A Banjo-Kazooie Retrospective

You couldn't possibly be more right about the audience still being there. We are in the nostalgia era, now is the perfect time! Rare is out of touch.

Wasn't expecting a video of this quality to be made by a creator with only 500 subscribers

Pro tip: The red borders on your yt thumbnails resemble the red progress bars that show on thumbnails of videos you've watched. I almost skipped over this video because at first glance, I thought I was looking at a full progress bar and assumed I'd already watched the video and forgotten about it. Then saw it again and realized you just happen to have thin red borders on your thumbnails. Glad I took a second glance because got damn, this vid is pretty well put together. Very little filler or off-topic nonsense, and I think the point you made at the end was very well said. Good stuff, man.

I do enjoy the passion you have for Banjo - always something great to see and it felt genuine. You got a knack for this thing. Just a bit of constructive criticism, if I may. I appreciate the look at Diddy Kong Racing, though a segment that long in a retrospective about Banjo took me out of it a bit, especially when Banjo wasn't referred too much in it. I don't think there's anything stopping you from making a DKR retrospective other than your own rules. By all means, make a DKR video! And in terms of where Rare is now, I'm happy to see what they've done. The reason Nuts and Bolts is the way it is mainly has to do with where the team was at that point in time - they just wanted to do something new, which in an industry that wants discourages that, I'm glad Rare can games they want to make, more or less. Only reason we got Banjo in the first place is cus that team wanted to do more than just DKC - plus chasing trends is why have Banjo, Killer instinct, Battletoads, etc. And I'd love to see a new Banjo myself, but I don't want Rare to make it if they don't want to - any studio who can prove themselves can make one. I've been surprised time and time again by revivals done by different studios - KI 2013 is hands- down the best in the series. And yeah, Banjo fans are still here, but I do wonder what it'd have to sell to be profitable. While I enjoy Yooka-Laylee (and its sequel), it didn't do gangbusters, and I wouldn't want a risk to be taken just for studio layoffs/shutdowns to follow - Mario doesn't have to worry about that cus... it's Mario, and Crash and Spyro (while I love those games too) have mainly gotten by off nostalgia. All-new games don't sell as well as the remakes, and it's a business at the end of the day. Still, I have hope we'll see Banjo again down the line. Just gotta be patient.

When you called clanker's cavern a disgusting toilet bowl of a world, I bursted out laughing, and clicked the like button. That is the perfect way to describe that level.

Everyone knows that diddy Kong racing was broken when you figured out you get extra boost without being on the gas

I understand your Yellow Eyes joke. I am also old...

Top 3 N64 games: Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie and Diddy Kong Racing. Banjo-Kazooie is oozing with charm and is so fun to play, one of the best platformers ever for sure!

11:13 this pig scared the crap out of me as a kid too! I think it's the laugh haha.

5:58 It's the instrumental to "Body of Christ" by Faith+1 lmao

Fantastic work! This video kept me watching all the way through reliving memories from many years ago! I still play banjo 1&2 to this day. The fan base is still here.

This is exactly what I wanted to see today. Thank you.

I can’t never get tired of BK retrospectives ! I’m at work bored, perfect timing for this 🙌🏼🙌🏼

Whenever I want to be put in a good mood, I head into either Treasure Trove Cove or Freezeezey Peak and just chill out and vibe to the tunes.

Just found this channel and I truly think you are very underrated man, such wonderful transitions and how you handle the topics when it comes down to how each game has its ups and downs instead of calling any of the games "Masterpieces", It's refreshing to see that and your love and passion for the games are amazing to see. If only Microsoft and Rare shared the same love and desire for Banjo these days as us the fans did. As long as we keep talking about them something might happen eventually. Awesome work man and best of luck on the next project.

If you ever never able to free Clanker from the water, how did you beat the game? In order to beat Banjo-Kazooie, you need at least 94 Jiggies, and most Jiggies in Clanker's Cavern can't be collected until you've helped him out of the water.

I also appreciate the Christmas Story reference! Yellow eyes!

banjo series have a exclusive soundtrack only when youre under water. That was so fucking nice

Came back to say this has been my favorite banjo retrospective.

Rusty Fuckit Bay.... I will never call the level by its proper name again. LMAO