Ranking Every Banjo-Kazooie Level!

Today is the 24th anniversary of Banjo-Kazooie, so what better excuse to rank and discuss every single level in the series! I'm ranking all 37 worlds from Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Grunty's Revenge, and Nuts & Bolts.
Been planning this video for over a year now, happy to finally finish it up! #BanjoKazooie #Rare #BanjoTooie
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TIMECODES
00:00 - INTRO
01:51 - THE BOTTOM 10
08:08 - THE MIDDLE 17
21:05 - THE TOP 10
32:19 - CONCLUSION

[@evilbread8771]

I actually had a nightmare about Rusty bucket bay as a child. A bunch of monkeys had me tied to a chair while they paraded around the ship playing the stages theme music, forcing me to watch.

[@cyanified]

what?

[@JimmyPageTV]

That’s horrifying lol😮

[@Vereid]

Lmao….agreed with the previous comment. That is legitimately horrifying.

[@marioman863]

This is the hardest I have laughed in days

[@j.j.cheesman7141]

I sometimes have them to this day. The recurring nightmare is the one where it's just RBB, but i can hear the snacker theme from TTC

[@zeospark9715]

Dude I've always said that Freezeezy Peak was my favorite Banjo-Kazooie level purely because of the Christmas aesthetic. I got BK a long time ago around Christmas time so playing this level on a nice cold Christmas evening just brings me back so much memories

[@mellamobrianyo]

Also the music 😍

[@darknesswave100]

@@mellamobrianyo yeah the music is amazing in that level

[@emily91303]

I ❤️ that Christmas world! 🎄

[@KumaPaws376]

Merry Christmas

[@emily91303]

@@KumaPaws376 though Star ⭐️ called MFF and said she wanted to visit their at the beginning of this month. She just wants to have fun 🤩 in a convention.

[@afrofishog]

I'm replaying this game now on my Xbox. I forgot how much fun it is. It brings me back to a time when games were simple and enjoyable.

[@ISoloYouRelax]

I play it a few times a year. Lmao. It reminds me of a simpler time when games had great couch co-op.

[@sphysiciux3583]

Its the way it should be... Or at the very least font completely gut down the genre and vibe... Ive been mad for so long this is like the best genre(and zelda) by faaar. And now they dont exist like at all... Dont they improve grey matter in your brain?? Super mario 64 study?? Hmmmm... Governemnt / consciousness supressors and lie/ inhumanity/ desensitisation burn out monester DO NOT want that.. Like really , 3d platformers and imaginative adventure games without openworld overkill should exist along side... Theres no reason, especially with the amount of oney and popularity there is today in the taming scene... Theres literally no reason but Supression of people hahahah Or Its comin bak haaaard one day.. You cant tell me people wouldbarely buy a new mario64/oot combind game... That would sell, so god darn hard..

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

which game? this video is about all 4 games, and you didn't clarify :P

[@ISoloYouRelax]

@@wariolandgoldpiramid Well it can't be grunty's revenge or banjo pilot as those aren't on Xbox. Then we can assume they're not talking about nuts and bolts as it's a garbage banjo-kazooie game. So it limits it to two games. Banjo kazooie and banjo tooie. I make the assumption that they're talking about the first game as all the games are the banjo-kazooie series. However either one of the first two games is great to replay.

[@ninjagamer7777]

Loved the video. Keep up the great work. You must be married in a Church for you to be truely married. Amen. God Send. Don't call things Holy that aren't Holy its blasphemy which is sin. Don't swear or sudo swear its sinful. Don't say or laugh at inappropriate things its sinful. Luck doesn't exist its blessings from the Good Lord Jesus Christ. Don't say the Good Lord Jesus Christs Holy name in vein its blasphemy which is a sin. Only the Good Lord Jesus Christ is the one true God no one else can compare to Him. The Good Lord Jesus Christ is the only good person. The Good Lord Jesus Christ is Lord or Lords and King of Kings. He is the only true Lord and the only True King. Trust in the Good Lord Jesus Christ not yourself. Sex before marriage is a very very serious sin so please wait till marriage to do these things as well as self pleasure is sinful as well. Pornagraphy is also extremely sinful. Evolution is false. The second law of thermodynamics disproves it. Amen. God Send. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send. Please if you haven't already repent of your sins and trust in Jesus Christ As Lord And Savior. Praise The Good Lord. Please Get Saved. Please repent of your sins and trust in Jesus Christ As Lord And Savior. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son and whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Love you guys. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send.

[@chancemitchell4147]

Wow. You made me realize how much I love Grunty’s Lair.

