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Banjo-Kazooie
A bear, a bird and a backpack
Rare's platforming double act arrived on Nintendo 64 in 1998. Banjo the bear and Kazooie the breegull pair sharp British humour with collectathon worlds, Grant Kirkhope's music and a rhyming witch.
- 1998
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Rare, led by Gregg Mayles
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
Nintendo 64. Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie packed huge worlds with jiggies, notes and new moves. Tooie linked its levels together, turning the N64 pair into one long fight with Gruntilda.
Start with Banjo-Tooie
A legacy worth revisiting
Two heroes, one backpack.
Born from a cancelled SNES project, Banjo-Kazooie became Rare's answer to the 3D platformer boom, led by designer Gregg Mayles. Banjo carries, Kazooie sasses, and Gruntilda rhymes her way through every defeat. Later games moved to handhelds, then to vehicle-building on Xbox 360.
- 1998 to 2000
- Nintendo 64
- 2003 to 2005
- Handheld detour
- 2008
- Nuts & Bolts
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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