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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Banjo-Kazooie'' (Xbox Live Arcade)}}
{{Infobox game
|title = Banjo-Kazooie
|image = BK XBLA.jpg
|developer = [[4J Studios]]<br>[[Rare Ltd.]]<br>[[Microsoft Game Studios]]
|publisher = Microsoft
|designer = [[Gregg Mayles]]
|console = [[Xbox 360]] (Xbox Live Arcade)
|released = December 3, 2008
|genre = Platformer
|mode = Single player
|rating = ESRB: Everyone
|media = Download
|input = Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
}}
'''''Banjo-Kazooie''''' is a port of the [[Banjo-Kazooie|game of the same name]] for the [[Xbox 360]] as part of the Xbox Live Arcade. It was published by [[Microsoft]] in 2008 and made several minor changes to both the graphics and gameplay, as well as adding some extra content through [[Stop 'n' Swop]]. This version would later be included in ''[[Rare Replay]]'' and Xbox Cloud Gaming (Project xCloud) service.


==Changes==
===New Features===
*The game now has an online leaderboard, taking advantage of Xbox Live.
*Stop 'n' Swop, a feature originally scrapped in the original game, is now fully functional and works with both the [[Banjo-Tooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|Xbox Live Arcade port of ''Banjo-Tooie'']] and ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]''.
===Gameplay===
* As with later games, [[Musical Note]]s stay collected even after leaving a world or losing a life.
* Due to the more powerful hardware, most Instances of framerate drops have been removed.
===Presentation===
*All Changes made in the Japanese and European versions are standardized here.
*The game is compatible with can run in HD, unlike the original which only ran in standard definition.
**Also unlike the original, this version can run at a framerate of up to 60.
*The textures have been redone with much higher fidelity.
*The game can now be natively displayed in wide screen.
*As this is on the Xbox 360, the Nintendo 64 logo on the title screen was removed.
*As with ''Banjo Kazooe: Nuts and bolts'', The dialogue is in Andy Bold, instead of Comicrazy.
*Conker from  ''Conker's bad fur day'' replaces Berri from ''Twelve Tales: Conker 64'', the prototype of said game.
* Two paintings from the original game were redone.
* Due to legal reasons, the [[Nintendo]] logo has been replaced with a [[Microsoft Game Studios]] one.
* The first  scene in which Banjo and Kazooie go home through Spiral Mountain via a pre-recorded gameplay demo was removed
* In the second ending, the scene in which Mumbo shows off the Stop N' Swop eggs in Treasure Trove Cove is cut short after the gameplay demonstrates and Banjo and Kazooie fall off the tower.
==Achievements==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!'''Icon'''
!'''Achievement'''
!'''Official description'''
!'''Gamerscore'''
|-
|[[File:Achievement Get Jiggy (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Get Jiggy
|It doesn't matter which two, just successfully collect any two [[Jiggy|Jiggies]].
|10
|-
|[[File:Achievement Mumbo Jumbo (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Mumbo Jumbo
|Get yourself transformed by [[Mumbo Jumbo]] for the first time. Now that's magic!
|10
|-
|[[File:Achievement Knock out Nipper (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Knock out Nipper
|Come out on top in a dust-up with [[Nipper]] the crab. Watch out, he's called Nipper for a reason.
|15
|-
|[[File:Achievement Free Clanker (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Free Clanker
|Liberate [[Clanker]], [[Gruntilda]]'s rusty and recalcitrant garbage grinder.
|15
|-
|[[File:Achievement Chomp Chomp (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Chomp Chomp!
|[[Yumbly|They're]] red and no less than 30 of them need chomping. Nuff said.
|15
|-
|[[File:Achievement Move Master (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Move Master
|Discover and master all Banjo's moves… and [[Kazooie]]'s… but nobody else's. Unless you insist.
|15
|-
|[[File:Achievement Show me the Honey (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Show me the Honey!
|Collect all 24 of the [[Hollow Honeycomb|extra honeycomb pieces]]. Yes! Every single one! It's character-building.
|15
|-
|[[File:Achievement The Quiz Master (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|The Quiz Master
|Complete [[Grunty's Furnace Fun]] quiz show and win the Star Prize. Been paying attention?
|20
|-
|[[File:Achievement Jinjonatored (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Jinjonatored
|Fear the [[The Mighty Jinjonator|Jinjonator]]. If you're a witch, that is. The Jinjonator lays the smack down on witches.
|20
|-
|[[File:Achievement Jigsaw Maker (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Jigsaw Maker
|Bet you thought jigsaws were boring! [[Bottles]] disagrees, and has seven of them to be solved.
|20
|-
|[[File:Achievement Cheating Cheato (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Cheating Cheato
|Bump into Grunty's [[Cheato|disowned spellbook]] three times as it hops around the place dishing out cheats.
|20
|-
|[[File:Achievement Music Maestro (BK) (XBLA).png]]
|Music Maestro
|There are 900 musical notes out there in the world of Banjo-Kazooie. Real gamers collect them all...
|25
|}
==Gallery==
{{main-gallery|Banjo-Kazooie}}
==Trivia==
*On release, a glitch existed where, if Musical Notes were collected by [[Banjo]] in [[Bottles' Moving Picture Game]] before they were obtained in the actual level, they would be permanently unobtainable. A patch was shortly released that fixed this issue.
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