Trivia
When ported to the Xbox 360 the Nintendo logo was removed, however Banjo still appears to be playing a Game Boy in the third save slot.
Banjo-Kazooie was voted #16 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 37).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Jul 18, 2007.
During development, sixteen worlds were planned. However, it was decided that it would take too long to achieve this and they were cut down to nine worlds. Some worlds were joined with others in Banjo-Kazooie, while others provided inspiration for worlds in Banjo-Tooie.
Contributed by
Ben K (19380) on Mar 19, 2006.
Banjo-Kazooie had quite a few different main characters before settling on the Honey Bear in the blinding yellow shorts. Originally, back when the game was still Dream, it starred a young boy with a wooden sword and a pet dog. The young boy was then replaced with a rabbit with a dog. Who was then replaced with a bear and a dog. And then finally, Banjo and Kazooie.
Contributed by
Ben K (19380) on Feb 16, 2006.
Back when Banjo-Kazooie was still Dream, in its initial stages it began life on the SNES, using the next generation of Donkey Kong Country style pre-rendered graphics.
Contributed by
Ben K (19380) on Feb 15, 2006.
At one part in the game Mumbo Jumbo claims he is saving the T-Rex for the next game. A T-Rex was indeed playable in the games sequel Banjo-Tooie.
When the game was first being designed Rare planned on having a lock on device called "Stop 'N' Swap" to connect B-K and the planned sequel Banjo Tooie. This would allow players to use Banjo tooie to unlock the secret Ice Key and eggs in Banjo Kazooie. After many delays the project was finally going to be finished but it was too close to the Gamecubes launch so it had to be scrapped. Fortunately Rare created backup cheats to unlock these items to only be released if the the project was cancelled. In early 2001 the codes were finally released and fans finally were able to get those pesky items.
"Twycross England" is written on the back of the boat in Rusty Bucket Bay - which happens to be where Rare headquarters is located in real life.
Contributed by
atadota (9) on Aug 10, 2002.
Banjo-Kazooie was voted #71 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Jul 28, 2001.
