The Mysteries of Banjo Kazooie 

Did you ever think of any of these? Hope I raised some new thoughts. Wait wait someone said the game tells you their piranhas?! I didn’t remember that at all. My bad! 😣

I remember piranhas warning us about the water in the swamp, it is propably them eating Banjo's feet

I love that I'm not the only one still obsessed with this classic game in 2024, Been playing it since I was 3 years old on my Dad's N64 (now I play on PC). I even learned how to play some of the music from the levels on piano by ear

Bubblegloop Swamp's water is infested with piranha The first time you are injured by one, it will speak to you. What's interesting to note is it's character icon looks exactly like Bitesize from DKC 1.

I think Bottles is just super nerdy and knows how birds flight works. I'd like to think that if our duo were two different animals, he'd be able to teach them different moves based on their natural animal abilities.

Tooty living somewhere else does make sense. At the beginning of the game, she's running over TO Banjo's house, and she isn't just hanging out there in future games, so I'd have to guess Banjo's parents live somewhere else. Gruntilda's lair has a few structures in it that seem to imply unseen occupants, like the huts in Mumbo's Mountain and Bubblegloop, the lighthouse and sandcastle in Treasure Trove Cove, and the ring of houses in Freezeeasy Peak.

Here's one for ya: Towards the end of the game, when you have the ability to roam around the transformation room, there is a red lever, in the middle. When you jump on said lever, the camera pans and zooms in, implying further required actions. I do it every playthrough hoping I accidently find a way to pull the kever.

I absolutely love seeing these kinds of videos show up on my feed! These old games have a magic to them that is hard to reproduce, and the way you presented the video was super charming. Keep it up man, can't wait to see what you cover next! Edit: 5:27 Old games had a strange interest in disembodied hands (Zelda alone has the toilet hand, the Wallmasters/Floormaster, Deadhand's army of hands, etc)

Gruntilda was mumbos student?! Thats actually a super cool funfact! Bottles has that nerdy look so im guessing he just knows all that theorie because he read it in books!

You might be onto something about Bottles being a martial arts master. In the rom-hack "Banjo-Kazooie: Stay At Home", the bear and bird explore worlds from other N64 games. In each world, they find that the boss has already been defeated! Each boss has a note next to their body, each with the same words written on them: "Bottles was here". Although it was by pure chance, it was a galaxy brain move on Gruntilda's part to kill him at the beginning of Tooie. With nothing else to teach Banjo or Kazooie, Bottles would have been free to aid them on their quest directly.

I think Mumbo is actually a civilised Grublin. Schna ha ha!

Dude, it finally dawned on me that Banjo is definitely the WORSE big brother in history. His little sister Tooty lives in the same house, but she has no bed or any separate rooms as her own. Tooty went straight up missing in the sequel without a trace, and the absolute best Banjo has done was post a Missing Person poster and nothing else; he and Kazooie just played cards with the gang. Finally, after many years later, as Tooty was sent to some undisclosed prison confirming she's alive and well, Banjo not once attempted to find her nor dare he utter her name. For a duo that loves adventuring and will search every corner for an obscure shiny object, they didn't even try with Tooty. Banjo wanted her gone.

Just found this channel today, excited to see a channel with a lot of Banjo content for me to binge!

I love these game mystery theory videos. So many of these games have been a part of my childhood and to see them delved into is a pure nostalgia trip. 100% subscribing to your channel! ❤

Man, I would love to see Banjo back. Besides Rayman. I actually got a good feeling for both though soon...

Awesome video, I love Banjo games deeply and I’ve been wanting to make my own speculation vids lol. Here’s my opinion on a couple things. I always assumed Nabnut was simply building the treehouse as well as all the plank extensions next to his house. He’d probably want to expand it out just to have more room for stuff, and the treehouse could be for a friend, or just a shed. You could even imagine that Gnawty’s helping with the wood if you want lol. And as for Grabba/the mummy hands, it’s a pretty loose connection but you COULD say it’s a reference/remnant of the Giant, who was the antagonist of the beta version of Banjo. For example the unused map Giant’s Lair has vaguely Gobi’s Valley looking architecture and Grabba’s laugh is the same laugh as heard in the beta track “Giant” It’s probably not an intentional connection, closer to my own headcanon than anything lol.

