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{{short description|2000 video game}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Banjo-Tooie Coverart.png
| caption = North American Nintendo 64 box art
| developer = [[Company:Rare|Rare]]{{Efn|name=XboxCredits|The Xbox 360 version was developed by [[Company:4J Studios|4J Studios]] and published by [[Company:Xbox Game Studios|Microsoft Game Studios]]}}
| publisher = [[Company:Nintendo|Nintendo]]{{Efn|name=XboxCredits}}
| designer = Gregg Mayles
| programmer = {{Unbulleted list|Chris Sutherland|Paul Machacek}}
| artist = Steve Mayles
| composer = Grant Kirkhope
| series = ''[[Software:Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Kazooie]]''
| platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[Engineering:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]]|[[Engineering:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]]}}
| released = '''Nintendo 64'''{{Video game release|NA|20 November 2000|JP|27 November 2000|EU|12 April 2001}}'''Xbox 360'''{{Video game release|WW|29 April 2009}}
| genre = [[Software:Platform game|Platform]], [[Software:Action-adventure game|action-adventure]]
| modes = [[Software:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Software:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Banjo-Tooie''''' is a [[Software:Platform game|platform]] [[Engineering:Video game|video game]] developed by [[Company:Rare|Rare]] and originally released for the [[Engineering:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] console in 2000. It is the second game in the ''[[Software:Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series and the sequel to ''[[Software:Banjo-Kazooie (video game)|Banjo-Kazooie]]''. The game follows the returning protagonists Banjo and Kazooie as they attempt to stop the plans of the witch Gruntilda and two of her sisters, who intend to vaporise the inhabitants of the game's island setting. The game features [[Software:Level (video gaming)|worlds]] significantly larger than those of its predecessor, requiring the player to complete challenges such as solving [[Software:Puzzle video game|puzzles]], jumping over obstacles, collecting items, and defeating opponents. It also includes a [[Software:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] mode in which up to four players can compete in several minigames repurposed from the main campaign.

Development of the game started in June 1998, directly after the release of its predecessor. Several new features were cut from the game due to time constraints and limitations of the Nintendo 64 hardware. Upon release, ''Banjo-Tooie'' received critical acclaim from video game critics, who praised its graphics and the size of its worlds. However, the game's inconsistent [[Frame rate|frame rate]] was criticized. In 2009, ''Banjo-Tooie'' was re-released as an Xbox Live Arcade game for the [[Engineering:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]]. The game was also included in the ''[[Software:Rare Replay|Rare Replay]]'' video game compilation, released for the [[Engineering:Xbox One|Xbox One]] in 2015.

==Gameplay==
[[File:Banjo-Tooie gameplay.jpg|thumb|left|The player, controlling Banjo and Kazooie, runs towards an enemy in the game's second world, Glitter Gulch Mine.]]
Similar to its predecessor ''[[Software:Banjo-Kazooie (video game)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'', ''Banjo-Tooie'' is a [[Software:Single-player video game|single-player]] [[Software:Platform game|platform game]] in which the protagonists are controlled from a third-person perspective. Carrying over most of the mechanics and concepts established in its predecessor, the game features three-dimensional [[Software:Level (video gaming)|worlds]] consisting of various platforming challenges and puzzles, with a notable increased focus on puzzle-solving over the worlds of ''Banjo-Kazooie''. These challenges, along with exploration, usually reward the player with collectible items that permit progression to later challenges and worlds. Among the items are golden jigsaw pieces, called Jiggies, that are used to permit entry to new worlds; instead of exploring the game's overworld in search of incomplete puzzle boards as in ''Banjo-Kazooie'', a singular board is used within a temple where a character named Master Jiggywiggy resides, that can only be accessed if the player has obtained the number of Jiggies required to open a new world. A timed puzzle-completion challenge can then be played, after which Jiggywiggy grants access to the world. Each puzzle challenge requires more Jiggies than the last.<ref name="IGN review" />

