Banjo and Kazooie head back out on the road, and their twisted worlds have not aged a day in people's hearts.

On the gut pick, it beats seven games in ten. Solid, but look at the rest, because everything climbs a notch. The art style, ahead of 93%. Attachment and controller feel, ahead of 92%. What you would take to a desert island, ahead of 91%. Fun, rediscovery, soundtrack, all up in the 80s. Here is a tasty little tension: every criterion carries it near the very top, yet the pure instinctive pull sits a notch below. As if people deeply respect it without always naming it first.

Against the collect-a-thon 3D platformers of its era, it pushes the idea further, worlds that interlock, puzzles that answer each other across zones. Rare ambition for the time.

So, for who? For you if you love to rummage, collect and get lost in generous levels full of humor. Much less if sprawling, chatty platformers tire you fast, because this one asks for patience as much as curiosity.