Extra Life

"Look out for me, I'm an extra life!"

- An Extra Life, Banjo-Kazooie

Extra Lives, also known as Golden Banjos, are items in Banjo-Kazooie. As their name suggests, an extra lives provide an additional life to the player. Extra Lives are golden statuettes of Banjo flexing his muscles.

Banjo-Kazooie
In Banjo-Kazooie, Whenever a game file is loaded, the duo begin with three lives (regardless of how many they had when the file was last played). Seemingly, up to nine lives can be collected, but if then one or more lives are collected and the duo loses one, the screen still indicates that the player possesses nine lives. They can be found in virtually every level, but are usually hidden and require Banjo and Kazooie to use quick movements and decisive thinking to acquire them. There are either two or three Extra Lives in each level, and are regenerated each time the duo exit and re-enter the level. An extra life is also earned by getting all 100 notes in any level.

Extra Lives were not featured in Banjo-Tooie because it does not have a lives system. Similarly, in Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge, Extra Lives were absent because Banjo's "lives" were measured from the Honeycombs in his health bar, and would receive a game over from having an empty life meter.

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
A yellow Jinjo in Act 6 of LOGBOX 720 had lost his Extra Life and needs the duo to recover it for him. It is located on a ledge in the upper portion of the console, so a plane-type vehicle is needed. A yellow Jinjo Token is won for bringing it back.

The Extra Life statue is much larger than Banjo but retains the same physique. It does not have the trophy base at the bottom.