The Obligatory Handheld Game | Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (Banjo-Kazooie Series Retrospective)

The Banjo-Kazooie series retrospective continues - this time, on the go with Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge! This Game Boy Advance platformer takes the 3D collectathon gameplay of the Nintendo 64 games and adjusts it to fit on a handheld console. It obviously can't reach the technical levels of the N64 titles, but is it still a good game in its own right? #BanjoKazooie #GruntysRevenge #SmashUltimate
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Sources/Recommended Reading
Unseen 64: Banjo-Kazooie Grunty’s Curse (bit.ly/2MoHtNL)
Microsoft: Microsoft Acquires Video Game Powerhouse Rare Ltd. (bit.ly/2K8dgj2)
Nintendo Life: Rare Co-Founder Has No Idea Why Nintendo Didn't Buy The Studio Outright (bit.ly/2GDdePh)
1UP.com (archived): Activision Initially Almost Bought Rare (bit.ly/2STIwGx)

[@CloudConnection]

What are some other handheld spinoffs of classic franchises that you enjoy?

[@moofasa6953]

Activision's handling of Spyro

[@stunningcactus978]

Spyro Attack of the Rhynocs on GBA was awesome! Also Mario vs Donkey Kong was a fun little series.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

I don’t really consider Grunty’s revenge. Plus handheld titles aren’t always spin offs

[@jevinday]

Wait...WHAT?!?! I am a HUGE Banjo Kazooie fan, and I definitely had an advance AND an SP as a kid. HOW DID I MISS THIS? I was literally playing Banjo Kazooie on my Xbox One this morning. This looks fucking awesome for a GBA game, the colors fit the world wonderfully! Wow.

[@tylerwalters2205]

This game is dope.. I suggest downloading an emulator to play the game

[@Wolfkaosaun]

Honestly, I REALLY liked Grunty's Revenge. But I also haven't played it since I was a kid

[@CloudConnection]

I didn't grow up with it, but yeah, it's a solid game!

[@street_sharq]

I recently started rebuilding my old Gameboy collection and picked this up, it still slaps

[@joshuaridgway3230]

@@street_sharq I’ve been trying to find a copy for years. Where did you find yours?

[@kgisabeast]

@@joshuaridgway3230 eBay

[@joshuaridgway3230]

@@kgisabeast I actually found the one I had as a kid. Unless I really need something I try to avoid online shopping. It takes the fun out of the hunt.

[@MrDrBoi]

Insane that there was a mobile port of GBA game in 2004 lol. Anyway great video! I was always curious about this game but never checked it out. Seems like something you could knock out in an afternoon if you're bored.

[@arandomguy1600]

You are very underrated. Please keep up with the good work!

[@maddie_kat]

"advance the banjo mythos" love it

[@16431421]

This was my first Banjo Kazooie game. Didn’t play the real ones till about 15 years later

[@lollirot9561]

I have a feeling your channel is about to start growing very quickly. These videos are just so good, especially coming from a "smaller channel". I'm particularly enjoying these Banjo series videos. Before watching this, I had never heard of the "mobile" versions of this game (which I suppose was for my own good lol), so it was really interesting to hear about them and to see some footage to get an idea of how awful they are! Keep up the great work!

[@CloudConnection]

Thanks for the kind words! You definitely are not missing anything good with the mobile version of Grunty's Revenge. I recommend staying as far away as possible.

[@ZelosSama]

0:38 They almost went with activision . It could have been worse. Let that sink in....

[@cheezyfilmsproductions1842]

I mean I don't know how it could have been worse in regards to Banjo. We've had one game in almost 20 years, and it has nothing to do with Banjo Kazooie. The only good thing to come of the Microsoft purchase is that they were willing to let Banjo be in Smash. Maybe that wouldn't have happened under Activision, but maybe we also would have gotten Banjo Threeie under Activision. Plus, we could still have Banjo on Nintendo consoles. If I want to play Banjo on my Switch my only option is Yooka-Laylee.

[@golinart4570]

love this game. bought it new for less than 20 dollars as a kid and played it on a roadtrip.

[@SeaDevilLagoon]

Been waiting for this! Your coverage of BK and BT is wonderfully in depth.

[@CloudConnection]

Thanks so much!

[@meanmrmayo3915]

I didn't even know this game existed until this video, pretty neat.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

I mean the developers said Grunty’s revenge was canon and Main series so yeah. Despite how they ignored it in Nuts and Bolts….

