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In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'', it is said that the Jinjos used to live in [[Spiral Mountain]] before [[Gruntilda]] arrived and took over, forcing them to move away. A broken statue of [[King Jingaling]]'s head in front of [[Gruntilda's Lair]] can also be found in the game, implying the witch broke it to build the entrance to her home in its place.

In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', which is their debut appearance, Jinjos are featured in five colors — blue, green, orange, purple, and yellow — and there is one of each in every world. In [[Mumbo's Mountain]], when Banjo and Kazooie collect their first Jinjo, it tells the duo that Gruntilda placed them in each world. When the duo rescue all five Jinjos in a world, they are rewarded a [[Jiggy]], or an [[Extra Life]] if those Jinjos were rescued beforehand. Whenever Banjo and Kazooie leave a world, the Jinjos return to their original locations, but if they have not collected all five Jinjos, they are required to start over once they re-enter the world. In the [[Banjo-Kazooie (Xbox Live Arcade)|Xbox Live Arcade]] version, like other collectible items, Jinjos remain collected, even if Banjo and Kazooie leave and re-enter a world.

In the final battle against Gruntilda, Jinjos appear in the fourth phase to help the duo. They are the only way to destroy a magical barrier that Grunty has created around herself, but doing so requires the duo to shoot [[Blue Egg|egg]]s into each of the four Jinjo statues, causing a Jinjo to emerge from each one. Each Jinjo then attacks Grunty's shield, weakening it and eventually destroying [[Gruntilda's Broomstick|her broomstick]]. During the fifth phase, a large Jinjo statue named [[The Mighty Jinjonator]] appear in the middle of the arena. After emerging from its statue, the Mighty Jinjonator repeatedly attacks Gruntilda and defeats her.

[[File:BT Jinjos and Jingaling.png|thumb|350px|King Jingaling, along with many other Jinjos, in ''Banjo-Tooie''.]]

In ''[[Banjo-Tooie]]'', Jinjos were given a larger role. They live in [[Jinjo Village]], and each color variant has their own family. They are ruled by a large, sovereign Jinjo named King Jingaling. The game also introduces an evil counterpart, [[Minjo]]s, who disguise themselves as Jinjos and try and attack Banjo when he gets nearby.

Once Kazooie learns the [[Hatch]] ability, she can hatch the yellow egg inside of [[Heggy's Egg Shed]]. By doing so, Heggy tells her that a Jinjo is now an available character for the [[Breegull Blaster]] shootout matches in Multiplayer. In this mode, Jinjo is the smallest and fastest character, but also the most vulnerable, having only four units of health.

In ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'', when [[Mecha-Grunty]] goes into the past, she scares off all the Jinjos, leaving the [[Jinjo Oracle]] by herself. She relies on the Jinjos for gossip because she cannot move around due to being a statue. Like ''Banjo-Kazooie'', every world has five Jinjos, although each world features Jinjos of a different color. When Banjo and Kazooie collect five Jinjos in a world, the Jinjo Oracle rewards them with a Jiggy.

During the 100% ending, three purple Jinjos can be found in front of [[Banjo's House]] commemorating that they'll finally be able to reclaim their homeland as Gruntilda was defeated.

In ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]'', a purple Jinjo is a playable character, and is simply named "Jinjo." It is one of the four starter characters. Jinjo has very low top speed but high acceleration and handling.

   

There is an unlockable Jinjo GP mode, where the player's racer must race against seven Jinjos, each of a random color. The mode can be unlocked after completing the Broomstick Cup of Grunty GP and paying 500 [[Cheato Page]]s to [[Cheato]].

In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts]]'', Jinjos have a different role than in previous ''Banjo-Kazooie'' titles. Instead of collecting Jinjos, Banjo must find them and complete a challenge on their behalf, which varies from going over a set speed to making them roll a certain distance. Completing a Jinjo's challenge earns him a [[Jinjo Token]], which can be used in [[Showdown Town]] for King Jingaling's Bingo Palace.