Banjo-Pilot
Banjo Pilot is a kart-style racing game which was originally slated to become "Diddy Kong Pilot." It features at least eight characters from the Banjo-Kazooie series, each with its own aircraft and storyline…
Banjo-Pilot is a racing developed by Rare, released 12 January 2005 on Game Boy Advance.
What Banjo-Pilot is
Banjo-Pilot is a racing game developed by Rare and released in 2005. It was published by THQ. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Banjo Pilot is a kart-style racing game which was originally slated to become "Diddy Kong Pilot." It features at least eight characters from the Banjo-Kazooie series, each with its own aircraft and storyline, including Banjo, Mumbo Jumbo, Humba Wumba, Guntilda, Klungo, Jolly Roger and Kazooie. The game includes link cable support for up to four players.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Banjo & Kazooie series
Banjo-Pilot is the fifth of 11 entries we hold in the Banjo & Kazooie series. It arrived a year after Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge. The next entry was Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts in 2008. Its critic score of 70 is 9 points above the series average of 61. The highest-rated entry is Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts at 87.
How it was received
Banjo-Pilot holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Banjo-Pilot launched on 12 January 2005, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4 and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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