Musical notes return in ''Banjo-Tooie'', but are now used to learn new moves from Bottles' brother, a drill sergeant named Jamjars, who assumes Bottles' role from the first game. All of Banjo and Kazooie's moves from the first game are immediately accessible in ''Tooie'', and the player can acquire several new moves such as first-person aiming, new egg types, and the ability to play as Banjo and Kazooie separately, with each gaining moves they can only use while on their own. Empty honeycomb pieces and Jinjos return as well, effectively retaining the functions they had in ''Banjo-Kazooie''. Mumbo Jumbo reappears in this game as a playable character who can venture out into each world and use specific magic spells to help Banjo and Kazooie. Taking over Mumbo's previous role of transforming the duo into different forms is Humba Wumba, a Native American shaman who acts as Mumbo's rival. Small magical creatures called "Glowbos" are required payment for the shamans' services.<ref name="IGN review" /><ref name="GSpot review" /><ref name="GameRev review" />

A mechanic introduced in ''Banjo-Tooie'' is the direct connections between its worlds. In ''Banjo-Kazooie'', the titular duo were magically transported to each world via special doors in Gruntilda's Lair, with said worlds effectively existing in vacuums, but in this game, almost every world is physically connected to others at multiple points, and is effectively an extension of the overworld.<ref name="IGN review" /> In addition, a train named Chuffy can be used to migrate Banjo, Kazooie, and some minor characters between worlds which contain stations. In conjunction with these additions, required backtracking and puzzle-solving across several worlds constitute many of ''Tooie''<nowiki/>'s challenges. The game includes a [[Software:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]] mode where up to four players can play a repurposed competition mode for each of the game's single-player challenges. These include first-person shooting, kickball, and several other minigames.<ref name="GSpot review" />

==Plot==
Two years after Gruntilda's defeat, Banjo and Kazooie are playing [[Engineering:Poker|poker]] with Mumbo Jumbo and Bottles. Outside, two of Gruntilda's sisters, Mingella and Blobbelda, use their large ''HAG 1'' digging machine to enter Spiral Mountain. They destroy the boulder trapping Gruntilda, finding that she has rotted into a [[Social:Skeleton (undead)|living skeleton]] while underground. Seeking revenge, Gruntilda destroys Banjo's house with a spell before fleeing with her sisters. Mumbo witnesses Gruntilda's return and escapes with Banjo and Kazooie, but Bottles does not heed their warnings and is killed by the blast. The three remaining friends resolve to defeat Gruntilda, and at the request of Bottles' ghost, to find a way to resurrect him.

Following the witches' trail, Banjo and Kazooie arrive at Jinjo Village. There, King Jingaling, king of the Jinjos, explains that his subjects were frightened away by the ''HAG 1'' and scattered throughout the Isle O' Hags, the game's overworld. He gives the two their first Jiggy as a reward for rescuing his subjects in advance. Meanwhile, Gruntilda's sisters introduce her to a device called the "Big-O-Blaster" (B.O.B.), capable of extracting "life force" from any given target. They test B.O.B. on King Jingaling, transforming him into a zombie. Gruntilda plans to charge B.O.B. long enough to blast the entire island and use the stolen life force to restore her body. The witch's most loyal henchman, Klungo, is sent out to hinder Banjo and Kazooie's progress, but after losing to them several times, resulting in beatings from Gruntilda, Klungo abandons her and sides with the protagonists. Banjo and Kazooie continue their journey, meeting new allies along the way such as Bottles' drill sergeant brother Jamjars, who teaches them new moves, and the Native American shaman Humba Wumba, a bitter rival of Mumbo who aids the duo with new magical transformations.

Within Gruntilda's fortress, Cauldron Keep, Banjo and Kazooie compete with Mingella and Blobbelda in a trivia game show hosted by Gruntilda similar to that of the first game, in which losing competitors are flattened under one-ton weights. The two sisters are crushed after losing to Banjo and Kazooie, but Gruntilda escapes. Banjo and Kazooie then reverse the effects of B.O.B., resurrecting both King Jingaling and Bottles, who celebrate at Bottles' house along with Klungo. Banjo and Kazooie fight Gruntilda and the ''HAG 1'' atop her fortress, but she is finally defeated when she drops her most powerful magic spell inside the ''HAG 1'' cockpit, causing the entire machine to explode, reducing Gruntilda to nothing more than her head. The two return to Bottles' house with Jamjars, Mumbo, and Humba Wumba, to find that, much to their disappointment, the celebration has ended without them. They then head to the top of Cauldron Keep and play a game of hacky sack with Gruntilda's head, who swears revenge against Banjo and Kazooie once again.

