BANJO-TOOIE - Breaking a Witch-Shaped Target

[bbbrrr_it_cold]

Banjo-Tooie, the sequel to one of my top games of all time, is also one of my top games of all time.

1 - overall controls, page
2 - Amaze-O'-Gaze Glasses, jiggy, black jinjo
3 - mayahem temple entrance, egg aim, hexagon, breegull blaster, y jinjo, 100 ♫s, p jinjo, 2 ⌘s
4 - orange jinjo, two jiggies
5 - glowbo, purple jinjo, jiggy, hexagon, page, grip grab, red jinjo
6 - glowbo, 2 pages, 3 jiggies
7 - hexagon and jiggy
8 - two world openings, fire eggs, extra health, grenade eggs, 60 notes, ice key
9 - 2 pages, 100 notes, 2 jiggies, 2 glowbos, blue jinjo, hexagon
10 - train station, 3 jiggies
11 - jiggy, page, blue jinjo, bill drill, red jinjo, green jinjo, 2 hexagons
12 - beak bayonet, black jinjo, extra health, the fish upgrades, FEATHERS, 3 jiggies
13 - airborne egg aiming, a beating, split up, jiggy, train button, 60 notes
14 - glowbo, 10 notes, white jinjo, pack whack, 2 hexagons, yellow jinjo, 4 jiggies
15 - ice ⬯, 🛲 button, pink ⬯, blue ⬯, breegull bash, HOMING, two world entrances, 20 ♫s, glowbo
16 - glowbo, sub-aqua egg aiming, 60 notes, green jinjo, orange jinjo, 25 dabloons, hexagon
17 - 3 dabloons, wing whack, 40 notes, purple jinjo, jiggy
18 - talon torpedo, glowbo, 4 jiggies, 3 pages, hexagon
19 - EGGS, extra health, hatch, world entrance, clockwork eggs, 2 black jinjos, 20 notes
20 - taxi pack, train button, 85 notes, 2 glowbos, page, brown jinjo, 2 hexagons
21 - hexagon, orange jinjo, 15 notes, springy step shoes, 2 jiggies
22 - 3 jiggies, blue jinjo
23 - jiggy, purple jinjo, !!!TRAIN BUTTON!!!, brown jinjo
24 - hexagon, claw clamber boots, glowbo, 60 notes
25 - leg spring, 2 red jinjos, 20 notes, page
26 - snooze pack, 10 notes, purple jinjo, the legendary mega-glowbo, 3 jiggies
27 - 2 jiggies, glowbo, page, 30 notes
28 - brown jinjo, hexagon, purple jinjo, 3 jiggies
29 - 4 tickets, 2 jiggies, 2 pages
30 - black jinjo, FALLPROOF, two world entrances
31 - glowbo, 60 notes, shack pack, hexagon
32 - hexagon, glide, green jinjo, page, 30 notes, 2 jiggies
33 - extra health, hexagon, 2 seeds, sack pack, blue jinjo, 35 notes, glowbo
34 - jiggy and page
35 - glowbo, hexagon, 30 notes, blue jinjo, jiggy
36 - page, 5 notes, blue jinjo, 5 jiggies
37 - 30 notes, hexagon, blue jinjo, page, 5 jiggies, black jinjo
38 - roar, page, red jinjo, 3 jiggies
39 - junk food, page, 2 jiggies
40 - HONEYBACK, weird squishy fish thing, purple jinjo, 2 jiggies, page, black jinjo
41 - 10 notes, black jinjo, glowbo, 3 jiggies
42 - brown jinjo, 2 train buttons, 3 jiggies
43 - hexagon, jiggy, page
44 - black jinjo, 2 green jinjos, hexagon, 5 jiggies
45 - 3 jiggies, glowbo, hexagon, 10 notes
46 - page, hexagon, yellow jinjo, 2 jiggies
47 - purple jinjo, 3 jiggies
48 - 2 jiggies
49 - page, 2 jiggies, world entrance
50 - world entrance, nothing, hexagon, extra health, JUKEBOX
51 - the credits (abridged)
FINAL part 1 - 52 - a little bit of frustration not gonna lie
FINAL part 2 - 52.5 - a witch's skull

I have so many thoughts and opinions about this game, having 100%'d it twice* in more recent times (most recently back in 2020).
But, for right now, I'll just let it speak for itself. It is very fond of doing that, after all.

(Also, on the off chance it matters, a morning LP is harder for me to update as immediately as I tended to for Kazooie, so updates should still be same day but may be later.)

* The first time was actual 100%. The second time, I gave it a good shot but I decided to not waste my time with a certain infamous Cheato Page.

[Grounder]

this game is also a decent bit outright meaner than the first, as we'll see later

for now, someone should probably do something about the rotting corpse on banjo's lawn, yeah?

[raocow]

note that I changed the title of the first episode due to a decision I made this morning

[Donut]

But raocow what if you don't get at least one new collectible per video. What if the game is stingy about you collecting things?