Banjo Kazooie and Tooie was my childhood cartoon. I remember being so excited for both games. When I received them at 2 different Christmas day, I always looked at the box art and manual, until we got home. Christmas at grandma's... Big Christmas tree, the long table, where everyone would eat.. (BIG family) The countless presents under the tree.. Best memories. Hope I get to give my kids a similar experience. For OoT and MM, again 2 different Christmas day. My parents woke my and my sister up at like 4-5 am just to open the gifts 😅 I was so happy to receive N64 games. I remember the feeling so fondly. I will make up something, to share my joy with my kids. Maybe show them the old tv commercials for retro games, and if they get excited watching them, then I'll know which games to give them 😊

The german version of the game actually shows you the Piranhas that bite your feet in Bubblegloop Swamp. The first time you accidentally step into the water they encourage you to keep doing that. Is that not the case in the english version?

Aaah, what a fun video this was, it brings me back to the boundless curiosity I held as a kid. I was 5 when the GameCube released, so I actually grew up playing both N64 and GCN in tandem The combination of Banjo-Kazooie and Pikmin gave me a deep appreciation for that specific sense of mystery and intrigue... and is probably why I spend so long thinking about things that, in the grand scheme of things, don't technically matter I would often spend hours just listening go the music or gazing out at the backgrounds, wondering what else is out there; as if these were real worlds and not fictional settings limited by mundane things like filesize and time constraints I haven't completely outgrown my curiosity, but sometimes I envy my younger self for being able to daydream so vividly without getting stuck in logic / reasoning like I do today. I guess this is kind of a rambly comment, but I mostly wanted to say how nice it was to see a video like this, and to thank you for your effort

I think kazooie uses pocket magic like how link has his inventory or how Erza stores her weapons from fairy tail.

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I am so high right now bro I love your videos and this is perfect timing

Great video 👍🏼 lot of good mysteries you brought up!

If Mumbo's whole face was transformed then his original head wouldn't necessarily have to fit under his skull mask. Also I'm headcanoning the carpenters from Ocarina of Time are building the house in Click Clock Wood. They love to slack off, hence why you never see them and building seems to take so long. As for Bottles, I think he is just a nerd. His just repeating what he read in some manual somewhere, and who knows if he is even teaching us right. Maybe he got one of Jamjars' old military manuals and that is where he is getting his info from.

I love all the mystery surrounding this game. Stop and swap one is probably the most intriguing. Looking forward to your next video, my friend!

I love your more recent mystery videos, and mysteries in general. I think for Rare's catalog, you could make hours of speculative content for just one game alone. Heck, these games are MADE for mystery. Clanker's probably one of the biggest mysteries to me in Banjo-Kazooie: Well, moreso WHAT Clanker is. He's Gruntilda's garbage disposal machine, but needs air, and has fleshy bits to him. I also have wondered why Captain Blubber's ship is just stranded in the middle of Treasure Trove Cove.

1. I choose to believe Mumbo is either a Jinjo or something related to them. He could also resemble the Grublins since they share some design similarities and appear to be the natives of the area. 2. Bottles is well-read. 3. Probably just cartoon logic and/or magic. 4. Seems to just be a storage room for extra items. 5. I think Gruntilda had kidnapped the Jinjos to draw upon their magic and make herself even more powerful. I think the Jinjonator is some kind of ancient Jinjo weapon/guardian that Grunty deliberately built her lair on top of, thinking she could suppress it with her power. 6. No idea. You've got me there. Maybe Grunty was constructing some kind of seasonal getaway cabin. Since her lair has a doorway that leads to Click Clock Wood, I imagine the location has some kind of significance to her. 7. Piranhas. 8. Either a giant mummy or possibly just a giant disembodied undead hand as you implied. 9. I was always under the impression that Tooty lived with Banjo and had just woken up before he did and went out to play to pass the time. But I like your idea that she could be visiting from the Brothers Bear group. 10. I think Gnawty is a native resident of Click Clock Wood but definitely related to the enemies from DKC.

There’s something hilarious hearing that high pitched “Jinjo!” most of the game, only to reveal a Titan saying “Jinjo…” in that deep growl at the end. Witch done dug a hole with a boulder on top.

