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Banjo-Kazooie

TitleBanjo-Kazooie
First release1998
DeveloperRare Ltd.
PublisherNintendo
PlatformNintendo 64
Genres3D platform game, Christmas video game, collect-a-thon platformer
Also known asBanjo to Kazooie no Daibouken
Players1 player
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Nintendo 64: 1998-06-29 (NTSC-U), 1998-07-17 (PAL), 1998-12-06 (NTSC-J)
Wikidata IDQ129000

Banjo-Kazooie is a 1998 N64 video game developed by Rare and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on June 29, 1998. Action and puzzles and bears, oh my! Trouble brews when Gruntilda the witch captures the unbearably beautiful cub, Tooty. But before the grisly hag can steal the bear's good looks, big brother Banjo and his fine-feathered friend, Kazooie, join forces to stop her. Combining their 24 moves and special powers, Banjo and Kazooie will fend off armies of beasts. Bear and bird must hunt down the 100 puzzle pieces and 900 musical notes that will ultimately lead them to Gruntilda. However, miles of swamp, desert and snow and one bear of an adventure stand in their way. -Soar over islands to scout out buried treasure. -Brave past whirling blades in the belly of a mechanical shark. -With some voodoo magic, transform into different creatures to gain special powers. -Solve the puzzles of the ancients to unearth the cursed labyrinths. • Saves via Internal Memory (EEPROM)

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q129000) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (162,95801,95802) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Logo: Microsoft Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Banjo Kazooie logo.png”)
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