==Development==
''Banjo-Tooie'' was developed by [[Company:Rare|Rare]] and designed by Gregg Mayles, who previously worked on ''Banjo-Kazooie''.<ref name="Designer" /> Development of the game started in June 1998.<ref name="Power of Tooie" /> Some features that were originally cut during the development of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', such as some of its worlds and a multiplayer game mode, were instead integrated into ''Banjo-Tooie''.<ref name="Cancelled worlds" /><ref name="Cancelled multiplayer" /> An additional world set in a castle was planned, but due to time constraints, it was scrapped during development and assets from it were used in constructing Cauldron Keep.<ref name="tweet 1" /><ref name="tweet 2" /> The game features roughly 150 total characters, including enemies and non-playable characters.<ref name="150 characters" />

Originally, Rare planned to include an additional mode called "Bottles' Revenge" in which a second player could play as an undead version of Bottles and take control of enemy characters, including bosses, to hinder the duo in their quest, with the players swapping roles if the enemy character managed to defeat Banjo and Kazooie.<ref name="Bottles" /> The idea was ultimately scrapped because the developers ran out of time to debug controlling bosses, despite admitting that "it did work rather well;" the only boss that was controllable when the mode was scrapped was the second world boss, "Old King Coal."<ref name="Bottles Revenge" /> However, it later served as the inspiration behind the "Counter-Operative" multiplayer mode in ''[[Software:Perfect Dark|Perfect Dark]]''.<ref name="Bottle" />  The developers also planned to implement a feature, called "[[Software:Banjo-Kazooie#Stop 'N' Swop|Stop 'N' Swop]]", that would have allowed data to be transferred from ''Banjo-Kazooie'' to ''Banjo-Tooie'' so that players could unlock additional bonuses in ''Banjo-Tooie''. However, due to hardware limitations of the [[Engineering:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] system, the feature was ultimately dropped. Despite this, Rare resolved to include some of the planned bonuses within the game. The Stop 'N' Swop feature was later implemented in the Xbox Live Arcade re-release.<ref name="mtv-stop-n-swop" />

The music was composed by Grant Kirkhope, who previously worked as the main composer for ''Perfect Dark'', ''[[Software:Donkey Kong 64|Donkey Kong 64]]'', and ''Banjo-Kazooie''. As ''Banjo-Tooie'' was a larger game than its predecessor, Kirkhope had twice the memory space in the game's cartridge for sound effects and music.<ref name="Kirkhope" /> Kirkhope initially had to pause his work on ''Banjo-Tooie'' to work on other projects first, but ultimately the music score for the game was completed on time.<ref name="Kirkhope" /> Like the game's predecessor, the themes heard in the game were designed to be interactive, which dynamically change to reflect the player's location. Due to the game having larger memory space, Kirkhope was able to combine two [[MIDI]] files to channel different fades of music when the player moves to different locations.<ref name="Kirkhope" /> The developers initially aimed for a fourth quarter 1999 release, but the game was ultimately delayed.<ref name="Late 99" /> ''Banjo-Tooie'' was presented at the 2000 Electronic Entertainment Expo and first released on 20 November 2000 in North America.<ref name="NA release" /><ref name="E3 2000" /> Japanese and European releases followed on 27 November 2000 and 12 April 2001, respectively.<ref name="JP release" /><ref name="UK release" /> The game supports the Nintendo 64 Rumble Pak.<ref name="Rumble Pak" />

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|MC = 90/100<ref name="Metacritic" />
|Allgame = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allgame review" />
|Edge = 7/10<ref name="Edge review" />
|Fam = 33/40<ref name="Fam review" />
|GamePro = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="GamePro review" />
|GameRev = B+<ref name="GameRev review" />
|GSpot = 9.6/10<ref name="GSpot review" />
|IGN = 9.4/10<ref name="IGN review" />
|N64 = 81%<ref name="N64 review" />
|NGen = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="NGen review" />
|NP = 9/10<ref name="Nintendo Power review" />
}}

