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03-27-13 06:14 PM

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I used to have an addiction to this game when I played it on my Nintendo 64 when I was little. This game just blew my mind. It's just that there is so much to do and so much to see. Banjo Kazooie was released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64. It sold just about two million copies in the United States alone. I am not surprised it sold that many copies in one country. Banjo Kazooie is most likely around the top for best plat former ever made for the Nintendo 64.

Let's get right into this review talking about the graphics in this game. They are simply beautiful. It is very difficult to describe in words about how great the graphics are, but, I'll try any ways. First off, they are very colourful and detailed. If your running around in a grassy field, the green looks great. It has very nice shading which is admirable. To talk more about detail, in a world such as "Rusty Bucket Bay" you would think that the world would look all rusty. Right you are, the textures in this place are really nice and the rust on the walls actually looks in place and has nice detail.

Now moving onto the sound. Banjo Kazooie has a great soundtrack. It has many great instruments that all play in unison to make a great music piece that really fits the environment in the game. For an example, in "Treasure Trove Cove", you have steel drums playing because it suits a beach nice. When you hop on in the water, the music will die down and you will start to hear a kind of music from Jaws and a shark will start to attack you. Character sounds are also fantastic as well. Going back to the shark in "Treasure Trove Cove" he will making biting noises when he is getting close and tries to snack on you. It's not like some other games where he will slowly float towards you and lightly tap you with no sounds what so ever, you take a part of your health. No, Banjo Kazooie has character noises for everything. Whether you are doing a large jump, attacking, shooting eggs. It's all there.

Third on things to talk about is the addictiveness of this game. I'd say a developed quite a liking for this game over the years I have played it. You are very likely to play this game again just for the sheer humour of the characters, the story and even just to collect every last collectible in the game. There is also multi player for you to play with a friend when you no longer have anything to do in the main game (Which will take a long while).

Now we shall talk about the story. Basically, it goes like this. There is an evil witch named Gruntilda, but everyone just calls her Grunty. She was talking to her cauldron one day, and she asked it "Who is the most beautiful of them all". The cauldron then replied, "Why, it's Tootie". (Banjo's Sister). Grunty then races off and kid naps Tootie and throws her into a machine, which will extract all of Tootie's beauty, and hand it over to Gruntilda. Banjo finds out what is happening and drags Kazooie along with him to save his sister and defeat Gruntilda. I personally believe that this is a very original story. Bringing in the machine to extract Tootie's beauty was a genius idea. I also find it funny how the cauldron, as well as many other non-living items, can talk.

We will now talk about the Depth of Banjo Kazooie. First of all, there is a total of nine worlds throughout this entire game. You access these worlds by collecting enough of these puzzle pieces called jiggies, to open a portal, so you can advance to the next world. There are also musical note doors spread around the main world (Gruntilda's Lair) in which you have to collect the indicated number of notes through out all the worlds to open the door. In total, there are 100 Jiggies, 900 musical notes, 115 Mumbo Tokens, 16 Honey Combs, and 45 Jinjo's. To straighten some things out, Mumbo Tokens can be taken to a shaman who will transform you into something (Such as a termite) if you have the required number of tokens. Honey combs will increase your health by one point if you collect enough of them. Last but not least, there are five Jinjo's in each level. When you collect all five Jinjo's for each level, you are given a jiggy. To beat the game and collect every last item will take you a very long time which is good when you are looking for a nice long game to keep you occupied.

Last, we will talk about the difficulty. Not all of the collectibles are handed right to you. Sometimes you will have to solve a puzzle, fight someone, or even just simply (or not so simply) find the item somewhere in the world. This can get very difficult as time when the puzzle isn't all that obvious such as shooting an egg into a bucket to drain some water. The actual plat forming does not get very difficult until some of the later levels.

Overall, I believe this game deserves a spot around the top of the best plat forming games for the Nintendo 64. Banjo Kazooie really does a good job of making a quirky game into a master piece. Did I mention that there is great humour in this game as well. Some of the jokes they say are actually pretty funny. In conclusion, these fantastic game deserves an all out 10/10. It completely deserves a rating like this. If you have not checked this game out yet. It should land a spot on your to-do list.

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03-27-13 06:24 PM

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Another great review. Thanks for writing this and I hope you write more.

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