[@clifftripped6102]

Your channel has developed into something great 👍🏾

[@CloudConnection]

Thanks man! It's been fun developing it throughout the year

[@SuperPoopatron]

To be fair, if I was a kid that didn't bring my game boy advance when going to the dentist, I would have loved playing it on my mum's phone. Mobile phone games back then were mostly designed to pass the time. Nowadays, it can be emulated.

[@TheJamesTheory]

I might hire you to narrate my life for me.

[@CloudConnection]

40 CAD an hour

[@TheJamesTheory]

Extremely unfair for you.

[@TheJamesTheory]

40 canadian is worth like -10 dollars USA

[@A-Random-Flying-Computer]

Dude these are amazing please make more Banjo Kazooie videos

[@MayorHairBear]

Yet another killer video mate. I had a bit of fun with this game back in the day but haven't gone back to it since. Good to see it get some love keep it up mate

[@CloudConnection]

Thanks so much man! And I definitely need to check out your Alan Wake videos at some point.

[@MayorHairBear]

@@CloudConnection Cheers mate, always appreciate the love

[@MF_Ranger]

Great work, you definitely need more subs!

[@CloudConnection]

Thank you very much!

[@OptimalMario]

Lol I remember I asked Grant Kirkhope on Twitter who was the composer of this game and he answered me but that was years ago.

[@Nintendude.]

20:50 The Goldfish xD

[@mrzeloswilder]

Okay here's the funny thing for ME at least. Which is that for Breegull Bay, the 2nd level, on my very first playthrough I didn't actually find the one section which led to Kazooie on my first time through. Which made me really confused where she was when the mole for this game kept saying that I needed her to learn the next move. Which basically ended up making the game a challenge run where I learned it is impossible to unlock Gruntilda without Kazooie. There straight up just aren't enough jiggies one can get without the moves she provides. since eggs lock off so many things in the last 2 levels.

[@chanceneck8072]

Why the heck is this the very first time I ever even hear of this game????

[@RichardT-D]

Played it as a kid and had a good time.

[@stunningcactus978]

I think this is a really great channel and you deserve a lot more views. Keep making content dude! Also, your original instinct was correct, Jamie Hughes composed the music for this game.

[@alvarosolis26]

This made me think maybe rare should have picked up where they left off on dream for snes to the gba that would've been badass

[@jaygooese4242]

Well that's unexpected

[@Jimthehumanoid]

Can confirm. I wrote the music. ;)

[@4packdaddy]

This game has shot up in value.

[@jonahj9519]

I feel like this game would be way more memorable if they stuck with the original idea of a 2D platformer. We could’ve got a Banjo Metroidvania. Isometric 3d platformers are kinda iffy.

[@pedrohenriquecarneiro3386]

I think, for what it was at the time, it was a good game. I would put a extra world, and flesh out the moveset(for example, each of the 5 eggs in Banjo Tooie were useful for something). As for the characters and the dialogue, the problem is that you meet them for a short time to do a specific quest/jiggy, then you never see them again

[@ldg1414]

Just the fact that this game exists makes it a great game to me, there should have been more collectothon games on portable systems.

[@FluffyMustache]

Are you going to do retrospectives on the Legend of Zelda series?

[@vicman3122]

I think that this game should have been a pre-rendered graphic platform game as Donkey Kong was in its time, I really think that would have much better.

[@pretzelboi64]

This game was surprisingly similar to the N64 games for a game in 2.5D

[@ThePerceptivision]

nobody says it but this is lowkey banjo 3. Loved this game !

[@RazorBladezX]

Love this game

[@tylerhughes9090]

This game is way better than nuts and bolts and actually plays like a Banjo Kazooie game !

[@polycube868]

This was before ActiVision made Call of Duty...if it had been a few years later they might have bought Rare instead of Microsoft with all that money from the Call of Duty series.

[@autobotstarscream765]

And then we'd all be playing the Banjo Rejiggied Collection right now!

[@Earth2McKay]

This game is that fever dream rom you downloaded as a kid. You play it. Don't even think it's real. Yet it is. Then it disappears into that dark closet in your mind.

[@TheSonicolas]

Where did you find the clean version of the soundtrack?

[@CloudConnection]

A user named BanjoFella remastered the soundtrack using the N64 Banjo-Kazooie soundfont; that's the music that was used in this video. Below is a video containing that version of the soundtrack! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4bLipdulMinp8k

[@SgtTankDempsey]

Maybe its a good thing it fell from Activision with how they been and Rare would of been forced into making COD

[@garretteverett2613]

Our only hope to see Grunty's Revenge: Mission Pack is stored on somebody's dad's RAZR in a shoebox in the basement somewhere. 😂

[@Nintendude.]

Yes, microsoft buying Rare was the hardest hitting news that I heard way too late.