Upon release, ''Banjo-Tooie'' was critically acclaimed and sold 1.49m worldwide by 2008<ref name="Metacritic" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-26 |title=2008 CESA Games White Paper |url=https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/2008-cesa-games-white-paper.289/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Install Base |language=en-US}}</ref> ''GameRevolution'' considered ''Banjo-Tooie'' less repetitive than ''Donkey Kong 64'' and a worthy successor to ''Banjo-Kazooie''.<ref name="GameRev review" /> ''Nintendo Power'' referred to ''Banjo-Tooie'' as "the perfect cross between ''Donkey Kong 64'' and ''Banjo-Kazooie''", noting that it features less backtracking between levels than ''Donkey Kong 64'' does.<ref name="Nintendo Power review" /> The publication also stated that the only disappointment was how Rare resolved the "Stop 'N' Swop" bonuses.<ref name="Nintendo Power review" /> ''N64 Magazine'' editor Mark Green felt that, although ''Banjo-Tooie'' delivers "a decent complement of clever puzzles and enjoyable run-and-jump moments", it did not feel "as fresh or as exciting" as previous Rare platformers.<ref name="N64 review" />

The graphics were considered some of the best on the Nintendo 64 due to their rich textures, long [[Draw distance|drawing distance]], and real-time shadow generation, but were criticised for their inconsistent [[Frame rate|frame rate]] during certain points in the game.<ref name="IGN review" /><ref name="GSpot review" /><ref name="GameRev review" /><ref name="NGen review" /> Nevertheless, some critics agreed that the occasional frame rate drops do not hinder the gameplay nor detract from the game significantly.<ref name="NGen review" /><ref name="GSpot review" /> ''GameRevolution'' said that the game was "beautiful", but it did not meet the same level of awe as its predecessor.<ref name="GameRev review" /> The game was also praised for its humour, with ''Edge'' commenting that its characters are "impossible to dislike."<ref name="Edge review" />

The gameplay was highlighted for the size of the game's worlds.<ref name="GameRev review" /><ref name="NGen review" /> GamesRadar described ''Banjo-Tooie'' as a game that requires a massive time-investment on the player's part, saying that "Keeping track of what you can do next, or where you can re-visit to get something new, requires either a photographic memory or copious note-taking".<ref name="GRUK review" /> Similarly, ''GamePro'' remarked that the game is so large that players might lose their way and forget what they are supposed to do.<ref name="GamePro review" /> ''GameSpot'' praised the game's level design and progression for constantly requiring players to collect Jiggies.<ref name="GSpot review" /> Despite the praise, ''Edge'' concluded that Rare should have innovated more instead of simply copying the formula of ''[[Software:Super Mario 64|Super Mario 64]]''.<ref name="Edge review" />

At the ''GameSpot'' Best and Worst of 2000 awards, ''Banjo-Tooie'' was awarded Best Platform Game,<ref name="Best Platform Game" /> and was a runner-up in the Best Sound and Best Nintendo 64 Game categories.<ref name="Best Sound" /><ref name="Best Nintendo 64 game" /> At the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, ''Banjo-Tooie'' received nominations for the "Game of the Year", "Console Game of the Year", and "Console Action/Adventure" awards.<ref name="DICE awards" />

==Xbox 360 version==
An Xbox Live Arcade version of ''Banjo-Tooie'', developed by [[Company:4J Studios|4J Studios]], was released for the [[Engineering:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]] on 29 April 2009. This version features a smoother [[Frame rate|frame rate]] and [[Engineering:High-definition video|high-definition]] graphics, and supports the "[[Software:Banjo-Kazooie#Stop 'N' Swop|Stop 'N' Swop]]" connectivity with the Xbox Live Arcade version of its predecessor, allowing players to unlock the bonuses included in the original Nintendo 64 version as well as new content related to the Xbox 360.<ref name="Rare readies Tooie" /> Using the Stop 'N' Swop items in the Xbox Live Arcade version of ''Banjo-Tooie'' also unlocks additional bonuses in the "L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges" [[Software:Downloadable content|downloadable content]] for ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.<ref name="SNS Nuts And Bolts" /> The Xbox Live Arcade version of ''Banjo-Tooie'' received mixed to favourable reviews from video game critics, featuring an aggregate score of 73 out of 100 at Metacritic.<ref name="BTXBLA metacritic" /> In 2015, the Xbox Live Arcade version became one of the first backwards compatible titles for [[Engineering:Xbox One|Xbox One]],<ref name="XONE compatible"/> and was re-released as part of the ''[[Software:Rare Replay|Rare Replay]]'' video game compilation.<ref name="XONE version" /> In 2019, this version was [[Engineering:List of Xbox One X enhanced games|enhanced]] to run at native [[4K resolution|4K resolution]] on Xbox One X.<ref name="XONE enhanced" />

