA!