Banjo-Tooie Analysis 

What is your favorite world from the game?

Canary mary was in the death cage for a reason...

Jolly Rogers Lagoon blew my mind - it started as a little pirate-town and i would never have expected this gigantic world underwater

The nostalgia this game evokes in me is unbelievably powerful

Finally someone who actually appreciates all the worlds, interconnectivity, and everything else ambitious about this game. Geez, it's an absolute gem and felt INCREDIBLE to play as a kid.

You're the only person I've seen mention the improved roll animation. That's one of the things I noticed that I felt not many people did... Also the backpack having its own physics, the replaced standing-b press attack, and the Mumbo redesign. Fantastic video. Very satisfying for the Banjo nerd!

I genuinely love the epic size of the levels, the interconnectivity of the worlds & even the backtracking. It's a whimsically dark game. The level designs themselves really hit the right notes for me, they scratch an itch that I rarely feel in other games.

I just got this game for my birthday! I cant wait to relive this masterpiece!

We've been waiting for a banjo threeie for 24 years (since 2000).

I completed 100% of this game last month, and boy, has it become one of my favorite games. It's very frustrating to have so few quality videos talking about this game. Your video is one of them

To answer your question about why frame dips and lower framerates in general dont matter as much on old games, simple Low res. The transition between frames is less jarring because of the blur

Fun Fact! If you think WitchyWorld plays a lot like Banjo Kazooie, that's because it was originally meant for Banjo Kazooie! The stage was removed either due to restraints or pacing, but it would be added to Banjo Tooie as the introduction to the Split Up Pads. This explains why Witchy World is a more reserved stage that's smaller in size compared to the rest. Banjo Kazooie stages were medium sized with plenty of content that encouraged exploration, while Banjo Tooie promoted wider-sized worlds with interconnectivity to encourage exploring instead.

I started playing through tooie again for fun and the level unlock vibration on Xbox is so crazy my controller fell off my desk

Wow, despite playing these games since I was a literal toddler, I never consciously noticed the difference in rolling mechanics between kazooie and tooie! 20+ years and I'm still learning things about these games

One of my favorite games ever! I love JFG, B-K, CBFD and DK64 but this game encapsulates everything wonderful about the Rare, N64 era and the sense of adventure, creativity and colorful but atmospheric oddness that they brought so tangibly. And yes, I agree with you that it probably is the best looking game on the N64.

when I was a kid,I avoided bottle's body at all times,I never went back XD I was that uncomfortable

I like the name Isle o Hags. Not just how funny it is to say, but the idea that Grunty and evil witches in general probably rule this land, but man that dopey bear and his sassy bird wi- err buddy messing up their plans.

Back when developers actually cared about creating good games.....unlike these days in 2024. Take me back to old days!!!

Finally, someone else questioning why the heck Grunty's portrait in Gruntilda's Lair is just 1/4 of the original portrait! As many secrets as they concealed in Spiral Mountain, I was CONVINCED it was a hint pointing to some other secret or part of a puzzle leading to a cool reward. In the end, maybe it being 1/4 just made the rip look better while keeping Grunty's image identifiable, but I still want to believe there was a more interesting reason! Excellent video. Loved hearing someone give such a personal and detailed take while journeying through. Thanks for making this.

Not sure if he says in the video yet, but a subtle difference I appreciate as an adult is that the kind of meh claw swipe is now a ground version of the Rat a tat Rap. If you’ve played the original, you probably got used to jumping just to have a more reliable melee attack, so Tooie feels like it’s throwing you a bone

1 hr of cutscenes till u can play..

Great work, was entertained from start to finish 🙌🏻 masterpiece of videos you've given us

aint no way this man's theme song is nothing but farts.

Definitely one of my favorite games growing up! I had good times flying around Terrydactyland as dragon Kazooie, dropping grenade eggs on all the dino enemies just to pass the time lol. My favorite level had to be Witchyworld, for the theme music and the layout

I agree with them bringing back the moves from the first game. It’s pretty rare that adventure games start you out with this many abilities

This was the first game back in 2005 I’ve ever played and I’ve never even tho I enjoy it I wanted to go back and finish it 15 yrs later but my cousin sold my 64 and games while I was in college so now after 18 yrs I bought a new N64 and B-T and now I can finally finish this masterpiece of a game

All of your videos are so well narrated and it’s refreshing to re-experience these games and worlds with your seriously well thought out commentary. 💯

Only now RU-vid recommended me this video. This game was a big title that I got alongside Majoras Mask and it may be an unpopular opinion but I loved the complex interconnective design of the games world. I'd usually play BK and BT to scratch different itches. Tooie was just that big exploration focussed game while BK was straight forward. Seeing some people calling it an outright bad game is just not right if you ask me. Canary Mary's second mini game in can just bugger off tho. Amazing video! :D

For all of those interested, RingRush just uploaded a 100% Tool-Assisted Speedrun (TAS) of this game. Super interesting watch!

