Banjo-Kazooie

Rare / May 31, 1998 / Rated Everyone

Data last updated September 26, 2026

Released

1998

Publisher

Microsoft Studios

Time to beat

~2 hrs

Community

1,574

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The bear and bird's first ever outing available in full. Loads of rollicking fun to be had here and with the legendary Stop N Swop feature reinstated. You’ll never look the same again at a jigsaw.

Banjo-Kazooie is a platform game series developed by the British studio Rare. The games focus on the two title characters―Banjo, a male brown bear; and Kazooie, a large female breegull who is typically seen riding in Banjo's backpack―both of whom are controlled by the player. The games generally involve the pair in conflict with the evil witch Gruntilda Winkybunion. The eponymous first game in the series was released in 1998 to critical acclaim and was followed by Banjo-Tooie (2000), Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Banjo-Pilot (2005), a spinoff kart racing game, and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008), a mainline open world kart racing game.

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exceptional

44.92%

recommended

41.54%

meh

10.46%

skip

3.08%

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