Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496870201 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Feature: The worlds in Banjo-Kazooie are gigantic, and chock full of crazy items to collect Label: Rareware Manufacturer: Rareware Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Rareware Studio: Rareware
Features
The worlds in Banjo-Kazooie are gigantic, and chock full of crazy items to collect Musical Notes, Puzzle Pieces, Mumbo Tokens, and Jinjoes are just some of the swag that Banjo must stuff in his backpack to complete his adventure While some of the necessary items are simply stashed off the beaten path, others will require puzzle solving skills to turn up.
Banjo-Kazooie mimics the look and feel of Mario 64, a truly innovative and visually stunning game that belongs in any Nintendo 64 collection. But don't brush off this 3-D action-adventure as an uninspired clone. On the contrary, Banjo-Kazooie introduces more than enough originality to warrant a spot next to its famous mentor.
The game introduces two of the most charming virtual heroes in recent years--the goofy, floppy honey bear, Banjo, and his faithful, feathered sidekick Kazooie. In the game's introduction, we discover that the sinister witch Gruntilda not only nabbed Banjo's sister Tooty, but stole her beauty as well. Naturally, it's up to the bear-bird team to retrieve Tooty and rid the world of one darned inconsiderate witch.
In this beautifully-rendered and massive game world, players run, jump, swim, climb, and flip over obstacles, defeat all sorts of "baddies," and find and collect numerous items and clues that help the quest to progress. Playing as both Banjo and Kazooie, players hone their characters' actions, learning nearly two dozen special moves that help players expertly defeat foes and successfully tread through the nine worlds.
Banjo-Kazooie is one of those games that can demand hours upon hours of perseverance, patience, and learning of skills to complete. But don't let that discourage you. This epic game is so much fun that reaching the end will be an afterthought. --Eric Twelker
Pros:
Nicely-paced game world filled with well-designed challenges
Excellent character control with numerous special moves
Gorgeous graphics
Cons:
Numerous--often complex--special moves may discourage some casual gamers
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: An n64 classic Comment: I'm not going to fill this review with stories or complaints. Here's the basics.
Pros
- Great, fun adventure game
- Original, good controls, lots of moves to learn
- Tons of different enemies, some bosses, and lots of challenges
- Easy enough for anyone to play
- Funny and interesting, yet family friendly
- Lots to explore, many different worlds, and a massive land connecting
them
-Dialogue is well thought out
-Many characters to meet
-Collectible searching makes for replayability
Cons
-Maybe too easy
-No storyline, a simple save the girl story, no plot advancement
-Can be childish and stupid (Everything is alive and talking)
-The sound of characters talking is a looped annoying sound
-Although childish, there are random difficulty spikes
-Timing on attacks seems off, enemies can score multiple hits against you
-Too many different things to collect at once
I love this game, and I strongly recommend it to anyone in the mood for a strong adventure game, with few true flaws. Anyone can find this game appealing, and it's great to wind down and just have fun with. Customer Rating: Summary: What a great game! Comment: I really love this game that is quite similar in concept to Super Mario 64. Though it is a lot simpler than its successor Banjo Tooie (in that one there are many types of eggs plus you can change characters) but it is a lot more fun. The successor had a lot more dialog that you had to wade through.
The final battle with Grunty is one of the toughest obstacles I have encountered in a video game and I still have not figured out a way to beat her without the unlimited gold feather cheat.
Customer Rating: Summary: Thoughts on Banjo-Kazooie Comment: Banjo-Kazooie is a great game for the N64 by Nintendo and Rare, possibly the best game of all(Next to the sequal, Banjo-Tooie). Banjo-Kazooie is good for the Adventure/Puzzle lovers. The only thing that get's disturbing though, is that you cannot leave with musical notes. (-1 Star)
Kids and Adults alike will LOVE this game, the game itself startsout slow with the opening cutscene, but as soon as you controll Banjo, the game's excitment starts. Banjo and Kazooie's adventures into Gruntilda's Castle and Worlds make you never want to end the game. The game's Climatic end battle include children comedy with Gruntilda's rymes, and her comedic broom. Look out for Gruntilda's sister, BRENTILDA, she'll give you hints for before the final battle. This concludes my review. Customer Rating: Summary: Fun gameplay, but stupid humor Comment: I enjoy playing the game, but it contains a lot of crass, stupid jokes, such as shooting eggs out of one's back-end with a fart noise, and constant rhyming taunts from the witch. Also the music gets really old, really quickly. Customer Rating: Summary: Masterful Comment: After Rareware turned GoldenEye into a system-seller for the Nintendo 64, it broke out again with the action-platformer Banjo-Kazooie. An ugly old witch named Gruntilda has taken Banjo's sister Tootie and plans to suck the beauty out of her. Banjo and Kazooie (the bird that lives in his backpack) must brave Gruntilda's fortress to get Tootie back.
The plot is a little sugary and kiddie, but it's really just an excuse to send gamers on a Mario 64-style adventure, where completing tasks and puzzles in worlds will open up new worlds to explore. Yes it's pretty much a clone of Mario, but at the same time it refines and enhances the Mario formula. Players have more unique special moves at their disposal, and these are much more essential to navigating the environment and solving puzzles. Worlds are beautiful, creative, and expansive, tossing you into a room with a giant shark, a huge snowman, or a forest where you can actively move between the seasons. It's all topped by memorable music that changes to fit the environment, fades, or grows louder depending on where you are in the stage.
This is a game that has aged gracefully. Yes it's on an old system, but the art design and music still hold up well like the classic Mario titles, and gameplay is solid. A masterful experience thats supplemented quite well by its sequel, Banjo Tooie.
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