#Banjo-Kazooie Nostalgia 64 is a love letter to retro gaming – Destructoid

As a significant Banjo-Kazooie fan, I can’t imagine it took me almost an entire month to be taught of the existence of this modded fangame primarily based across the bear and chook. By all accounts, it would as effectively be a non secular new Banjo-Kazooie sport dripping with nostalgia goodness.

Banjo-Kazooie Nostalgia 64 is a modded model of Banjo-Kazooie that has you play as Banjo and Kazooie all through basic worlds with a twist. These worlds are all primarily based on different Nintendo 64 properties, from Tremendous Mario 64 to Pokémon Stadium and past, with 1,000 notes to seek out, Jiggies to find, and a wealth of gameplay you possibly can solely dream of.

The fangame has been in improvement since 2024 and makes use of largely belongings of older Nintendo 64 video games, with some additional options. I don’t need to delve extra into the sport and reveal an excessive amount of for these different basic retro lovers on the market, nevertheless it’s a kind of video games that must be seen and skilled with little context.

Since discovering it, I’ve been watching on-line playthroughs of the fangame and having fun with all the pieces from the basic gameplay to seeing what worlds crop up subsequent as gamers wade by all of the easter eggs. It’s a well-made fangame and has a basic Uncommon attraction that has been lacking for a while now.

I’m certain numerous retro followers such as you watching will get a kick out of seeing streams or gameplay of it yourselves, so right here is one thing I counsel you to do. Get a notepad and write down all of the neat easter eggs and references you see and are available throughout whereas enjoying, and let me know something you might need caught within the feedback under. I need to know if I missed something myself!

I solely hope the fixed Banjo love we’re getting will lastly make Xbox and Uncommon lastly launch a model new sport within the collection someday quickly… please? If not, a minimum of give us a remake. Come on! I’m begging you.