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The '''Isle O' Hags''' is the hub world of ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', and the greater setting of most of the game. | The '''Isle O' Hags''' is the hub world of ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', and the greater setting of most of the game. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
An overhead view of the island is visible from [[Cloud Cuckooland]], and all the other worlds in ''Banjo-Tooie'' except for Spiral Mountain are visible on it.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/L8ILOfJ.png Map comparison by DK Vine Forum user Manulis]</ref> The most obvious features include [[Hailfire Peaks]], disconnected from the rest of the island to what can be assumed to be the southeast, [[Cauldron Keep]]'s pink moat on a peak in the center of the island, [[Terrydactyland]]'s distinctive ringed canyon shape to the north, and [[Mayahem Temple]] in the west. | An overhead view of the island is visible from [[Cloud Cuckooland]], and all the other worlds in ''Banjo-Tooie'' except for [[Spiral Mountain]] are visible on it.<ref>[http://i.imgur.com/L8ILOfJ.png Map comparison by DK Vine Forum user Manulis]</ref> The most obvious features include [[Hailfire Peaks]], disconnected from the rest of the island to what can be assumed to be the southeast, [[Cauldron Keep]]'s pink moat on a peak in the center of the island, [[Terrydactyland]]'s distinctive ringed canyon shape to the north, and [[Mayahem Temple]] in the west. The Isle O' Hags is composed mostly of green, lumpy rock, resembling [[Gruntilda]]'s green, warty skin, though the island's actual worlds seem to lack this feature. | ||
Despite popular belief, | Despite popular belief, it does not seem that the Isle O' Hags was ever intended to be the greater location of Spiral Mountain or any other worlds besides those introduced in ''Banjo-Tooie''. This is evidenced by its lack of representation in the island's overhead view, the fact that it it's never mentioned in other games outside of references to ''Banjo-Tooie'', and an information speaker in ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'' saying that the digger tunnel "once lead to" the island.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86WXLNwyyTA&t=179 Gameplay footage of ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts'']</ref> | ||
==Points of interest== | ==Points of interest== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Isle O' Hags texture.png|''[[Banjo Tooie]]'' | Isle O' Hags texture.png|''[[Banjo Tooie]]'' | ||
Isle O Hags map.jpg| | Isle O Hags map.jpg|''Nintendo Power Player's Guide'' map | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||