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Banjo-Kazooie (N64) |
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17.03.06 (143 review reads) |
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Advantages: Variety of different worlds to explore
Disadvantages: None
This was my first ever Nintendo 64 game, which I got on Christmas day with my Nintendo 64 console. I have been playing it ever since, and come to know it very well, and in my view it's a great game, not just for kids but for people of all ages.
The main characters are Banjo the honey bear, and Kazooie the breegull. When Gruntilda the witch kidnaps Banjo's little sister Tootie to steal her good looks with a machine, Banjo and Kazooie set off to rescue her. They are helped along the way by Bottles the sort-sighted mole and Brentilda, Gruntida's fairy sister.
The first enemies you come across are a carrott, an onion and a cauliflower. Evetually you fight mummies and living boxes of TNT.
There is a wide variety of different worlds, ranging from green meadows to an old abandoned ship called "The Rusty Bucket".
Although the game may seem easy at a first glance, there's really a lot more to it that makes it more complex and sometimes difficult to complete. It did take me a few years to finally complete it, although I was a young kid at the time I started it.
There are 900 musical notes to collect, which allow you to progress through Grutilda's Lair. These can sometimes be hard to find, but most of the time you just come across them as you go along. Jiggy's open the different worlds. There are 100 of these to collect.
One of my favourite parts of the game, is a big quiz you complete towards the end to free Tootie, but the game isn't fully completed after it, although you do get credits.
The quiz asks you questions about the game itself. For example, some of them give you a picture of a hard to recognize area and you must answer the correct world it is from. Others ask about characters, music on the game, voices, Gruntilda (answers come from Brentilda so be sure to remember what she tells you about Grunty!) and some send you back to challeneges you faced earlier in the game. Each question has three options.
The game has no bosses. Some big enemies need to be defeated to get a Jiggy, but there are no enemies that must be defeated in order to progress with the game.
You do fight Gruntilda at the end.
Overall, this game is one of the best N64 games made, and I would highly recommend it to any gamer. It is available cheap now, unlike it's hard to find sequel, Banjo-Tooie.
I have seen this game for sale many times on ebay, and also amazon on the marketplace. It is available for about £4 or less second hand but working fine and with good instructions and box. It's even cheaper to buy the cart on it's own, and still not much more to buy new. Maybe about £7 at the most. Ebay and amazon are the best places to try, you can easily find good prices here.
Summary: Great game for anyone
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