[raocow]

I know like five unicode characters that mean 'nothing'

[Grounder]

did somebody ring the jingster?

[KobaBeach]

i think when i was younger i was NOT a fan of bottles dying because of how sad his family must feel but nowadays im like. "yeah no that's so dumb, he'll be fine eventually"

even the gray jinjos im like "wow that's dark but stupid"

rewatching digimon tamers has changed my opinions of death in media severely, focusing much more on gravitas and whether the status quo will stay affected or not

for now, someone should probably do something about the rotting corpse on banjo's lawn, yeah?

its ok it'll be good for the plants

[EllenHouraisan]

This game is so violent.

I'm glad Grunty has family who care for her and it's not just her awful gossip-loving fairy sister from the first game.

[KobaBeach]

I'm glad Grunty has family who care for her and it's not just her awful gossip-loving fairy sister from the first game.

that bitch was written out of the will for a reason

[strongbadman]

Something that people haven't mentioned yet- Grunty calls King Jingaling a traitor when she blasts him, which has some very interesting implications. If you hang around his throne room he'll talk about enemies, but they're not *hints* so much as they're just...things about them. Which implies a familiarity. They're also mild spoilers, so while they're worth showing off, maybe wait until after world 5 or so.

[Donut]

Something that people haven't mentioned yet- Grunty calls King Jingaling a traitor when she blasts him, which has some very interesting implications. If you hang around his throne room he'll talk about enemies, but they're not *hints* so much as they're just...things about them. Which implies a familiarity. They're also mild spoilers, so while they're worth showing off, maybe wait until after world 5 or so.

I'd be fine either way, because

Zombie Jingaling is the only place in the game you can learn Terry is male and therefore a hard-working single father.

[KobaBeach]

*moldovan voice* maya heeeee(m)

[Grounder]

maya who?

[BobisOnlyBob]

maya, huh?

[raocow]

hmmm, I'm seeing the overall 'what' of what is going on with the thread titles but I'm not seeing the whole set of rules yet

[KobaBeach]

hmmm, I'm seeing the overall 'what' of what is going on with the thread titles but I'm not seeing the whole set of rules yet

you think you're gonna get

that last canary mary

? iirc you failed to do that both times according to the decaying q&a thread from 2009

apparently you have to carefully balance/game the rubberbanding it's kind of insane?

[Paragraph]

Banjo Tooie is so good. Love this game a whole lot. Have fun

[BobisOnlyBob]

[KobaBeach]

i.... like? how canon render juno looks like an nft

[bbbrrr_it_cold]

When I played this as a kid, I would normally hold off on Targitzan because I found the boss fight kind of harsh. Then again, as raocow noted, the other fps portions aren't exactly easy either.

Kid me did have to cheat to beat the one in Grunty Industries, after all.

In any case, navigating them has gotten easier for my adult mind. Playing them, however, can still be a bit rough because the controls are adequate for it, but I wouldn't call them great. Part of me appreciates them for the variety they bring. Another part of me looks at other portions of the game and thinks that having things for the sake of variety isn't always enough...

As for super inconsequential things, you can always check the official color of any jinjo you collect. It just requires a trip to their house. I think the one you saved today was actually red, but I don't know for sure (and it certainly doesn't matter - you'll be getting all of them regardless, I'm sure).

[KobaBeach]

Then again, as raocow noted, the other fps portions aren't exactly easy either.

Kid me did have to cheat to beat the one in Grunty Industries, after all.

In any case, navigating them has gotten easier for my adult mind. Playing them, however, can still be a bit rough because the controls are adequate for it, but I wouldn't call them great. Part of me appreciates them for the variety they bring. Another part of me looks at other portions of the game and thinks that having things for the sake of variety isn't always enough...

not trying to be rude towards this game here, and answer this in an inline spoiler. but

do every single one of this game's fps dungeons feel like the worst fucking doom 2 map wads plucked from some 12 year old's windows 2000 pc with zero signposting or level design sense

i think that's very funny if that's the case

[helucard]

Wow, having to rest your thumb on a N64 control stick just that precise amount would be downright unpleasant. I remember my old controllers and their sticks loosened quite a bit, to the point that the deadzone from the center was half the distance you could move the stick. It would Not have worked for this part if I still had it today.

[Grounder]

So much for getting as many moves out of the way as possible, eh?

[xnamkcor]

"It's not even funny".

I don't care who you are. That's funny right there.

[MonkeyShrapnel]

World 1 has a bunch of obstacles that can be dealt with using abilities that you unlock later in the game, if you decide to come back later in the game, but you also CAN do most of the world without having to backtrack later.

Also, as somebody mentioned in the comments, if you talk to the Stonies inside the kickball stadium as Banjo,
while they still speak gibberish, you can pick out some...choice words they say.

Also, I've always thought that it was strange that there's a special entrance to the code chamber if you've turned into a Stony,
that entrance isn't useful for anything else, and you literally can't do anything as a Stony in there.