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Breaking the Demo Barrier

The long awaited demo for Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts was released on the market place on Wednesday. It was a cut down version of the final game with Banjoland and a portion of Showdown Town available, the rest being cordoned off with a barrier. It wasn't long before someone had found a bug where if you got stuck sliding down a slope, you could still jump but still remain stuck in the sliding animation. After a few jumps towards the intersecting wall and the game will push you through it and you'll fall under the map.

The first thing you'll notice is a hidden room with the Green Stop n Swop egg mark on the floor. This was nothing compared to what was about to be found. Bottles98, one of our staff members, and madewithlasers, a rwp forum member discovered that you could actually jump across the current body of water and into the adjoining one which is past the barrier. Once you were clear and in a different section, you could use the Y button to recall your vehicle. When you spawn above ground, it puts you past the barrier. You can then easily activate one of the warp pads and you can travel back and forth as you please (provided you've already activated the one in the main square).

There is much to see once you are outside of the confined area. All of the areas are intact, but you cannot enter any of other worlds, or take part in activities such as Jingalings Bingo because it cannot find the required assets on the drive and will exit to Dashboard. However, there is an exception. Upon visiting the pier you can play one of Klungo's games in the arcade.

All the locations of the Stop n Swop markers have been found, although even if you don't go past the barrier, paying Bottles will show you the Ice Key location, on top of Boggy's Gym. We've also been having a poke around the string files which include a lot of the game dialog and we've found some interesting things, but we really don't want to spoil anything, at least until the full game has been released.

How can I get outside the barrier?
We've put together this video guide. Follow this and you'll be outside the barrier and exploring the rest of Showdown Town in minutes.

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