Ive been wondering, why is tooty not in banjo tooie

If you watch the film “Migration” the older duck gets his gut filled with Orange and shoots them out like a bazooka. It’s just hilarious and I swear it’s a reference to B-K. Also the water in Bubblegloop Swamp is piranha-infested. If Banjo falls in without the wellies, the first time it happens he gets told to keep out.

I'd always assumed that the CCW treehouse belongs to the beehive which is near it in spring, moves inside when the house is finished in the autumn, and is hanging outside when it's boarded up for winter. The other beehive who house-sits for Mumbo in the winter does suggest these are characters with rich, full lives...until Banjo and Kazooie callously rip them apart.

Here's something I'm wondering: Banjo speaks normal English (or whatever language you have it set to) in Diddy Kong Racing, but speaks gibberish in his games. Did he learn to speak normal languages when he raced with Diddy, Conker and more or did he and his sister learn gibberish when they moved to Spiral Mountain?

This was a good mystery video and your theories are very interesting it would be great if the world of BK is connected to the DKC universe especially the Northern Kremisphere that you mentioned, Enjoy your day and I hope you had a great birthday 🥳

Bro I was so into stop n swop when I was little and the pirate in JRL and references to old games

I have a mystery question. If Grunty was trapped under a boulder for 2 years, then who moved Loggo to Grunty Industries? Great video and happy belated birthday!

There is another leftover in Click Clock Wood. The first time you defeat one of the wall-birds in your gaming session a cutscene is triggered showing the bird fall out of it's hole. I discussed this with some people on reddit and we came to the conclusion that it could be one of the following things: - The cut-scene was supposed to show the birds drop an item, like a jiggy or the caterpillars that you need to collect for Eyrie the eagle. The caterpillars where instead just scattered in the world. - The birds would talk to you like other enemies and antagonize you. - There was a bird boss-fight at the top of the tree and that was his deafeat animation. The boss fight was scrapped and the boss arena was swapped with the now very anti climatic whiplash room. The cut-scene was left in the game by accident.

Very nice! I was always curious about that random room in the church as well. It just seemed so bizarre to have a weird empty secret room similar to that strange pillar room in Donkey Kong 64's Creepy Castle. Is there going to be a Mysteries of Banjo-Tooie? 🤔

Well Bottle's brother, Jamjars is an actual trained military drill sergeant. And it's well within the realm of possibility that he trained avain air force members, and could have passed some of that to Bottles. Given that Bottles is, uh, absent- in Tooie, and Jamjars takes his role of teaching moves to Banjo and Kazooie in that game, it's not at all implausible that he and Bottles have this kind of history. Though I guess this becomes more of a Banjo Tooie topic than Banjo 1, but still.

I really loved this video too, because there was some stuff I didn't know about the original Banjo-Kazooie game.

These mysteries are so mind blowing. They also make sense

The swamp have piranha in the water. I don't play the game by a lot of years, on N64 the first time you touch the water there is a message with piranha saying something, it happens only the first time you get damage by the water

that latest ‘project dream’ video actually had me earlier today. which says more about my towel’d mental state at the time probably.

Can’t wait for Banjo-Tooie Mysteries! Such as the secret life of Grunty’s sisters that would make them label the laser buttons like they do lol

If mumbo can perform magic including: -infusing life into inanimate objects -bring people back to life -whatever he did in jolly roger lagon. Like seriously, how do you define "being able to breath lake/ocean water like air" he didn't give banjo gills. Its like he rewrote the laws of nature or can straight up reality warp on a limited scale. So yes, i do honestly believe he should be a better magician than grunty. With these feats alone.

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in Banjo's house, WHERE IS THE GOD DAMN BATHROOM!? Also, the whole game, is Grunty just sitting in the machine with Tooty, waiting for Banjo to give up? And then she just got bored or realized that he would not give up, thus leading her to build an large gameshow?

Oh yeah the many mysteries the Game got. I remember when I was playing it as a kid and saw the ice key, I was so damn sure I can collect it.

I first met banjo on timbers island......... really nice bipedal humanoid bear creature.....nicest I ever met

We need a release of this and Banjo-Tooie for the Switch, plus Banjo-Threeie.

