When people rant and rave about how good the Banjo-Kazooie series was "until nuts and bolts", I always wonder why they forget to mention this one. I didn't think it was anything special, and I liked the first one. Do people forget or not know that this one exists, or do they like it?

I think doing everything in this game is a lot more frustrating than the first one. The platforming is really janky with the perspective they chose to put the game camera at. They also shove in a few of these mini games that are more frustrating than fun to complete. All of the areas are way less charming too, although it's funny that Grunty's come back yet again but as a giant mecha robot this time. It just wasn't the game for me, unfortunately.