Born in '83 by the time Banjo Tooie came along I had moved on to the PlayStation because that was for the cool kids 😂 so I actually totally missed this game. I really need to give this game a shot

Aside from the godly music, what I really liked as a kid(and still like now as an adult) is the sheer attention to detail, the way the worlds are all connected and who can forget the humor. You mentioned Banjo's shadow, a core memory I have is when I was playing at my grandparents, my late grandfather thought it was funny that this "video game" had shadows and was impressed by Banjo having one. As far as I know he had never played a video game before or after.

Liked the video. Some random notes: 1) You can grab jiggies with clock work eggs. This means you can bypass a few puzzles / platforming sections. 2) you can fight lord wufakfak as a submarine (imo the sub controls better and has infinite ammo). Grunty industry is probably my favorite level because I really felt like I was breaking into the place. I have a feeling its a matter of taste - I have a thing for navigation puzzles and some of my favorite games are Majora's Mask, Dark Souls, etc....

Great video! Always good to see some Banjo love in the 2020s! Just a few things I wanted to add after watching the entire thing: Terry is a man. :( He is a single father! Zombie Jingaling even has a line stating that Terry's wife recently left him and all he has now are the kids. I don't know if you did it on purpose to show us how annoying those drones in Grunty Industries are, but you could just destroy the camera with eggs and they'd stop spawning for a while. Could have made the scene with the toilet conversation more convenient. And lastly it's random which skullhouse Mingy Jongo resides in. But you can always tell them apart after entering, because Mumbo doesn't sleep and has a Minjo at the entrance while Mingy has a Jinjo and sleeps. P.S. Grunty Industries is currently (and since 2000) my most favourite 3d platformer level of all time!

Min 15, you didn't talk about an ogre living in their house haha

Min 44 a very important thing you missed about the transformation, is that enemies run away from you. In fact you can smash that slotting machine enemy like it's nothing.

After 3 separate lunch breaks i finally finished this video. Probably my favorite youtube video honestly lol great work!!

In my top 5 favorite games of all time. My favorite level is Hailfire Peaks, but Grunties Industries is incredible and highly underrated. I don't know why people are so adverse to complexity and difficulty in level design.

I always wondered if this game was made for the GameCube instead of the N64 that it could have been amazing. I feel the limitations of the console and being too similar visually to banjo Kazooie stopped it shining on its own.

Bottles and Jamjars are brothers, not cousins. I needed to check the comments to see if anybody had already said that, but found nothing. Did that for the other things you got incorrect and saw somebody had already informed you about those.

This is the first time I’ve ever enjoyed a channel’s intro song lmao thank you for that

Cauldron Keep would of been bigger but due to time restrants it was cut short.

I'm playing Chrono Trigger again on the Steam Deck this weekend. God it's good, definitely recommend. Dragon Quest XI next weekend.

I swear those god damn slot machine enemies in witchyworld have aimbot

Would it KILL Microsoft to put this game on Steam and/or Switch Online?

Switch Online please Nintendo hurry up

B. K., Bonky Kong

I don't think Jingaling's pet disintegrated, I think he's just hiding in the cushion.

Kunga's abilities the first time you fight him is based on which save you were on. I tried it a few times back in the day.

What is up the the game audio?

