Comment on Yooka-Laylee: A Patient Gamer Review
LostOperative@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Growing up with the GBA, I played Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty’s Revenge and loved it. I want some more of that style of gameplay, but not sure I want to head all the way back to N64 to get it.
Is Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts a good representation of the series? Or would Yooka-Laylee be the better modern option? Or is the original Banjo-Kazooie (or its sequel) so good that I should look past the age of the game and give it a go?
turkalino@lemmy.yachts 8 months ago
Definitely not. While I do enjoy Nuts and Bolts, it’s like they took all the good aspects of the N64 games and thought “ok but what if cars?”.
Definitely yes. The official N64 emulator on the Switch has Banjo Kazooie and I think it’s a great way to play it. The controls translate to a Switch Pro controller pretty well and the graphics look nice, except for the text dialogue.
RetroArch with the Mupen64-Plus Next core and the ParraLLEl plugins also run Kazooie & Tooie without issues
LostOperative@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Thanks for the advice! Difficult controls was one of my main worries about playing such an old game, so this makes me feel a lot more comfortable. There are a lot of legendary N64 games I missed and this seems like a great place to start. Actually pretty excited!
turkalino@lemmy.yachts 8 months ago
You’re welcome, you caught me at a good time lol I’m currently playing through the series (currently on Tooie) after not touching them since childhood
Usually, the N64’s C-buttons get mapped to the Switch’s right stick, which is actually perfect for these games since they mainly control the camera and aiming