==Notes==
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==References==
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<ref name="Cancelled worlds">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl0wOdB9Jc |title=Rare Revealed: The Making of Banjo-Tooie |date=17 September 2015 |publisher=[[Company:Rare|Rare]] |place=Twycross, England |time=0:41 |access-date=22 September 2015 |format=Video |quote=We used some levels that were originally planned for ''Kazooie''... were then rolled into ''Tooie''.}}</ref>

<ref name="Cancelled multiplayer">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl0wOdB9Jc |title=Rare Revealed: The Making of Banjo-Tooie |date=17 September 2015 |publisher=[[Company:Rare|Rare]] |place=Twycross, England |time=1:56 |access-date=22 September 2015 |format=Video |quote=One of the last-minute things we tried to get into ''Banjo-Kazooie'' was multiplayer. I think we kind of got it going a little bit, but it was just too big a job. It was just a step too far, so we held that back and we ended up putting a multiplayer section into ''Banjo-Tooie''.}}</ref>

<ref name="150 characters">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl0wOdB9Jc |title=Rare Revealed: The Making of Banjo-Tooie |date=17 September 2015 |publisher=[[Company:Rare|Rare]] |place=Twycross, England |time=1:20 |access-date=22 September 2015 |format=Video |quote=We had 150 characters you met or, you know, that took part in the game, and they all had animation, and you know, it was just a really big job.}}</ref>

<ref name="Bottles">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl0wOdB9Jc |title=Rare Revealed: The Making of Banjo-Tooie |date=17 September 2015 |publisher=[[Company:Rare|Rare]] |place=Twycross, England |time=2:26 |access-date=22 September 2015 |format=Video |quote=Another player, rather than just watching someone play Banjo could actually control the bad guys, and then try and thwart Banjo's progress. And if they managed to kill him, the roles would swap so that the player who was playing the bad guys would become Banjo and vice-versa.}}</ref>

<ref name="Bottle">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl0wOdB9Jc |title=Rare Revealed: The Making of Banjo-Tooie |date=17 September 2015 |publisher=[[Company:Rare|Rare]] |place=Twycross, England |time=3:00 |access-date=22 September 2015 |format=Video |quote=We looked and decided we had to get rid of it, but it was resurrected in ''Perfect Dark'' in Counter Operative mode, so good ideas never die; they just occasionally get delayed and pop up in a different guise.}}</ref>

<ref name="Edge review">{{Cite magazine |date=January 2001 |title=Banjo-Tooie |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=93 |pages=100–101}}</ref>

<ref name="Fam review">{{Cite magazine |date=30 June 2006 |title=ニンテンドウ64 - バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険2 |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain, Inc. |issue=915 |page=31}}</ref>

<ref name="Nintendo Power review">{{Cite magazine |date=December 2000 |title=Now Playing |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |volume=139 |page=144}}</ref>

<ref name="N64 review">{{Cite magazine |last=Green |first=Mark |date=May 2001 |title=Banjo-Tooie |magazine=N64 Magazine |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=54 |pages=40–47}}</ref>

<ref name="NGen review">{{Cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Kevin |date=February 2001 |title=Banjo-Tooie |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=3 |issue=2 |page=79}}</ref>

<ref name="tweet 1">{{Cite tweet |number=620900945090768896 |user=Ghoulyboy |title=Who found the 'Castle' world in #BanjoTooie ? |author=Gregg Mayles |date=14 July 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="tweet 2">{{Cite tweet |number=621376919171387393 |user=Ghoulyboy |title=@8_bit_d @mingellasfella yep, that's what happened. We ran out of time and I sadly had to do a super cut down version as Cauldron Keep. |author=Gregg Mayles |date=15 July 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Designer">{{Cite web |last=Matt Martin |date=28 March 2007 |title=Rare on Viva Pinata's performance and the next Banjo-Kazooie title |url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23809 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223161113/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=23809 |archive-date=23 December 2007 |access-date=23 December 2007 |website=GamesIndustry.biz}}</ref>

