Banjo-Tooie
The Xbox 360 remaster of Banjo-Tooie has visual and performance improvements over the Nintendo 64 version. In this version, the player doesn't loose the notes after getting out of a stage, which is a major…
Banjo-Tooie is an adventure developed by Rare, released 29 April 2009 on Xbox 360.
What Banjo-Tooie is
Banjo-Tooie is an adventure game developed by Rare and released in 2009. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox 360 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Two years after the witch Gruntilda was defeated and trapped beneath a boulder, her two sisters arrive with a massive digging machine and set her free, though she has withered into a living skeleton. Bent on revenge, Gruntilda destroys the bear Banjo's home and flees with her sisters to hatch a new scheme. The witches unveil a device that can drain the life force from every creature on the island, which Gruntilda intends to use to restore her rotted body. With their friends in danger, Banjo and his bird companion Kazooie set out across the Isle O' Hags to stop the sisters before their plan is complete.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Banjo & Kazooie series
Banjo-Tooie is the eighth of 11 entries we hold in the Banjo & Kazooie series. The next entry was Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing with Banjo-Kazooie in 2010.
What it launched against
Banjo-Tooie launched on 29 April 2009, within three weeks of Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Punch-Out!! and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.
Released around the same time: Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Punch-Out!!, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.
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