monkeysvsrobots.com » Hollywood Reviews: Banjo Tooie (N64) (a 15 minute review)

Nintendo’s Banjo Tooie appears to be a classic. With its slick graphics and sound it is sure to win the kiddies over and delight adults as well. But is it worth the purchase? Let find out!

The Nintendo 64 has long been the system for diehard gamers not so much as interested in the sheer volume of games as the quality of games. Thus the difference between Playstation and N64. Banjo Tooie (sequel to Banjo Kazooie or whatever) appears to another quality release worthy of the N64 moniker. My 15 minutes of playtime at the local Wal-Mart introduced me to the strange world of whatever world it was and its silly inhabitants.

There are many aspects of the game I enjoyed, especially the music. It sounds similar to the classic 70’s “Ooga Shaka” song whose title I can’t remember and don’t care to research. Of interest in this game is the special abilities you have through your characters. Banjo (I’m assuming, that is his/her name) is a bearish/dog thing that carries a backpack with woody the woodpecker in it. The advantage this gives you is that you can peck your enemies to death. I suppose that is about what they deserve for existing. However I am not sure what Nintendo was really going for when they created bad guys that are Warm and FuzzyTM. I guess I don’t like killing things that look like pets. But that’s me. Your other character is a skeleton thing. I don’t know who he is, maybe Tooie, but I’m assuming that was another classic clever Nintendo name. The skeleton guy is much more interesting than the bear, because he has a cane that shoots pink stuff which is a selling point no matter how you look at it.

Controls appeared to be rather simple, but as I only played for 15 minutes I don’t remember too much about them. Replay value… Hmm… I suppose I would play it again after I beat it, but I don’t have the game so how would I know? I suppose it has replay value enough to go back to Wal- Mart again and play it. All in all, I think it is a game worth whatever price you have to play, unless it is more than you have in your wallet right now, in which case I would suggest you play it at Wal Mart too. Definitely a sequel worthy of the original (which I haven’t played at all, but I’d imagine it’s great if it is anything like this sequel)!