Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge

Banjo -Kazooie: Grunty 's Revenge (English original title Banjo -Kazooie: Grunty 's Revenge ) is a 2003 published offshoot of the Nintendo 64 game Banjo -Kazooie for the Gameboy Advance, developed by British studio Rare Software and distributed by THQ. Like his idol is also the title of the genre of Jump 'n' Run, but is regarded as a two-dimensional game from a bird's perspective. It is the first game by Rare that was released on a Nintendo console, after the majority of the company shares had been acquired by Microsoft.

Action

The action requires two months after the events of Banjo -Kazooie in the course of Gruntilda fell from the top of her tower, and was buried under a rock. Since her servant Klungo not succeed in the normal way to eliminate buries itself under the rocks of Gruntilda, he decides to a robotic Gruntilda variant ( Robo - Grunty ) to build, transferred her soul into the Gruntilda.

In order to take revenge on Banjo and his friend Kazooie, Gruntilda kidnaps Kazooie and travels back to her two decades in time. Their plan is to prevent Banjo Kazooie and can ever meet. So Banjo Kazooie, and would never become a duo, and Gruntildas defeat would also never happened. With the help of mumbo jumbo but it also succeeds banjo to travel into the past to thwart Gruntildas plans.

The outcome of the game combines Banjo Kazooie again while Gruntilda must return to their still buried under the rock body through a new defeat in battle with banjo. Gruntilda is Klungo the instruction to make contact with her ​​sisters, making the events of Banjo - Tooie be initiated.

Gameplay

The biggest part of the game takes place in the past, so that the player again meets many characters in the recent form.

Technology

The game is held due to the limited capabilities in 2D. However, to simulate 3D used the manufacturer bird's-eye view and pre-rendered graphics.

Reviews

Banjo -Kazooie: Grunty 's Revenge was generally average to good rated.

The plot of the game was heavily criticized and it has been criticized that the historical changes that occur during the time travel will be discarded:

The moves of Banjo Tooie can be used, although it is located in the Banjo -Kazooie timeline behind him.

Since Banjo -Kazooie: Grunty 's Revenge Rares first game on the GBA was it some graphical and sound -related weaknesses have been forgiven. However, it was criticized that some objects were difficult to detect by the 2D view.