In the old Timon & Pumbaa cartoon from the 90s, there were actually three natives, similar to Mumbo Jumbo, who wore masks and feathers. However, once they took off their masks, it turned out that they were just normal people.

I got one: What happened to all the minions that roamed Gruntilda’s Lair after the events of Kazooie? They definitely don’t appear in Tooie.

Yeah I agree and this is why they need to do remasters or make a third one it's criminal how we didn't get a new banjo and kazooie I swear that should be illegal LOL

In Bubblegloop Swamp, the things biting Banjo's feet are piranhas. First time you step into the water, a piranha says something to the effect of "Keep your smelly feet out of the water.

For some reason I've been on a banjo kazooie nostalgia binge

The BK church window reminds me of the hidden passage in the Temple of Jiggies. Just a weird reward for quite the secret path. :/

I wanna know if the door in Gobi’s Valley “leads to” the volcano world in Banjo Tooie

The stained window always confused me. I bet you they 100% were planning on making it something to do with Stop n' Swap considering how Rare was planning on making that a huge thing between Kazooie and Tooie. Also, for the house in Click Clock Woods, when I was a kid, I always thought that it was built by a bunch of residents of the woods so they could stay warm and safe during the winter. As to why you never see them, my theory is that whenever Banjo enters a new season, he is actually going forward or backward in time to that world but to only one day (i.e. When he enters spring, it's April 3, Summer is July 14, Fall is October 20, etc., etc., etc...) Maybe he just enters on days where they are off work (like weekends). But that also raises the question, when you enter worlds, are you being teleported to somewhere on the earth, are these worlds a different dimension, or do they only exist inside of their opening (i.e. Treasure Trove Cove only exists inside the giant treasure). I'd love to hear your take on these theories. :)

In Rusty Bucket Bay in one of the sailors room's on the wall there's a poster of Conkers girlfriend (well from the pocket tails game) does that imply that the ship at one point was in the area that Conker lives in??

In the first game, Brentilda was Grunty's sister, and Grunty was the black sheep of the family. In the second game, we only see Blobbelda and Mingella. Did I miss something?

I always thought that the person building the cabin was Klungo.

Why is there a picture of Bottles in Banjo's house when you walk outside and meet Bottles for the first time at the start of the game and why does Kazooie call Bottles "Barrel Boy". It is speculated that it was originally a picture of Donkey Kong instead of bottles.

I wonder if subconsciously I know there's a new game coming out

And what about the room near the top of Grunty’s lair where her beauty machine resides? There are locked doors on either side of that machine…where do they lead?

Out of curiosity, have you checked Banjo Threeie by Project Dreams or the fan-made 3D-animated series by LankyTurtleMedia?

Pretty sure there are tiny piranhas in Bubblegloop. And Gnawty could be a common name among beavers, like Smith is for humans. So maybe the beaver in Click Clock isn’t the same guy from DkC

5:10 My guess, Flesh eating bacteria!

Any chance you'll do one for banjo tooie

Where does Gobi the Camel finally end up after his sidequest is done?

I believe the secret in 2:30 is supposed to be the painting right when you walk in in front of you of the pirate. I think his name was captain black eye and he’s more relevant in tooie, correct me if im wrong

I was wondering about Mambo must have a lot of money because he owns lots of property also how did he get into witchcraft

Clanker's Cavern: How was Clanker built? Was his brain once a living thing? Why does Grunty need Clanker? How did Gloop the fish get there?

How did you play the game so many times, and never remember that it’s tiny piranhas that infest the waters of Bubble Gloop Swamp?! 😂😂😂 It’s literally the first thing that comes up the second you get bitten for the first time on the stage.

The mysteries of Banjo Tooie next?

If Grunty begins the beauty transfer when Banjo enters her lair, why is she not still using it when we get to Grunty's Furnace Fun?

Wasnt the Jinjonator more like a God/Goddess to the Jinjos?

Once you use all the jiggies there are 2 remaining. What is their purpose?

The treehouse belongs to DK

what I've always wanted to know is who's that nabnut's sleeping with

Jinjonator remins me a Megazord from Power Rangers series and i beat this game before 2002 Korea/Japan World Cup.

Maybe it's just a hand

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1:23 that is horrifying.

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