[@TheDanzomanzo]

He kinda made me realise how much I overrated it. The jiggies there, should instead have been standalone puzzles which would give the hub a lot more purpose. The place is too much of a chore to trek through when there's nothing to do except find Cheato. Why find switches in levels when you're already there to find stuff anyway?

[@XzyroKyxala]

I know this seems like an unpopular opinion but two of my favorite worlds are Rusty Bucket Bay and Grunty industries. I really enjoy the music of each world and aesthetic that comes along with them. They even inspired me to write a story closely based on them. Since it seems that both worlds look like they're set during the industrial revolution.

[@Gr8fulBee]

Grunty industries rocks

[@dougxvale]

We know this already, but on Rusty Rocket Bay you're own your own. There's no Mumbo or Bottles to help you in the level.

[@gavinwightman4038]

RBB has a super nice skybox, amazing music, amazing verticality, and a mix of jiggy difficulty.

[@qwertykins76]

Cauldron Keep was going to be a full 10 Jiggy world, that's why Tooie has 90 Jiggies. They cut it to get Tooie out in time for Christmas. You can search online for the original Cauldron Keep design docs, of which we have about 3 pages of

[@CloudConnection]

That's really cool, I actually didn't know that! Would've been really interesting to see those initial plans fully realized

[@chrisbeach423]

@@CloudConnection yea it was a full fledged out world, but due to time constraints/the game was already large enough. it was cut. like the OP said the design docs were so cool. if we ever get a remake, i hope we get the scrapped ideals.

[@simpletechfix]

I just knew Freezeezy Peak and Treasure Trove Cove had to be top two. They are perfect

[@hamachibeans4471]

Rusty bucket bay theme actually kinda goes hard I think

[@knellycornnan5132]

Top levels for me are 1. Click Clock Wood. 2. Hairfire peaks 3. Grunties industries. Mainly because I really love the theme of each.

[@anlev11]

CCW is also my favorite of all

[@exiledgoldfish6329]

Yeah cause Grunty Industries is a total nightmare the first time. But I agree the music slaps lol

[@ninjagamer7777]

Loved the video. Keep up the great work. You must be married in a Church for you to be truely married. Amen. God Send. Don't call things Holy that aren't Holy its blasphemy which is sin. Don't swear or sudo swear its sinful. Don't say or laugh at inappropriate things its sinful. Luck doesn't exist its blessings from the Good Lord Jesus Christ. Don't say the Good Lord Jesus Christs Holy name in vein its blasphemy which is a sin. Only the Good Lord Jesus Christ is the one true God no one else can compare to Him. The Good Lord Jesus Christ is the only good person. The Good Lord Jesus Christ is Lord or Lords and King of Kings. He is the only true Lord and the only True King. Trust in the Good Lord Jesus Christ not yourself. Sex before marriage is a very very serious sin so please wait till marriage to do these things as well as self pleasure is sinful as well. Pornagraphy is also extremely sinful. Evolution is false. The second law of thermodynamics disproves it. Amen. God Send. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send. Please if you haven't already repent of your sins and trust in Jesus Christ As Lord And Savior. Praise The Good Lord. Please Get Saved. Please repent of your sins and trust in Jesus Christ As Lord And Savior. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son and whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Love you guys. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. God Bless You All. Amen. God Send.

[@Nonjola]

I'm open for more ranking lists. Maybe next time you can do a ranking of all the bosses in the Banjo-Kazooie series. Or maybe a ranking of the main characters, the collectibles, etc.

[@austinsmith7731]

Your opinion on Rusty Bucket Bay is EXACTLY how i feel about it! Hated it but came to appreciate it. Like a teacher that's hard on you. It was just preparing you for later

[@chibi2239]

Got to finally play Banjo Kazooie in full for the first time this year thanks to it coming to NSO and....it's easily become one of my favorite games of all time. I've played it like 4 times and desperately want to do a fifth but I'm trying to hold off so I don't burn out on it or something x3 I've only played the first game so if I had to choose the worst level....I'd probably go Click Clock Woods. I know most people say Rusty Bucket bay but....Rusty Bucket really just has one REALLY TERRIBLE room. Click Clock has FOUR level variations you all have to climb really high for and can easily fall from constantly. For best?....that's hard for me and the first game. I might give it to Mumbo's mountain as I think it's right up there with Bob-bomb battlefield as a fantastic intro level. I could also give it to Freezey Peak, due to how amazingly it goes with its aesthetics with the winter/Christmas theme.