[@scm64entertainment44]

what about thq or midway?

[@pokemonfreak6669]

Never beat this game as a kid because i got super lost in one of the levels.

[@porteal8986]

really disappointed grant kirkhope didn't do the music, it would've been a game changer

[@spyruswarrior8473]

im just hoping for a nintendo switch remake of banjo kazooie or at least a port

[@GoodJujuGrant]

I am noticing unlike your take on Tooie this game utilizes I’ve eggs better? Could you comment how useful they are in this game generally as well as in comparison to Tooie?

[@scm64entertainment44]

you thought banjo kazooie grunty's revenge isn't canon? heh! well, i gotta tell you......NEITHER IS NUTS AND BOLTS. if i wanted a 2000s banjo kazooie game on next gen systems, i have to recommend grunty's revenge.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

I liked it.

[@JuiceboxCE]

Thinking about it, would you ever do a video about Viva Piñata? I know people give Rare post MS a bunch of garbage for their titles, BUT I think Viva Piñata games were genuinely something unique in the industry. Not much coverage on them

[@CloudConnection]

I might at some point! Never played them myself, but always been curious!

[@JuiceboxCE]

@@CloudConnection It's an experience :) genuinely one of those games that, while it does have a mission/goal, if you just play it for your own pleasure, you're gonna have a wonderful time. I loved my first playthrough, just enjoyed fiddling around with my garden to cater to aquatic creatures

[@AleT118]

Honestly though? Grunty's Revenge is the only Banjo game i've had the interest to play through and even 100% so far. Tooie hadn't caught me and I stopped before the swamp level in Kazooie.

[@Skellotronix]

Go back and try Tooie again thinking it's more adventure than other 3D collectathon platformers. Like Jak and Daxter, Tooie is very open and sprawling and rewards deep understanding and exploration.

[@Raylightsen]

I played this once, and trust me is mediocre, but is one of those games fans should play, at least once

[@F.krueger]

Great game

[@ECL28E]

Why do I keep hearing the Underpants gnome song?

[@Megadave4life]

This one was suppose to be released looks like in 99 that’s when the story was written ofcorse changed a little for later one, the plans got haulted for game boy release so they released it on game boy for years later, now you’re like that’s why Grunty was all skeleton it made less sense than if ya played Tooie first now you’ll play this one in between

[@brettwallace7687]

So, am I the only one who thinks Banjo's character portrait implies he has some horrible, horrible things?

[@bluetailtailfly]

?

[@MultiMangoPie]

Making Banjo Nuts and Bolts not a platformer was the big mistake.

[@dougxvale]

Wish this game was in the XBOX One! I know its handheld

[@wadesams194]

As a kid this game kicked my ass, but I LOVED it

[@F.krueger]

Best gba game

[@CoNteMpTone]

"Pretty decent game" isnt really worth my time as an adult anymore xD BK & BT id play any day.

[@Pez1979]

Anyone know where I can play this game now?

[@chesspunk489]

On a gameboy advance

[@Pez1979]

@@chesspunk489 I don't have one 😕

[@VikingBoyBilly]

It was either this or ACTIVISION? Suddenly being bought by microsoft doesn't sound so bad.

[@1986thepom]

And rare effed up and are living on royalties

[@miggzzz]

This is way better than that garbage nuts b bolts

[@xmesman9844]

Rare messed up

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Thats not isometric view man.

[@BareBandSubscription]

Your point about not faulting a handheld title for having a weaker story and characters than it’s console counterpart is a bit odd to me. How is writing limited by technology?

[@CloudConnection]

It's not so much the limited technology, but rather having a lesser budget compared to a full-fledged console release (especially considering Rare was technically releasing a game on a competitor's console). Not having a lot of the key players from the N64 games also didn't help.

[@sgillman16]

The real reason Nintendo didn't want Rare was because of childish jealousy, and Rare's childish revenge tactics. Nintendo was upset that Rare made their first party games look primitive and inferior. Rare then began to purposely one up them and do other things to piss them off. Finally, after Conker, Nintendo told them in a meeting "We don't need to rely on you anymore".

[@sgillman16]

It started with DKC. Nintendo was furious that it made Super Mario World look primitive, so Rare decided to get revenge by omitting Donkey Kong from the sequel.

[@sandman8993]

sgillman16 that’s rubbish. They showed Nintendo the tech for creating dkc and Nintendo was blown away and said go for it. I do know that they were not keen on jetforce Gemini and Conker.

[@Bladezer3000]

Yeah, sorry but that very much sounds like bunk. Relations the 2 probably did go down over the years, but I seriously doubt it is like how you describe it.