User:JollyDodger


 * "You know, I created the first-person shooter, I really regret that now..."
 * "No no no, it's all too painful to watch, gamers today don't want all this, they just want to shoot things! What a pity..." - L.O.G.

Speed-Run 2/7/09
On 2/7/09 I did a complete 100% Banjo-Kazooie Speed-run. Here's a few numbers:


 * 1) Gruntilda's Lair - 64:01
 * 2) Spiral Mountain - 3:10
 * 3) Mumbo's Mountain - 10:45
 * 4) Treasure Trove Cove - 23:08
 * 5) Clanker's Cavern - 27:53
 * 6) Bubblegloop Swamp - 32:02
 * 7) Gobi's Valley - 30:16
 * 8) Mad Monster Mansion - 29:44
 * 9) Freezeezy Peak - 31:52
 * 10) Rusty Bucket Bay - 45:12
 * 11) Click Clock Woods - 61:22


 * 1) Total: 5 Hours 53 Minutes 40 Seconds though my math may be off.

I know it's not that good but I made the mistake of forgetting to pause when I went to eat, thus raping my times in Grunty's Lair. A few notes:


 * I missed notes in Rusty Bucket and Click Clock and spent a few minutes finding them.
 * I hate the Engine Room.
 * It took me awhile to remember where EVERYTHING was in Click Clock as it's so large, and I spent a good 10 minutes finding the last Eyrie worm.
 * I hate the Engine Room.
 * I talon-trotted most of the time after I got it, but there were times when I forgot to.

Yup that's about it. My final comment is that the game ages really well, the colors, the music, the levels, it all is so well done and yet was able to run on the N64 without any lag. Again, any comments on how I could improve my time would be great. As for another speed-run, I might go for Banjo-Tooie in a few weeks. But that's for another time.

JollyDodger Bio
Before I begin, let me say I edit pretty much any Nintendo or classic gaming wiki there is, under different names. I enjoy anything involving video games really. The one exception to that is FPS's, I personally think they're all too similar. Also, I'm very big on the mind-set that music makes or breaks the game.Aside from that, my favorite company will always be Nintendo and the characters that we're born from them (and Rare!)they simply make characters that appeal to all ages. While I do own all 3 of the new-gen systems, I believe that Nintendo's Wii isn't all that it's hyped up to be, and we aren't experiencing the gaming renaissance that we're being told we are, though provided, we do have a few diamonds in the rough. The classics are still the best, and always will be, because you couldn't hide behind graphics to make a good game *coughGearsofWarcough*, and Mario, Link, Banjo and Kazooie and all our favorite characters from the past are perfect examples of that. I own BK, BT, and Nuts&Bolts. And yes, I enjoy Nuts and Bolts very much, it isn't on the same level as the previous titles, but it deserves recognition.

Gaming Status
Banjo-Kazooie: While I haven't played it in a few years, I've beat it thrice, once at around 80% when I first played it, then at 100% a few years later and a 100% speed run in '09. One of my favorite games of all-time. And honestly, it has to be the BEST final boss fight I've ever played. EVER. the music, the witch, the fight strategy was all amazingly done. And honestly, I laughed for 10 minutes when the Jinjo statues appeared and said "Quickly brothers! Our new friends need our aid!." Never epxected the whiney little Jinjos to save me.

Banjo-Tooie: The best of the bunch IMO, and while I wasn't as big of a fan of the final boss fight, it polished up some of the very few things Banjo-Kazooie had wrong with it, and expanded the worlds 2-fold. 3 100% runs later and I still have an itch to kick Grunty's bony arse. A sad shake of the head towards Breegull Blaster though, turning BK into an FPS is just... wrong...

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts: Interesting the say the least, I just completed an almost complete run-through of the game (I don't have the stop 'n' swop crates). I for one think that Rare did a commendable job of the game, it was pretty fun, but I felt the characters weren't given enough personality. The vehicle creation mode is a blast, I've already made Weldar, The Mighty Jinjonator, and a few other fun little vehicles, so major props on that. All-in-all, it was very well done, and great to see my favorite old characters but, I won't be replaying it very soon. Although the beggining and ending scenes we're hilarious. And Rare, if your reading this, I'm begging you, make a Action/Adventure Platformer like the old days!