Ugh, Canary Mary.. a black mark on what is otherwise an /incredible/ game I still think fondly of to this day. Good grief. I was always afraid of getting carpal tunnel as a result of it, too. Long time ago, and even more recently on those rare occasions I get into some nostalgic mood, sometimes I'll have a save game that I'll leave on 89 Jiggies and 1 Cheato Page left, just because I wasn't in the mood to deal with Mary, until I finally psych myself up and mentally prepare for it. Yes, it's this bad. That said, there is a trick that does make it vastly easier. You may still not win 100% of the time, but this trick will increase the odds to 33% or even 50%. And at 50%, you'd have overall odds of winning at least once over 3 attempts, 87.5% of the time. 4 attempts? 93.75% chance you'll win at least once. The best part? You don't have to be superhuman. Are you ready? Here it is.. Understand a rubberband mechanic is used. You see this with Mario Kart 64, but you can almost swear it's worse with Mary. So here's what you do... Repeatedly press A... /slowly/, maybe just enough to keep up with Mary, not pass. You'll have to go through the course once, to deliberately lose. That's when you'll find out at which point, you're about 85%, 90%, or 95% of the way through. When you figure this out, *that* is when you start mashing the A button like crazy, fast as you can! The rubberband mechanic takes time to react, and is not instant. The trick is to cross the finish line during this reaction window. And that... that is how you win! If you start mashing like crazy from the get-go, the rubberband mechanic will kick in, and Mary will travel at an insane rate of speed. Not only would it require superhuman ability to theoretically mash the button as fast as possible, I'm not even sure if the spring in the button can bounce back fast enough, even if you could do this.

Brilliant video and I really appreciate you for making this :)

I found a vape pen with Mumbo on the box the day after I watch all your Banjo videos pretty wild

You should do analyzing Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64 complete editions!

THIS MY FAVORITE GAME BUT CONKERS IS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ON THE 64 VISUALLY. THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE AN XBOX GAME!

I love your analysis videos, keep up the great work!!

Hailfire Peaks is the greatest world in the series

1:30:07 I actually broke a controller trying to finish this race....

Awesome video. Not sure if it’s been asked. But will you do a :Analyzing Nuts n Bolts?

38:31 he's not fat he's just big boned!

great vid

do have to say something about blobbela, I always believed the dots all over her are warts, not freckles, but it's a n64 game, so I can't really tell 😂

1:21:45 I didn't know you could do that!

I love this game

1:26:53 Shoutouts to some Canadian legends.

Love your intro!

I'm sitting here at almost the one hour mark and he's still talking about Jolly Roger's Lagoon. How does this man manage to properly cover all 4 areas when he's got a half hour to talk about all of them. Video seems poorly paced, still gonna watch to the end tho. I wanna hear what he has to say about Grunty's Industries and Cloud CooCoo Land

I like the digital font that you use for this video. Where did you get it from?

Isn't this just a go-trough rather than a retrospective? Cause from my understanding a retrospective covers what the game did right and/or wrong next to other games from the game's era and tries to link those aspects to modern games nowadays

Subscribed because of this video.

Um you do realize Donkey Kong 64 can be played in widescreen too right?

Tooie > kazooie idc

Great vid

34:05 I was about to mention

My troll comment FTD. I don't think you know what a coincidence is. But certainly pictures of characters in a game they are featured in isn't one.

Amazing video. not nearly enough views.

GI is a 3/10 max

NOPE! It's a good game, but the best N64 game of all time is Bomberman 64 The Second Attack

Your channel is good bro.... but please......... change your intro song please!!!!!!!!! It's so off-putting

Cap

I really hope banjo tooie comes to Nintendo switch online it was my favorite 64 game 🥲

Part of me wishes that there was a hack of Banjo-Tooie, where all the cut content (like a more fully-fleshed out Cauldron Keep as Cauldron Castle-complete with a Teleportation Room for Fast-Travel was realized, fixed framerate issues, and maybe a minimap were handy). I’d call it “Banjo-Kazooie-Tooie”! This is what perplexes me: Sonic & Knuckles came out 6 years prior to Banjo-Tooie. So, with the revision in the N64 hardware, why didn’t they make Banjo-Tooie a lock-on cartridge where you can access the Stop N’ Swop from Banjo-Kazooie, and Donkey-Kong 64? Any other N64 game would tske you to a similar type “No Way” screen; but if you have Goldeneye plugged in, you’d play the ZX Spectrum games with their proper sfx added in. Banjo-Tooie means a lot to me; I played this A LOT when I was a kid; I sunk in so many hours into this game, and without it, and it’s backtracking, it wouldn’t have helped warm me up to the Metroid series, and its exploratory gameplay!

My 2nd all-time fav!

change your opening what the hell is that

I always thought the pet was hiding under the cushions. he's disintegrated.?