<ref name="Power of Tooie">{{Cite web |date=9 June 1999 |title=The Power of Tooie |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/06/10/the-power-of-tooie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310141337/http://www.ign.com/articles/1999/06/10/the-power-of-tooie |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=IGN}}</ref>

<ref name="Bottles Revenge">{{Cite web |title=Scribes - December 8, 2006 |url=http://rareware.com/extras/scribes/8dec06/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210103221/http://www.rareware.com/extras/scribes/8dec06/index.html |archive-date=10 December 2006 |access-date=9 December 2006 |website=[[Company:Rare|Rare]]}}</ref>

<ref name="mtv-stop-n-swop">{{Cite web |last=Stephen Totilo |date=23 May 2008 |title=Why I Finally Accept What Happened To That 'Banjo Kazooie' Stop N Swop Thing |url=http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/05/23/stop-n-swop-thing |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208101018/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/05/23/stop-n-swop-thing/ |archive-date=8 February 2012 |access-date=14 January 2012 |website=MTV |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="Kirkhope">{{Cite web |last=Grant Kirkhope |title=Banjo Tooie Video Game Music Compositions |url=http://grantkirkhope.com/banjotooie.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523111156/http://www.grantkirkhope.com/banjotooie.html |archive-date=23 May 2013 |access-date=13 March 2014 |website=Grantkirkhope.com}}</ref>

<ref name="Late 99">{{Cite web |date=27 October 1998 |title=Banjo-Tooie Scheduled for Late '99 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/28/banjo-tooie-scheduled-for-late-99 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310141615/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/10/28/banjo-tooie-scheduled-for-late-99 |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=IGN}}</ref>

<ref name="E3 2000">{{Cite web |last=Jeff Gerstmann |date=16 May 2000 |title=Banjo-Tooie E3 2000 Hands-On Impressions |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/banjo-tooie-e3-2000-hands-on-impressions/1100-2570553/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310141740/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/banjo-tooie-e3-2000-hands-on-impressions/1100-2570553/ |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=GameSpot}}</ref>

<ref name="NA release">{{Cite web |title=Banjo-Tooie - Nintendo 64 |url=http://www.ign.com/games/banjo-tooie/n64-422 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220190827/http://www.ign.com/games/banjo-tooie/n64-422 |archive-date=20 February 2014 |access-date=13 March 2014 |website=IGN}}</ref>

<ref name="JP release">{{Cite web |title=Nintendo 64 Software List 200-2001 |url=http://tk-nz.game.coocan.jp/gamedatabase/software/DB_NTC3_N642000-2001.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001130957/http://tk-nz.game.coocan.jp/gamedatabase/software/DB_NTC3_N642000-2001.html |archive-date=1 October 2018 |access-date=15 June 2019 |website=Coocan.jp |language=ja}}</ref>

<ref name="UK release">{{Cite web |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-64/Banjo-Tooie-269426.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190617160531/https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-64/Banjo-Tooie-269426.html |archive-date=17 June 2019 |access-date=17 June 2019 |website=Nintendo.co.uk}}</ref>

<ref name="Rumble Pak">{{Cite magazine |date=27 December 2000 |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=http://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0,11589,2668348,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010210103838/http://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0%2C11589%2C2668348%2C00.html |archive-date=10 February 2001 |access-date=10 February 2001 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly}}</ref>

<ref name="Metacritic">{{Cite web |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/banjo-tooie/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-64 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024205549/http://www.metacritic.com/game/nintendo-64/banjo-tooie |archive-date=24 October 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=Metacritic}}</ref>

<ref name="Allgame review">{{Cite web |last=Gavin Frankle |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=http://allgame.com/game.php?id=19991&tab=review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216061905/http://allgame.com/game.php?id=19991&tab=review |archive-date=16 February 2010 |access-date=2 July 2014 |website=[[Software:AllGame|AllGame]]}}</ref>

<ref name="GamePro review">{{Cite magazine |last=Gavin Frankle |date=17 November 2000 |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/7404/banjo-tooie/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228084929/http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/7404/banjo-tooie/ |archive-date=28 December 2008 |access-date=28 December 2008 |magazine=GamePro}}</ref>

<ref name="GRUK review">{{Cite web |last=Jes Bickham |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/reviews/game_review_374.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020104205729/http://www.gamesradar.com/reviews/game_review_374.html |archive-date=4 January 2002 |access-date=4 January 2002 |website=Gamesradar.com}}</ref>