[@dogecoin9562]

Glad you got to enjoy the game, I hope you have or will be able to play Tooie since its a great follow up. Also while the game is controversial, if you ever get the chance Nuts and Bolts is worth a try. Its a game that I believe if you go in with an open mind you'll be able to have fun with

[@ZeldaMasterLogan]

@@dogecoin9562 I agree with that. Nuts and Bolts is honestly a good game, I love the fact that you can make pretty much anything to solve challenges or just to goof around with. Like for example I remember a couple years ago I attempted to make a cannon that launches Banjo in far distances.

[@dogecoin9562]

@@ZeldaMasterLogan if you wanna see some real wacky stuff that you can do in N&B, look up thesupersnes on KZbin. He has some really cool challenge runs and comes up with some crazy designs that really shouldn't work but do

[@darknesswave100]

Hopefully they add Tooie to NSO soon so that'll be there with the original game

[@MrDrBoi]

Really enjoyed this video! I was anticipating and trying to guess what your #1 would be and I wound up being right. Great list and points!

[@Austinato88]

Another fantastic video! I love Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie, but have never played the other games. Thanks for the upload!

[@LuigiRocks07]

Fantastic video as always man. I really enjoyed your list and everything you had to say about all the worlds. Some of my personal favorites are Glitter Gulch Mine, Click Clock Wood, Cliff Farm, Jolly Rogers Lagoon and Breegull Beach. You really can’t do wrong with most of the worlds in the series. Despite not playing nuts and bolts, I do think Showdown Town is a pretty nice hub world from everything I’ve heard about it. Either way you say it, the Banjo Kazooie series has some fantastic level design an amazing worlds. That much we all can agree on!

[@octoguygmod]

1:44 Banjo hit that A-pose

[@RC32Smiths01]

Banjo simply means so much to me! Appreciate this man!

[@nintoforgi]

I just finished replaying the three console games a couple days ago, so let's see if I can break off a complete ranking of those games' levels myself: 30. Cauldron Keep 29. Mad Monster Mansion 28. Grunty Industries 27. Glitter Gulch Mine 26. Rusty Bucket Bay 25. Hailfire Peaks 24. Test-o-Track 23. Witchyworld 22. Spiral Mountain (Banjo-Tooie) 21. Gobi's Valley 20. Cloud Cuckooland 19. Spiral Mountain (Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts) 18. Isle O'Hags 17. Spiral Mountain (Banjo-Kazooie) 16. Mayahem Temple 15. LOGBOX 720 14. Jiggoseum 13. Bubblegloop Swamp 12. Gruntilda's Lair 11. Mumbo's Mountain 10. Banjoland 9. Treasure Trove Cove 8. Clanker's Cavern 7. Terrydactyland 6. Jolly Roger's Lagoon 5. Freezeezy Peak 4. Showdown Town 3. Terrarium of Terror 2. Nutty Acres 1. Click Clock Wood Looking at the fully-assembled thing, it definitely clearly reflects what I already knew about my preferences between the three games (Nuts & Bolts is confidently my favorite, Tooie confidently my least), but even more than that I'm happily struck to find that I like almost all of these levels other than Mad Monster Mansion and Cauldron Keep. Those top two, though, I love especially intensely, with CCW in particular sticking out to me as probably the most brilliant 3D platformer world in the genre imo.

[@darknesswave100]

I'm actually impressed that your reasoning were really thought out and honestly pretty convincing. Most of the other top lists from the series I've seen aren't that great cause their reasonings were kinda petty for the most part but yours are well thought out. Honestly Click Click Wood is my favorite level because I played it when I was like 12 or 13 years old when the game came out so its probably mostly nostalgia but the season aspect really clicked with me. Will agree with the number 1. As a huge fan of snow and that aesthetic I really love how the level is designed. Really amazing that so many levels in the original game are so well done. Hopefully they add Tooie to NSO soon so I can play through that game again. Only got to play it once a long time ago and I'd kill to be able to play it again

[@sweetkeygames1511]

Nice video, love it!

[@thestudlygamer1382]

I have been obsessed with Banjo since I first played it back in the 1990s. I can get behind a lot of what you said. I may disagree slightly on rankings but not a ton. The only ones I felt strong about was I’d swap Bubblegloop and Mumbos Mountain rankings for sure.

[@Yaakov567]

My favorite game series of all time ❤️ I have these games (besides GR) practically memorized and I still love running through them

[@Poppomatic64]

Wow great vid man, new sub!

