Banjo-Tooie

Grunty returns—and that's bad news for Banjo and Kazooie! In this all-new adventure, combine everything you learned in the award-winning prequel, Banjo-Kazooie, with dozens of brand-new moves and abilities…

20 November 2000

Adventure Platform Quiz/Trivia Action Comedy Fantasy

Banjo-Tooie is an adventure developed by Rare, released 20 November 2000 on Nintendo 64.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Banjo-Tooie is

Banjo-Tooie is an adventure game developed by Rare and released in 2000. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Grunty returns—and that's bad news for Banjo and Kazooie! In this all-new adventure, combine everything you learned in the award-winning prequel, Banjo-Kazooie, with dozens of brand-new moves and abilities. Explore eight original worlds-like a monstrous factory and a dilapidated amusement park. Solve incredible puzzles that link those worlds together—sometimes you'll have to complete tasks in several worlds to solve a single puzzle!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Banjo & Kazooie series

Banjo-Tooie is the third of 11 entries we hold in the Banjo & Kazooie series. It arrived 2 years after Banjo-Kazooie. The next entry was Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge in 2003.

See all 11 Banjo & Kazooie games in release order →

What it launched against

Banjo-Tooie launched on 20 November 2000, within three weeks of Counter-Strike, Escape from Monkey Island, Jet Grind Radio and The Operative: No One Lives Forever.

Released around the same time: Counter-Strike, Escape from Monkey Island, Jet Grind Radio, The Operative: No One Lives Forever.

Cheats and codes

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