Banjo-Tooie Coming to Switch October 25

Another Rare classic is coming to the Switch. On Friday, October 25, Banjo-Tooie, known in Japan as Banjo to Kazooie no Dai Bōken 2, is coming to the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack. You can see the Japanese and English trailers below. 

Per usual with Japanese N64 releases on the Expansion Pack service, Nintendo has once again teamed up with Nintendo Dream magazine to offer some retro articles from the era’s 64 Dream publication. These range from impressions of a 90% completed version of the game shown off at SpaceWorld 2000 to tips and tricks. You can find these (in Japanese) below.

• Banjo-Tooie - 64 Dream Article - November 2000 (PDF)
• Banjo-Tooie - 64 Dream Article - December 2000 (PDF)
• Banjo-Tooie - 64 Dream Article - January 2001 (PDF)
• Banjo-Tooie - 64 Dream Article - February 2001 (PDF)
• Banjo-Tooie - 64 Dream Article - March 2001 (PDF)

Banjo-Tooie originally released on the Nintendo 64 in North America on November 20, 2000, Japan on November 27 and PAL regions in April the following year. The game is also currently available on Xbox Game Pass featuring modern controls and up to 4K resolution. For a complete look at all of the titles on the Nintendo 64 app on the Switch, be sure to check out our article here.

Sources: NCL, NOA