[@wheezyzone]

Haven’t finished the video yet but my favorite is Hailfire Peaks purely because the music slaps beyond reason

[@candymoths]

totally agree with the number 1 pick. i remember trying every year growing up to time my in-game progress with those two holiday theme levels, and even when i'd hit one any other time of year they still hit the same 😊

[@TheXaviZone]

My favorite are Rusty Bucket Bay and Grunty Industries. I like industrial levels in videogame because I like machinery/pistons/conveyor as a platform, avoid pollution, turn on/off machines and the dangerous atmosphere they have.

[@SuperBrictson]

Clanker's Cavern is also a great rustic level where you swim a lot, maybe that's why many people dislike it!!!

[@ryguy9876]

I have seen a lot of centent creators over the years crap all over Tooie for either being "too big" or not being Kazooie, so it's nice to finally see someone give it a fair shake.

[@youngtoonfish6891]

I freaking love Grunty Inc. 💕 One of my fav worlds overall 😄

[@dogecoin9562]

I highly disagree with a lot of stuff you say here (especially the N&B levels, I think most of them are great) but i respect your opinions, also your constant Tooie praise warms my heart since it gets unfairly shit on nowadays imo

[@darknesswave100]

I really hope they add it to NSO soon so I can play it again. Only got to play it one time but I do remember really enjoying it

[@DoubleE5135]

I like seeing the stop n swop areas open in his gameplay

[@Hilipinapixili]

Nice list, I never really got around making a full list myself, so hey, might as well post what I pulled off myself in a few minutes. I'll only put in BK and BT because I didn't play Grunty's Revenge and I don't feel comfortable comparing the N&B levels to the N64 ones as the gameplay is so different in that game. I also kinda skipped the hub worlds, but they both would be around the middle of the list. I actually like Grunty's Lair more than Isle O'Hags though I can't really tell you why. I think it's got to do with the creepy cave setting. -- D TIER -- 17) Cloud Cuckooland -- C TIER -- 16) Click Clock Wood 15) Clanker's Cavern 14) Terrydactyland -- B TIER -- 13) Glitter Gulch Mine 12) Hailfire Peaks 11) Freezeezy Peak 10) Bubblegloop Swamp 9) Mumbo's Mountain 8) Mayahem Temple -- A TIER -- 7) Gobi's Valley 6) Mad Monster Mansion 5) Witchyworld -- S TIER -- 4) Treasure Trove Cove 3) Rusty Bucket Bay 2) Grunty Industries 1) Jolly Roger Lagoon C tier is probably the one that I had the hardest time ordering. There's also a pretty big gap between C and D, as Cloud Cuckooland is the only level in both games I completely dislike.

[@sarahhorwath2449]

I've never played Nuts and Bolts so I don't have an opinion on those levels. I love Cloud Cuckooland, but I think I can't see past the incredibly awful design of the Canary Mary race. Because I want to get every Jiggy possible when I play, I wind up rage quitting every single time because I can't beat her no matter what I do. I also used to rank Bubblegloop Swamp way lower because of the minigame with Mr. Vile is super annoying. I'd probably say Mad Monster Mansion is my favorite level, followed closely by Terrydactyland.

[@johnbosleyhackett987]

Same here, Cloud Cuckooland is probably one of my favorite levels. I used to struggle with Canary Mary, but after years of practice I can easily beat her now. I'm also with you on Terrydactyland, it's another one of my favorite Tooie levels, I'm a sucker for the dinosaur/prehistoric theme. Every time I come across a video ranking worlds in Tooie, it always seems like Terrydactyland is in the bottom 3, I've never understood that since I think it's an awesome level. Mad Monster Mansion is one of my favorite levels from Kazooie, being surpassed only by Click Clock Wood itself. Also if you don't mind me saying so, you're really beautiful.

[@tessaPMpro]

I'm sorry but if you struggle with getting the JIGGY on Canary Mary then you're just bad at mashing, I can understand having a hard time with the Cheato page because that race is much longer and does require pretty good mashing but the race for the jiggy is so short, it's over in about 20 seconds and doesn't even require very good mashing. You know you can pause during the races, right?

[@sarahhorwath2449]

@@tessaPMpro There's a botched slingshot mechanism in Cloud Cuckooland and it's a very common issue people have. It has absolutely nothing to do with not mashing the button well enough. I hope your day gets better and you choose to be kinder in the future! 😊

[@tessaPMpro]

@@sarahhorwath2449 you don't think I don't already know this? I'm fully aware of Canary Mary's rubberband AI but you can still win just by mashing as fast as possible ESPECIALLY in the first race so my point still stands that if you habe trouble with the first race then you are just bad at mashing. You don't have to cheese the rubberband AI to win, you can win just by mashing as fast as possible, that's what I have always done and it works every time, I have still never lost to Canary Mary in any of the races over the several playthroughs I have done of this game.

