Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is a Banjo-Kazooie title released on Xbox 360 in 2008. It is a direct follow-up to Banjo-Tooie. The game was announced at Microsoft's X06 in 2006 at Barcelona, Spain and was released on November 11, 2008.

In early 2009, L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges, a DLC for the game, was released for 400 Microsoft Points.

Story
Eight years after the events of Banjo-Tooie, Banjo and Kazooie became lazy and fat due to the lack of adventures. Gruntilda's disembodied skull then reappears after finally reaching Banjo's house to settle their rivalry. Right before their fight starts, an entity known as the Lord of Games pauses the game and unpauses it to offer a way to decide who shall be the owner of Spiral Mountain and starts a game where many "pointless collectibles" appear throughout Spiral Mountain and the three must race to see who collects them all. Right after this starts, however, he states that this is "painful to watch" and instead takes them to a brand new Game World "considerably more impressive" than what they've seen before, but not after putting the duo in shape, giving the witch a new body and gifting both the duo and Grunty vehicles. Once they arrive in Showdown Town, L.O.G. explains how the game will work: Banjo and Kazooie need to enter the Game Worlds through the Act Doors scattered throughout town to obtain Jiggies to open more Acts until they can enter Spiral Mountain again, where the final battle shall take place. To collect what they need, however, they need to use vehicles they can build themselves in Mumbo's Motors with the parts they obtain along the way or buy pre-made blueprints from Humba Wumba. Gruntilda also obtains a new sidekick, Piddles, and builds herself new minions, the Gruntbots.

Once in Spiral Mountain, Banjo and Kazooie win against Gruntilda once again, forcing her to work forever in L.O.G.'s Video Game Factory and becoming the legal owners of Spiral Mountain. The witch, however, states that she will secretly make a "devious game" while there.

Gameplay
The gameplay of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts largely differs from the previous games. As Banjo and Kazooie have forgotten their moves and the bird's wings have been "clipped", they need to use vehicles in order to complete challenges and win their prizes. Outside a vehicle, they can use the newly-acquired Mumbo's Wrench to lift objects up or attack enemies. They can also climb things and swim.

Inside a vehicle, Banjo has many more possibilities. He can build them inside Mumbo Jumbo's garage in the Town Square of Showdown Town with parts acquired from Mumbo Crates such as engines, wings, propellers, wheels, fuel, ammo and weapons among other things, making for a wide variety of possible creations to complete objectives in multiple different ways.

Collectibles from previous games also return, although now having different functions. Throughout the Game Worlds, Musical Notes can be found and collected to be used as currency in Showdown Town. They can be spent to buy Humba Wumba's blueprints, work out in Boggy's Gym, bribe Pikelet or buy Jolly Dodger's black market Jiggies, among other things. Jiggies are used to open Act Doors and obtain even more Jiggies in order to reach Spiral Mountain and face Gruntilda. T.T. Trophies, the highest rewards in regular challenges, are used to obtain even more Jiggies at Trophy Thomas' Jig-O-Vend. Jinjo Tokens are used to obtain Musical Notes and vehicle parts in King Jingaling's Bingo Palace.

Multiplayer
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts features a multiplayer mode where players can compete in various games using both custom and pre-made vehicles.

List of multiplayer race tracks

 * Air Straights
 * Drag Kings
 * Egg 'n' Spoon Race
 * G-Zero
 * Hurdles
 * Nutty Airways
 * Nutty Cruises
 * Pool Prix
 * Short Circuit
 * Small Spiral Circuit
 * Speedway
 * Super Spiral Circuit
 * Triathlon

Added with L.O.G.'s Lost Challenges

 * Don't Lose Your Nuts
 * Iced Prix
 * Terrarium Tussle

Returning

 * Banjo
 * Bawl
 * Boggy
 * Bottles
 * Captain Blubber
 * Cheato
 * Clanker
 * Dingpot
 * George Ice Cube
 * Glowbo
 * Golden Goliath
 * Gruntilda
 * Humba Wumba
 * Jamjars (voice only)
 * Jinjos
 * Jolly Roger
 * Kazooie
 * King Jingaling
 * Klungo
 * Loggo
 * Mildred Ice Cube
 * Minjo
 * Mr. Fit
 * Mr. Patch
 * Mumbo Jumbo
 * Snowman
 * Targitzan
 * Weldar

New

 * Gruntbots
 * Lord of Games
 * Piddles
 * Pikelet
 * Trophy Thomas

Trivia

 * To promote the release of the game, the Lunchables included small models of its vehicles in boxes.
 * Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts is the only Banjo-Kazooie game to be translated to Polish.