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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Banjo-Pilot''}}
{{Infobox game
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'''''Banjo-Pilot''''', also known as '''''Banjo-Kazooie: Pilot''''' on THQ's UK website<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050408040313/http://www.rareware.com/company/news/all_news.html Rareware's official website] on Wayback Machine.</ref>, is a racing game released for the [[Game Boy Advance]] featuring ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' characters racing in planes. It was developed by [[Rare]] and published by [[THQ]] in 2005. It is the only spinoff title of the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series and has no storyline nor relation to the main series. The race courses are rendered using Mode7 technology.
'''''Banjo-Pilot''''' is a racing game released for the [[Game Boy Advance]] featuring ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' characters racing in planes. It was developed by [[Rare]] and published by [[THQ]] in 2005. It is the only spinoff title of the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series and has no storyline nor relation to the main series. The race courses are rendered using Mode7 technology.


''Banjo-Pilot'' was originally under development as ''[[mariowiki:Diddy Kong Pilot|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' in 2001. Its earlier iteration was cancelled because of the Microsoft acquisition in 2002, and that Nintendo was concerned over its quality.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044356/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/11/unreleased_gba_racer_diddy_kon.php GameSetWatch]</ref> While ''Banjo-Pilot'' courses are rendered in Mode7, it had an [[List of Banjo-Pilot pre-release and unused content|earlier build]] where courses were rendered with the voxel engine.
''Banjo-Pilot'' was originally under development as ''[[mariowiki:Diddy Kong Pilot (2001)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' in 2001, which would be entirely redone into another title of the same name, distinguished as the [[mariowiki:Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|2003 build]]. Its earlier iteration was cancelled because of the Microsoft acquisition in 2002, and that Nintendo was concerned over its quality.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180928044356/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/11/unreleased_gba_racer_diddy_kon.php GameSetWatch]</ref> While ''Banjo-Pilot'' courses are rendered in Mode7, it had an [[List of Banjo-Pilot pre-release and unused content|earlier build]] where courses were rendered with the voxel engine.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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!Image
!Character
!Character
!Stats
!Stats
|-
|-
|[[File:Banjo BP icon.png]]
|[[Banjo]]
|[[Banjo]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 3/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 3/5<br>'''Handling:''' 2/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 3/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 3/5<br>'''Handling:''' 2/5
|-
|-
|[[File:Kazooie BP mugshot sprite.png]]
|[[Kazooie]]
|[[Kazooie]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 2/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 3/5<br>'''Handling:''' 4/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 2/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 3/5<br>'''Handling:''' 4/5
|-
|-
|[[File:Mumbo character select BP icon.png]]
|[[Mumbo Jumbo]]
|[[Mumbo Jumbo]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 3/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 2/5<br>'''Handling:''' 3/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 3/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 2/5<br>'''Handling:''' 3/5
|-
|-
|[[Jinjo|Purple Jinjo]]
|[[File:BP Jinjo select icon.png]]
|[[Jinjo]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 1/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 4/5<br>'''Handling:''' 5/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 1/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 4/5<br>'''Handling:''' 5/5
|}
|}
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{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Image
!Character
!Character
!Stats
!Stats
!Unlock criteria
!Unlock criteria
|-
|-
|[[File:Humba Wumba BP icon.png]]
|[[Humba Wumba]]
|[[Humba Wumba]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 1/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 5/5<br>'''Handling:''' 5/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 1/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 5/5<br>'''Handling:''' 5/5
|Complete the Jiggy Cup, then give 100 Cheato Pages to Cheato.  
|Complete the Jiggy Cup, then give 100 Cheato Pages to Cheato.  
|-
|-
|[[File:Jolly Roger BP icon.png]]
|[[Jolly Roger]]
|[[Jolly Roger]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 2/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 4/5<br>'''Handling:''' 4/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 2/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 4/5<br>'''Handling:''' 4/5
|Complete the Pumpkin Cup, then give 100 Cheato Pages to Cheato.
|Complete the Pumpkin Cup, then give 100 Cheato Pages to Cheato.
|-
|-
|[[File:Klungo BP mugshot.png]]
|[[Klungo]]
|[[Klungo]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 4/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 2/5<br>'''Handling:''' 2/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 4/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 2/5<br>'''Handling:''' 2/5
|Complete the Skull Cup, then give 150 Cheato Pages to Cheato.
|Complete the Skull Cup, then give 150 Cheato Pages to Cheato.
|-
|-
|[[File:BP Gruntilda selection icon.png]]
|[[Gruntilda]]
|[[Gruntilda]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 5/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 1/5<br>'''Handling:''' 1/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 5/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 1/5<br>'''Handling:''' 1/5
|Complete Grunty's Grand Prix, then give 150 Cheato Pages to Cheato.
|Complete Grunty's Grand Prix, then give 150 Cheato Pages to Cheato.
|-
|-
|[[File:BP Bottles icon.png]]
|[[Bottles]]
|[[Bottles]]
|'''Top Speed:''' 5/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 4/5<br>'''Handling:''' 4/5
|'''Top Speed:''' 5/5<br>'''Acceleration:''' 4/5<br>'''Handling:''' 4/5
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* [[Cauldron Keep]]
* [[Cauldron Keep]]
* Boss: Bottles/Grunty
* Boss: Bottles/Grunty
==Battle tracks==
{{image|section=yes|Mumbo's Mountain and Rusty Bucket Bay}}
There are four battle stages, each of which are unlockable and only playable in multiplayer mode:
{|class="wikitable"
!Image
!Name
!Unlocked by
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|
|style="text-align:center"|'''Mumbo's Mountain'''
|Purchase from Cheato for 100 Cheato Pages
|-
|[[File:Temple Tussle.png|240px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''Temple Tussle'''
|Purchase from Cheato for 100 Cheato Pages
|-
|[[File:Arctic Blast.png|240px]]
|style="text-align:center"|'''Arctic Blast'''
|Complete the Feather Cup in the Bottles GP, then purchase from Cheato for 100 Cheato Pages.
|-
|
|style="text-align:center"|'''Rusty Bucket Bay'''
|Complete the Broomstick Cup in the Grunty GP, then purchase from Cheato for 100 Cheato Pages.
|}


==Music==
==Music==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
{{Main-gallery}}
==Trivia==
*According to Rare, ''Banjo-Pilot'' was known as ''Banjo-Kazooie: Pilot'' on THQ's UK website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050408040313/http://www.rareware.com/company/news/all_news.html Rare Ltd.'s official website] on Wayback Machine.</ref>
*[[Microsoft]], who acquired Rare three years before this game's release, allowed [[THQ]] to publish this title and other [[Game Boy Advance]] games Rare devloped on their behalf due to most of said games already being in development before the buyout. Microsoft had no equivalent in the handheld market and did not want the development time and resources they acquired to go to waste.


==References==
==References==
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