[@sarahhorwath2449]

@@tessaPMpro Man you just really want to highlight your apparent superiority I guess. I am by far not the only person having issues with Cloud Cuckooland, as evidenced by the numerous posts about it across multiple platforms. I hope you got whatever self satisfaction you were looking for in this interaction because you're aggressive and I'm not going to continue to let you berate me over a children's video game lmao. Please touch grass and have the day you deserve!

[@ergoth154]

Grunty's Revenge is lowkey an underrated game

[@Anthonyvideogame]

I still have Tooie for my N64. Love it so much and kazooie as well

[@cormeaga]

I remember falling to my death in Rusty Bucket Bay twice, after that I made sure not to fall in the bottomless pits again. Speaking of which, I would always get nervous swimming in the water. I have fond memories of playing Freezy Peak on Thanksgiving as a kid.

[@miguelsanchez825]

The first time I played Nuts and Bolts I didn't knew you could change vehicles in the world maps (Only used my cars in challenges) It made me enjoy the game a lot and feel the game as a weird platformer game, I recommend that.

[@tylermanzi2190]

Haunted mansion, 4 seasons, fire/ice, Christmas, train, ship. My FAVORITES

[@MrRazia5271]

It's so satisfying watching this video again but after i completed all game.

[@silverarch0633]

I’m with you on click clock wood. Great theme, but such a chore. Hot take, but Grunty Industries has become my favorite level. I think it’s design as a place you have to infiltrate is so cool.

[@scottstockman4465]

good video man

[@Broockle]

o yes, this was the video that prompted me to replay all the games and make my own list 🤣 Shud be up soonish

[@TheCrankyTechnician]

Rusty Bucket Bay is my absolute favorite! I usually enjoy a level based entirely on its visual theme and given that I absolute adore portsides and harbor aswell as Industrial sites, its easily my #1. In 2nd place comes Grunty Industries for the same reasons plus I love how massive it is.

[@lorebroker52]

While they are much better than given credit for they don't beat Freezeezy Peak. And that's coming from someone who isn't even very keen on Christmas. It's just a brilliant level.

[@TheOnilink1230]

Truth is I only got 1/2 way through N’nB so I’m less able to judge those levels, but I largely agree with maybe a bit more grunty’s revenge love over N’nB with GI having a bit more of a nostalgia boost for me and TTC having the opposite I think your list is solid I wish you would have counted grunty’s furnace fun and substitute lead up and final boss battle as it’s own section maybe grunty’s lair Part II.

[@Supperbeta]

Nice top. I think my favorite world is Click Clock Wood. Also I would step up Rusty Bucket Bay and Hailfire Peak, and step down Cloud Cuckooland and Jolly Roger's.

[@Alex_ADEdge]

Great video, a lot of work went into it I am sure! Not too surprised by most choices. Mad Monster Mansion is a gem of a level. I probably would have rated spiral mountain (BK) a lot higher just from pure nostalia. And Treasure Trove Cove certainly ranks higher for me than Freezeezy - simply because theres so much to explore and no annoying ice or cold, its a very pleasent level (with some neat secrets and areas to explore - I always like any level with a large upwards climb). But I think any level with a large amount of ice or poison liquids around will always frustrate me. It just 'gets in the way' and makes for stressful gaming. (altho the crocodile transformation in BG Swamp is one of my favourites of all the games, as the poison water doesnt hurt anymore and also very much because of the crunch-crunch-crunch bite it has XD). I knew Clankers Cavern would score low as well, even just watching some of that footage gives me PTSD, the stress of that level oml...

[@xavierrenegade]

My top 10 Kazooie + Tooie levels: 1. Hailfire Peaks / Tooie (love the combination of fire + ice worlds in one level, and the dragons were cool and scary to fight, like seeing the return of the aliens) 2. Click Clock Wood / Kazooie (love the four seasons mechanic, the music, Eyrie the Eagle, and trying to find Mumbo's season where he can transform you instead of being on vacation) 3. Mad Monster Mansion / Kazooie 4. Cloud Cuckooland / Tooie 5. Grunty Industries / Tooie 6. Jolly Roger's Lagoon / Tooie 7. Witchyworld / Tooie 8. Mayahem Temple / Tooie 9. Glitter Gulch Mine / Tooie 10. Bubblegloop Swamp / Kazooie

