Back in 2021, modder Mark Kurko revealed a first look at his monster project, 'BK Nostalgia 64'. This love letter to the N64 and Banjo-Kazooie (whodathunkit with a title like that?) was originally slated for a Christmas 2024 release, though through a variety of complications, the modder has decided to push things back to 2025. Fortunately, there's a brand-new teaser to watch until then, which we've timestamped above.
Unlike Kurko's previous mods, which meshed Banjo with a singular other N64 game — 'The Legend of Banjo-Kazooie: The Jiggies of Time' unsurprisingly mixed BK and Ocarina — Nostalgia 64 sees the bear and bird combined with a whole host of classic titles in an original adventure. It's like a classic Banjo game, but you can hop into the Mushroom Kingdom! How cool is that?
As the new footage showcases, BK Nostalgia 64 features a massive console-set hub world (Astro, is that you?), with nine extra worlds spinning off it, each inspired by a different N64 classic. We've caught glimpses of Super Mario 64, Yoshi's Story, Pokémon Snap and a host of other picturesque polygonal places so far, and the mod also features 2D NES-inspired bonus worlds to mix things up.
Collectathon fans, have no fear. Kurko notes that there are 99 jiggies, 115 Mumbo Tokens, 1,000 notes and more to keep an eye out for throughout the mod, so the OG Banjo experience should all be present and correct.
Replying to the above BlueSky post, Kurko stated that he'll announce the mod's release date via his socials whenever it's ready, so keep an eye out if this looks up your street.
It's far from official news of a new Banjo-Kazooie game — heck, we'd be losing our minds if we got one as crossover-filled as this — but it's yet more proof of just how hungry we Banjo fans are for more platforming perfection. Come on, guys, give the people what they want!
What do you make of this mod? Let us know in the comments.
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Yep, already knew about Mark Kurko in general and his BK Nostalgia 64 mod in particular, so looking forward to it whenever it's ready!
Banjo-Kazooie Jiggies of Time was a masterpiece, and I'm not exaggerating, he really nailed the original gameplay, and the whole world of OOT was so drastically modified than it felt almost like a completely new map. Looking forward to this one as well.
Ufff this is up my alley… I can’t wait. Between the Okami sequel and this it’s been nothing but great news today
Where is that music playing inside the console from, again? Lylat Wars? Thanks!
Definitely looking forward to this.
Looks like a throwback to my earliest days of gaming. Can't wait
Brilliant stuff as ever, so many great N64 mods available on the real hardware now. Snooplax is another one worth following for that, does some good lists.
@GoldenSunRM somehow I missed Jiggies of Time. I’ve just checked it out and indeed it does look awesome. Now to try and find the rom for it so I can load it into my Everdrive!
@GravyThief Hope you have a good time with it. I had a blast in the 15 hours it took me to do it almost 100% (could't find a Jiggy).
The starting area is the most untouched, but the more you go into the game the more it changes. The amount of easter eggs, funny dialogues, cameo from other Nintendo games, smart and fun gameplay ideas, reference and music is just so perfect for me. There was not a single moment of boredom; it has an insane amount of secrets and some puzzles actually got me to take out pen and paper to write down stuff.
It's probably looks like I'm exaggerating, but I would honestly give to this guy a lead role in a hypothetical Banjo-Threeie if I could.
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