Among the most cult games of the Nintendo 64 era, we can easily cite a few nuggets without digging too much: works developed by Big N directly, such as a certain Super Mario 64 or The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, but also many legendary games signed Rare, which lived at the time a swaggering period.
So to speak, in the space of a few years, we have been treated to a lot of great apps: Diddy Kong Racing, Perfect Dark, Conker’s Bad Fur Day but also, of course, Banjo-Kazooie. An adventure and platform game immediately loved by the public, giving birth to an iconic saga that many would love to return to in due form… but as much to say that since then, water has flowed under the bridges. Like the takeover of Rare by Microsoft twenty years ago, for example.
Nevertheless, the American giant being well decided to offer its games on all platforms in a considerable effort of extension (or of gluttonous appetite, even to the point of buying Activision-Blizzard for more than sixty billion dollars), it just entered into a new partnership with Nintendo to bring the Banjo-Kazooie franchise back to a Nintendo console.
This comeback will be made by a port of the very first game, released in 1998 on Nintendo 64, on Switch via Nintendo Switch Online. Remember that the latter is none other than the online service of the mobile console: all subscribers therefore have access to online games, but also to a catalog of NES and SNES games at no additional cost. If you really like the Kyoto firm very much, you can then pay an annual supplement of €19.99 (double) to access a list of N64 games and SEGA Mega Drive, slowly updating.
In short, if the arrival of Banjo-Kazooie on Switch is not new, we now have a precise release date: the port will be available on January 20th. A quick glance at your calendar and you’ll notice it’s just tomorrow. So you won’t have to wait too long.
By the way, the Japanese company gratifies us with a new trailer, something a bit ironic when you know that the game was released… twenty-four years ago now. Something to bring back some old memories and if you’ve never touched this little gem, we can advise you only too well.