[@jordansmithson6411]

Can I point out that the people that Love Isle ol' hags (sorry I probably spelt that wrong) say that it's fun to explore but then also proceeded to warp EVERYWHERE. No disrespect

[@caioviski016]

Your Banjo videos are the best!!🙌🙌

[@SketchzKJHB]

For me. Top 3 Mad Monster Mansion (it is the one level in BK1 that always seems fresh to me on a play through) 2 Gruntildas Lair (the feeling of unlocking a note door always feels amazing and I still get a feeling there is a new note door that might appear somewhere) 1. Click Clock Wood (I love that spiraling climb upwards, the music, and the seasonal storytelling) Bottom 3 Freeze Easy Peak (Those snow men and ice cubes are so frustrating, although i love the collectables along the giant snow mans scalf) 2 Isle O Hags (I wanted to enjoy it but it felt like so much wasted space and didnt do a good job of differentiating the worlds) 1 Cloud Cuccoo Land (It felt too out of place to me, It took a lot of the platforming joy away)

[@aaronrowell6943]

I got every jiggy in the game except for Rusty bucket Bay propeller, took me 10 years to get it

[@nyquilfilthy7557]

I gotta shout out the music in Spiller’s Harbour. Probably my fav track in Grunty’s Revenge

[@warlock253]

I've only ever played Banjo-Kazooie but 29, the level inside the game system has to be one of the most creative level ideas ive ever seen! wow.. but then again ive always loved the "honey i shrunk the kids/toy story" esque levels in video games. Id rate Gobi's Valley & Clankers Cavern higher. I've always found the latter to be scarier/creepier than Monster Mansion.

[@nikoisland6731]

I get the placement of showdown town. It feels like there was a lot of love and care put in it

[@WolfmanArt]

Got around to play the 1st Banjo-Kazooie, and Rusty Bucket Bay is a platformer's nightmare!!

[@shaunduggan8605]

Good video! Most of these are fair opinions. Grunty's Lair.. well.. we all make mistakes. Great choice of top two!

[@theperfectbusiness8903]

13:35 I would like to add that even tho Nuts and Bolts is… Nuts and Bolts, I really love how the song has a very nostalgic vibe.

[@deboxmojave6541]

I cannot fathom how your subscription count is under 500k. Your videos are great - informative, interesting, well-written, show relevant footage, non-obnoxious, no meme-content every ten seconds. I just finished all your Banjo-related videos (I grew up with the n64 Banjo games) - and was just blown away by how well your videos did at highlighting all the interesting and noteworthy aspects. Thank you 🙏

[@TheDanzomanzo]

Yup! Freezeezy Peak and Treasure Trove Cove were also my top two! Witchyworld is my #3, gosh wrecking everything as a money van was so much fun! Great vid! Edit: Going back to that last point, I suppose the only criticism I would have is you not talking about the transformations! You mentioned the crocodile but let's be real, all transformations in the first game were lame. There is hardly any mention of Humba Wumba's magic though, which made Tooie so much more fun.

[@BynineStudio]

i really appreciate the showdown town love, i think it's the best hub too (gameplay wise anyway!)

[@curtisdupree4430]

Favorite level from BK: Freezeezy Peak Least favorite from BK: Bubblegloop Swamp Favorite level from BT: Witchyworld Least favorite from BT: Hailfire Peaks (I know 😬)

[@goofygoober7yeah45]

Tooies levels aren't confined, they're all enjoyable for what they are I think. I enjoy the worlds because of that.

[@bee4852]

Has anyone else noticed he put Cloud Cuckoland as from Banjo Kazooie? Other than that great video!

[@jesseplays8760]

By the way, many don't know that the hailfire peaks music combined sounds twice as good as one of the 2 songs. If you read this, you should really try to listen to it combined sometime.

[@franktroch]

Cloud cuckooland is Tooie, not Kazooie? Very nice and fun video! Enjoyed it 😉

[@Deadpool....]

20:33 when i was younger i didn't know what those purple guys were but because of how they approach you i used to call them molesters

[@willycheez7218]

Yo 29? LOGBOX is basically perfect for me. I LOVE both cramped spaces and vertical stuff, and it's a perfect combo of this. This also applies to Terrarium of Terror, I love it. Beatiful feel, music, aesthetic and layout. Also Click Clock Wood. Best level ever

[@johnbosleyhackett987]

I've never played Nuts and Bolts or Grunty's Revenge, so I can't really say what I think of those games. I've played both Tooie and Kazooie, and while I like both, I like Tooie just slightly better due to the harder challenges. As for my favorite levels in Tooie, its hard to decide, but would probably be Terrydactyland, Grunty Industries, Hailfire Peaks or Cloud Cuckooland. My favorite level in Kazooie is easier to decide, being Click Clock Wood hands down, followed closely behind by Mad Monster Mansion. Even though I disagree with you on Rusty Bucket Bay, I respect your opinion. I actually like that levels music, and honestly after I'm done with all that engine room stuff the rest of the level is a breeze.

