Banjo-Kazooie 1998

Is it still worth playing?

Rare's 1998 3D platformer for the Nintendo 64, created by Gregg Mayles and Steve Mayles, with action adventure elements and varied puzzles. The witch Gruntilda, who wants to be prettier than Tooty, kidnaps her to steal her beauty, so Banjo, Tooty's brother, and Kazooie go to her lair to confront her. Progress runs on collecting. Each of the nine levels holds 100 musical notes and 10 golden jigsaw pieces called Jiggys, and the Jiggys open new worlds in Gruntilda's lair. Those worlds range across mountains, a beach, a swamp, a desert, a winter world, a cemetery, a ship and a forest. Help comes from two characters: Mumbo Jumbo transforms the pair, and Bottles teaches new moves including flying and swimming. With every world a themed space full of different tasks, the collecting stays varied, and that is still the reason to play it today.