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Extra Life
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| Game(s) | Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts |
| Usage | Provides another life |
 
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- This article is about the items in Banjo-Kazooie. For information on the identically-titled mechanic, see Extra Life (term).
- “Look out for me, I'm an extra life!”
- —An Extra Life, Banjo-Kazooie
Extra Lives, also known as Golden Banjos,[1] are golden statuettes of Banjo and items in Banjo-Kazooie that provide an extra life to Banjo and Kazooie, as directly stated by their name. Their purpose is identical to 1-Up Mushrooms from the Super Mario series, or the Extra Life Balloons from the Donkey Kong Country series.
The Extra Lives do not appear in Banjo-Tooie and Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge due to the lives system being removed.
History
Banjo-Kazooie
In Banjo-Kazooie, Extra Lives appear in every level, including Spiral Mountain and Gruntilda's Lair hub worlds. Each level features either two or three Extra Lives, although in the final level, Click Clock Wood, the Extra Lives are relocated based on the current season. Extra Lives most often appear in well-hidden or hard-to-reach areas. If Banjo and Kazooie exit and later re-enter a level, the Extra Lives they previously collected regenerate at their respective locations.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
In Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, a massive Extra Life statue appears as a Jinjo Fetch item in Act 6 of LOGBOX 720, where it belongs to a Yellow Jinjo. The Extra Life statue retains its physique, although it was changed to be twice Banjo's height, and the bottom trophy base was removed.
The Extra Life statue is on a ledge in the console's upper portion, which Banjo can only reach by using a plane vehicle. After returning the Extra Life, Banjo and Kazooie are rewarded with a Jinjo Token.
References
- ↑ Banjo-Kazooie: The Official Player's Guide, page 16