[@CAT-astrophical]

I still have a nintendo 64 and i finish the game except for rusty bucket bay. I was missing like 5 note

[@zacborlace903]

Good list but you definitely triggered me putting Click Clock Woods down so low 🤣

[@prayedbrandon0274]

I'd love to see a DK64 level ranking given the game has a lot of charm like BK but is designed around 5 characters and I've found that each level plays so much differently with how they balance them like creepy castles more linear level and then frantic factories almost maze like and vertical design. So it would be awesome to see how they all compare to each other! Especially with DK64's retrospectives to not be as bad as they used to be

[@UnchainedPandoran]

1. Fungi Forest 2. Creepy Castle 3. Frantic Factory 4. Jungle Japes 5. Angry Aztec 6. Crystal Caves 7. Gloomy Galleon That’s how I would rank them

[@justinc.5591]

31:53 heh, “note for note.”

[@LexusLFA554]

I agree on the Terrarium of Terrors although I liked it quite a bit. But the verticality is awful, the sail vehicle mission is just plain shit, the flower in the center is annoying to climb and I have fallen off that way to often. It is also the reason any vehicle in the end I built needed to have propellers and foldable wings.

[@SoulfulKira]

Does anybody remeber the vhs videos advertising banjo kazooie and the announcer probouncing rusty bucket bay as rusty "bocket" bay?

[@KeeganPlays]

Ok, I made it to the Grass Level from Grunty's Revenge, and then thought, "I wouldn't be surprised if the final level from Banjo Tooie came next." Then, wadda you know, Cauldron Keep.

[@LaidBackAnimals]

B: Hey, you forgot our favorite level! K: Yeah, the ending cutscene island!

[@VoidNull9222]

I think the reason Terrydactyland feels so big an empty, and this is just a theory, is that it was designed with the Daddy T-Rex form in mind. When you’re in that form the level feels ‘normal sized’ which is cool but exploring it as Banjo and Kazooie just makes it seem big and empty.

[@yearofthebat]

Every level you ranked after click clock woods are fighting words

[@ryannorth1980]

At first I was going to complain about the HIGH placement of Cloud Cuckooland. Then you seemed to talk me off the ledge with your explanation. I never cared for it as it was just soo difficult for me. Still too high(imo), but the rest of the list is on point.

[@daltonhunter4800]

My favorite world (and I feel like no one agrees with me on this) is actually Bubblegloop Swamp from Kazooie. Best Mumbo animal transformation!

[@Scrubber89]

Didn't realise I wasn't subscribed to you. Just fixed that. Can never get enough B-K content.

[@matteikamp7474]

I think Click-Clock wood is considered to be ingenious more specifically because of the "time travel" aspect when switching between seasons to solve puzzles / complete quests.. With that in mind, and considering how it's all really tied together so well aesthetically (even brining back the Sir Slush snowmen from Freezeezy Peak), I would've ranked it a lot higher here than #21. I'd also say that Witchyworld is overrated here. Among all Tooie levels, it's the one that feels the most lifeless and empty. All the Jiggy quests feel very disjointed and don't seem to come together cohesively. I had somewhat the same problem with Cloud Cuckooland, but I give that one more slack because the disjointedness was a design decision.

[@Scrubber89]

Completely agree with Terrarium of Terror. Hated it at the time. Hate it now. Disagree with Terrydactyl land, i love it.

[@ISoloYouRelax]

1. Click clock wood 2. Mad monster mansion 3. Freezeezy peaks 4. Witchy world 5. Hellfire peaks

[@CAT-astrophical]

Freezeezy peak was and is my favourite level

[@brodyschawl4940]

Beat banjo tooie yesterday in 16 hours… grunty industries took me 3 1/2 hours, was definitely the longest level… that being said witchy world is the best banjo tooie level imo

[@PriffyViole]

I really like the Jiggoseum.