<ref name="GameRev review">{{Cite web |last=Johnny Liu |date=1 December 2000 |title=Banjo-Tooie Review |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/banjo-tooie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310150541/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/banjo-tooie |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=GameRevolution}}</ref>

<ref name="GSpot review">{{Cite web |last=Shane Satterfield |date=22 November 2000 |title=Banjo-Tooie Review |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/banjo-tooie-review/1900-2657255/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310144754/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/banjo-tooie-review/1900-2657255/ |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=GameSpot}}</ref>

<ref name="IGN review">{{Cite web |last=Fran Mirabella III |date=20 November 2000 |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/21/banjo-tooie |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505184510/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/21/banjo-tooie |archive-date=5 May 2013 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=IGN}}</ref>

<ref name="Best Platform Game">{{Cite web |title=Best Platform Game |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/p4_19.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041113234543/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/p4_19.html |archive-date=13 November 2004 |access-date=13 November 2004 |website=GameSpot}}</ref>

<ref name="Best Sound">{{Cite web |title=Best Sound Runners-Up |url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/p2_04.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020412101721/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/p2_04.html |archive-date=12 April 2002 |access-date=12 April 2002 |website=GameSpot}}</ref>

<ref name="Best Nintendo 64 game">{{Cite web |title=Best Nintendo 64 Game Runners-Up |url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/p3_08.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030225103904/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/p3_08.html |archive-date=25 February 2003 |access-date=25 February 2003 |website=GameSpot}}</ref>

<ref name="Rare readies Tooie">{{Cite web |last=Matt Wales |date=27 January 2009 |title=Rare Readies Banjo-Tooie for April |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/01/27/rare-readies-banjo-tooie-for-april |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311184347/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/01/27/rare-readies-banjo-tooie-for-april |archive-date=11 March 2014 |access-date=11 March 2014 |website=IGN}}</ref>

<ref name="SNS Nuts And Bolts">{{Cite web |last=William Usher |date=16 March 2009 |title=Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts DLC Is Coming |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Banjo-Kazooie-Nuts-And-Bolts-DLC-Is-Coming-16590.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005052354/http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Banjo-Kazooie-Nuts-And-Bolts-DLC-Is-Coming-16590.html |archive-date=5 October 2017 |access-date=10 May 2016 |website=Cinemablend.com}}</ref>

<ref name="BTXBLA metacritic">{{Cite web |title=Banjo-Tooie |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/banjo-tooie/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310184738/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/banjo-tooie |archive-date=10 March 2014 |access-date=10 March 2014 |website=Metacritic}}</ref>

<ref name="XONE compatible">{{Cite web |first=Owen S. |last=Good |date=9 November 2015 |title=Xbox One's official backward compatibility list: All 104 games so far |url=https://www.polygon.com/2015/11/9/9695712/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-list-games |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116042334/https://www.polygon.com/2015/11/9/9695712/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-list-games |archive-date=16 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2022 |website=Polygon}}</ref>

<ref name="XONE version">{{Cite web |last=Michael McWhertor |date=15 June 2015 |title=Rare Replay for Xbox One includes 30 Rare games for $30 (update) |url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/15/8783621/rare-replay-xbox-one |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628185752/http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/15/8783621/rare-replay-xbox-one |archive-date=28 June 2015 |access-date=28 June 2015 |website=Polygon}}</ref>

<ref name="XONE enhanced">{{Cite web |last=Lucas Sullivan |date=20 June 2019 |title=Xbox One X Enhanced games - Every game with 4K resolution, HDR, higher framerates, and more |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/every-xbox-one-x-enhanced-game-4k-hdr-framerates-and-features-explained/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718085056/https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/every-xbox-one-x-enhanced-game-4k-hdr-framerates-and-features-explained/ |archive-date=18 July 2019 |access-date=30 October 2019 |website=GamesRadar+}}</ref>

<ref name="DICE awards">{{Cite web |title=Banjo Tooie |url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=568 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818163143/https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=568 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |access-date=18 August 2016 |website=D.I.C.E. Awards}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nb7j/index.html Official Nintendo Japan ''Banjo-Tooie'' site]
* [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Banjo-Tooie/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410955?cid=search Xbox page]

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