In multiplayer modes, players can compete or share their vehicles over Xbox Live. The player designs vehicles, including automobiles, boats, and aeroplanes, and uses them to complete challenges across various worlds. Although Nuts & Bolts retains the structure of previous Banjo-Kazooie games-collecting jigsaw puzzle pieces to progress-it shifts the focus from exploration to vehicle construction. Set eight years after Banjo-Tooie (2000), Nuts & Bolts follows Banjo and Kazooie as they compete with the witch Gruntilda for ownership of their home. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is a 2008 platform game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.