[@StephenMeek]

I was surprised by Terrydactyl Land, but that's just my bias toward dinos talking, probably. Also, the music from Rusty Bucket Bay is some of my favorite from Banjo Kazooie. I like Bubblegloop Swamp, but it has one of the same problems that Rusty Bucket Bay has, the majority of the world is impossible to traverse in. I know it's meant to make the boots important, but it just gets tiring if you spend a lot of time there.

[@basicoptimalmouse]

In Bubblegloop, you can make the croc much faster by using the shoes in the back ;)

[@CloudConnection]

Oh I know, but that doesn't help with using the croc in the rest of the level. Only Mr. Vile's challenge

[@KingConnor523]

One of my big gripes with Nuts and Bolts is how few characters they are. You’d expect new characters but instead you have the cast acting as if it were a play in the area. You’d expect new characters that fit the area and give it more life. I feel like an issue with bigger levels these days is balancing out how many NPCs you put in the area to give it more life.

[@bonedog5130]

Everyone submit their feedback on the canary mary rematch in CCL. Was always too hard for me to do and I think I've never 100% BT because of her!

[@anlev11]

I was only able to get that jiggie because i paused the game some times during the race to rest my finger 🤣

[@EvilApple567]

She's rubberbanded, basically you go at a very modest pace slightly trailing her until the last few seconds where you boost ahead and don't give her AI long enough to catch up before the race ends.

[@brodyschawl4940]

Beat this game 100% like 15 times… the only way to win the second race is the pause mid race to give your hand a break (I only play it on n64)

[@tessaPMpro]

Easy, beat her on my first try on every race and still never even lost to her because: 1. I'm good at mashing 2. You can pause during the race if your thumb gets tired from mashing for too long and continue whenever you're ready again, completely trivialising the entire thing. The difficulty is massively overexaggerated, either most people are just terrible at mashing or they don't know that you can pause the game during the races, if you couldn't pause then it would be difficult and I could understand why so many people think it is so hard but the fact that you can pause just makes it free. There are far harder things in Banjo-Tooie like clinker's cavern and the ordinance storage which always take me at least a few tries to beat, especially clinker's cavern.

[@bonedog5130]

@@tessaPMpro gonna have to just disagree with everything you said.

[@richardstrife]

Mad monster mansion has always been my favorite from the first game and hail fire peaks for tooie but that’s my opinion

[@chrisbeach423]

i loved all your retrospectives and i could obviously tell by them that Tooie was your favorite game, as is mine, but this list seems all over the place though. I love your content and this is your opinion, agree to disagree i guess. Keep the Banjo content coming regardless 🐻 🦜

[@CloudConnection]

It was definitely tough putting this list together, I was changing level placements right up through the entirety of writing the script. So that might explain that inconsistency. I'm sure in a year from now I'm probably gonna disagree with a lot of these placements myself

[@oomenacka]

Massively disagree with your take on Grunty's Lair (The charm and personality, music, sense of mystery, the system of exploration, and the level progression system all make me genuinely champion the lair as the most iconic and well put together hub world in gaming history) but I do respect and appreciate your list nonetheless. I really love that you give Showdown Town the appreciation that it deserves, (super underrated imo) and give Grunty's Revenge levels a worthy place in the conversation. I would also agree with Treasure Trove Cove and Freezeezy Peak being somewhere in the top 3 - their designs are a true gift to the platforming genre. These games mean so much to all of us so thank you for making videos like this to highlight and discuss such a beloved series.

[@littleredruri]

Logbox would probably be a great level in a standard collectathon Banjo game, but it's just not suited well to the vehicle gameplay.

[@Gabrielor89]

Count me among those who think Click Clock Wood is #1. Props for the BK content. I disagree with a whole lot of your list, but your top 2 were solid.

[@matthewgraham3649]

The nuts and bolts homeworld was always my favourite homeworld, the blending of platforming and driving was perfect for me

[@Kozhn]

Treasure Trove Cove is my number one!!

[@UnchainedPandoran]

I haven’t watched the video yet but I’m going to assume grunty industries is gonna be low. Grunty Industries is my favorite level from both N64 games but I can understand if it is low.

[@UnchainedPandoran]

I guess it wasn’t as low as I thought it would be.

[@mrgashetauwu4666]

I can agree with most of this list. But I hardly disagree with Cloud Cuckooland. And just that funny enough. Like, even if I have more nostalgia for Tooie over Kazooie, the simple action of thinking about Cloud Cuckooland terrifies me and makes me want to play Kazooie over Tooie XD I would out that level way low in the list because is the level I hate the most. But apart of that, I respect you opinions and this is a great video ;D

[@emily91303]

37 worlds in total!