Favorites
Going from 1(Very Favorite) to 5(5th Favorite)

Characters

 * 1) Banjo
 * 2) L.O.G.
 * 3) Jolly Roger/Dodger
 * 4) Grunty
 * 5) Bottles

Banjo-Kazooie

 * 1) Freezeezy Peak
 * 2) Gobi's Valley
 * 3) Grunty's Furnace Fun

Banjo-Tooie

 * 1) Jolly Roger's Lagoon
 * 2) Glitter Gulch Mine
 * 3) Hailfire Peaks

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

 * 1) Banjoland
 * 2) Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh World level 5. (Gotta love the Anime border heheh.)
 * 3) Logbox720

Bosses
By fight, not character.
 * 1) Gruntilda(Banjo-Kazooie)
 * 2) Welder
 * 3) Mr. Patch

Transformations

 * 1) Submarine
 * 2) Bee
 * 3) Crocodile

Banjo-Kazooie

 * 1) Gruntilda Battle
 * 2) Grunty's Lair
 * 3) Freezeezy Peak
 * 4) Spiral Mountain
 * 5) Gobi's Valley

Banjo-Tooie

 * 1) Chilly Willy/Chili Billi Boss Theme
 * 2) Jinjo Village
 * 3) Witchyworld
 * 4) Jolly Roger's Lagoon
 * 5) Hailfire Peaks

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

 * 1) Banjoland (Even more nostalgic!!)
 * 2) Grunty Challenge Theme (More Nostalgic!)
 * 3) Showdown Town
 * 4) Spiral Mountain (Nostalgic!)
 * 5) L.O.G.'s theme

Characters

 * 1) Trophy Thomas
 * 2) Blobbelda
 * 3) Mingella
 * 4) Tooty
 * 5) Mr. Fit

Banjo-Kazooie

 * 1) Rusty Bucket Bay
 * 2) Mumbo's Mountain
 * 3) Mad Monster Mansion

Banjo-Tooie

 * 1) Mayahem Temple
 * 2) Cloud Cuckooland
 * 3) Grunty Industries

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

 * 1) Terrarium of Terror
 * 2) Jiggoseum
 * 3) Hero Klungo Sssavesss Teh World Level 4

Bosses

 * 1) Targitzan
 * 2) Mr. Patch (Nuts&Bolts)
 * 3) Boss Boom Box

Transformations

 * 1) Stony Banjo
 * 2) Snowball Banjo
 * 3) Termite Banjo

Explanations
To explain the more interesting choices I made in the above lists, I made this section. L.O.G. just earned the #2 spot on my list for him saying, and I quote: "You know I made the first-person shooter, I really regret that now...". Jolly Roger may seem like a strange choice, but when I first got Banjo-Tooie, I was young enough to look over the sexual innuendo he made in the tavern, playing it a few years later, I had a "WTF?" moment talking to him every couple seconds, seeing the way he acts in N&B makes me always laugh (Hey there Teddy Bear ;), Come back! You haven't satisfied my needs!), and the "slightly" homosexual pirate earns a spot on the list. Trophy Thomas is an arrogant punk, Mingy and Blobby made Grunty stop rhyming (one of the most memorable parts of Banjo-Kazooie, Mr. Fit never stood out to me in Tooie, so it always made me wonder why they put him in N&B. Oh, and Banjoland is my favorite world of all time, it was like riding through my childhood, closely followed by Furnace Fun.

Currently Playing
And with a very happy heart I can finally say I have quit my addiction to World of Warcraft, no you cannot have my account, but yes you may make fun of me for playing.
 * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots -PS3
 * Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts -Xbox 360
 * Banjo-Tooie (Quick refresher play-through before speed-running.) -N64
 * Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars -SNES
 * Sonic Adventure: Director's Cut -Gamecube
 * Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion- Xbox 360/PC
 * Chrono Trigger -SNES