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Banjo is depicted as an affable male honey bear from the Spiral
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Character Design" list, stating that "If you played Banjo Kazooie and their intermittent sequel, the dynamic duo came across as cute but not overbearingly so. Kazooie's biting wit and Banjo's friendly nature felt just right. So of course, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and
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Bolts had to turn them into more "cutting edge" figures. Kazooie is practically dripping sass while Banjo looks, well, shady. Thanks, Microsoft!" Fan art and numerous fan games featuring the characters have been created over the years.
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1791:"Banjo-Kazooie In Super Smash Bros Ultimate? All The Evidence That It'll Happen"
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2159:"Weirdest Smash Bros Reveals | From Banjo and Kazooie to Ridley"
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1192:"Banjo-Kazooie Are Back On Nintendo... Switch's Version Of Minecraft"
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This article is about the titular characters. For the series, see
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1911:"20 New Smash Bros. Characters We Want to See on Nintendo Switch"
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915:"Rare Revealed: The Making of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts"
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has voiced both characters in all of their appearances.
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put Banjo and Kazooie in eighth on his ranked list of
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claimed that Banjo and Kazooie's reveal was "weird".
1390:"Minecraft Helped Bring Banjo-Kazooie to Smash Bros"
778:"Get a Glimpse at Rare's Canceled Role-Playing Game
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happened "quite easily", despite their ownership by
1731:"Super Mario RPG Art Style, But It's Banjo Kazooie"
2097:"Every Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Character, Ranked"
2066:"Banjo And Kazooie Are A Puzzle In Smash Ultimate"
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747:"Banjo-Kazooie in Smash Bros: Everything we know"
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1107:"Month Of Kong: The Making Of Diddy Kong Racing"
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974:"Banjo-Kazooie - Nintendo 64 Review at IGN"
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1640:"Video game sidekicks: eight of the best"
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514:listed Banjo & Kazooie's designs in
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2251:"Banjo and Kazooie Become Collectibles"
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1021:"Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge - IGN"
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836:"The Making of Banjo-Kazooie".
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157:Tooty (Banjo's little sister)
1638:Gillett, Nick (2013-03-22).
1609:"The top 20 video game duos"
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812:"Playing the banjo...".
118:Steve Burke (fat Banjo,
16:Video game character duo
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282:protagonists of 1998's
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1083:. September 26, 2008.
923:. September 14, 2015.
366:in the 2018 crossover
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1857:. December 14, 2018.
1827:. December 12, 2018.
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1113:. February 23, 2014.
1023:. 12 September 2003.
891:. Video Games Daily.
226:Dream: Land of Giants
2797:Mr. Game & Watch
2496:Conker's Bad Fur Day
1947:. October 16, 2020.
1917:. January 28, 2017.
1528:"Banjo Pilot Review"
1366:. January 31, 2020.
856:"Banjo-Tooie Review"
659:. 11 November 2016.
566:Smash Bros. Ultimate
364:downloadable content
359:crowd game in 2015.
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2633:Banjo & Kazooie
2465:Banjo & Kazooie
1517:. June 1998. p. 94.
1515:Nintendo of America
1396:. 2 February 2020.
820:. June 1998. p. 13.
174:Banjo & Kazooie
32:Banjo & Kazooie
26:Fictional character
3096:Video game mascots
3034:The Smash Brothers
2163:GameRevolution.com
1737:. April 16, 2020.
1171:. 18 February 2010
842:Imagine Publishing
215:Concept and design
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137:Brown bear (Banjo)
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2255:Licenseglobal.com
1977:. June 24, 2019.
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1594:Future Publishing
1509:"Banjo-Kazooie".
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1219:. 15 March 2015.
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