
Of course, being a video game, two plump heroes isn’t ideal, and it isn’t long before Grunty (well, her head at least) hops into town. They’ve been sat on their arses for so long that they’re no longer the heroes they once were – with evil rhyming witch Gruntilda gone the pair had more or less taken early retirement. Things kick off with a very out of shape Banjo and Kazooie playing video games.

With so much change in the world of video games it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that Nuts & Bolts is a very different animal. Since then Nintendo has released the GameCube and Wii, Microsoft has entered the video game market and Rare is now part of Microsoft Game Studios. The last proper game to star the bear and bird duo hit the Nintendo 64 in 2001. Just as with any form of media you’re only popular when you’re in people’s faces, and Banjo and Kazooie have been out of the limelight for a long time.
