Banjo-Kazooie

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Banjo-Kazooie.

Project Dream1995-1996: The Zelda-like that wasn't. KazooJanuary-February 1997: Dream goes back to the drawing board, and comes out as what is basically Donkey Kong Country but with a bear. Banjo KazooSpring 1997: Linearity goes out the window, and the final game starts to take shape. Banjo-KazooieMid-1997 to 1998: Covers the game's official announcement to its release.

Unknown dates#

To do: Some prerelease images missing, find the images and make more comparisons. Also move this stuff onto the appropriate sub-page(s)

Test Level#

Grunty's Lair#

Mumbo's Mountain#

Early	Final

• Mumbo's skull looked different, more menacing, and lacked the red feathers and chimney stack on top.
• There is no drop shadow texture under the Jiggy.
• Banjo is on top of the termite mound in bear form, something that is normally impossible in the final game. Even in the E3 1997 demo, this area was restricted to the termite transformation, so this may have been done using debug tools.

N64 Magasinet#

To do: What disc exactly?

These are in an old promo cd from 1998 however some of the pictures look to be from 1997. This CD also features two videos.

References#