Banjo-Tooie 2000

Is it still worth playing?

Rare's 2000 single player three dimensional platformer for the Nintendo 64, with music by Grant Kirkhope and a multiplayer mode for up to four players. Banjo and Kazooie try to stop the witch Gruntilda and two of her sisters, who intend to vaporize the island's inhabitants. It keeps all the moves of the first game, Banjo-Kazooie, with Jamjars teaching new ones, including splitting the duo, egg types, first person shooting in contained areas, the bill drill and spring shoes. Banjo and Kazooie can be played separately, and level bosses appear for the first time in the series. Worlds are physically connected to the overworld, from a circus to a prehistoric land and the ocean, and a train called Chuffy runs between stations. Jiggies unlock new worlds, so backtracking is a major part of the challenge, and a duo that can split up still makes that backtracking its main puzzle today.