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The Banjo-Kazooie debate

What the community thinks of Banjo-Kazooie, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.

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  1. RetroFox2010

    So does anyone actually check these duel numbers or do we just repeat the same score every thread? Seventy percent against that lineup seems solid, but I want to know if it's climbing or stuck.

  2. NeonWarden66

    Man i was maybe ten when i first got my hands on this, didnt understand half the puzzles but loved every sec of it.

  3. LootPlayer95

    Oh sure, another platformer with a bird backpack that everyone calls a masterpiece. Fine, it mostly earns it.

    Matteo_2007

    The camera fighting the geometry is the one thing that really shows its age, I noticed that again replaying it with my nephew last month.

    Elmer_2002

    Fine my foot, this thing wins 70% of its duels, ppl can call it whatever they want honestly.

  4. Frame_Rippin

    camera's rough by todays standards, controls still hold up tho, honestly a fair trade

    Álvaro_72

    La cámara efectivamente envejeció mal, y eso me hace pensar que el sistema de duelos no mide bien estas cosas.

  5. IronKnight2004

    Me and my roommate always end up bringing this one up whenever Mario 64 comes on the TV, different vibe entirely.

    TurboPhoenix2006

    Ah oui, forcément, différente vibe...

  6. Craig_2007

    Oh yeah, I definitely remember every single one of the nine hundred notes fondly, truly a core memory.

    IronDragon41

    Nah, mine actually stuck, the wrinkly finger note gag still gets me.

  7. NeonDragon

    The witch plot barely counts as a reason to keep going, right?

    Rudolph_2

    The witch plot is basically an excuse to move you between worlds, same as Mario's cake letter, and honestly that's all it needs to be.

    RetroSamurai

    Replying to Rudolph_2

    Si tantos duelos se ganan con controles que ya son viejos, no dice eso algo sobre lo bien diseñados que estaban desde el principio?

    CosmoHunter49

    Same summer feeling here, minus the cousin, just me and a rental copy that stayed way past its due date.

  8. Iron_Shields

    Why does nobody mention how tight the moveset actually feels? Twenty four moves and barely any of them feel wasted. Isn't that worth more recognition at this rank?

    Corwin18

    Twenty four moves and I still remember fumbling half of them, maybe sixty hours total across every replay I did.

    jmetz

    Barely noticed the moveset back then honestly, I was just trying to get past the first world without dying constantly, took me a week.

  9. Homenick28

    Does anyone else think the note collecting drags in the back half? You all praise the moveset, and fair enough, but the pacing gets rough near the end honestly, doesn't it slow things down for everyone else too?

    VinylOwl

    Mario 64 gets the movement praise, but I still think about the note count more, weirdly enough.

  10. meza_dario

    Lo jugaba en casa de una amiga los sábados, ella siempre elegía a Kazooie y yo me quedaba mirando casi todo el tiempo.

    Turbo_Shields

    nah, votes don't lie though, that 70% says enough for me

  11. Jacques_85

    Je l'ai refait il y a peu avec un pote qui ne l'avait jamais touché. Il a mis dix minutes à comprendre les commandes puis n'a plus voulu lâcher la manette. Le classement actuel me semble injuste vu comment il tient encore la comparaison avec des jeux bien plus récents du même genre.

    mae14

    The way it comes back up every time Mario 64 gets brought up says everything about how good it still is!

  12. Peltier8

    Cent quatre-vingt-treizième, ça me va très bien pour un jeu de cette époque. Il tient encore face à des masterises bien plus récentes, et ça mérite d'être dit clairement.

    BossNinja1986

    Super Mario 64 probably edges it on pure movement (no shade intended), but this one built a better world to poke around in honestly.

    NovaRider

    Same energy here honestly, every collectathon after it tried the same trick and none quite nailed the balance.

    Leo_91

    Contra Journey no hay color, son juegos que ni siquiera deberían compararse en los duelos.

    GlitchBard2

    Replying to NovaRider

    J'avais rejoué à celui d'après, enfin je crois que c'était le deuxième, et déjà ça sentait la formule qui commençait à se répéter un peu.

    HaileyKnight

    Same treadmill here, honestly, must be my three hundredth vote on this exact matchup by now and my opinion never moves.

    BossWolf

    Cent quatre-vingt-treizième me paraît juste, il gagne encore ses duels et ça compte plus que le rang brut.

  13. Coop_Ferrer

    Frente a Celeste parece de otra generación, y lo es, pero sigue ganando más duelos de los que pierde.

    rowe_trystan

    Wait no, that was different game...

    casas_ander

    Contra Celeste efectivamente pierde en identidad moderna (aunque ese no es su terreno), pero el debate en si ya cansa un poco.

  14. Samuel_75

    No entiendo por qué siempre lo comparan con otros juegos de la época. Yo lo jugué en casa de un primo durante todo un verano y nadie hablaba de compararlo con nada, simplemente lo jugábamos.

    ArcadeKnight2

    Funny how everyone keeps arguing rankings while it just quietly keeps winning duels regardless, that's the real answer here.

  15. LuckyMaster

    Ciento noventa y tres no está mal ni bien. Setenta por ciento de victorias dice más que cualquier debate aquí.